Game of the Week #547
Kirill Alekseenko had a perfect start in the 9th Sunway Sitges tournament, winning game after game to concoct a phenomenal 7 out of 7 streak.
His diversity in playing styles is interesting to see, from positional play to straightforward attacking play. In the seventh round, facing Karen Grigoryan — who was just half a point behind — Alekseenko actually combined positional play with good old attacking chess, making chess look very easy in the process.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with White?
K. Alekseenko - K. Grigoryan, Sitges 2022
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In this opening Black opts for active piece play and is not afraid to fight for the initiative from an early stage. One of the many good features of this opening is that Black is often the side which controls the pace of the game.
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