The most prepared
Make life difficult for the Sicilian! 2.b3 is a thoroughly venomous but still solid kind of "Anti-Sicilian". No matter what setup black chooses, the bishop on b2 will always be unpleasant for him.There's very little chess action in the world apart from the Candidates, which I've been following closely. Today I'll take a look at Grischuk vs Caruana. Fabi once again shows that he is arguably the best prepared player on the planet and forced Sasha to play extremely precisely just to be able to hold the balance with White!
To get the ball rolling: Anish did everything he could to try to squeeze something from his game against Alekseenko, but the position should be holdable for White. Suggest the best way for the first player to continue:
Alekseenko-Giri, Candidates Round 6
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This week's show
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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.Lawrence is live most Tuesdays at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET / 12 Noon EST)
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.a5 Ba7! 11.h3 0-0 12.Be3 Re8 13.Ng5N 13.dxe5 Bxe3 14.exf6 Bh6 15.fxg7 Qf6 16.Nh2 Ne5 17.Qh5 Nc4 18.Bc2 Qxg7 19.Ng4 Bxg4 20.hxg4 b4 21.b3 Rb5 13...Rf8 14.Nf3 14.Re1= 14...Re8± 15.Re1 15.dxe5± dxe5 16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Bxa7 Nxa7 18.Nxe5 15...exd4= 15...Nxe4?! 16.d5± 16.cxd4 Nxe4 17.d5 Bxe3 18.Rxe3 Na7! 19.Qd4 Bf5 20.Nbd2 Nc5 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.Re1 Qf8 23.Bd1 b4! 24.Be2 Qd8 25.Bf1 h6 26.Re3 b3 26...c6= 27.Qf4 Bd7 28.Nd4 Rb4 29.Rg3 Qe7 30.Bc4 30.Qxh6? Qe5-+ 30...Nb5 31.N4xb3 Nxb3 32.Rxb3 Qe1+ 33.Kh2! Rxb3 34.Nxb3 Qb4 35.Qe4 c5 36.Qd3 36.dxc6? Be6-+ 36...g6 37.g4 Kg7 38.Kg2 Nc7 38...Bc8 39.Qc3+ Qxc3 40.bxc3 f5 41.Nd2 Kf6 42.Kg3 Bb5 43.Bb3 Be2 44.gxf5 gxf5 45.f4 Nb5 46.c4 Nc3 47.Bc2 Bd1 48.Bd3 Na2 49.Kf2 Nb4 50.Ke3 Bc2 51.Be2 Na2 52.Nf1 Nc1 53.Kd2 53...Nxe2 54.Kxe2 Ba4 ½–½ - Start an analysis engine:
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| Grischuk,A | 2777 | Caruana,F | 2842 | ½–½ | 2020 | | FIDE Candidates 2020 | 6.1 |
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Solution to the puzzle
SHOW89.♘h1+ was the way! But Alekseenko missed it and lost after 89.♘d3?.
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