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Playing black against top seed Fabiano Caruana, Constantin Lupulescu was on the defensive from the start. Objectively speaking, the Romanian was not in a bad position, but the two or three small mistakes he made were duly punished by the latest challenger for the World Championship.
GM Karsten Müller demonstrated why, in the endgame, a mobile queen majority is often a strong asset.
Navigating the Ruy Lopez Vol.1-3
The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super GM Fabiano Caruana, talking to IM Oliver Reeh, presents a complete repertoire for White.
Fabiano Caruana scored his first win on Sunday | Photo: Lennart Ootes
On move 30, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave made a mistake that suddenly shifted his position from a nice middlegame with the initiative into an endgame a pawn down. The Frenchman then defended somewhat carelessly, so a rather quick defeat followed.
A dream start for Bogdan-Daniel Deac | Photo: Lennart Ootes
In Round 1 we got to see three ‘grandmaster draws’ (of the modern type), while the second day of action was not all that different. It is perhaps no coincidence that this phenomenon was seen on the boards which faced players from the very top against each other.
You can compare it with cycling: the top riders scramble up the steepest mountains together, and then, when the opportunity is favourable, at some point there are a few ‘attacks’, which are decisive for the outcome of the race.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Alexander Grischuk in a good mood | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Meanwhile, 1.b3 has also found its way into the practice of today's world elite, and now finally a modern top ten player has taken on the subject for ChessBase: none other than Grandmaster Wesley So!
Wesley So and Levon Aronian are waiting for the right time to attack | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Teimour Radjabov and Anish Giri | Photo: Lennart Ootes
