Robert Ris: "I have a look at the encounter between Arjun Erigaisi and Magnus Carlsen, in which Erigaisi with White tested Carlsen's knowledge of the Taimanov Sicilian. Erigaisi opted for the setup with 6.Be3 & 7.a3 to which World's no.1 responded with 7...Nxd4, which is less common than the main move 7...b5 which is in fact my recommendation in my video course ''The Flexible Taimanov Sicilian'' which recently has been released.
In this week's episode I compare both options. In the game Black got the chance to take a pawn and consolidate his position. Still, White obtained decent play for the pawn, but in the end the extra pawn and Black's rock solid king formation proved to be decisive."
Calculation exercise: Erigaisi played 15.Bd3. In an earlier game White tried the move 15.Bf3. What would you play with Black?
Feel free to move the pieces on the live diagram!
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