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Attack like a Super Grandmaster
In this Fritztrainer: “Attack like a Super GM†with Gukesh we touch upon all aspects of his play, with special emphasis on how you can become a better attacking player.
The Chessable Masters was played in three divisions. Magnus Carlsen won Division I and the tournament, Vincent Keymer won Division II, and Alexey Sarana was first in Division III. The structure of these double-elimination tournaments is a bit complicated at first, but the Chessable produced quite a few interesting games.
Our focus is on the final of Division II, in which Keymer played against Aronian. Aronian used to be the clear number two in the world rankings and the ultimate expert in the 1.e4 e5 positions, but Keymer showed that he had absorbed all the lessons of the previous generation and had some new ideas of his own.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with Black?
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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