Clutch Chess Champions Showdown
The featured game is Grischuk-Aronian (game 2) in which Grischuk played a fascinating rook sacrifice that should have been good for White, but Aronian showed his resilience and managed to hold off the attack.
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.But first a little warm-up froma game between Leinier Dominguez and Fabiano Caruana. Here White played the move dxe5+ hoping to liquidate into an easily drawn position. Was this a good idea or did the former Cuban #1 overlook something??
L. Dominguez - F. Caruana
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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. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.Bd3 Qc7 10.Bb2 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Nf3 Be4 13.c4 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Rd8 15.0-0 cxd4 16.exd4 Nc6 17.d5 exd5 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.cxd5 Ne7 20.Rac1 Qd6 21.Rc4 Rac8 22.Rg4+ Kh8 23.Rh4 Ng6 24.Rh5 Rc5 25.Rd1 Qf4 26.h3 Qc4 27.Qf5 Kg7 28.Rd4 Qc1+ 29.Kh2 Qc2 30.Rxh7+ Kxh7 31.Qxf6 Rf8 32.Ne5 Kg8 33.Rg4 Qc3 34.f4 Rxd5 35.Rxg6+ fxg6 36.Qxg6+ Kh8 37.Qh6+ Kg8 38.Qe6+ Kg7 39.Qxd5 Rxf4 40.Qd6 Rf8 41.Qe7+ Kg8 42.Qg5+ Kh7 43.Qe7+ Kg8 44.Qg5+ Kh7 45.Qh5+ Kg7 46.Qg6+ Kh8 47.Qh6+ Kg8 48.Qg6+ Kh8 49.Nf7+ Rxf7 50.Qxf7 Qxa3 51.h4 Qd6+ 52.Kh3 a5 53.h5 Qe5 54.g4 a4 55.Kh4 Qh2+ 56.Kg5 Qe5+ 57.Kh4 Qh2+ 58.Kg5 Qe5+ 59.Kh4 ½–½
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| Grischuk,A | 2784 | Aronian,L | 2778 | ½–½ | 2020 | E49 | Clutch Chess International | 1.2 |
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