Game of the Week #453
Top level chess is on hold this week, both offline and online. This may be the case a few more times as long as corona is still there. Fortunately, chess has a very rich history, so in these cases we will simply select an important historical game. This week we will study the game A. Giri vs A. Shirov, Hoogeveen 2014, which is a landmark game in the theory of the Sicilian Sveshnikov. We will summarize all the important details and show how this game influenced the way the opening is now played.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with White?
A Giri - A. Shirov, Hoogeveen 2014
When it comes to strategy, one of the key things that chess professionals understand much better than amateur players is the role of the bishop which is the key theme on this video course.
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