The king's helping hand
Black to move. Does correct play secure the draw? (White: Kf5, Ph5; Black: Kc7, Nf3)
Solution
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.Nd2 g6 10.Nf3 Qb4+ 11.Kd1 Bg7 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Bxd2 Nb6 14.b3 c5 15.Kc2 Bb7 16.Re1 0-0-0 17.Bc3 Rde8 18.Bd3 d5 19.exd6 Bxc3 20.d7+ Nxd7 21.Kxc3 Bxf3 22.gxf3 f5 23.Re3 a5 24.Rhe1 Kd8 25.Re6 Nb6 26.h4 Rxe6 27.Rxe6 Kd7 28.Re1 Re8 29.Rd1 Ke7 30.f4 Kf6 31.a3 Nc8 32.Bc2 Nd6 33.Rd5 Nb7 34.Bd1 Re5 35.Rd7 Re7 36.Rd3 Nd6 37.f3 Re6 38.b4 axb4+ 39.axb4 cxb4+ 40.Kxb4 Ne8 41.c5 Ng7 42.Bb3 Re7 43.Kb5 Nh5 44.Rd4 Re3 45.Bd1 Rc3 46.Kc6 Ng7 47.Be2 Ne6 48.Rc4 Re3 49.Bd1 Rd3 50.Rc1 Ke7 51.Ra1 Rc3 52.Ra5 Rd3 53.Ra1 Rc3 54.Ra5 Rc1 55.Ba4 Rc4 56.Bd1 Rxf4 57.Ra4 Rxa4 58.Bxa4 Nd4+ 59.Kxc7 Nxf3 60.c6 Ne5 61.Kb7 Nf7 62.c7 Nd6+ 63.Kc6 f4 64.Bd1 Nc8 65.Bg4 Na7+ 66.Kd5 h6 67.Ke4 g5 68.h5 Kd6 69.Kf5 Kxc7 70.Kg6 Nc6 71.Kxh6 Ne5 72.Kxg5 f3 73.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 74.Kf5 Nh4+? 74...Kd6! 75.h6 Ne5 76.h7 Nf7 77.Kf6 Nh8 78.Kg7 Ke7 79.Kxh8 Kf7 74...Kd7? 75.h6+- 74...Nd4+? 75.Kf6!+- 75.Kg5 75.Kf6!?+- 75...Nf3+ 76.Kf6 Nh2 77.Kf5 77.h6?? Ng4+ 78.Kg7 Nxh6= 77...Nf1 78.h6 Ng3+ 79.Kg6 1–0
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Opening surveys
Sagar Shah: English Opening A20
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White does without Nc3, so as to avoid ...Bb4. According to Sagar Shah in 3...h6 Black has a sort of useful waiting move, ...Nc6 is delayed. After 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Nxd5 6.cxd5 we can see a difference – Black does not need to move his Nc6.
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Souleidis: Double Fianchetto A50
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.0-0 0-0
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According to Georgios Souleidis this setup is becoming more and more popular for Black. Above all after 7.Nc3 – the usual move - 7...Ne4 one can safely count on equality. After the stronger 7.d5 Black even has two promising continuations with 7...Ne4 and 7...Na6.
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Sumets: Old Indian Defence A54
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3
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A setup with e3 is not so aggressive, but in return it also offers fewer targets for the opponent to attack. For example, White does not have to protect a pawn on e4. As Andrey Sumets demonstrates, Black does not find it easy to equalise after 6...0-0 7.Be2.
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Ris: Sicilian Defence B35
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 d5
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This comes as a surprise. After all the d5-pawn is simply hanging. But as Robert Ris demonstrates in his article, 9.exd5 Na5 may be obvious, but after it the way to an advantage for White may be possible but, however, it is not easy to find over the board. |
Szabo: Sicilian Defence B90
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.Rg1
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With 12.Rg1 White deviates from the main variation (12.g5). One of the ideas can be seen after 12...b4 13.Nd5 – now Black cannot take on d5 with the knight, because the Be6 does not have access to the f5-square. As Krisztian Szabo shows, however, that is not the only idea behind 12.Rg1.
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Havasi: French Defence C06
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In this principled variation – there is little occasion to deviate – White may have a slight initiative after 14.Qc1, but according to Gergo Havasi Black can maintain the equilibrium with accurate play.
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Marin: French Defence C08
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With the two checks on moves 5 and 6, White is trying to impose on the play a forcing character. But as Mihail Marin’s analyses prove, Black can stand up to the pressure quite well.
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Kuzmin: Slav D11
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The actual idea behind the clear opening plan presented by Alexey Kuzmin has not yet been executed in the diagram: White wants to play Nd2 and then, without having to worry about the c4-pawn, be able to develop his bishop to g2.
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Postny: Queen's Gambit D38
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Stohl: Semi-Slav/Catalan E04
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Krasenkow: Bogo Indian Defence E11
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