Retrospective
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.With the chess world grinding to a hall, ChessBase decided to host a "live broadcast" of the famous USA vs USSR match of 50 years ago. I’ll look at the Fischer-Petrosian battle — a very nice game.
First, a small tribute to WIM Arianne Caoili, who died yesterday at the age of 33: Here the strong Russian GM Vladimir Epishin played 37...♛xd4 with the idea that 38.♕xd4 would be met by ♞e2+. But did he miss something in his calculations?
Arianne Caoili vs Vladimir Epishin, Malaga 2000
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This week's show
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The Caro Kann is a very tricky opening. Black’s play is based on controlling and fighting for key light squares. It is a line which was very fashionable in late 90s and early 2000s due to the successes of greats like Karpov, Anand, Dreev etc. Recently due to strong engines lot of key developments have been made and some new lines have been introduced, while others have been refuted altogether. I have analyzed the new trends carefully and found some new ideas for Black.Lawrence is live most Tuesdays at 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST / 12 Noon EDT)
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qc2 e6 10.Nf3 Qb6 11.a4N 11.Nbd2 Bb5 12.Rb1 Rc8 13.Ne5 Be7 14.Bxb5+ Qxb5 15.Qd3 Qxd3 16.Nxd3 Nh5 17.Be3 Bd6 18.0-0 11...Rc8 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Qb1 Nh5 14.Be3 h6 15.Ne5 Nf6 16.h3 Bd6 17.0-0 Kf8 18.f4 Be8 19.Bf2 Qc7 20.Bh4 Ng8 20...Kg8 21.f5!± Nxe5 22.dxe5 Bxe5 23.fxe6 Bf6 23...f6± 24.exf7+- Bxf7 25.Nf3 Bxh4 26.Nxh4 Nf6 27.Ng6+ 27.Qc2+- 27...Bxg6± 28.Bxg6 Ke7 29.Qf5 Kd8 30.Rae1 Qc5+ 30...Qd6± 31.Kh1+- Rf8? 31...Kc7 32.Qe5+ Qd6 32.Qe5 Rc7 33.b4! Qc6 34.c4! dxc4 34...Qxc4 35.Qd6+ 35.Bf5 Rff7 36.Rd1+ Rfd7 37.Bxd7 Rxd7 38.Qb8+ Ke7 39.Rde1+ 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Fischer,R | 2720 | Petrosian,T | 2650 | 1–0 | 1970 | | Match URS-World | 1.2 |
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