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BRITISH CHAMPION  WITH 10/11!

MICHAEL ADAMS
THE NOT SO HARMLESS LONDON SYSTEM!
RAFAEL LEITAO

BIG CAT
VIKTOR KORCHNOI’S ENDGAME VIRTUOSITY
KARSTEN MUELLER

HOW I WON THE ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

S. P. SETHURAMAN
A PERUVIAN FULFILS THE ALL-AMERICAN DREAM
EMILIO CORDOVA
FIGHTING FOR THE INITIATIVE – AT ANY COST!
MICHAEL ROIZ
THE DOUBLE-EDGED BENONI
MIHAIL MARIN
A QUEEN ENDING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU!
ARAKHAMIA-GRANT
MAGNUS CARLSEN TAMES HIS CHALLENGER IN BILBAO
SPYRIDON KAPNISIS
WESLEY SO RAISES SINQUEFIELD CUP IN ST. LOUIS
ALEKSANDAR COLOVIC
BAYONET ATTACK VERSUS KING’S INDIAN
EMANUEL BERG
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 Contributors
IM Yochanan AFEK, IM Zoran ARSOVIK, GM Pontus CARLSSON, IM Srlan CVETKOVIK,
WGM Yelena DEMBO, GM Josm GONZCLEZ GARCTA, GM Baadur JOBAVA,
IM Zoran PETRONIJEVIK, GM Dejan PIKULA, GM James PLASKETT,
IM Zoran STAMENKOVIK, IM Valentin STOICA, Vladimir TASIK

Columnists
GM Michael ADAMS, GM Ketevan ARAKHAMIA�GRANT, GM Emanuel BERG,
GM Aleksandar JOLOVIK, GM Emilio CéRDOVA, GM Spyridon KAPNISIS, GM Rafael LEITEO,
GM Mihail MARIN, GM Karsten MÄLLER, GM Michael ROIZ,
GM Sethurman Panayappan SETHURAMAN

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GM Branko TADIK, NM Nenad VUKMIROVIK

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Director
FM Josip AêIK

President
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 CONTENTS
MICHAEL
THE LIONHEART!
GM MICHAEL ADAMS

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7 THE BEST GAME AND THE BEST NOVELTY 103 THE LONDON SYSTEM:
WHERE SPARKS CAN FLY!
30 CARLSEN’S PATH TO VICTORY IN BILBAO GM Rafael Leitao
GM Spiridon Kapnisis
112 SON OF SORROW
52 THE BIGGEST SUCCESS OF GM Mihail Marin
WESLEY SO'S CAREER
GM Aleksandar Colovic 123 FAST AND FURIOUS
GM Emanuel Berg
68 THROUGH THE FIRE
GM S. P. Sethuraman
131 NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE —
BUT THREE TIMES!
83 FIFTH TIME LUCKY!
GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
GM Emilio Cordova

93 FIGHTING FOR THE INITIATIVE — 144 A GREAT MASTER'S ENDGAME LEGACY

AT ANY COST! GM Karsten Mueller
GM Michael Roiz

159 GAMES 289 Index

159 Classification of Openings
294 COMBINATIONS  by GM Branko Tadic
160 A
296 ENDINGS  by IM Zoran Petronijevic
181 B
299 STUDIES  by GM Yochanan Afek
221 C
302 TOURNAMENTS
244 D
267 E

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SISTEM ZNAKOVA • СИСТЕМА ЗНАКОВ • SYSTEM OF SIGNS • ZEICHENERKLARUNG •
SYSTPME DE SYMBOLES • SISTEMA DE SIGNOS • SPIEGAZIONE DEI SEGNI •
TECKENF]RKLARING • AAAkkiiA • A

beli stoji malo bolje • y бeлыx нecкoлькo лучшe • white stands slightly better • Weiss steht
etwas besser • les blancs sont un peu mieux • el blanco estc algo mejor • il bianco sta un
po' meglio • vit stbr nbgot battre • •

crni stoji malo bolje • y черныx несколькo лучшe • black stands slightly better • Schwarz steht
etwas besser • les noirs sont un peu mieux • el negro estc algo mejor • il nero sta un po'
meglio • svart stbr nbgot battre • •

beli stoji bolje • y бeлыx лучшe • white has the upper hand • Weiss steht besser • les blancs sont
mieux • el blanco estc mejor • il bianco sta meglio • vit stbr battre • •

crni stoji bolje • y черныx лучшe • black has the upper hand • Schwarz steht besser • les noirs sont
mieux • el negro estc mejor • il nero sta meglio • svart stbr battre • •

beli ima odlu~uju}u prednost • y бeлыx peшающее npeимущество • white has a decisive advantage •
Weiss hat entscheidenden Vorteil • les blancs ont un avantage dmcisif • el blanco tiene una ventaja
decisiva • il bianco m in vantaggio decisivo • vit har avg}rande f}rdel • •

crni ima odlu~uju}u prednost • y черныx peшающее npeимущество • black has a decisive
advantage • Schwarz hat entscheidenden Vorteil • les noirs ont un avantage dmcisif • el negro tiene
una ventaja decisiva • il nero m in vantaggio decisivo • svart har avg}rande f}rdel • •

jednako • paвнo • even • ausgeglichen • mgalitm • igual • equivalente • lika • •

neizvesno • неизвестно • unclear • unklar • incertain • incierto • incerto • oklar • •

kompenzacija za materijal • компенсация за материал • with compensation for the material •

mit Kompensation f«r den materiellen Nachteil • avec compensation pour le matmriel • con
compensación por el material • con compenso per il vantaggio materiale avversario • med
kompensation f}r materialet • •

razvojna prednost • преимущество в развитии • development advantage • Entwicklungsvorsprung •

avantage de dmveloppement • ventaja de desarrollo • vantaggio di sviluppo • utvecklingsf}rsprbng •
•

prostorna prednost • преимущество в пространстве • greater board room • beherrscht mehr

Raum • avantage d'espace • ventaja de espacio • maggior vantaggio spaziale • terrangf}rdel •
•

sa napadom • с атакой • with attack • mit Angriff • avec attaque • con ataque • con attacco •
med angrepp • •

sa inicijativom • c инициативой • with initiative • mit Initiative • avec initiative • con iniciative •
con iniziativa • med initiativ • •

sa protivigrom • c контригрой • with counter�play • mit Gegenspiel • avec contre�jeu • con

contrajuego • con controgioco • med motspel • •

iznudica • цугцванг • zugzwang • Zugzwang • zugzwang • zugzwang • zugzwang • dragtvbng •

•

mat • мат • mate • matt • mat • mate • matto • matt • •

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vrlo dobar potez • oчень хороший ход • a very good move • ein sehr guter Zug • trps bon coup •
muy buena jugada • buona mossa • ett bra drag • •

odli~an potez • отличный ход • an excellent move • ein ausgezeichneter Zug • excellent coup •
excelente jugada • mossa ottima • ett utmarkt drag • •

slab potez • слабый ход • a mistake • ein schwacher Zug • coup faible • mala jugada • mossa
debole • ett dbligt drag • •

gruba gre{ka • грубая ошибка • a blunder • ein grober Fehler • erreur grave • grave error •
grave errore • ett grovt fel • •

potez zaslu`uje pa`nju • xoд заслуживающий внимания • a move deserving attention • ein
beachtenswerter Zug • coup qui mmrite I'attention • jugada que merece atención • mossa degna
di considerazione • ett drag som f}rtjanar uppmarksamhet • •

sumnjiv potez • coмнительный ход • a dubious move • ein Zug von zweifelhaftem Wert • coup
de valeur douteuse • jugada de dudoso valor • mossa dubbia • ett tvivelaktigt drag •
•

sa idejom • c идеей • with the idea • mit der Idee • avec I'idme • con idea • con I'idea •
med idmn • •

jedini potez • eдинственный ход • only move • der einzig spielbare Zug • le seul coup • unica
jugada • unica mossa • enda draget • •

bolje je • лучше • better is • besser ist • meilleur est • es mejor • p meglio • battre ar •
•

linija • линия • file • Linie • colonne • linea • linea • linje • •

dijagonala • диагональ • diagonal • Diagonale • diagonale • diagonal • diagonal • diagonal •

•

centar • центр • centre • Zentrum • centre • centro • centro • centrum • •

kraljevo krilo • королевский фланг • king's side • K}nigsfl«gel • aile�roi • flanco de rey •
lato di R • kungsflygeln • •

damino krilo • ферзевый фланг • queen's side • Damenfl«gel • aile�dame • flanco de dama •
lato di D • damflygeln • •

slaba ta~ka • cлабый пункт • weak point • schwacher Punkt • point faible • punto dmbil • punto
debole • svaghet • •

zavr{nica • эндшпиль • ending • Endspiel • finale • final • finale • slutspel • •

lova~ki par • два слона • pair of bishops • Lauferpaar • paire de fous • pareja de alfiles •
la coppia degli alfieri • l}parpar • •

raznobojni Iоvci • paзноцветныe слоны • bishops of opposite color • ungleichfarbige Laufer •

fous de couleurs opposmes • alfiles de distinto color • alfieri di colore diverso • l}pare med
olika farg • •

istobojni lovci • oдноцветныe слоны • bishops of the same color • gleichfarbige Laufer • fous
de mqme couleur • alfiles del mismo color • alfieri di colore uguale • I}pare med samma farg •
•

vezani pe{aci • связанные пешки • united pawns • verbundene Bauern • pions lims • peones
unidos • pedoni uniti • garderade b}nder • •

razdvojeni pe{aci • изолированные пешки • separated pawns • isolierte Bauern • pions isolms •
peones aislados • pedoni isolati • isolerade b}nder • •

udvojeni pe{aci • сдвоенные пешки • double pawns • Doppelbauern • pions doublms • peones
dobles • pedoni doppi • dubbel b}nder • •

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 slobodan pe{ak • npoxoдная пешка • passed pawn • Freibauer • pion passm • peón pasado •
pedone libero • fribonde • •

prednost u broju pe{aka • npeимуществo в числе пешек • advantage in number of pawns • im

Bauernmehrbesitz • avantage quantitatif en pions • ventaja en el nõmero de peones • vantaggio
quantitativo dei pedoni • f}rdel i antal b}nder • •

vreme • время • time • Zeit • temps • tiempo • tempo • tid • •

86/203 [ahovski informator • Шахматный информатор • Chess Informant • Schach�informator •

Informateur d'mchecs • Informador ajedrecistico • Informatore scacchistico • Schack�informator •
•

E 12 Enciklopedija {ahovskih otvaranja • Энциклопедия шахматных дебютов • Encyclopaedia of Chess

Openings • Enzyklopadie der Schacher}ffnungen • Encyclopmdie des ouvertures d'mchecs •
Enciclopedia de aperturas de ajedrez • Enciclopedia delle aperture negli scacchi • Encyklopedi
}ver spel}ppningar i schack • •

Ë 3/b Enciklopedija {ahovskih zavr{nica • Энциклопедия шахматных oкончаний • Encyclopaedia of Chess

Endings • Enzyklopadie der Schachendspiele • Encyclopmdie des finales d'mchecs • Enciclopedia de
finales de ajedrez • Enciclopedia dei finali negli scacchi • Encyklopedi }ver slutspel i schack •
•

novost • новинкa • a novelty • eine Neuerung • nouveautm • novedad • un'innovazione • nyhet •

•

{ampionat • чемпионат • championship • Meisterschaft • championnat • campeonato •

campionato • masterskap • •

me|uzonski turnir • межзональный турнир • interzonal tournament • Interzonenturnier • tournoi

interzonal • torneo interzonal • torneo interzonale • interzonturnering • •

turnir kandidata • турнир претендентов • candidates' tournament • Kandidatenturnier • tournoi

des candidats • torneo de candidatos • torneo dei candidati • kandidatturnering • •

me~ • матч • match • Wettkampf • match • encuentro • match • match • •

olimpijada • олимпиада • olympiad • Olympiade • olympiade • olimpiada • olimpiade •

olympiad • •

dopisna partija • партия по переписке • correspondence game • Fernpartie • partie par

correspondance • partida por correspondencia • partita per corrispondenza • korrespondensparti •
•

primedba redakcije • примечание редакции • editorial comment • Anmеrkung der Redaktion •

remarque de la rmdaction • nota de la redacción • nota redazionale • redaktionens anmarkning •
•

razni potezi • paзныe ходы • various moves • verschiedene Z«ge • diffmrents coups • diferentes
movidas • mosse varie • olika drag • •

sa • c • with • mit • avec • con • con • med • •

bez • без • without • ohne • sans • sin • senza • utan • •

itd. • и.т.д. • etc • usw. • etc. • etc • ecc • o.s.v. • •

vidi • смотри • see • siehe • voir • ved • vedi • se • •

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13. Íd6 Èf8 14. Èb1î] 13. e4î;
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a5 (Lushenkov 2425 » Ed. Andreev 2455,
Odessa 2008 Ñ 104/(161))
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9... a6 10. f3 g5 11. Ìg5 f6 [11... 1y1y1 1y
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Ëc1 Ìb4= Iturrizaga Bonelli 2528 » Holzke
hH 1h1 H 2524, Wijk aan Zee III 2009 Ñ 105/(20)
D 1 Af1d
2 10... Íe5 11. 0-0-0 a6 12. e3 Ëb8 13.
a) 12... Íe3 13. Íc7 Êc7 [13... Èf7 Íd4 Êc7 14. Ìe2 Ìe7 15. Èb1 Íc6 16.
14. Ía8 Êb2 15. Ìe3 Êc3 16. Èf2 Êa1 17. Ëc1 Êe5 17. Ëhd1 h5 18. Èa1 g4Õ Aronian
Íb6 Ìe7 18. Êb3 Íc6 19. Ìg2 Êe5 20. 2739 » P. Lmkó 2753, Morelia/Linares 2008
f4¥] 14. Ìe3 Íc4 [14... Êc4 15. Êc4 Íc4 Ñ 102/(35)
16. Ìd4 e5 17. Íd5¥] 15. Ìf4 Êc5 [15...
Êc6 16. Êc6 bc6 17. e4 Íe5 18. Ìe2 Ëb8 3 15. Èb3 Íd2 16. Èc2 Íc4 17. Èb3
19. 0-0-0 d5 20. Èc2¢; 15... e5 16. Ìc1 Ëb8 Íd2 18. Èc2 1/2 : 1/2 M. Carlsen 2776 »
17. e4 b5 18. Íd5 Êc6 19. Êc2¢ Íb6 20. L. Domtnguez Pmrez 2717, Linares 2009 Ñ
Êc6 dc6 21. Íf6 Èf7 22. Íg4] 16. Íe4 105/20
Êb4 17. Êb4 Ìb4 18. Èf2 f5 [18... Ìe7 19.
e3 Íe5 20. Ëc1 d5 21. Íc5¢] 19. b3 [19. e3 4 15... Íe3? 16. Èb3 Êd2
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20. bc4 b5 21. Ëb1 Ìc5 22. Ìe3 g1rQ R E
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a1) 22... Ìe7 23. Ìg2 0»0 [23... bc4 a) 19... b6 20. Ìb5 Ìb7 21. Í8b6
24. fe4 Ëf8 25. Èe1 e5 26. Ìf3¥] 24. f4 [24. ab6 22. Íb6 Ìe4 23. Ëhe1 Ìd5 [23... Ìc5
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26. Ìf3¥ Sargissian 2642 » B. Avrukh 2657 a4¥;
Dresden (ol) 2008 Ñ 104/161; b) 19... Íf1 20. Ëhf1 b5 [20... b6 21.
a2) 22... Ìe3 23. Èe3 bc4 24. Èe4 Ëac1 Ìb7 22. Íc7+»] 21. Í4b6! ab6 22.
Èe7 25. Èd4 d5 26. f4¢; Íb6 Ìb7 23. Ëf7 Ìc6 24. Ëd1

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aH 1 1 H Èa6 Êa4 25. Èb7 Êc6 26. Èa6 Êa4 27.
1 1d1 1 Èb7 Êc6 1/2 : 1/2 D. Sadzikowski 2500 »
An. Maksimenko 2495, Polska (ch) 2015
26. Íd7! Ëd8 [26... Ìd7 27. Ëc3 Èd8 28.
6 9... Êc6? 10. h3 Íf3 11. Èe2 Íge5
Ëcd3+»] 27. Ëc3! (1 : 0 Hi. Nakamura
12. b3 g5 13. Ìg2 gf4 14. ef4 a6 [14... Êb6
2776 » Sergey Karjakin 2760, Z«rich 2015
15. Ía4 Êd8 16. fe5 Íe5 17. Êd4 f6 18.
Ñ 123/22) Ëd7 28. Ëdc1 Ëd6 29. e5+»;
Ía7 Íc6 19. Ìc6 bc6 20. Íc8 Ëc8 21.
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Ëd7 Ìd5 28. Ë7d5 ed5 29. Íd5 Ìd8¥; 26... 2323, Mona 2009] 15. fe5 ab5 16. Ìf3 Êc5
h5!¥; 17. Íb5 Êe5 18. Èf1 Ìg7 19. a4! d5 [19...
b2) 24... Èe8 25. Ëdd7! Ìd7 26. Ëd7 Êa1 20. Êa1 Ìa1 21. Íc7 Èd8 22. Ía8
h5 27. Ëb7+» Ìd4 23. Èe2 Ëg8 24. b4 b6 25. Ëd1 e5 26.
Ëd4+»; 19... 0»0 20. Ëa2+»] 20. Ëc1
5 17... d5 18. Èd3 Ìg7 19. Íe2 Êa1 Ìd7 21. cd5 Ìb5 22. ab5 0»0 23. Èg2 ed5
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Íb6 de4 23. Ìe4+» R. Svane 2531 » An. Êd5+» Greenfeld 2560 » E. Liss 2480,
Heimann 2557, Biel 2015] 21. Êa7 de4 22. Rishon Le-Zion 1996 Ñ 68/(35)
Ìe4? f5¤; 22. Èe3¥;
7 10. Íc7 Êc7 11. Êg4
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a) 22. e5 Ìe5 23. Íb5 Êc2 24. Èb4 b) 11... d6 12. Êe2 Ìd7 [12... Íg6!?
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Ëc8 15. 0»0] 15. 0»0 0»0 16. Ëac1 Ëac8
a1) 25. Èa4? Êa1 26. Êa7 Êa2 27.
Èb4 Êb1 28. Èa4 [28. Èa3?? Ìd6 29. 17. Ëfd1 Ëfd8
Èa4 Êd1#] Êe4 29. Èb3 Êh1 30. Íb6 b1) 18. c5 f5! 19. e4

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1yWrR Yy
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1 H Yy1
1 1h1 1
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21. ef5! ef5 22. Íb5! Ìb5 23. Êb5 Ëd1 24.
Ëd1 e4 25. c6!¥] 21. b4¥ V. Anand 2725 »
P. Lmkó 2625, Wijk aan Zee 1998 Ñ 65/38;
b12) 19... Ìc5! 20. ef5 ef5 21. Íd5
Êd6 22. Íe3 Ìd4 23. Ìb7£;
b2) 18. a3 f5 19. b4 e4 20. Ìf1 Å
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Êc3»+; 12. Êd1 Êc6 13. Ìe5 Êh1£] Íd3
13. Ìd3 [13. Èd2 Íf4¤] Êd3£;
10. h3 ab5 11. hg4 Íc4 [11... Êc6!?
12. Ìe5 Êh1 13. Íb5 Ìb4 14. Èe2! 0»0
15. a3 Ìe7 16. Ìd6 Ìd6 17. Íd6 b5!? 18.
cb5 Ìb7Õ] 12. Êb3 d5 13. Ìc4 [13. Êb5?
Êb5 14. Íb5 Ìb4¤] dc4 14. Êb5 Êb5 15.
Íb5
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1y1 1yYy
1 1y1 1
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D 1 A 1d
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a1) 16... 0»0 17. Ìd6 Ìd6 18. Íd6
e5 19. g5 Ìe6 [19... Ìg4!? 20. f3 Ìe6] 20.
Ëh4 (1/2 : 1/2 B. Lalik 2585 » Emms 2535,
London 1997 Ñ 70/(36)) b5ì 21. Ëah1 h6
[21... Ëa2?? 22. Ëh7 Ëb2 23. Èf3+»] 22.
a3 b4!|;
a2) 16... Èe7!? 17. Ëhd1 Ìd7 18.
Ìd6 Ìd6 19. Íd6 e5=;
12
a3) 16... Ëa5 17. a4 Ìd7 18. Ìd6
Ìd6 19. Íd6 Èe7 20. Íc4 Ëa4 21. Ëa4
Ìa4 22. e4 Ëc8 23. Èd3 Ìb5 1/2 : 1/2 L. Bo
Hansen 2569 » Cu. Hansen 2618, Danmark
(ch) 2000 Ñ 78/(34);
b) 15... Ëa5 16. Íd6 [16. a4 Ìd7 17.
Ëh5 Ìb4 18. Èe2 Èe7£ V. Jeremik 2519 »
Al. Kovajevik 2568, Srbija 2011] Ìd6 17.
Ìd6 f5= 18. e4 1/2 : 1/2 Vera Gonzclez-
-Quevedo 2444 » Y. Gonzclez Vidal 2481,
Santa Clara 2004
8 10... g5 11. Ìe5 Íe5 12. 0-0-0 Ìe7
13. Ìe2 0»0 14. Íd4 d6 [14... Êb4 15. Êb4
Ìb4 16. f4 gf4 17. gf4 Íg6 18. h4 b6 19. h5
Íe7 20. Íe4¢ Vachier-Lagrave 2686 » L.
Domtnguez Pmrez 2725, Istanbul (ol) 2012]
15. f4 Íc6 16. Íe4 Ìd7 17. Êb3 Êb3 18.
Íb3 Íb4 19. Íc3 Ëfd8 20. a3 Íc6 21. Íe4
gf4 22. gf4 Ìe8 23. Ëhg1 Èf8 24. Ëg3¢ J.
Timman 2607 » J.-K.Duda 2553, Wijk aan
Zee II 2014;
10... Ëb8 11. Ìe2 ab5 12. Íb5 g5
13. Ìg5 f6 14. Ìf4 Ëg8 [14... Íh6 15. 0-0-0
Íhf7 16. b4 Ìe7 17. c5 Ìc5 18. bc5 Êc5
19. Èb1 0»0 20. Ëc1¥ Bivol 2344 » Krush
2468, Doha 2015] 15. h3 Íh6 16. 0-0-0 Èf7
17. g4 Ëg6 18. Ëhg1§ I. Khairullin 2653 »
A. Gabrielian 2560, Russia 2015
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14. Êb5 Êb5 15. Íb5 Íc6 16. Ía7 Ía7
17. Ìd3 Ìg7 18. 0-0-0¥ Matlakov 2689 »
A. Grischuk 2792, Dubai (blitz) 2014] 14.
Ìh3¢
11 13. Êc6 Íc6! [13... bc6?! 14. hg4
Íg4 15. f3¥] 14. hg4 e5£
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Ìe7 [16... f6 17. g5 Êb5 18. Íb5 Èf7 19. 1 1y1yYy
gf6 gf6 20. Ìb6 h5 21. a4î] 17. Êh5! [17. Y 1yR 1
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Ëd8 Z. Stamenkovik
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Ëd2 Ìf6 24. Ìb4 Èg8 25. Ìd6 Ëc8 26.
Êh3 Êe4 27. Ìd3 Êd5 (V. Topalov 2780 14 18. Ìb8 Ìe7 19. 0-0-0 0»0 20. Èb1
— F. Caruana 2794, Moscow (ct) 2016 Ñ Êe4 21. Ìd3 Êg4Õ F. Rambaldi 2554 »
128/19) 28. Êf1 g6 29. Ìf4 h5 30. g5 Ga. Nagy 2439, Wunsiedel 2016
Ìg7£; G. Arsovi

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Adams

BATTLE OF BRITAIN IN BOURNEMOUTH

MICHAEL THE LIONHEART!
What happens when an established 2700+ player
leaves the comparative security of his accustomed
elite all-play-alls to meet the challenges and
uncertainties of a rough and tumble swiss system
open? Here, even a world class grandmaster may
suddenly find himself out of his comfort zone.

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 Michael ADAMS

Nevertheless, Michael Adams decided to take just such a “holiday”

from his usual round of super-tournaments and face all-comers in the
large scale British Championship. The question as to whether or not he
would win his fifth British title all depended on the last four rounds,
during which he had to encounter his most dangerous rivals...

I haven’t had a packed schedule recently, and when I sat down to play my
first round game in the British Championship it was three months and 15 days
since my last outing. Probably my longest break from competitive play since
I was at school! I wouldn’t really recommend this approach – arranging some
training games instead of watching cricket pre-tournament would have been a
good idea, but it seemed to work out alright in the end. I reached a respectable
5/6 at the end of the first week, although three of my games were none too
convincing. I began the second with a tough pairing – Black against second
seed David Howell, which, for a Berlin, was quite an eventful game.

C65
Michael Adams
HOWELL 2663 –
ADAMS 2727
• Country: England
Great Britain (ch) (7), 2016
• Born: 1971
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 ¤f6 4.d3 ¥c5
• Rating: 2727
5.¥c6 dc6 6.¤bd2 00 7.£e2
The revolutionary way to treat the Berlin, • Peak rating: 2761
White’s plan of castling on the opposite side
to his opponent certainly changes the nature • Title: Grandmaster since 1989
of the game.

7...¦e8 8.¤c4 ¤d7 9.¥d2 ¤b6N the pawn on e5, but of course b6 is hardly an
[RR 9...¥d6 Perez Candelario 2527  ideal spot for Black’s knight which normally
Sargissian 2677, Villafranca de los Barros heads to e6 via f8.
2010  109/(187)]
XIIIIIIIIY 10.¤e3 [10.¤ce5?! f6 11.¤c4 ¤c4 12.dc4
¥f5 obviously doesn’t work.; 10.¤fe5 ¥d4
9r+lwqr+k+0 11.¥c3 ¥c3 12.bc3 is much more interesting
9zppzp-+pzpp0 but Black has a lot of options here: 12...f6
13.¤b6 ab6 is one reasonable idea.; 10.¤a5!?
9-snp+-+-+0 can be considered but David’s move is more
9+-vl-zp-+-0 compatible with White’s most ambitious plan
to castle queenside.]
9-+N+P+-+0
9+-+P+N+-0 10...a5 [10...¥f8!? is another idea. I was
trying to avoid playing 10...f6 as this gives
9PzPPvLQzPPzP0 White a target on the kingside, but during
9tR-+-mK-+R0 the game I realised it’s not easy to do
without this move, so perhaps it was better
xiiiiiiiiy to play it now.]
A new move in response. Due to some tactical
points it’s not necessary to lose time defending 11.h4 [After 11.0–0–0 either 11...¥e6 or 11...

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Chess Informant 129

a4 starts queenside action quickly. David’s 15.£e3 ¥g4 16.¦dg1

move is craftier, he begins his own play and XIIIIIIIIY
introduces the handy option to play ¤g5.]
XIIIIIIIIY 9r+-wqr+k+0
9r+lwqr+k+0 9+pzp-+-zpp0
9+pzp-+pzpp0 9-snp+-zp-+0
9-snp+-+-+0 9zp-+-zp-+-0
9zp-vl-zp-+-0 9-+-+P+lzP0
9-+-+P+-zP0 9+-+PwQN+-0
9+-+PsNN+-0 9PzPPvL-zP-+0
9PzPPvLQzPP+0 9+K+-+-tRR0
9tR-+-mK-+R0 xiiiiiiiiy
16...¥f3 [I calculated the unimportant line 16...
xiiiiiiiiy f5?! 17.ef5 ¤d5 18.£e4 ¤f6 19.£c4 £d5
11...¥d4 [11...¥e6 12.¤g5! is annoying. I 20.¦g4 e4 21.¦e4 winning for White, but missed
was still trying to avoid playing ...f7-f6 but the relevant 16...¤c4!? 17.dc4 ¥f3 18.£f3 £d2
again the immediate 11...f6 12.0–0–0 ¥e6 19.£f6 £e1! This was the detail I overlooked.
13.¢b1 £d7 looks sensible. If 11...¥f8 12.g4 20.¦e1 gf6 and a few moves have drained an
and White’s attack starts to look worryingly intriguing middlegame of all interest.]
advanced.]
17.£f3 ¢h8 18.£g3
12.0–0–0 ¥e6 13.¢b1 f6 [The other option is to try to treble on the
[13...¤a4 14.c3 doesn’t really go anywhere.] open line, rook first: 18.h5 £d6 19.£g2 ¦e7
XIIIIIIIIY 20.¦h3 (20.f4!?) ¤a4 21.¦g3 ¦g8 which also
looks to provide reasonable compensation.]
9r+-wqr+k+0
9+pzp-+-zpp0 18...¦e7 19.f4
Opening more dark squares is logical but it
9-snp+lzp-+0 allows my knight to get nearer to the kingside.
9zp-+-zp-+-0 19...¤c4 20.¥c1
9-+-vlP+-zP0 [After 20.¥c3 ef4 21.£f4 the handy
9+-+PsNN+-0 intermezzo 21...£d6! is an important detail,
then 22.£f2 ¤e5 23.h5 c5 and the impression
9PzPPvLQzPP+0 is similar  White has play but my position
9+K+R+-+R0 remains solid.]

xiiiiiiiiy 20...ef4 21.¥f4 ¤e5 22.¥e5

14.g4 [Very aggressive and certainly not
bad, but there were two decent alternatives:
14.¦dg1!? ¤a4 15.¤d4 (15.¥c1?! £e7;
15.¤d1!? leaves little to latch on to on the
queenside.) ed4 16.¤d1 c5 17.g4 leads to
very sharp play; 14.¤f5!? is also complex,
but I think White is a little better here.]
14...¥e3 I felt I had to grab the pawn although
obviously it is not without dangers.
[I was expecting 22.h5 £d6 but David was
already low on time and his move is equally
good, as White will gain complete control of
the only open file.]
22...fe5 23.¦f1 £d6 24.¦f5 a4 25.a3 b5
26.¦hf1 ¦g8 27.¢c1
[The more direct 27.¦f8 seems better and
after 27...h6 28.h5 ¦f8 29.¦f8 ¢h7 30.£f2
£e6 a draw is on the cards.]

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for White as his king will always feel a little

uncomfortable.

29.£e3 h6 30.¦g1
[30.¦f8 is met by 30...¦d7.]

30...¦e6 [As the only way to progress is to return

the pawn and try to exploit White’s isolated
pawns and airy king position, the immediate
30...ba3 31.ba3 c4 32.dc4 ¦d8 made sense.]

31.¦f7 ba3 32.ba3 c4 33 dc4 ¦f6 34.c5

XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+rmk0
9+-zp-+Rzp-0
9-+-wq-tr-zp0
9+-zP-zp-+P0
9p+-+P+-+0
9zP-+-wQ-+-0
9-+P+-+-+0
9+-mK-+-tR-0
xiiiiiiiiy
34...£d8 [Originally I intended 34...£a6! 35
David Howell. Photo by David Llada
¦f6 (as 35 ¦c7 ¦f1 36.¦f1 £f1 37.¢b2 ¦b8
38.¢c3 £a1 wins) £f6 which looks more
27...c5 28.h5 active than the game.]
XIIIIIIIIY
35.¦f1!? [I had only considered 35.¦f6 £f6
9-+-+-+rmk0 and this caused a bit of panic.]
9+-zp-tr-zpp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-wq-+-+0 9-+-wq-+rmk0
9+pzp-zpR+P0 9+-zp-+Rzp-0
9p+-+P+-+0 9-+-+-tr-zp0
9zP-+P+-wQ-0 9+-zP-zp-+P0
9-zPP+-+-+0 9p+-+P+-+0
9+-mK-+R+-0 9zP-+-wQ-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+P+-+-+0
David offered a draw here but as the
momentum of the game was positive, and my
9+-mK-+R+-0
clock and board position are somewhat better, xiiiiiiiiy
I was happy to continue. 35...¦f7? [35...¦f1! 36.¦f1 £h4 was
obviously correct as White’s rook is less
28...b4 Practically, now things are not simple impressively placed.]

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36.¦f7 c6 40...£e6 41.¢b4 £a2

XIIIIIIIIY [I didn’t consider the best move 41...g5! at
all. Importantly, this leaves White without a
9-+-wq-+rmk0 particularly useful move: 42.¢a5 (42.¢a4?
9+-+-+Rzp-0 £c4 wins immediately) g4 43.¢b6 ¦g7
neutralises the active rook.]
9-+p+-+-zp0
9+-zP-zp-+P0 42.¢a5 £c2 43.£e5 £d3
9p+-+P+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zP-+-wQ-+-0 9-+-+-+rmk0
9-+P+-+-+0 9+R+-+-zp-0
9+-mK-+-+-0 9-+p+-+-zp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9mK-zP-wQ-+-0
37.¢b2? [37.¦a7! £h4 38.¦a6 was better, 9p+-+P+-+0
as the rook can block checks on the b-file if 9zP-+q+-+-0
required.]
9-+-+-+-+0
37...£d1! 9+-+-+-+-0
David may have overlooked that this square
was made available by White’s last move. xiiiiiiiiy
44.¢b6? [The counter-intuitive 44.¦b8!,
38.¦b7 £h5 39.£g3 swapping my passive rook, holds the draw:
Although I have two connected passed pawns 44...¦b8 45.£b8 ¢h7 and either 46.e5 £c3
on the kingside, my passively placed pieces (46...£a3 47.£b1 ¢g8 48.£b8=) 47.¢b6
mean they won’t be moving forward very £a3 48.¢c6 £f3 49.¢d7 £d5 50.£d6 £b7
quickly. 51.£c7 or 46 £b4 £d8 (46...h5 47.e5 £d5
48.¢b6) 47.¢a4 h5 48.e5 £d5 look likely to
39...£e8 lead to a draw.]
XIIIIIIIIY
44...£a3 45.¢c6 £d3
9-+-+q+rmk0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+R+-+-zp-0 9-+-+-+rmk0
9-+p+-+-zp0 9+R+-+-zp-0
9+-zP-zp-+-0 9-+K+-+-zp0
9p+-+P+-+0 9+-zP-wQ-+-0
9zP-+-+-wQ-0 9p+-+P+-+0
9-mKP+-+-+0 9+-+q+-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+-+-0
40.¢c3 [A creative final move before the
time control. Upon 40.¦b4, keeping the xiiiiiiiiy
rook active, I wanted to play 40...£e7 (The 46.¦b8 [The best try but one that is less
fearless machine suggests 40...g5 and it is effective here. 46.¦a7 a3 47.£d5 £h3 leaves
true the black rook is handily placed behind White’s king too exposed; 46.£d5 is another
the g-pawn.) 41.¦a4 £c5] logical line: 46...£a6 47.¦b6 £a8 48.¢b5

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a3 49.£e5 ¢h7 50.£f5 g6 is winning but is 52.¢d6 £f5 53.ef5 a2 54.c7 a1£ 55.c8£
not a line that inspired confidence in me at ¢h7
the board.] XIIIIIIIIY
46...¦b8 [I rejected 46...£a6 47.¦b6 £c8? 9-+Q+-+-+0
due to 48.¢b5 with the threat of ¦h6 mate! 9+-+-+-zpk0
However after 47...£c4! White’s king is still
too exposed to set up the mating threat as 9-+-mK-+-zp0
48.¢b7 is met by 48...£f7.] 9+-+-+P+-0
47.£b8 ¢h7 48.£e5 9-+-+-+-+0
[Again the best try as 48.e5 a3 49.e6 a2 9+-+-+-+-0
50.£a7 £e4 wins easily.]
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9wq-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-zpk0 xiiiiiiiiy
Two new queens are on the board, but things
9-+K+-+-zp0 are still not completely clear. If White can
9+-zP-wQ-+-0 give up his pawn but get his king to the right
corner square of the board, without my pawns
9p+-+P+-+0 advancing too far, the position is a theoretical
9+-+q+-+-0 draw. However with little time remaining
there is virtually no chance to carry out this
9-+-+-+-+0 tricky operation.
9+-+-+-+-0 56.¢d5 [56.£e6! is best and might
xiiiiiiiiy save the day with correct play: 56...£f6!
48...£a6 [The strongest move, the geometrical (56...£d4?! 57.¢e7 £h4 58.¢f7 £h5??
48...£f1!, wasn’t easy to spot: 49.¢d7 a3 59.¢f8, when White mates, is certainly
50.£d5 £f2 51.c6 a2 winning.] not a good option!) 57.¢d5 (57.£f6 gf6
58.¢d5 ¢g7 59.¢e4 ¢f7 60.¢f4 ¢e7
49.¢d5 [49.¢d7 £b7! (49...a3? 50.c6 a2 61.¢g4 ¢d6 62.¢h5 ¢e5 wins) £g5!
51.£f5 =) 50.¢d8 a3 again winning.] (57...h5? 58.£f6 gf6 59.¢e4 with a draw,
was a line given by Alexander Baburin in
49...a3 50.£f5 ¢g8 51.c6 Chess Today) 58.¢e4!
XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+k+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-zp-0 9+-+-+-zpk0
9q+P+-+-zp0 9-+-+Q+-zp0
9+-+-+Pwq-0
9+-+K+Q+-0 9-+-+K+-+0
9-+-+P+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9zp-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+-+-0 A) 58...h5 59.¢f3 £g4 60.¢f2 h4 61.£d5
xiiiiiiiiy £g3 62.¢f1 £g5 63.¢f2 ¢h6 (63...h3
51...£b5! [51...a2? 52.£e6 ¢h8 53.c7] 64.£f3! h2 65 £d1!=) 64.£e6 £f6 65.¢g2

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¢g5 66.£e3 ¢f5=; 57...h5 58.£c6 [58.¢f4 £f2 59.¢g5 h4

60.£c6 £g3 61.¢h5 h3 and White is
B) 58...£g2 59.¢e3 h5 60.£f7 £g3 61.¢e2 helpless.]
£g4 62.¢f1 h4 63.f6 £f3 64.¢g1 £f6 is a
tablebase draw but of course defending this 58...£e2 59.¢f4 £g4 60.¢e5
position, especially with little time on the [60.¢e3 £f5 wins.]
clock, is no picnic.]
60...h4 61.£c2 £g5 62.¢e4 £g4 63.¢e5
56...£a2 [This does drive White’s king where h3 64.£f2
it wants to go, so 56...h5 57.£e6 (57.£e8?! [64.f6 £g6 decides.]
£a5!) £g1 was simpler.]
XIIIIIIIIY 64...£h5 65.£h2
9-+Q+-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-zpk0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-zp0 9+-+-+-zpk0
9+-+K+P+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+-mKP+q0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9q+-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+p0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-wQ0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+-+-0
57.¢e5 [57.¢e4 also makes sense but doesn’t xiiiiiiiiy
seem to work: 57...£g2 58.¢e3 h5 65...£h4 [65...g6!? 66.¢f4 £f5? (66...gf5!
still wins) 67.¢g3 is what White is hoping for.]
A) 59.f6!? £g5 60.¢f2 £f6 61.¢g2
XIIIIIIIIY 66.£c2 £g5
9-+Q+-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-zpk0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-wq-+0 9+-+-+-zpk0
9+-+-+-+p0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-mKPwq-0
9-+-+-+K+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+-+p0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+Q+-+-+0
Now it appears White has achieved his aim 9+-+-+-+-0
but the threat of a queen exchange means
his king will get displaced again. 61...£g5 xiiiiiiiiy
62.¢f1 £f4 63.¢g2 (63.¢e1 h4  +) 67.£f2 [After 67.£h2 I was intending
£g4 64.£g4 hg4 65.¢g3 ¢h6 66.¢g4 67...£e3 68.¢d5 £d3 69.¢e5 £f3 which
¢g6  +; seems to work: 70.£c2 £g2 71 £d1 £g3
72.¢e6 £e3 73.¢f7 h2]
B) 59.£e8 £g5 60.¢f2 £f5 61.¢g2
(61.¢e2 h4  +) £g6  +] 67...g6 68.¢d4 £f5

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XIIIIIIIIY
11.¥e3
9-+-+-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-+k0 9r+-wq-trk+0
9-+-+-+p+0 9+p+nvlpzpp0
9+-+-+q+-0 9p+-zplsn-+0
9-+-mK-+-+0 9+-+-zp-+-0
9+-+-+-+p0 9P+-+P+-+0
9-+-+-wQ-+0 9+-sN-vL-zP-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-zPP+NzPLzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
With White’s pawn annexed and his king cut
off, the rest is not too difficult. xiiiiiiiiy
This position could be compared with some
69.£h4 ¢g7 70.£g3 g5 71 £c7 ¢g6 6.¥e2 e5 lines where White’s knight lands on
72.£b7 ¢h5 73.¢e3 h2 74.£h1 £f4 b3, I think White has a slightly more flexible
75.¢e2 g4 76.£d5 ¢h4 77.£d8.¢g3 set up here. One advantage is that a black
0 :1 Adams knight on b6 can now be neutralised by White
playing b2-b3.
My co-leader on 6/7, surprise package David [I decided 11.h3 wasn’t essential yet.]
Eggleston, whose Elo rating had sunk much
too low prior to this tournament, was next 11...¤g4 12.¥d2 ¤gf6
up. I quite liked the way I played this game, This means I have gained the “free” move
despite taking two moves to transfer my rook ¥d2, but it doesn’t matter too much.
from d1 to d3.
Michael Adams. Photo by Brendan O'Gorman

B91
ADAMS 2727 –
EGGLESTON 2376
Great Britain (ch) (8), 2016

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 ¤f6 4.¤c3 cd4 5.¤d4

a6 6.g3 e5 7.¤de2 ¥e7 8.¥g2 00 9.00
[9.a4 is premature due to 9...¤c6.]

9...¥e6
[9...b5 is a more popular theoretical line
here, but there is always something to be
said for developing your pieces. RR Adams
2744  Van Wely 2640, Wijk aan Zee 2016
 127/84]

10.a4 ¤bd7
[Now 10...¤c6 can be met by 11.¤d5 ¥d5
12.ed5]

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XIIIIIIIIY
[12...£c7 was another option.] 9r+-+-+k+0
13.a5N [RR 13.¤c1 A. Sorcinelli  J. Gesicki, 9+q+lvlpzp-0
Internet 2012]
9psnrzp-sn-zp0
13...£c7 14.b3 ¦fc8 9+-+-zp-+-0
[Black could play 14...¦ac8 15.¦a2 ¦fe8 when
he is well placed to react to developments, but 9-+-+P+-+0
it’s not easy to see an active plan.; 14...£c6 9+PsN-vL-zPP0
15.¥e3 prevents d5.]
9R+P+NzPL+0
15.¦a2 Covering c2 so the knight can move. 9wQ-+R+-mK-0
15...b5 [Waiting with 15...h6 was also xiiiiiiiiy
possible.] 21...£c8 [21...¦cc8 is well met by 22.g4!
¥c6 (22...h5 23.g5 ¤h7 24.h4±) 23.¤g3±;
16.ab6 ¤b6 17.£a1 £b7 18.¦d1 The correct move was not easy to see: 21...
XIIIIIIIIY a5! 22.¤d5!? (22.¦a5?! ¦a5 23.£a5 ¤c4
24.£a7 I got this far but failed to realise
9r+r+-+k+0 24...£c8 renews the threat to trap White’s
9+q+-vlpzpp0 queen: 25.¦a1 ¤e3 26.£e3 ¥d8÷) ¤bd5
23.ed5 ¦cc8!? (23...¦ca6 24.¤c3²)]
9psn-zplsn-+0
9+-+-zp-+-0 22.¢h2 Now Black’s pieces have lost co-
ordination and it’s not easy to get it back.
9-+-+P+-+0
9+PsN-+-zP-0 22...¥d8 23.¦d2?!
[Bearing in mind my next move, 23.¦d3!
9R+PvLNzPLzP0 should be considered.]
9wQ-+R+-mK-0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9r+qvl-+k+0
18...¥d7 [18...¤bd7!?, aiming to implement 9+-+l+pzp-0
the same idea with ...¤c5, maintains better
harmony and improves Black’s worst piece. 9psnrzp-sn-zp0
19.h3 ¤c5 (19...h6 20.g4!) 20.¥g5!²] 9+-+-zp-+-0
19.¥g5 [Necessary as 19.¥e3 ¥c6 is 9-+-+P+-+0
disruptive.] 9+PsN-vL-zPP0
19...¦c6 [19...¥c6 20.¥f6 gf6 21.g4! leaves 9R+PtRNzPLmK0
the white squares looking inviting for my 9wQ-+-+-+-0
pieces.]
xiiiiiiiiy
20.h3 [20.¦d3!? h6 21.¥e3 meets with a 23...h5 [I was expecting Black to give up one
surprising tactical concept, 21...a5!, and of his weak pawns to look for counterplay
if 22.¦a5 ¦a5 23.£a5 ¤c4 24.£a1 ¤e3 with 23...a5 24.¤b5 £b8 25.¤ec3 a4 26.¤a4
25.¦e3 ¥d8 Black is very comfortable.] ¤a4 27.¦a4 ¦a4 28.ba4 although it falls
short of full compensation.]
20...h6 21.¥e3
[The deep 21.¥c1!? has its points as it 24.¦d3 [Originally I was intending 24.¤d5!?
prevents 21...a5 in the next note.] ¤bd5 25.ed5 ¦c7 26.¥b6?! (26.c4! or 26.f4!

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keep some advantage) ¦b7 27.¥d8 £d8 27.f4! A good moment to open the kingside
28.¦a6 ¦a6 29.£a6 £c7 but the price paid with Black passively placed.
for winning a pawn is too high  Black has fine
compensation. All the black pieces remaining 27...¥f6 [27...¦c2!? is a radical way to try to
on the board are happily situated.; 24.f4! was change the momentum of the game: 28.£c2
better, then 24...h4 worried me but 25.gh4 (but ¥b5 29.¦d1 ¤d7±]
not 25.g4 ¥g4!) is ugly but quite effective.]
XIIIIIIIIY 28.fe5 ¥e5 29.¤bd4 ¦c8
[If 29...h4 30.¤c6 hg3 31.¤g3 ¥c6 32.¥d4
9r+qvl-+k+0 exchanges Black’s bishop.]
9+-+l+pzp-0
30.¤f3 ¥e6
9psnrzp-sn-+0 [Instead 30...¥b5 looks stronger: 31.¦d2!
9+-+-zp-+p0 (31.c4 ¤c4 32.bc4 ¥c4 and the passed pawn
is useful.) ¤f6 remains a bit better for White.
9-+-+P+-+0 32.¤e5 de5 33.¥g5 ¤h7 (33...¤bd7 34.c4
9+PsNRvL-zPP0 ¥c6 35.¤c3±) 34.¥e7!±]

9R+P+NzPLmK0 31.¤f4 [I originally wanted to play 31.¤ed4!?

9wQ-+-+-+-0 ¤d7 32.¤e6 (32.¤f5!?) fe6 33.¥d4 which
leaves Black with a lot of weaknesses and no
xiiiiiiiiy activity.]
24...¤e8? [24...h4 25.g4 ¤h7 26.£c1 a5
27.£d2 keeps control. Clearly, retreating the 31...¥f4 [31...¤d7!? 32.¤e6 (32.¤g5 h4 is
knight is not helpful, but it is not so easy for less clear cut.) fe6 33.¥d4 transposes to the
Black to find the correct idea: 24...a5! 25.£d1 last note.]
(Amusingly 25.¦d2!? might be best: 25...a4
26.¤b5 £b8 27.¤ec3 ab3 28.cb3²) ¥e7 32.gf4 [32.¥f4!? a4 33.¤g5 is also pretty
26.f4 (26.¤b5 £b8 27.¤ec3 h4 28.g4 d5! good.]
gives good counterplay.) a4 27.¤d5 ¤bd5
28.ed5 ¦ca6 29.fe5 de5 30.d6 ¥d8 with a 32...a4 33.¤g5 ab3 34.¦a8
complete mess.] XIIIIIIIIY
25.£d1 a5 [25...h4 26.g4 a5 27.f4±] 9Rwqr+n+k+0
9+-+-+pzp-0
26.¤b5 [26.f4!?]
9-sn-zpl+-+0
26...£b8 9+-+-+-sNp0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+PzP-+0
9rwq-vln+k+0 9+p+RvL-+P0
9+-+l+pzp-0 9-+P+-+LmK0
9-snrzp-+-+0 9+-+Q+-+-0
9zpN+-zp-+p0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+P+-+0 34...¤a8
9+P+RvL-zPP0 [After this, with both knights spectators on
the back rank, Black is swiftly overrun. There
9R+P+NzPLmK0 was an interesting tactical line: 34...bc2
9+-+Q+-+-0 35.¦b8 cd1£ 36.¦c8 £a4™ (36...£d3??
37.¦e8#)
xiiiiiiiiy
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XIIIIIIIIY
9-+R+n+k+0 and the pieces should eventually overcome
9+-+-+pzp-0 the queen: 39...¥c4 (39...d5 40.¤e6 fe6
41.ed5 £f4 42.¥g3 £c4 43.¦d2) 40.¦d4
9-sn-zpl+-+0 £c7 41.¥g3 f6 42.¤f3 £c5 43.¦d2]
9+-+-+-sNp0
9q+-+PzP-+0 35.cb3 g6 [35...¤f6 36.¤e6 fe6 37.¦d6+ ]
9+-+RvL-+P0 36.f5 d5 [36...¥d7 37.fg6 fg6 38.£f1+ ]
9-+-+-+LmK0
9+-+-+-+-0 37.¢h1
xiiiiiiiiy XIIIIIIIIY
Now there are two roughly equivalent options:
9nwqr+n+k+0
A) 37.¦d8!? is also sensible 37...¤c4 38.¦d4 9+-+-+p+-0
£b5 39.¥f2 ¢f8! (39...¥d7 40.¥f1! £b2
41.¢g1!+ ); 9-+-+l+p+0
A1) 40.¥f1!? £b2 41.¢g1 ¢e7! (41...¤d2 9+-+p+PsNp0
42.¦4d6+ ) 42.¤e6 ¤d2 43.¦e8 ¢e8
44.¤g7 ¢f8 45.¦d2 £d2 46.¤h5 looks 9-+-+P+-+0
less convincing.; 9+P+RvL-+P0
A2) 40.f5! ¢e7 (40...¥d7 41.¦c4 £c4
42.¦d7+ ) 41.fe6 £g5 42.¦e8 ¢e8 43.ef7 9-+-+-+L+0
¢f7 44.¦c4 and White should win. 9+-+Q+-+K0
B) 37.¦e8!? was my intention, which has the xiiiiiiiiy
advantage of simplifying matters 37...gf5 [37...de4 38.fe6 ed3 39.ef7 ¢f8
XIIIIIIIIY 40.£f3 threatens ¤h7 or ¤e6.]
9-+-tRnmk-+0 38.ed5 ¥d7 39.£h5 ¤d6 40.¥f4 £b4
9+-+-+pzp-0 [40...¥e8 41.£h7 ¢f8 42.¦e3+ ]
9-+-zpl+-+0
9+q+-+-sNp0 41.£h7
1 :0 Adams
9-+ntRPzP-+0
9+-+-+-+P0 With such a mixed field I was far from the only
9-+-+-vLLmK0 participant with a substantial plus score, and
9+-+-+-+-0 found I was facing Gawain Jones who was only
half a point behind. A draw seemed like a good
xiiiiiiiiy result from my point of view before the game,
37...£e8 38 ¥b6 £b8 39.¥f2 but when Gawain proposed peace in the early
XIIIIIIIIY middlegame, I liked my position so much that
continuing the game was the only choice.
9-wq-+-+k+0
9+-+-+pzp-0 A14
9-+-zpl+-+0 JONES 2650 —
9+-+-+-sNp0 ADAMS 2727
9-+-+PzP-+0 Great Britain (ch) (9), 2016
9+-+R+-+P0
9-+-+-vLLmK0 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.¥g2 ¤f6 4.¤f3 ¥e7 5.00
00 6.b3 c5 7.e3 ¤c6 8.¥b2 d4
9+-+-+-+-0 A popular and ambitious way to play. If things
xiiiiiiiiy
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go well there is a considerable upside, but the 15...£c7

number of tempi Black is missing seems a bit XIIIIIIIIY
concerning.
9r+l+r+k+0
9.ed4 cd4 10.¦e1 ¦e8 11.d3 ¥c5 9zppwq-+pzpp0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-vl-sn-+0
9r+lwqr+k+0 9+-+-zp-+-0
9zpp+-+pzpp0 9-+Pzp-+-+0
9-+n+psn-+0 9+P+P+-zP-0
9+-vl-+-+-0 9PvLQ+-zPLzP0
9-+Pzp-+-+0 9tRN+-tR-mK-0
9+P+P+NzP-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9PvL-+-zPLzP0 16.¤d2?
9tRN+QtR-mK-0 [16.¥a3! was really required now (when
16...¥a3 17.¤a3 ¥d7 is a good simple
xiiiiiiiiy option) but 16...£a5 17.£c1 ¥a3 18.¤a3
12.¤e5 [The most common option is 12.a3 a5 ¥f5 19.¥b7 ¦ab8 is a more aggressive idea.]
13.¤bd2 (13.¤e5!?) e5 14.¤g5 but swapping
knights directly is certainly logical given 16...¥f5 17.¦e2
White’s space disadvantage. RR Bauer 2658 [White needs a tactical solution to activate
 Fressinet 2708, France (ch) 2014  121/8] his pieces but 17.c5 ¥c5 18.¦ac1 ¦ac8
19.¥a3 ¥a3! 20.£c7 ¥c1 is good for Black.
12...¤e5 13.¦e5 ¥d6 14.¦e1 21.£a5? b6 22.£b4 a5]
[14.¥d4!? ¥e5 15.¥e5]
17...¦e7 18.¦ae1 ¦ae8
14...e5 With all the rooks occupying the same
XIIIIIIIIY file, White’s lack of elbow room grows in
importance.
9r+lwqr+k+0
9zpp+-+pzpp0 19.a3 a5
9-+-vl-sn-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-zp-+-0 9-+-+r+k+0
9-+Pzp-+-+0 9+pwq-trpzpp0
9+P+P+-zP-0 9-+-vl-sn-+0
9PvL-+-zPLzP0 9zp-+-zpl+-0
9tRN+QtR-mK-0 9-+Pzp-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zPP+P+-zP-0
15.£c2N [Here or on the next move Gawain 9-vLQsNRzPLzP0
had to commit to 15.¥a3 as in the game his 9+-+-tR-mK-0
dark squared bishop becomes a very sad
piece: 15...¥g4 (RR 15...a5 Breutigam 2380 xiiiiiiiiy
 Gutov 2384, Berlin (rapid) 2015) 16.£d2 20.£b1 [Gawain already has rather serious
¦b8 is a decent reply; RR Szekely 2425  problems due to the sensitive pawns on a3
Makropoulos 2475, Plovdiv 1981] and d3, therefore there was a case for the

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Gawain Jones. Photo by David Llada

radical 20.¤e4! ¤e4 21.¥e4 ¥e4 22.de4 good, as it’s very difficult for some serious e4
¦e6 23.£d3 followed by a4 and ¥c1–d2.] breakthrough to be averted: 23.g4 (23.¥c1 e4!
24.¤h4 ¥h7) ¥h7 24.g5 ¤h5 25.¥c1 e4!]
20...¥c5 21.h3
[The most practical approach still seems to be 23.£d1 £d6 24.¥c1
21.¤e4 ¤e4 22.¥e4 ¥e4 23.de4 h5. White’s XIIIIIIIIY
position is not a bed of roses but at least there
is a clear plan.] 9-+-+r+k+0
9+p+-trpzpl0
21...h6
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-wq-sn-zp0
9-+-+r+k+0 9zp-vl-zp-+-0
9+pwq-trpzp-0 9-+Pzp-+-+0
9-+-+-sn-zp0 9zPP+P+NzPP0
9zp-vl-zpl+-0 9-+-+RzPL+0
9-+Pzp-+-+0 9+-vLQtR-mK-0
9zPP+P+-zPP0 xiiiiiiiiy
24...e4! [The improving move 24...b6 is
9-vL-sNRzPL+0 also not bad as the tactical try 25.¦e5 ¦e5
9+Q+-tR-mK-0 26.¦e5 ¦e5 27.¥f4 ¤d7 28.b4 ab4 29.ab4
¥b4 30.¤e5 (30.£a4 ¦a5!) ¤e5 31.£a4 f6
xiiiiiiiiy doesn’t work out, but everything is ready for
22.¤f3 [22.g4 ¥h7 23.¤e4 ¤e4 24 ¥e4 this thematic breakthough.]
¥e4 25.¦e4 £d6 hits the pawn and the
queen switches to g6, next probing White’s 25.de4 [The computer, which is obviously not
vulnerable kingside.] too bothered by claustrophobia, suggests 25.¤h2
but 25...e3 26.¤f1 ¥a3 (26...¥g6!?) 27.¥a3 ef2
22...¥h7 [The direct 22...£d6!? was also pretty 28.¢f2 ¦e2 29.¦e2 ¦e2 30.£e2 £a3 31.¤d2

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a4 32 £e5 ¥g6 should be good enough.] 33 ¤f1 £d6! 34.¤e3 £g3 35.¢h1 ¥e4!]

25...¤e4 26.¥f4 29...¤d1 30.¦b7 ¥d6

XIIIIIIIIY The simplest, reducing material. [30...£f6
also works: 31.¥d5 (31.¤e4 ¥e4 32.¦b8
9-+-+r+k+0 ¥f8 33 ¥e4 g5) ¥g6 and now the back rank
9+p+-trpzpl0 issues are solved, the game is over: 32.b4 ab4
33 ab4 ¥f8 34.c5 ¤c3]
9-+-wq-+-zp0
9zp-vl-+-+-0 31.¥d6 £d6 32.c5 £e5!
9-+PzpnvL-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zPP+-+NzPP0 9-+-+-+k+0
9-+-+RzPL+0 9+R+-+pzpl0
9+-+QtR-mK-0 9-+-+-+-zp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zp-zP-wq-+-0
26...£d8 [26...£b6!? also works: 27.b4 9-+-zp-+-+0
(27.¤d2 d3 28.¦e4 ¥f2 29.¢f1 ¥e1  +; 9zPP+-+-zPP0
27.¢h2 g5 28.¥c1 d3 29.£d3 ¦d8 30.£c2
¤g3 +) ab4 28.ab4 £b4 29.¤d4 ¤c3 9-+-sN-zPL+0
30.¦e7 ¦e7 31.¦e7 and here I failed to realise 9+-+n+-mK-0
that I could capture my opponent’s queen as
my bishop covers the back rank: 31...¤d1 xiiiiiiiiy
32.¦e8 ¥f8] The knight on d1 is actually quite useful in
generating threats against White’s king.
27.¤d2 [After 27.£a1 passed pawns must
be pushed: 27...d3 28.¦a2 d2! 29.¦d1 ¥f2 33.c6 [33.¤f3 £e8! is the key move covering
30.¢h2 ¥g3 31.¥g3 ¤g3 32.¦ad2 (32 ¢g3 everything: 34.c6 ¥e4 35.¤d4 ¥g2 36.¢g2
£c7 33 ¢f2 ¦e2 34.¢f1 £g3  +) £c7  +] £e4 37.¤f3 £c2 +]

27...¤c3 28.¦e7 ¦e7 33...£e1 34.¢h2 ¥f5 35.¤e4

XIIIIIIIIY [35.¦b8 ¢h7 36.¦b5 £f2 37.¦f5 £d2 and
¤e3 is coming next (37...£f5?? 38.¥e4)]
9-+-wq-+k+0
9+p+-trpzpl0 35...¥e4 36.¦b8 ¢h7 37.¥e4 £e4 38.c7
¤f2 39.¢g1
9-+-+-+-zp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zp-vl-+-+-0 9-tR-+-+-+0
9-+Pzp-vL-+0 9+-zP-+pzpk0
9zPPsn-+-zPP0 9-+-+-+-zp0
9-+-sN-zPL+0 9zp-+-+-+-0
9+-+QtR-mK-0 9-+-zpq+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zPP+-+-zPP0
29.¦e7!? An interesting try as the alternative
offers little hope: 29.£a1 ¤e2 30.¢h2 d3!? 9-+-+-sn-+0
(30...g5!? 31.¥f3 £e8 is good enough) could
lead to a pretty finish: 31.¥e3 ¥e3 32.fe3 ¦e3
9+-+-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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XIIIIIIIIY
39...¤h3 9r+l+-trk+0
[I could have forced mate with 39...£e1
40.¢g2 £e2 41.¦h8 ¢g6 42.c8£ ¤g4 but 9zp-zpp+-vlp0
collecting the pawn is plenty good enough.]
9-snp+q+p+0
40.¢h2 £c2 9+-+-zPp+-0
0:1 Adams
9-+P+QzP-+0
My last round game turned out not to be too 9+-sNL+-+-0
difficult but as winning six games in a row is
not exactly common for me, and the encounter 9PzP-+-+PzP0
has some theoretical interest, I have added a
few comments.
9tR-vL-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
14.ef6?! Capturing has some logic as the pawn
C45 on f5 is useful in preventing any kingside
BROWN 2252 — attack and for controlling the important e4
square. However now my pieces become too
ADAMS 2727 active.
Great Britain (ch) (11), 2016 [My main line ran 14.£e2 d6 15.c5 ¤d5
16.¤d5 cd5 17.ed6 cd6 18.c6 which looks
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 ed4 4.¤d4 ¤f6 clever but after 18...£e2 19.¥e2 ¦b8 the
5.¤c6 bc6 6.e5 £e7 7.£e2 ¤d5 8.c4 ¤b6 advanced pawn will be rounded up and
9.¤c3 £e6 10.£e4 g6 Black’s bishops are more influential.]
XIIIIIIIIY
14...£f6
9r+l+kvl-tr0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zp-zpp+p+p0 9r+l+-trk+0
9-snp+q+p+0 9zp-zpp+-vlp0
9+-+-zP-+-0 9-snp+-wqp+0
9-+P+Q+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-sN-+-+-0 9-+P+QzP-+0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 9+-sNL+-+-0
9tR-vL-mKL+R0 9PzP-+-+PzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9tR-vL-+RmK-0
11.¥d3 [In my opinion the critical move is
11.f4, supporting the e5 pawn immediately xiiiiiiiiy
whilst keeping other options open. In 15.¥d2?N [15.f5? d5 rebounds immediately;
particular it’s useful for White to be able 15.¥e3 looks most sensible to me as Black must
to castle on both wings. RR Nabaty 2529  opt for the resolute 15...¥a6! (15...d5 16.£f3
Golod 2582, Israel (ch) 2010  110/157] ¥f5 17.¥f5 £f5 18.cd5 is nothing special)
16.f5 ¦ae8 (16...gf5 17.£f4 £d6 swapping
11...¥g7 12.f4 00 13.00 f5 queens is a safe option) 17.£f4 gf5 when the
[Other reasonable options are the logical compensation is a bit fuzzy.; I was intending to
13...d6, undermining the pawn centre meet 15.¢h1 with 15...d5 (15...¥a6!?) 16.cd5
immediately, or 13...¥a6 14.b3 d5 but ¥f5 17.£f3 ¥d3 18.£d3 as 18...cd5 19.¤d5?
although the game move is rarely played, I fails to 19...£d6; RR 15.£e2 Schneider 2250 
think it may be the best.] Fejzullahu 2323, Marianske Lazne 2008]

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15...d5 17...¥c4 18.¥c4 ¤c4 19.¥c1 a5

XIIIIIIIIY [19...¤d6, meeting 20.£a6 with 20...£d4
21.¥e3 £c4, was another good option.]
9r+l+-trk+0
9zp-zp-+-vlp0 20.£c2
[¹ 20.¢h1 keeping control of the e-file.]
9-snp+-wqp+0
9+-+p+-+-0 20...¦ae8 21.£a4?
[Now 21.¢h1 was definitely required.]
9-+P+QzP-+0
9+-sNL+-+-0 21...£d4 22.¢h1 ¦e1 23.¦e1 £f2 24.¦g1
[24.£d1 ¤b2  +; 24.¦d1 ¤b2 25.¥b2
9PzP-vL-+PzP0 ¦f4  + (25...£b2  +)]
9tR-+-+RmK-0 24...¥d4 25.¦d1 ¦e8 26.h3 ¦e1 27.¢h2
xiiiiiiiiy £g1 28.¢g3
White is already in serious trouble. XIIIIIIIIY
16.£e2 [16.cd5 ¥f5 17.£f3 £d4 wins a 9-+-+-+k+0
piece. 16.£f3 ¥a6 is similar to the game.] 9+-zp-+-+p0
16...¥a6 [16...¥f5 is very comfortable but 9-+p+-+p+0
this simply wins a pawn.] 9zp-+p+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9Q+nvl-zP-+0
9r+-+-trk+0 9+-sN-+-mKP0
9zp-zp-+-vlp0 9PzP-+-+P+0
9lsnp+-wqp+0 9+-vLRtr-wq-0
9+-+p+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+P+-zP-+0 28...¤e3 [I thought 28...¥c3 29.£c6 might
9+-sNL+-+-0 allow White some hope as 29...¦d1? 30.£e8
¢g7 31.£e7 ¢h6 32.£g5 is perpetual
9PzP-vLQ+PzP0 check. However 29...¤d6! 30.£d5 ¢g7
9tR-+-+RmK-0 tidies up.
Now White resigned before I gave mate with
xiiiiiiiiy 29.¥e3 (29.¦d4 £g2 30.¢h4 ¤f5#) ¦e3
17.¦ae1 [17.cd5 £d4  +; 17.b3 ¦ae8 18.£f3 30.¢h4 ¥f6 31.¢g4 £g2#]
dc4 19.bc4 ¥c4  +; 17.f5 ¥c4 18.fg6 £d4  +] 0 :1 Adams

BOURNEMOUTH, VII–VIII 2016

The 103rd British Chess Championships
(86 players, 11 rounds)
1. Mi. Adams 10, 2. D. Howell 8½, 3–4. G. Jones, Tan Justin 8, 5–8. Hebden, T.
Fodor jr., Gormally, Emms 7½, 9–15. N. Pert, Ch. Ward, Pe. Wells, Jo. Houska,
Claridge-Hansen, Ch. Duncan, Mart. Brown 7, 16–23. K. Arkell, Palliser, D. Eggleston,
Pe. Batchelor, Kolbus, Ch. Storey, Stev. Jones, J. Moreby 6½, etc.

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 Bilbao Grand Prix

Carlsen
By GM Spiridon Kapnisis

WORLD CHAMPION TAMES HIS CHALLENGER

CARLSEN’S PATH TO VICTORY IN BILBAO
Greek GM Kapnisis was thrilled to write a piece about
Carlsen’s impressive performance, leading to victory in
the Bilbao Masters, far ahead of Sergey Karjakin.

Carlsen dominated the tournament and finished clear first with 4 wins, 5
draws and 1 loss, while Nakamura was second with 1 win and 9 draws and the
Chinese prodigy Wei Yi was third with 1 win, 8 draws and 1 loss.
The quality of Carlsen’s play was great and consistent throughout the tournament
and most noteworthy, in my opinion, was the evolution of his playing style to one

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that is more aggressive. Carlsen is known for his excellent technical skills but in
this tournament we were reminded that Carlsen can be a fierce and very effective
attacking player.
All in all, I believe that the best word to characterise Carlsen’s play in the
tournament is maturity. But enough with all this “analysis of Carlsen’s play”, let’s
get down to the games themselves. I hope you enjoy them!
Things started pretty well for Carlsen in his first round game against
Nakamura. He used an offbeat variation of the Closed Sicilian which seemed to
confuse Nakamura, who didn’t react in the best possible way. After eight moves the
game had transposed to the fianchetto line against the Sicilian Dragon with Black
having wasted a tempo playing a useless ...a7-a6. Carlsen set about constructing a
huge position, Nakamura defended well – and then the world champion somehow
made a couple of serious errors which left his position in ruins.

B70
Spyridon Kapnisis
CARLSEN 2855 —
NAKAMURA 2787
• Country: Greece
Bilbao (1), 2016
• Born: 1981
1.e4 c5 2.¤e2 d6 3.¤bc3 a6 4.g3 g6 5.¥g2
¥g7 6.d4! Carlsen correctly decides to • Rating: 2451
transpose to an open Sicilian, entering a • Peak rating: 2529
favourable line for White against the Dragon.
• Title: Grandmaster since 2011
6...cd4 7.¤d4 ¤f6 8.00 00 9.b3
XIIIIIIIIY 10.¤c6! bc6 11.¥b2 £a5N
9rsnlwq-trk+0 [RR 11...¤d7 Mads Hansen 2165  Kovchan
2571, Copenhagen 2010]
9+p+-zppvlp0
9p+-zp-snp+0 12.¤a4 ¥g4 13.£e1 £h5?!
[13...£e1 14.¦ae1 ¤d7 15.c3² (15.e5!?²)]
9+-+-+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-sNP+-+0 9r+-+-trk+0
9+PsN-+-zP-0 9+-+-zppvlp0
9P+P+-zPLzP0 9p+pzp-snp+0
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 9+-+-+-+q0
xiiiiiiiiy 9N+-+P+l+0
9...¤c6?! I dare say that this is the beginning
of Black’s problems in the first phase of the 9+P+-+-zP-0
game.
[RR 9...¤bd7 Keres – Kavalek, Wijk aan Zee 9PvLP+-zPLzP0
1969  7/388; 9...¥g4 10.£e1 (10.£d2 £a5
11.¥b2 ¦c8 12.h3 ¥d7÷) e5!? 11.¤de2 b5
9tR-+-wQRmK-0
12.¥e3 (12.h3 ¥e2 13.£e2 ¤c6 14.£d2 xiiiiiiiiy
¤d4 15.¤d1 ¦c8 16.c3 ¤e6÷) ¤bd7 13.£d2 We have reached the first critical position of the
£c7 14.¦fd1 b4 15.¤a4 ¤c5÷] game with Carlsen having to choose between

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Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, Bilbao 2016. Photo by David Llada

two almost equally good continuations. 17...¥g2 18.¢g2 £g6

[14.e5 leads to a nice positional advantage XIIIIIIIIY
for White, mainly due to his better pawn
structure, while 14.f3, the move played by 9r+-+-trk+0
Carlsen, endeavours to exploit the position 9+-+-zppvlp0
of the black queen and will likely lead to a
white pawn storm on the kingside. I would 9p+pzp-snq+0
expect Carlsen to choose 14.e5 since it leads
to a clear, risk-free advantage, whereas
9+-+-+-zp-0
after 14.f3 follows a more complicated 9N+-+P+P+0
position. I guess Carlsen thought that his 9+P+-+P+-0
initiative after f3 and g4 would lead to a
more tangible advantage than the one he 9P+P+-+KzP0
would get after 14.e5.] 9+-vLRwQR+-0
14.f3 [14.e5!? ¤d7 (14...de5 15.£e5 £e5 xiiiiiiiiy
16.¥e5±) 15.ed6 ¥b2 16.¤b2 ed6 17.¤d3 19.h4? Here Carlsen seems to be rather
(17.¥c6? ¦ae8 18.£d2 ¤e5³) ¦ae8 18.£d2 over-confident about his position and allows
d5 (18...¦e2 19.£c3±; 18...¤e5 19.¤e5 Black to generate counterplay in the centre.
¦e5 20.£d6±) 19.¦ae1± Black’s queenside He should have taken some precautionary
pawns will be hard to defend.] measures before proceeding with his attack
on the kingside.
14...¥h3 [14...¥e6 15.c4²] [Carlsen could have brought his knight
immediately into action by 19.¤b6!, not
15.g4 £h6 16.¦d1 allowing any counterplay for Black. After
[16.¥c1?! g5 17.¥h3 £h3 18.¥g5 ¤g4 19...¦ad8 20.¤c4² (20.c4 ¤d7 21.¤d7 ¦d7
19.fg4 £g4 20.£g3 ¥d4 21.¢h1 £e4 22.h3²) Black is denied the possibility of
22.¦f3 ¥a1 23.¥f6 £g6 24.¥a1÷] playing ...d5 and White’s position remains
superior because of the awkwardly placed
16...g5 17.¥c1 [17.¤b6!? ¥g2 18.¢g2 ¦ad8 black queen on g6. Play might then continue
(18...¤g4 19.fg4 ¥b2 20.c3±) 19.¥c3²] 20...h5 21.h3 ¦fe8 22.£e3 ¥h6]

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19...gh4 20.£h4 d5! 26...f5µ Nakamura goes for the safest way,
XIIIIIIIIY he fortifies e4 and will slowly organize ...e6-
e5. His position is technically a winning one
9r+-+-trk+0 at this point. Indeed, the American displayed
9+-+-zppvlp0 good technique and won in 50 moves without
ever giving Carlsen any real chances.
9p+p+-snq+0 [There was also 26...¥c3!? 27.¦d1 ¥b4
9+-+p+-+-0 28.¥b2 £f5 29.£d4 f6  +]
... 0 : 1 Kapnisis
9N+-+P+PwQ0
9+P+-+P+-0 After losing in the first round with White
against Nakamura in rather upsetting fashion,
9P+P+-+K+0 one might have expected that Carlsen would
9+-vLR+R+-0 try to play it safe with Black against Chinese
prodigy Wei Yi... But no! Carlsen played the
xiiiiiiiiy Modern Defence, showing from the very
21.g5? It is hard to say what Carlsen missed start of the game that he was in a fighting
here. I think that by playing g5 he is trying to mood and intending to go for a win with the
prove that his 19th move wasn’t a mistake. Black pieces. Wei Yi’s reaction to Carlsen’s
[21.ed5 cd5 22.c3÷ followed by £g5 leads opening surprise wasn’t very convincing so
to a roughly equal position, something that the world champion got what he had hoped
Carlsen probably wasn’t ready to accept. After for: a playable position where all three results
21.e5 ¤d7 22.f4 e6!? (22...£c2 23.¦d2 £e4 were on the table. We will catch up with the
24.¢g1 e6 25.¦e1 £g6 26.¦g2°) 23.¦de1 game at the 29th move and see how Carlsen
f6÷ Black’s position looks easier to play.] poses problems for Wei Yi in an almost equal
ending and eventually breaches the defences
21...de4 22.f4 e6 23.c4 of his young opponent.
[23.£g3 ¤d5 24.c4 ¤e7µ]

23...¦fd8 24.¦de1 WEI YI 2696 —

[24.¤b6 ¦d1! 25.¦d1 e3! 26.¥e3 (26.¤a8 CARLSEN 2855
£c2 27.¢h3 £d1 28.gf6 £h1 29.¢g3 £e1
30.¢h3 £f1 31.¢g3 e2µ) £e4 27.¢h2 Bilbao (2), 2016
(27.¢f2 £c2 +) £e3 28.gf6 £e2 29.¢h3 XIIIIIIIIY
£d1 30.¤a8 £d3 31.¢g2 £c2 32.¢h3
£c3µ] 9-+k+-+r+0
9+-tr-+p+p0
24...¤e8 25.¤c5 ¤d6 26.£f2
XIIIIIIIIY 9ptR-+-+p+0
9r+-tr-+k+0 9+p+-vL-+-0
9+-+-+pvlp0 9-+-+-+-+0
9p+psnp+q+0 9+Psn-+N+-0
9+-sN-+-zP-0 9P+P+-+PzP0
9-+P+pzP-+0 9+-mK-+-+-0
9+P+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
29...¦d8! Carlsen activates his rook, creating
9P+-+-wQK+0 mating threats against White’s king, whilst
9+-vL-tRR+-0 keeping the game alive.
[Perhaps most people would have played
xiiiiiiiiy
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29...¤a2 30.¢b2 ¤b4 31.¥c7 ¢c7 32.¦f6
¦f8 33.¤g5= when the game would have
ended in a draw soon afterwards.; Also 29...
b4 30.¢b2 ¤d1 31.¢c1 ¤c3 is equal.]
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+ktr-+-+0
9+-tr-+p+p0
9ptR-+-+p+0
9+p+-vL-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+Psn-+N+-0
9P+P+-+PzP0
9+-mK-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
30.¢b2! Wei Yi reacts in the best possible way.
[Not 30.¥c7? ¢c7 31.¦a6 ¦d1 32.¢b2
b4  + when White is forced to give up his
knight to save his king from mate.]
30...¤d5! [Carlsen sacrifices a pawn to keep
the game alive instead of forcing a draw by
playing 30...¤d1 31.¢c1 ¤c3=]
35.¤e5? Finally Wei Yi cracks under the
pressure and allows Carlsen to obtain a very
dangerous passed c-pawn. Time pressure was
surely one of the reasons for Wei Yi’s mistake.
[35.b4!, activating the rook, was the right way
to continue: 35...¤d5 (35...¤g2 36.¦c3÷)
36.¦a5!÷ keeps the position unclear and
balanced.]
35...¦d2 36.¢c3 ¦c2 37.¢d4
[Upon 37.¢b4 ¤d5 38.¢b5 (38.¢c5 c3!
39.¤c6 ¦d2! + and White cannot prevent
the promotion of the black pawn.) White’s
pieces are not in a position to weave a mating
net around the black king so 38...c3 will gain
the full point for Black.]
37...¤f5 38.¢d5
[38.¢e4 ¦e2 39.¢f4 c3 40.b4 c2 41.¦c3
¤d4 42.¤d3 g5! 43.¢g5 ¦e3 +]
38...c3 39.¢c5 ¤d6!
Carlsen shows some excellent calculating
skills and nips White’s counterplay in the bud.
[Not 39...¦d2? 40.¤c6 ¢c8 41.¦a7! ¤g7
42.¦e7! with the idea of ¤a7. Then 42...¤e6
43.¢c4 ¤d8 44.¤a7 ¢b8 45.¢c3=]

31.¥c7 ¢c7 32.¦a6 ¢b7 33.¦a3 ¤e3 40.¤c6 [40.¢d6 ¦d2 is hopeless.]
Carlsen has full compensation since White’s XIIIIIIIIY
rook on a3 looks silly and his king might be
threatened with a mating attack from Black’s 9-+-+-+-+0
remaining pieces. 9+k+-+p+p0
34.c4! Wei Yi correctly decides to give back 9-+Nsn-+p+0
the pawn. [Not 34.g3? ¤d1 35.¢c1 ¤c3 +] 9+-mK-+-+-0
34...bc4 9-+-+-+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9tRPzp-+-+-0
9-+-tr-+-+0 9P+r+-+PzP0
9+k+-+p+p0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+p+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+-+-0 40...¤e4?! This is quite good but not the best.
[40...¢c7!+ followed by ¦d2, ¤b7 and
9-+p+-+-+0 c2 was the simplest road to victory. But not
9tRP+-snN+-0 40...¦d2?? 41.¦a7 ¢c8 42.¢b6 and suddenly
it is Black who must resign.]
9PmK-+-+PzP0
41.¢b5 ¢c7 42.¦a7 ¢d6 43.¦a4
9+-+-+-+-0 [43.¤b4 ¦g2 (After 43...¦f2 44.¦a6 ¢d7
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45.¦a7 ¢e6 46.¦c7 ¦g2 47.a4 ¦h2 48.a5
¦h5 49.¢b6 ¤d6 Black has a great advantage
but the game is not over yet.) 44.¦f7 c2
45.¦f1 (45.¤c2 ¦c2 46.¦h7 ¦a2 +) ¤c3
46.¢c4 ¤b1! 47.¦c1 (47.¦e1 ¦g4 +) ¦g4
48.¢b5 ¤c3 49.¢a5 ¦b4 +]
48.¢c7 [48.b4 ¦d2! (48...c2? 49.¦c4 ¢d5
50.¦d4=; 48...¤d6 49.¦d3! c2 50.¦c3 ¢f6
51.a6 f4µ) 49.a6 ¤d6 50.a7 ¤c8 51.¢b7
¤a7 52.¢a7 ¦d4 53.¤d4 ¢d5 54.¤e2 ¢c4
55.¤c3 ¢b4 56.¤d1 ¢c4 + is hopeless for
White.]

43...f5 44.¢b6 ¦g2 45.¦d4 ¢e6 46.a4 48...¤c5! Another point in the game where
XIIIIIIIIY Carlsen displays excellent calculation. The
black knight must deal with White’s passed
9-+-+-+-+0 pawn.
9+-+-+-+p0
49.¦c4
9-mKN+k+p+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+p+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9P+-tRn+-+0 9+-mK-+-+p0
9+Pzp-+-+-0 9-+N+k+p+0
9-+-+-+rzP0 9zP-sn-+p+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+R+-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+Pzp-+-+-0
46...¦a2?! A strange move by Carlsen and
one which doesn’t make much sense to me. 9-tr-+-+-zP0
It might have been a slight mistake due to the 9+-+-+-+-0
fact that the position is completely winning
anyway. xiiiiiiiiy
[Correct is 46...¦b2! 49...¤a6! [49...¤b3?? 50.a6± and suddenly
Black is in a world of trouble since his pieces
A) 47.¢c7 ¢f6  + (47...¦b3? 48.¦e4 fe4 will not be able to halt the advance of the a6
49.¤d4 ¢d5 50.¤b3 e3 51.¤c1 ¢e4 52.a5 pawn.]
¢f3=);
50.¢b6 ¦b3! 51.¢a6 ¢d5
B) 47.b4 ¦d2! 48.a5 (48.¦c4 ¢d5! and the [When he played 48...¤c5, Carlsen had
rook is trapped!) ¤d6  +] calculated up to this position. Black is totally
winning.]
47.a5 ¦b2
XIIIIIIIIY 52.¦b4 c2 + 53.¤e7 ¢c5 54.¦b3 c1£
55.¦b6 £c4 56.¢b7 £e4 57.¤c6 £d5!
9-+-+-+-+0 58.¢c7 £d6 59.¢b7 £d7 60.¢b8 f4
9+-+-+-+p0 An excellent endgame performance by
Carlsen who was rewarded for his persistence.
9-mKN+k+p+0 0 :1 Kapnisis
9zP-+-+p+-0 In the third round we witnessed one of the
9-+-tRn+-+0 most important games of the tournament. It
9+Pzp-+-+-0 was the first time Carlsen had met Karjakin
after the latter had become the official
9-tr-+-+-zP0 challenger for the world title. Following a
9+-+-+-+-0 slightly offbeat opening, as is not unusual
for Carlsen, there arose an interesting and
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balanced middlegame with chances for both [10...¤a5 11.¦e1 (RR 11.¤c3 Palit 2421 
sides. However Karjakin’s handling of the Gopal 2558, Kolkata 2014) ¥g4 12.¤bd2
position wasn’t very accurate and allowed ¦fc8÷]
Carlsen a strong attack against his king. The
world champion had no problem proving 11.¤c3 ¥g4 12.h3 ¥f3 13.£f3 ¤bd7
what an excellent attacking player he is and The position is more or less balanced with
left Karjakin with no chance to get back into White having the two bishops and greater
the game. This was an important victory with space, whereas Black has good control of the
regard to the outcome of the tournament and dark squares and no weaknesses.
also sent a clear message to Karjakin that
the upcoming world title match will be a 14.¦b1 ¦fc8
much tougher challenge for him than was the XIIIIIIIIY
Candidates tournament.
9r+r+-+k+0
B50
9zpp+nzppvlp0
CARLSEN 2855 —
9-wq-zp-snp+0
KARJAKIN 2773 9+-+P+-+-0
Bilbao (3), 2016 9L+-+P+-+0
1.e4 c5!? A small surprise by Karjakin who
9+-sN-+Q+P0
occasionally plays the Najdorf, but 1...e5 is 9PzP-+-zPP+0
his main response against 1.e4. 9+RvL-+RmK-0
2.¤f3 d6 3.c3 ¤f6 4.¥e2 g6 5.00 ¥g7 xiiiiiiiiy
6.¥b5 ¤c6 7.d4 15.¥c2?! [This isn’t very accurate. Calrsen
XIIIIIIIIY wants to protect the rook on b1 so he can play
£e2 and organize play against the centre and
9r+lwqk+-tr0 the kingside. The only problem is that ¥c2
9zpp+-zppvlp0 permits a timely ...£a6, giving Black good
counterplay.]
9-+nzp-snp+0 [15.¥g5 ¤e5 16.£e2÷; 15.¥e3 £d8 16.£d1
9+Lzp-+-+-0 a6 17.a3 (17.f4 b5 18.¥c2 ¤e8÷) b5 18.¥c2
¤b6 19.¥d4÷]
9-+-zPP+-+0
9+-zP-+N+-0 15...¤e5 16.£e2 ¤fd7 17.¥g5
[17.¢h2 £a6!„]
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0 9r+r+-+k+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zpp+nzppvlp0
7...£b6 [RR 7...¥d7 Hnydiuk 2432  Dziuba
2587, Poland (ch) 2010  108/218; 7...cd4 9-wq-zp-+p+0
Malakhov 2716  Mamedov 2640, Bursa 9+-+Psn-vL-0
2010  108/60]
9-+-+P+-+0
8.¥a4 cd4 [8...00 9.d5 (9.dc5 dc5 10.£e2 ¦d8 9+-sN-+-+P0
11.h3 h6 12.¤a3 ¥e6÷) ¤a5÷ followed by ...e6
is another reasonable way to continue with Black.] 9PzPL+QzPP+0
9.cd4 00 10.d5 ¤b8N
9+R+-+RmK-0
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Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin, Bilbao 2016. Photo by David Llada

17...h6 [17...¥f6!? 18.¥f6 (18.¥e3 £a6!„ A) 22.¥e2 ¥c3 23.bc3 £a2 24.¦a1
offers Black good counterplay along the (24.¥g4 ¤d2 25.¦a1 £b2 26.¦e1 ¤ce4
c-file.) ¤f6 19.¢h2 £a6! 20.£e1 £a5 (20... 27.¥c8 ¦c8³) £b3 25.£d4÷;
g5!?) 21.f4 ¤c4 22.¦f3 a6 and the position
remains more or less balanced.] B) 22.¥c4 £c4 23.¦e1 b5 and Black’s
position is fine.]
18.¥h4 g5 Karjakin’s play meets the needs of
the position. Black obtains a firm grip on the 21.¢h1! [Carlsen prepares f4 and doesn’t
dark squares at the cost of a slight weakening allow ...¦d4 which was one of the ideas
of his king’s defensive structure. behind ...¦c4.]

19.¥g3 £a6 20.£d1 [20.£h5 ¤g6] 21...¦ac8 22.f4 gf4 23.¥f4

XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY
9r+r+-+k+0 9-+r+-+k+0
9zpp+nzppvl-0 9zpp+nzppvl-0
9q+-zp-+-zp0 9q+-zp-+-zp0
9+-+Psn-zp-0 9+-+Psn-+-0
9-+-+P+-+0 9-+r+PvL-+0
9+-sN-+-vLP0 9+-sN-+-+P0
9PzPL+-zPP+0 9PzPL+-+P+0
9+R+Q+RmK-0 9+R+Q+R+K0
xiiiiiiiiy xiiiiiiiiy
20...¦c4? This is the start of a mistaken plan 23...£b6! Karjakin rightly senses that his
by Karjakin, who fails to find the best way to queen will be needed for the defence and
organize his queenside counterplay. hurries to transfer it to d8.
[20...¤c4 21.¥d3 ¤c5 [After 23...b5 24.¥b3 ¦4c5 25.¤e2±

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Black’s control of the c-file is not of much
use, whereas White will be able to develop a
strong attack against Black’s king.]
24.£h5 [24.£d2!?]
24...¤f6 25.£f5 £d8 26.¥b3! ¦d4 27.¥e5
de5 28.¦bd1
[28.¦bc1!? £d7 29.£d7 ¤d7 30.¤e2 ¦c1
31.¦c1 ¦d2 32.¦c8 ¢h7 33.¤g3²]
28...£d7 29.£f3 ¦b4?
For the second time in the game Karjakin’s
judgement seems to be off the mark. He
underestimates White’s attacking potential on
the kingside and overvalues his own play on
the queenside.
[29...¦d1 was a safer option though White
keeps a small advantage. 30.¥d1²]
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+r+-+k+0
9zpp+qzppvl-0
9-+-+-sn-zp0
9+-+Pzp-+-0
9-tr-+P+-+0
9+LsN-+Q+P0
9PzP-+-+P+0
9+-+R+R+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
30.¦d2! An excellent move by Carlsen, who
plans an attack on the kingside by means of
g4 and ¦g2. Moreover the rook on the second
rank keeps an eye on b2, thereby limiting
Black’s counterplay.
30...¦f8 [30...a5 is met by 31.¥c2! followed
by ¥d3, when White has a free hand on the
kingside, whereas Black has little or no play
on the other flank.]
31.g4 a5?! [31...¤h7 32.h4 ¦b6 33.¦g1 ¦g6
34.¦dg2± and Black will have a very difficult
defensive task.]
32.¦g2 ¤h7 33.h4 ¦b6 34.g5±
Black has problems dealing with White’s
attack, mainly because of his queen’s inability
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to help with the defence of the king.
34...¢h8
[34...¦g6 35.¦fg1 doesn’t change much.]
35.¦fg1 f5 [35...¦g6 36.¥a4 £c8 37.¦h2!
£d8 38.£f5 £b6 39.¥d1±]
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-tr-mk0
9+p+qzp-vln0
9-tr-+-+-zp0
9zp-+PzppzP-0
9-+-+P+-zP0
9+LsN-+Q+-0
9PzP-+-+R+0
9+-+-+-tRK0
xiiiiiiiiy
36.£h3!+ Carlsen once again displays great
precision. He pins the f5 pawn and threatens
to open the g-file and mate the enemy king.
Black is helpless.
36...¦b4 [36...h5 37.¦f1 is hopeless too.]
37.gh6 ¥h6 38.£g3! ¤f6 39.£g6 ¤g4
40.¦g4
A superb attacking game by Carlsen who
managed to make it all look so simple.
1 :0 Kapnisis
The important third round was over and
Carlsen was now leading the tournament as
he went into his next game with White against
So. Faced with the Berlin Defence, Carlsen
chose the Chinese variation (d3 followed by
¥c6) which has been quite fashionable and
brought some degree of success for White.
Carlsen, as usual, tried and indeed succeeded
in avoiding a deep theoretical discussion and
from early on both players were out of their
preparation. So’s handling of the position was
not optimal and Carlsen was able to detain
Black from castling, whilst developing an
enduring initiative on the queenside. We will
take a look at the final stage of the game
where Carlsen once again shows us his great
attacking skills.
 Spyridon KAPNISIS

CARLSEN 2855 —
WESLEY SO 2770
Bilbao (4), 2016
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+k+-tr0
9+pzp-+qzpp0

Spyridon Kapnisis. Photo by Andreas Kontokanis

9-+pvl-zp-+0
9tr-sn-zpN+l0
9P+-+P+-+0
9+-+P+N+P0
9-+P+QzPP+0
9tR-vL-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
17.£e1! A very nice move by Carlsen, who
finds the right moment to untangle his pieces
from the annoying pin on f3. 24.¥c5 ¥g4 25.£d1 ¥h3 26.¥d6! £d5
27.¥g3 leaves a highly complex position)
17...b6? [So fails to sense the danger and very 24.¤d4 ¥d5 (24...¥c4 25.a5! ¥f1 26.£f1
quickly ends up in a dead lost position. ...¦a6 ¦a5 27.¤c6 ¦a3! 28.¦a3 £c7 29.£c4
or ...¦a4 were safer options, though White ¢h8 30.£d5 is uncomfortable for Black
would still have a pleasant initiative.] but probably manageable.) 25.¥c5 bc5
[17...¦a6 26.c8£ ¦fc8 27.¤f5 ¦c7! 28.£e3 £e6
29.£c5 £e4 30.f3 £f4°;
A) 18.¤d2 00 19.¤c4 ¤e6! 20.¥e3 A2) 19.¤3d4 ¥g6 20.¤d6 cd6 21.¥f4
is pleasant for White but nothing more. £e7 22.a5²;
Alternatively 20.¤cd6 cd6 21.¤d6 £d7
22.¤f5 ¦fa8 is close to equal. B) 18.¤d2 ¤a4 19.¤c4 ¥f8 20.¤a5²
(20.¤b2!? b5 21.¤a4 ba4 22.¥a3²);
B) 18.d4! ¤e6 (18...ed4?! 19.g4! ¥g6 20.e5
¥f5 21.ed6 ¥e6 22.dc7 00 23.£b4± Black 17...¦a4? 18.¦a4 ¤a4 19.£a5+]
has finally castled but that’s not the end of his
problems, since c7 will prove to be another 18.¤d2 ¦a4 19.¤c4!
source of trouble for Black. After 18...¤d7 XIIIIIIIIY
19.de5 ¤e5 20.¤e5 ¥e5 21.¦b1± followed
by f4 and g4, White’s advantage is almost 9-+-+k+-tr0
decisive.) 19.de5 fe5 20.¤g5 (20.g4 ¥g6
21.£c3 h5 gives Black some unnecessary
9+-zp-+qzpp0
counterplay.) ¤g5 21.¥g5 00 22.£c3²; 9-zppvl-zp-+0
17...¦a8 is probably the best.
9+-sn-zpN+l0
9r+N+P+-+0
A) 18.d4!? ed4 9+-+P+-+P0
A1) 19.g4 is not as good as it is in the
variation 17...¦a6 18.d4 ed4 19.g4. Play 9-+P+-zPP+0
might continue 19...¥g6 20.e5 ¥f5 21.ed6
¥e6 22.dc7 00 23.¥a3 b6 (23...¦fe8!? 9tR-vL-wQRmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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19...¥f8? An inexplicable mistake by So. in catching his opponent off guard. Carlsen
[After 19...¥e7 20.¥e3 ¢d7 21.¦a4 ¤a4 equalised quite easily and after a couple of
22.f4 ef4 23.¦f4° Black’s king on d7 inaccuracies by Giri he already stood better in
shouldn’t feel very comfortable. White’s an ending with queens and minor pieces. Here
initiative more than compensates for we will examine Carlsen’s attempt to break
the sacrificed pawn. Black’s position is down Giri’s defences.
unenviable but it is certainly better than it was
in the game.]
GIRI 2785 —
20.¥e3 ¢d7 21.£c3! The position is already CARLSEN 2855
winning for White since the black pieces are
unable to defend their king. Bilbao (5), 2016
XIIIIIIIIY
21...¤e4 [21...¥g6? 22.¤b6! cb6 23.¥c5
¦a1 24.¦a1+ shows the threat behind 9-+-+-+k+0
21.£c3] 9+-+-wqpzp-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9p+p+-snp+0
9-+-+-vl-tr0 9+p+-vl-+-0
9+-zpk+qzpp0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-zpp+-zp-+0 9+PsN-zP-zPP0
9+-+-zpN+l0 9PvL-+-zP-+0
9r+N+n+-+0 9+-+Q+-mK-0
9+-wQPvL-+P0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+P+-zPP+0 22...c5³ Black has a mobile pawn majority
9tR-+-+RmK-0 on the queenside which gives him an edge.
Let’s see if Giri is up to the task of defending
xiiiiiiiiy this slightly inferior endgame or if Carlsen
22.¤b6!+  Carlsen keeps playing the most will score his fourth full point in a row by
accurate moves. The game is over. squeezing out a win in familiar fashion.

22...cb6 23.de4 £c4 24.£d2 ¢c7 25.g4 23.£d3 ¢h7 24.¤d1 ¥b2 25.¤b2 £e6
¥g6 26.¦fd1 and So threw in the towel. 26.g4
[26.£c2 £h3 27.£c5 ¤g4 28.¤d1 £h2
This was another very nice victory by Carlsen, 29.¢f1 £h1 30.¢e2 ¤h2³]
who thereby showed his great attacking ability XIIIIIIIIY
in two successive rounds. However, So clearly
had an off day. 9-+-+-+-+0
1 :0 Kapnisis 9+-+-+pzpk0
Round five and it was time for Carlsen to 9p+-+qsnp+0
face Giri with the black pieces. After three 9+pzp-+-+-0
consecutive and quite impressive wins
Carlsen must have felt that the time had come 9-+-+-+P+0
for him to score the full point against the only 9+P+QzP-+P0
top grandmaster he had never beaten before,
Anish Giri. Yet again Carlsen chose an offbeat 9PsN-+-zP-+0
variation, this time in the Queen’s Gambit
Accepted against Giri’s 1.d4, and succeeded 9+-+-+-mK-0
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Anish Giri. Photo by David Llada

26...£c6 Threatening £f3, forcing White’s 32.£g2 £d6 33.h4 Played so as to avoid
queen to abandon the d-file. Carlsen is trying a future ...g5 by Black. Though White deals
to exploit the weak squares on White’s with this threat, pushing his kingside pawns in
kingside by piece manoeuvres and waiting for this way leads to new weaknesses. [33.£e2]
the right moment to play ...c5-c4.
[26...¤e4 27.¢g2 f5!? was another interesting 33...¤c7
way for Carlsen to pose problems for Giri. XIIIIIIIIY
28.gf5 (28.f3 £e5! Maybe this move was
missed by Carlsen. 29.fe4 £b2 30.¢g3 fg4 9-+-+-+-+0
31.hg4 £c1³ followed by ...c4. Black has 9+-sn-+pzpk0
the upper hand in this queen endgame.) gf5
29.f3 £g6 30.¢f1 ¤g5 31.¢g2 ¤f7 32.¢f2 9p+-wq-+p+0
¢h6³] 9+pzp-+-+-0
27.£e2 ¤e4 [27...£e4!?; 27...¤d7!?] 9-+-+-zPPzP0
28.£c2 [28.f3?! ¤f6 29.e4 ¤d7³]
9+P+-zP-+-0
9PsN-+-+Q+0
28...¤g5 29.f4 ¤e6 9+-+-+-mK-0
[29...¤e4?! 30.¤d3 £d5 (30...f6?! 31.¤b4!
£e6 32.¤a6 £a6 33.£e4 £a2 34.f5! is xiiiiiiiiy
equal) 31.¤e5 f6 32.£d3! probably leads to 34.h5?! Giri understandably wants to
an equal knight endgame.] exchange pawns and open up Black’s king
but I find it difficult to believe that the pawn
30.£g2 £d6 31.£e2 £d5 on h5 won’t be a major problem for the rest
[31...g5 32.£d3 £d3 33.¤d3 c4 34.bc4 bc4 of the game.
35.¤b4 leads to an equal knight endgame;
31...¤c7!?; 31...¢g8, threatening g5, was 34...gh5 35.gh5 £e7
interesting, then 32.g5 £d5³] [35...£d5 36.£d5 (36.£e2 ¢h6µ) ¤d5 37.¢f2

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A) 37...¤c3 38.¤d3! (38.a4?! ¤e4 39.¢e2
¢h6µ; 38.a3?! ¤e4 39.¢e2 ¢h6µ) ¤e4
39.¢e2 ¢h6 40.b4! will likely be a draw;
B) 37...¤b6 38.¢f3 ¢h6 is better for Black
but maybe his advantage is not enough for
a win.]
36.£f3 [36.¤d1!?]
51.¢c3 ¢h5 52.¢b3 ¤b5 53.¢c2 ¤d6
54.¢d2 and White should hold.]
44.£d3! The only move.
44...¤e7 45.£c4 £h5 46.£c2 ¤f5 47.¢g2
£g6 48.¢h2 £g3 49.¢h1 g6 50.£e2!
Absolutely forced as it is important for White
to control the f3 square.

36...£d7 37.¤d1 £d5 50...¤e3 [50...¤h4 51.¤e4 £h3 52.¢g1 and

[After 37...c4!? 38.bc4 bc4 Black has a passed White’s king is safe.]
c-pawn, a safer king and an easy target, the XIIIIIIIIY
pawn on h5. I think that he has good winning
chances.] 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+p+k0
38.£e2 £f5
[38...¤e8!?, redeploying the knight on f6, is 9-+-+-+p+0
another way to improve Black’s position.] 9+-+-+-+-0
39.¤f2 ¤d5 40.¢g2 c4 9-+-+-zP-+0
[40...¤f6 41.£d3! £d3 42.¤d3 ¤e4 43.¢f3 9+-+-sn-wq-0
f5 44.¢e2 ¢h6 45.b4! cb4 (45...c4 46.¤c5=)
46.¤b4 ¤c5 47.¢d2 ¢h5 48.¢c3 and the 9P+-+QsN-+0
game will likely end in a draw; 40...¢h6!? 9+-+-+-+K0
followed by ¤f6 was worth considering.]
xiiiiiiiiy
41.bc4 bc4 42.¢g3 c3 51.¤e4! Here Giri displays an excellent
XIIIIIIIIY understanding of the position by sacrificing
the f4 pawn to reach a drawn knight ending.
9-+-+-+-+0 [51.¤d3?! ¤g4 52.a4 £d3 53.£g4 £e4
9+-+-+pzpk0 54.¢h2 £a4 is objectively a draw but I am
sure that Carlsen would have kept on playing.]
9p+-+-+-+0
9+-+n+q+P0 51...£f4 52.£h2 £h2 53.¢h2 ¤c4 54.¢g3
¢g7 55.a4
9-+-+-zP-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-zp-zP-mK-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9P+-+QsN-+0 9+-+-+pmk-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+p+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+-+-0
43.£a6! Giri calculates accurately and is not
afraid of ghosts. The c3 pawn is not going to 9P+n+N+-+0
become a queen any time soon. Carlsen might 9+-+-+-mK-0
have underestimated this move before playing
40...c4. 9-+-+-+-+0
43...c2 [43...¤b4 44.£c4 c2 45.a3 ¤d5
9+-+-+-+-0
46.£d3 £d3 47.¤d3 ¤e3 48.¢f3 ¤c4 xiiiiiiiiy
49.¢e4 (49.a4? ¤b2+) ¤a3 50.¢d4 ¢h6 The a4 pawn gives White enough counterplay

42

to secure the draw, since the black knight
will be reduced to a passive role on the
queenside.
55...f5 56.¤g5 ¢f6 57.¢h4 = ¤a5 58.¤h7
¢g7 59.¤g5 ¤c6 60.¤e6 ¢f6 61.¤g5 ¢e5
62.¤h3
Carlsen must have felt rather disappointed with
the draw as at some point his winning chances
were pretty real. On the other hand kudos to
Giri for defending such a difficult ending!
1/2 : 1/2 Kapnisis
The first half of the tournament was now
over and Carlsen had taken a clear lead with
3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. His game against
Nakamura from the sixth round would now
reveal if he had any real competition for first
place. Carlsen’s choice against Nakamura’s
Catalan was the solid closed variation and
this led to an interesting middlegame where,
for the first time in the tournament, he had
to defend a slightly worse position. However
he still managed to draw without any major
problems.
NAKAMURA 2787 —
CARLSEN 2855
Bilbao (6), 2016
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+rwq-trk+0
9+l+nvlpzpp0
9-+-+psn-+0
9+Pzp-+-+-0
9-+p+P+-+0
9+-sN-+NzP-0
9-+Q+-zPLzP0
9tR-vLR+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
16...£c7 [16...¦a8!?, challenging White’s
control of the a-file, was another interesting
way to fight for full equality.
A) 17.¥b2 ¦a1 18.¦a1 (18.¥a1 £a8! and
Black doesn’t seem to have any problems.)
Spyridon KAPNISIS
¤e8! followed by ...¤d6 would give Black a
normal position;
B) 17.¥f4 ¦a1 18.¦a1 ¤h5 19.¥e3 ¤hf6
20.h3 ¤b6 is close to equal.]
17.¥f4N
White provokes ...e5 so as to further weaken
the light squares, and especially d5.
[17.¤d2!? ¤b6 18.¥b2, followed by ¤a4,
would have been another interesting plan
for White. White’s position is preferable
but proving a real advantage would still
need a lot of work. 17.¦b1!?, with the idea
of playing b6 and ¥f4, was another option
worth considering. RR 17.h3 Nyzhnyk 2499 
Aghasaryan 2249, Moscow 2009]
17...e5
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+r+-trk+0
9+lwqnvlpzpp0
9-+-+-sn-+0
9+Pzp-zp-+-0
9-+p+PvL-+0
9+-sN-+NzP-0
9-+Q+-zPLzP0
9tR-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
18.¥g5 [18.b6!? is a Stockfish proposal, but
one which is rather strange to the human eye.
18...£b6 (18...£b8 19.¥g5 ¤b6 20.£b2
¥a8 21.¦ab1ƒ and White has a nice initiative
for the two sacrificed pawns.) 19.¥e5 £e6
20.¥f4 ¤e4 21.¦d7 £d7 22.¤e4 £d3
23.¤e1² White can claim a small advantage
but nothing too serious.]
18...¤b6 [Carlsen focuses on defending the
important d5 square.]
19.¤d2 [19.¦a7!? with the idea of ¤xe5
might have been a better way to fight for
the advantage. After 19...h6 20.¥e3 ¦b8!
(20...¦a8?! 21.¦b7! £b7 22.¤e5 ¦fd8
23.¥d2± White’s initiative is real and the
position quite dangerous for Black.)
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XIIIIIIIIY
9-tr-+-trk+0
9tRlwq-vlpzp-0
9-sn-+-sn-zp0
9+Pzp-zp-+-0
9-+p+P+-+0
9+-sN-vLNzP-0
9-+Q+-zPLzP0
9+-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
A) 21.¤e5?! £e5 22.¥f4 £e6 23.¥b8 ¦b8
24.e5 ¥g2 25.ef6 ¥f3! 26.fe7 ¦e8! 27.¢f1!
¥d1 28.£d1÷;

B) 21.¤h4 ¥e4! 22.¦c7 ¥c2 23.¦c1

(23.¦e7? ¥d1 24.¤d1 ¦fd8+) ¥d8!
24.¦a7 ¥d3÷;

C) 21.¤d2 ¤g4 22.¤d5 ¤e3 23.¤e3 ¥g5

24.¤dc4 ¥e3 25.¤e3 c4 26.¥f1 £c5÷]

19...¦fd8
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+rtr-+k+0
9+lwq-vlpzpp0
9-sn-+-sn-+0
9+Pzp-zp-vL-0 Magnus Carlsen. Photo by David Llada

9-+p+P+-+0 ¤e4 23.¥e4 ¥g5³; 21.¤c3 c4÷) £b6

9+-sN-+-zP-0 22.£c3 h6÷]

9-+QsN-zPLzP0 20...¥f6 21.¤d5

9tR-+R+-mK-0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+rtr-+k+0
20.¥f6 Nakamura decides that ...¦d4 is a serious 9+lwq-+pzpp0
threat so he decides to simplify the position into
a drawn ending. I am sure that Carlsen was quite 9-sn-+-vl-+0
relieved to face ¥f6 on the board.
[20.¥f1?! ¦d4; 20.¤a4!? would have been
9+PzpNzp-+-0
a more fighting choice, though with accurate 9-+p+P+-+0
play Black can solve all his problems. 9+-+-+-zP-0
A) 20...¤a4 21.¦a4 c3! 22.¤b1 c4 9-+QsN-zPLzP0
(22...¦d1 23.£d1 ¦d8 24.£c2²) 23.¤c3 9tR-+R+-mK-0
¦d3 24.¦b1÷;
xiiiiiiiiy
B) 20...c3! 21.¤b6 (21.£c3?! ¤a4 22.¦a4 21...¥d5! Maintaining the blockading

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knight on b6 is important, so as to reduce the
importance of White’s passed b5 pawn.
22.ed5 e4 23.¦ab1 ¦d5 24.¤c4 ¦d4 25.¤b6
£b6 26.¥e4 ¦d1 27.¦d1
[27.£d1 c4! 28.£d7 ¦d8 29.£c6 ¥d4
30.£c4 ¥f2 is about equal.]
27...£b5 28.¥h7 ¢f8 29.¥f5 ¦d8 30.¦d8
¥d8 31.£d3 £d3 32.¥d3 ¥f6
1/2 : 1/2 Kapnisis
Going into the seventh round, Carlsen had a
clear lead over the rest of the field. Moreover,
having the white pieces against Wei Yi must
have seemed a good opportunity for him to
extend his lead in the tournament.
CARLSEN 2855 —
WEI YI 2696
Bilbao (7), 2016
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqr+k+0
9+p+-zppvlp0
9psn-sn-+p+0
9+-+P+-+-0
9-+-+-vL-+0
9+-sN-+LzPP0
9PzP-+QzP-+0
9+-tR-tR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
After a quiet opening we have reached a
typical Gruenfeld middlegame where White
has more space and the two bishops, while
Black has good control of the dark squares
and a strong knight on d6. Though my
preference is for White, as Black’s position is
slightly passive, breaching Black’s fortress is
not at all easy.
18.b3 Carlsen correctly tries to restrict
Black’s knights by denying them access to the
important c4 square.
18...¦c8 19.£d2 ¤d7 Wei Yi tries to
Spyridon KAPNISIS
improve his worst placed piece, whilst at the
same time making way for his queen to go to
the a5 square.
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+rwqr+k+0
9+p+nzppvlp0
9p+-sn-+p+0
9+-+P+-+-0
9-+-+-vL-+0
9+PsN-+LzPP0
9P+-wQ-zP-+0
9+-tR-tR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
20.¤a4N Carlsen prevents ...£a5 but
this comes at a price, since he is forced to
exchange a pair of rooks.
[After 20.g4!? £a5 21.¤b1 £d2 22.¤d2 ¦c1
23.¦c1 ¥d4² White is marginally better but
Black’s fortress will be a tough nut to break.
20.¤e4 ¥e5÷ (RR 20...¤e4 Matveeva 2454
 Huang Qian 2380, Russia vs. China (m)
2006)]
20...¦c1 21.£c1
[21.¦c1 ¥e5 22.¥e5 ¤e5 23.¥g2 ¤d7
24.b4²]
21...¥d4 22.£d2 ¥g7 23.h4
[23.g4!?², grabbing more space on the
kingside, was an interesting alternative.]
23...h5 24.¤b2
[24.¥g2!?, slightly improving the bishop
before deciding what to do with the knight on
a4, could be a possible improvement.]
24...¤b5 25.¦e3 ¤d4 26.¥g2 e5!?
Wei Yi decides that no longer wants to
wait and therefore opens the position. His
calculation proves to be accurate and he
equalises the game completely.
[26...¤f5 27.¦e1 ¤f6 followed by ...¤g4
was another reasonable setup for Black.]
27.de6 ¤e6 28.¤c4
[28.¦d3!? had to be calculated precisely
by Wei Yi. 28...¤f4 29.¦d7 ¤e2 30.¢h2
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£f6 31.¤d1 b5 32.¥d5 ¦e7 33.¦d6! £f5 38.¢f2 [38.¢h3 ¢d7 39.g4 ¢e6 (39...
34.¦a6 ¢h7! leaves Black with good enough hg4 40.fg4 ¢e6 41.g5 and Black hasn’t fully
compensation and he does not stand worse. equalised yet.) 40.gh5 gh5 41.f4 ¤d7 42.¢g3
28.¥b7?? ¤dc5+] ¤f8 43.¤e3 ¥b4 44.¥c8 ¢d6 45.¥a6 (45.¤f5
¢c7=) ¢c5 46.¥c8 ¥e1 47.¢h3 ¥f2 48.¤d1
28...¤f4 29.¦e8 £e8 30.£f4 b5 ¥e1 49.¥f5 ¢d4 should end in a draw.]
[30...£e1!? 31.¥f1 b5 32.¤e3 ¤e5=]
38...¢d7 39.¤f4 ¢c7 40.¥d5 ¥f4! 41.gf4
31.¤e3 £e5 [31...£e7=] ¢d6 42.¥f7 ¤c6 43.a3 ¤e7=
XIIIIIIIIY
32.£e5
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+k+0 9+-+-snL+-0
9+-+n+pvl-0 9p+-mk-+p+0
9p+-+-+p+0 9+p+-+p+p0
9+p+-wQ-+p0 9-zP-+-zP-zP0
9-+-+-+-zP0 9zP-+-+P+-0
9+P+-sN-zP-0 9-+-+-mK-+0
9P+-+-zPL+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
Carlsen tries hard to breach Wei Yi’s fortress
xiiiiiiiiy but to no avail.
32...¥e5?! Probably feeling that he had easily
equalised, Wei Yi made a couple of rather 44.¢e1 ¢d7 45.¢d1 ¢d6 46.¢d2 ¢d7
hasty moves which have handed Carlsen 47.¢d3 ¢d6 48.¢c2 ¢d7 49.¢b3 ¢d6
a tiny edge and prompted him to play on. 50.a4 ¤c6 51.ab5 ab5 52.¢c3
[32...¤e5=] [52.¥g6 ¤d4 53.¢c3 ¤f3 54.¥h5 ¤h4=]

33.b4! Carlsen fixes a weakness on a6 but his 52...¤e7 53.¢d2 ¤d5 54.¥g6 ¤b4 55.¥h5
opponent will defend stubbornly and never ¤d5 56.¥e8 ¤f4 57.¥b5 ¢e5 58.¥f1 ¤g6
allow him any real winning chances. 59.h5 ¤h4 60.¢e2 ¤f3
1/2 : 1/2 Kapnisis
33...¥d6 34.¥b7 ¤b8 35.¤d5 ¢f8 36.¢g2
¢e8 37.f3 f5! [Black correctly prevents g4.] Round eight had arrived and it was the time
XIIIIIIIIY for Carlsen to meet Karjakin again! This game
was eagerly awaited because it would be
9-sn-+k+-+0 their last encounter before their forthcoming
9+L+-+-+-0 world title match in New York in November.
Would Karjakin try to avenge his loss in the
9p+-vl-+p+0 third round or would Carlsen be able to beat
9+p+N+p+p0 Karjakin with Black and go into the world
championship match with a big psychological
9-zP-+-+-zP0 advantage? Neither happened... Carlsen
9+-+-+PzP-0 was well prepared in his favourite Ragozin,
equalised without much effort and probably
9P+-+-+K+0 missed a chance to press for the win. After
only 19 moves the two players agreed on a
9+-+-+-+-0 draw due to a threefold repetition of moves.
xiiiiiiiiy
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 Spyridon KAPNISIS

D38 White doesn’t seem to have any appealing

way of stopping it.
KARJAKIN 2773 — [10...h6 had been played in a couple of
CARLSEN 2855 previous games, one of which was Nakamura
Bilbao (8), 2016 2790  Aronian 2786, Moscow (ct) 2016]

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 ¥b4 11.cd5 Karjakin correctly releases the tension in
5.£a4 ¤c6 6.e3 0–0 7.£c2 ¦e8 8.¥d2 a6 the centre in order to develop without problems.
[RR 8...¥f8 Prusikin 2545  Khenkin 2655, [11.¦d1, retaining flexibility in the centre,
Germany 2012  116/144] doesn’t promise any advantage. After 11...e5
12.cd5 (12.de5?! ¤e5 13.cd5 ¤f3 14.gf3 ¦c8°
9.a3 ¥d6 10.h3 and White will have trouble finding a safe
place for his king. Black’s position is at least
XIIIIIIIIY preferable and definitely easier to handle.) ed4
9r+lwqr+k+0 13.dc6 dc3 14.cd7 cd2 15.¦d2 £d7 is equal.]
9+pzp-+pzpp0 11...ed5 12.¥d3 ¤a7
9p+nvlpsn-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+p+-+-0 9r+-wqr+k+0
9-+PzP-+-+0 9snpzpl+pzpp0
9zP-sN-zPN+P0 9p+-vl-sn-+0
9-zPQvL-zPP+0 9+-+p+-+-0
9tR-+-mKL+R0 9-+-zP-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zP-sNLzPN+P0
10...¥d7!N [A good novelty that immediately 9-zPQvL-zPP+0
equalises the game. Black threatens to open
the position in the centre by playing ...e5 and 9tR-+-mK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
Sergey Karjakin, Bilbao 2016. Photo by David Llada

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Chess Informant 129
13.£b3?! Karjakin could not have liked his
position, and so went pawn hunting in the
hope that Carlsen had nothing more than a
threefold repetition of moves.
[13.00 £e7÷ (13...¤b5 14.¤a4 ¤e4
15.¤c5 ¥c5 16.dc5 £f6÷).]
13...c6 14.£b7
[By playing £b3 White effectively committed
himself to capturing on b7. After 14.a4 ¦b8
Black’s position is already preferable; 14.00
¤e4³]
14...¤b5 15.¤b5
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqr+k+0
9+Q+l+pzpp0
9p+pvl-sn-+0
9+N+p+-+-0
9-+-zP-+-+0
9zP-+LzPN+P0
9-zP-vL-zPP+0
9tR-+-mK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
15...ab5 [15...cb5! 16.00 (16.¦c1? ¦e7!
17.00 ¥e8+; 16.¤e5 ¦e7 17.¤c6 ¥c6
18.£c6 ¦c7+) ¥c7! Black threatens ...¥b6,
¦a7 trapping White’s queen. (16...¦e7?!
17.¥a5! £e8 18.¥b4 ¥b4 19.ab4 ¥f5
20.£a8 £a8 21.¥f5÷) 17.¤e5 ¦b8 18.£a7
(18.£a6 ¦e6 19.£a7 ¥b6µ) ¥b6 19.£a6
¦a8 20.£a8 £a8 21.¤d7 ¤d7 22.¥b5
¦d8³ with a rather strange position that I find
difficult to evaluate precisely. Black should be
slightly better but nothing more than that.]
16.¤e5 ¦b8
[Upon 16...¥e5 17.de5 ¦e5 Carlsen could
have played on but that doesn’t mean that he
would have any advantage. The position is
about equal.]
17.£a6 ¦a8 18.£b7 ¦b8 19.£a6 ¦a8
Carlsen naturally preferred to take the draw,
thereby maintaining his clear lead in the
tournament.
1/2 : 1/2 Kapnisis
48
After an uneventful second game against
Karjakin, it was time for Carlsen to face Giri
again, this time with the white pieces. The
tournament was coming to an end, so the
world champion took the pragmatic decision
to play it safe with White and choose...the
London system. What else? This was a very
sound opening decision, in my opinion, as
Carlsen was playing against a struggling
opponent who had just lost a rather bad
game and might well have been eager to
prove himself.
D02
CARLSEN 2855 —
GIRI 2785
Bilbao (9), 2016
1.d4 d5 2.¥f4 ¥f5
[RR 2...¤f6 G. Kamsky 2665  M. Muzychuk
2554, Gibraltar 2016  128/(133)]
3.e3 e6 4.¥d3
[4.g4 ¥e4 5.f3 ¥g6 6.h4 h5 7.g5 c5 leads to a
more entertaining game but one which would
be a lot riskier for White than Carlsen would
have liked.]
4...¥d3 5.£d3 c6 6.¤d2 ¤f6 7.¤gf3 ¥e7
[7...¥d6!?]
8.00 00 9.h3 ¤bd7 10.a4
[10.c4 c5 is about equal.]
10...c5!? An interesting effort by Giri to spice
things up. [10...a5 would be a safer option and
would likely lead to an uneventful draw.]
11.a5N [RR 11.b3 H. Brus  Joa. Alvarez,
Internet 2011]
11...c4!? Giri decides to close the centre
and grab some space on the queenside,
thereby forcing Carlsen either to find some
counterplay on the kingside or to accept a
slightly worse position.
12.£e2 b5 13.ab6 Carlsen has to take en
passant otherwise his pawn on a5 would end
up being a serious weakness.
 Spyridon KAPNISIS
XIIIIIIIIY
13...ab6 14.¤e5 9-+-+r+k+0
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wq-trk+0 9+-wqnvl-zpp0
9+-+nvlpzpp0 9-zp-+p+-+0
9-zp-+psn-+0 9+-+pzPp+-0
9+-+psN-+-0 9-+P+-vL-zP0
9-+pzP-vL-+0 9+-+-zP-+Q0
9+-+-zP-+P0 9-+PsN-zPP+0
9-zPPsNQzPP+0 9tR-+-+-mK-0
9tR-+-+RmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
21...¤e5? A blunder by Giri that will however
xiiiiiiiiy go unpunished.
14...¤e5 [21...dc4 22.g4 ¤e5 23.gf5 ef5 24.£f5
[14...£c8!?, not letting White develop ¥f6÷]
his initiative on the kingside, is a decent
alternative: 15.e4 (15.g4) ¦d8!? (15...¤e5 22.£g3 ¥d6
16.de5 ¤e4 17.¤e4 de4 18.¦a8 £a8 19.£c4 [22...¥f6? 23.¢h1!+ and after ¤f3 White
¦c8 20.£e2 b5 should be equal) 16.c3 will simply collect the pinned ¤e5.]
(16.¤d7 £d7 17.e5 ¤e8³) b5÷ with an
interesting fight ahead in which Black has at XIIIIIIIIY
least equal chances.] 9-+-+r+k+0
15.de5 ¤d7 16.£g4 ¦e8 9+-wq-+-zpp0
[16...£c7 seems to be a decent improvement 9-zp-vlp+-+0
on Giri’s play. Then after 17.¤f3 ¦fc8 Black’s
position is preferable to the one he obtains in 9+-+psnp+-0
the game.] 9-+P+-vL-zP0
17.h4 f5 [17...¤c5 18.¥g5÷] 9+-+-zP-wQ-0
18.£h3 [18.ef6 ¥f6 19.¥g5÷] 9-+PsN-zPP+0
9tR-+-+-mK-0
18...¦a1 19.¦a1 c3!?
Giri again chooses the riskier continuation, xiiiiiiiiy
making the position quite sharp. In my 23.cd5?
opinion, this is not the best strategy to follow [23.c5! is a nice tactical shot that was
when you are rather off form. probably missed or maybe underestimated by
[19...¥h4 20.g4 g5!? (After 20...fg4 21.£g4 both players. Then 23...bc5 24.¦a6 h6 25.¦d6
¤f8 22.¤f3° White has good compensation £d6 26.¥e5± leaves good winning chances
for the pawn and in my view even the for White.]
preferable game.) 21.gf5!? (21.¥h2 fg4
22.£g4 ¢h8 23.¤f3 ¤c5÷) is an interesting 23...ed5 24.¤b3
piece sacrifice that gives White a dangerous [24.¤f3?! ¤f3 25.£f3 ¥f4 26.£d5 £f7
initiative: 21...gf4 22.ef4 ef5 23.¤f3 ¥e7 27.£f7 ¢f7 28.ef4 ¦c8 and Black should be
24.¦a7°; 19...¤c5 20.g4 fg4 21.£g4 £d7 able to hold this rook ending without much
22.¤f3÷] trouble.]

20.bc3 £c7 21.c4 24...£c2 25.¤d4

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XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+r+k+0 26.h5 £d7 27.¦b1! Nice play by Carlsen.
9+-+-+-zpp0 Before improving his position he focuses on
Black’s b-pawn, his only source of worry.
9-zp-vl-+-+0
9+-+psnp+-0 27...¥c7 28.f3 £f7 29.¦a1! ¥d6 30.¦a6
£h5?! Giri goes for what he must have
9-+-sN-vL-zP0 thought to be a slightly worse ending.
9+-+-zP-wQ-0 [30...£b7! was the best move but a very
difficult one to calculate over the board.
9-+q+-zPP+0 31.¤f5 ¤f3! 32.gf3 ¥f4 33.ef4 ¦f8!=]
9tR-+-+-mK-0 31.¦b6 ¤c4 [31...¥c7? 32.¦b7+ ]
xiiiiiiiiy
25...£c8?! [25...£d3! was the best square 32.¦d6 ¤d6 33.¥d6 ¦e3 34.¥e5? £g6
for the black queen. Black would be able to 35.£f4 ¦e1 36.¢f2 ¦a1! 37.£d2!
generate counterplay by pushing his b-pawn [After 37.¤f5 ¦a2 38.¢e1 £e6! the position
after, say, 26.£h3 ¦f8 27.h5 b5÷] is close to equal.]

Summarizing Carlsen’s
tournament, I would like
to point out some of the
reasons behind his success:
a) Good/great opening
preparation. Only in his
game with the black pieces
against Nakamura did he
face some minor problems,
whereas in all the other
Black games he either easily
equalised or managed to
catch his opponents not
so well prepared. In all his
White games he managed
to obtain nice playable
positions whilst avoiding his Wei Yi, Giri, Magnus Carlsen, Juan Carlos Fernandez, Bilbao 2016. Photo David Llada
opponents’ preparation.
b) Good fighting chess. Carlsen is known to set his opponents problems even in the
simplest positions and that’s what he kept on doing in this tournament.
c) Strong character: After a rather bad game against Nakamura in the first round
many would prefer to continue with a safe draw in their next game – but not the world
champion! He was determined to get back on track in the chase for first place.
d) Excellent tournament management: After Carlsen gained the lead in the tournament he took
no unnecessary risks which might have endangered his claim as the winner of the tournament.
Kapnisis

50
 Spyridon KAPNISIS
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+k+0 D39
9+-+-+-zpp0 WESLEY SO 2770 —
CARLSEN 2855
9-+-+-+q+0
Bilbao (10), 2016
9+-+pvLp+-0
9-+-sN-+-+0 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 ¥b4
5.¥g5 h6 6.¥f6 £f6 7.e3 00 8.¦c1 dc4
9+-+-+P+-0 9.¥c4 c5 10.00 cd4 11.¤d4 ¥d7 12.£b3
9-+-wQ-mKP+0 ¤c6 13.¤c6 ¥c3 14.£b7
[RR 14.¤a7 Bareev 2670  Al. Aleksandrov
9tr-+-+-+-0 2660, Polanica Zdroj 1997 - 70/(392)]
xiiiiiiiiy 14...¥c6 15.£c6 ¥b2 16.¦c2 ¦ac8
37...¦a8?? In time trouble, Giri blunders XIIIIIIIIY
badly into a pretty much lost position.
[Instead 37...f4! is a very nice move that would 9-+r+-trk+0
have upset the coordination of White’s pieces: 9zp-+-+pzp-0
38.¥f4 (38.¤e2!? £b6 39.¥d4 £a5 40.¤c3
£a6! 41.£f4 £f1 42.¢g3 £e1 43.¢g4 h5! 9-+Q+pwq-zp0
44.¢h5 ¦a6!) £b6 39.¥e5 £a5 40.£e3 ¦a2 9+-+-+-+-0
41.¤e2 £d2 and the chances should be equal.]
9-+L+-+-+0
BOURNEMOUTH, VII–VIII 2016
38.¤f5! £e6
[38...£f5 39.£d5+ ; 38...¦e8 39.£f4+ ] 9+-+-z
The 103rd British P-+-0
Chess Championships
(86 players,
9PvlR+-zPPzP011 rounds)
39.£g5+  g6 40.¤h6 ¢f8 41.¤g4 ¢e8 1. Mi. Adams 10, 2. D. Howell 8, 3»4. G. J
42.¤f6 ¢f7 43.¤h7 ¦a4 44.£d8! ¦a2 45.¢g1 9+-+-+Rm
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17.£a4N Pe. Batchelor, Kolbus, Ch. Storey, Stev. Jones
After his important win in the ninth round, [RR 17.£b7 Fourie  Pietruske, corr. 2008]
Carlsen had already secured first place with a
BOURNEMOUTH,
round to spare. His final gameVII–VIII 2016
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Wesley So Sinquefield Cup

THE BIGGEST SUCCESS OF WESLEY SO'S CAREER IN

By GM Aleksandar Colovic

A TOURNAMENT WHERE HE FINISHED LAST ONE YEAR AGO

SLOW AND STEADY IN SAINT LOUIS
“Slow and steady” were the words Garry Kasparov used
to describe the winner’s way to victory and it describes
perfectly Wesley’s manner of keeping things under control
— a style which Macedonian GM Colovic dissects from
round to round.

In the first round he got a very important boost of self-confidence when

he beat Hikaru Nakamura for the first time. Thanks to his superior opening
preparation (we will see more of this later in the tournament) and Nakamura’s
failure to remember his own, Wesley started the tournament on a high.

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 Aleksandar Colovic
E05
WESLEY SO 2771 — Aleksandar Colovic
NAKAMURA 2791
Saint Louis 2016 • Country: Macedonia
• Born: 1976
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.g3 ¥e7 5.¥g2
0–0 6.0–0 dc4 7.¤e5 ¤c6 8.¤c6 • Rating: 2432
In the popular variation of the Catalan, So
goes his own way. • Peak rating: 2516
[8.¥c6 is the massively theoretical main line,
made popular by Vladimir Kramnik] • Title: Grandmaster since 2013

8...bc6
XIIIIIIIIY 15.¦fb1!?N
[The novelty.15.¦ab1 was played before.
9r+lwq-trk+0 Then 15...¦b6 16.¥c5
9zp-zp-vlpzpp0
A) 16...¦d8 17.¥b6 cb6 18.£c3 ¤d5 was
9-+p+psn-+0 fine for Black in Kohlweyer 2440 – Grochal
9+-+-+-+-0 2170, Vlissingen 2013;
9-+pzP-+-+0 B) 16...¦d5!? 17.¥d5 cd5 18.¥b6 ab6 and
9+-+-+-zP-0 now
9PzP-+PzPLzP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+q+-+k+0
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0 9+-zp-+pzpp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9lzp-+psn-+0
9.¤a3 Instead of capturing a pawn as in the
line with 8.¥c6, here White sacrifices a pawn 9wQ-+p+-+-0
for the bishop pair and the initiative. 9P+p+-+-+0
9+-+-+-zP-0
9...¥a3 10.ba3 ¥a6 11.£d2 9P+-+PzP-zP0
[RR 11.¥g5 Antunes 2510  Karpov 2780,
Tilburg 1994 – 61/525; 11.¥c6 Vladimirov 9+R+-+RmK-0
2565 – Vaganian 2605, Moscow 1990  49/573] xiiiiiiiiy
B1) 19.£b4?! ¤d7 is okay for Black: 20.a5
11...¦b8 12.£a5 £c8 13.a4 ¦d8 14.¥a3 ¦d4 b5 21.£e7 (21.a4? c5! shows why b4 is
XIIIIIIIIY an unfortunate square chosen for the white
queen) c5 22.f4 d4 23.f5 e5 24.f6 gf6 25.g4
9-trq+-+k+0 h6 26.¦f5 Efimenko 2689 – Sakaev 2607,
9zp-zp-+pzpp0 Vrnjacka Banja 2010;
B2) White should play instead 19.£c3!
9l+p+psn-+0 with the idea of a5, and if 19...¤e4 20.£e3;
9wQ-+-+-+-0 C) 16...¦d7 is probably best, by analogy
9P+ptr-+-+0 with our main game, with the idea of 17.¦fd1
9vL-+-+-zP-0 £d8!, when we can understand So’s idea of
not having a rook on b1 as 18.¦d7? ¦b1! is
9P+-+PzPLzP0 a check!]
9tR-+-+RmK-0 15...¦b6 16.¥c5 ¦d7 17.¦d1
xiiiiiiiiy
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Chess Informant 129
XIIIIIIIIY
This is So’s idea – Black cannot exchange his
remaining rook on the b-file.
9-+q+-+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zp-+-+pzpk0
9-+q+-+k+0 9lzp-+psn-zp0
9zp-zpr+pzpp0 9+-zp-+-+-0
9ltrp+psn-+0 9P+p+-+-+0
9wQ-vL-+-+-0 9+-+-+-zP-0
9P+p+-+-+0 9P+-wQPzPLzP0
9+-+-+-zP-0 9+-+R+K+-0
9P+-+PzPLzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-+R+-mK-0 25.£d8!
Now there is no second chance for Black.
xiiiiiiiiy
17...h6? Nakamura said he had forgotten his 25...£d8 26.¦d8 c3 27.¢e1 ¥c4 28.¢d1
preparation. And indeed this vague move ¥a2 29.¢c2 ¥c4 30.e3 b5 31.¢c3 a6
cannot be good. 32.¦a8 ¤d5 33.¥d5 ed5 34.a5!
[17...¤d5! is what he had forgotten and it Black cannot defend all the pawns on the
appears that Black is fine: 18.e4, forcing queenside.
the exchange of the rook on d7, but this
weakens d3. There can follow 18...¤f6 34...b4 35.¢d2 ¥f1 36.¦c8 c4 37.¦b8 b3
19.¦d7 ¤d7 20.¥b6 cb6 21.£d2 ¤c5 and, 38.¢c3
with a monster knight about to be planted XIIIIIIIIY
on d3, Black is at least equal. On the other
hand 18.¥b6 cb6 is no longer that good for 9-tR-+-+-+0
White: 19.£d2 h6 (now Black has time for 9+-+-+pzpk0
this) 20.e4 ¤f6 and Black has the d3–square
at his disposal. 9p+-+-+-zp0
18.¦d7 ¤d7 19.¥b6 cb6 20.£d2
9zP-+p+-+-0
Black is in trouble now, as without the d3– 9-+p+-+-+0
square for the knight he has problems with 9+pmK-zP-zP-0
coordination.
9-+-+-zP-zP0
20...c5 21.¦d1 ¤f6 22.¢f1 9+-+-+l+-0
Defending e2 in advance and drawing the
king closer to the c-pawn as Black doesn’t xiiiiiiiiy
have many useful moves. A picturesque position! Black will lose the
d5–pawn after ¦d8, because if he defends it
22...¢h7 23.£c2?! An imprecision, but with a bishop there follows ¦d6 and the a6–
Black doesn’t take advantage of it. pawn will fall.
[23.£d8! transposes to the game.] 1 :0 Colovic

23...¢g8? [23...g6! 24.£c3 ¢g7 and White But after such an important win, there followed an
cannot really exploit the pin along the a1–h8 unexpected slump. In the following three games
diagonal, e.g. 25.a5 b5 or 25.h4 £c7 26.g4 Wesley had to show all his defensive mastery and
£f4.] strong nerves in order to remain undefeated.

24.£d2 ¢h7 In Round 2 he made the risky opening choice to

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repeat Aronian’s opening against Ding Liren 10.0–0 cd4 11.¤d4

from Round 1. This time the Chinese player [RR 11.ed4 Novikov – Tal 2565, USSR 1985
was well-prepared and got an advantage, but – 39/548]
then missed a simple counter-combination.
11...¤b6 12.¥b3 ¤bd5 13.¤d5 ¤d5
14.¥g3
D60 XIIIIIIIIY
DING LIREN 2755 – 9r+lwq-trk+0
WESLEY SO 2771
9zpp+-vlpzp-0
Saint Louis 2016
9-+-+p+-zp0
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 ¤bd7 9+-+n+-+-0
5.¥g5 h6 6.¥h4 ¥e7 7.e3 0–0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-sN-+-+0
9r+lwq-trk+0 9+L+-zP-vL-0
9zppzpnvlpzp-0 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9-+-+psn-zp0 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
9+-+p+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
Black is playing for simplification, but White
9-+PzP-+-vL0 retains the initiative – as usual in these
9+-sN-zPN+-0 positions it is the ¥c8 that causes Black
problems.
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9tR-+QmKL+R0 14...¥f6N [RR 14...¤f6 Stoeckmann 2149 –
Peterwitz 2100, Senden 2011]
xiiiiiiiiy
This whole setup for Black, with the idea 15.¦c1 ¤b6 The bishop cannot develop
of simplifying the position by playing yet, as 15...¥d7?! 16.e4 ¤b6 17.¥d6 ¥e7
...c5, was played extensively by my friend, 18.¥c7 £e8 19.£g4 is bad for Black.
the late Grandmaster Julian Radulski. XIIIIIIIIY
He played it continuously in the period
2009-2012 but at that time it largely went 9r+lwq-trk+0
unnoticed. Only when Kramnik started 9zpp+-+pzp-0
using it in 2015 did it receive due attention.
It is very difficult for White to achieve 9-sn-+pvl-zp0
anything in the symmetrical position that
arises.
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-sN-+-+0
8.¥e2 Deviating from his game against 9+L+-zP-vL-0
Aronian, played the previous day.
[8.¦c1 c5 9.dc5 dc4 10.¥c4 ¤c5 and Black 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
drew without problems: Ding Liren 2755 – 9+-tRQ+RmK-0
Aronian 2792, Saint Louis 2016]
xiiiiiiiiy
8...dc4 9.¥c4 c5 16.£e2?! Timid. Now Black gets a chance
[9...a6 is an alternative, forcing White to to complete his development. Probably this
weaken the b4–square: 10.a4 c5 11.0–0 cd4 move was based on a miscalculation as we
12.ed4 ¤b6 Naiditsch 2710 – Adams 2740, will see later in the game.
Dortmund 2013] [Better is 16.£h5! ¥d7 (16...¥d4 17.¦fd1)

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Chess Informant 129

Ding Liren. Photo by Alina L'Ami

17.¥d6 ¦e8 (17...¥e7 18.¥c7 £e8 23.¦d1 £e7 24.¤a5, keeping the pressure.
19.¥e5±) 18.¦c7 and Black is suffering a However, 20...¦fd8!? may be better: 21.e5
lot!] ¥h4 22.¥h4 £h4 23.g3 £b4 and even
though White has a big knight on d6 Black
16...¥d7 17.¤b5 a6 has no weaknesses.]
[17...¥b5 18.£b5 ¦c8, giving away the
bishop pair, is a decision very difficult for a 19...¥b7 20.¥c7 £e7 21.¥b6
human but easy for an engine, which evaluates XIIIIIIIIY
it as dead equal!]
9r+-+-trk+0
18.¤d6 ¥c6 9+l+-wqpzp-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9pvL-+pvl-zp0
9r+-wq-trk+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+p+-+pzp-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9psnlsNpvl-zp0 9+L+-zP-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9PzP-+QzPPzP0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-tR-+RmK-0
9+L+-zP-vL-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9PzP-+QzPPzP0 21...¥g2! A nice shot, missed by the Chinese
9+-tR-+RmK-0 player. After this the position is a draw.

xiiiiiiiiy 22.¢g2 £b7 23.£f3 £b6 24.¦c6 £b7

19.¤b7? Here is the miscalculation. 25.¦c2 £f3 26.¢f3 ¦fc8 27.¦fc1 ¦c2
Resolving the tension prematurely is usually 28.¦c2 ¦b8 29.¦c6 a5 30.¦c5 ¦a8 31.¦b5
a sign of nerves. ¦a7 32.¥c2 ¢f8 33.a4 ¢e7 34.b4 ¥c3
[Correct is 19.¦fd1 £e7 20.e4 e.g. 20...¤c8 35.ba5 ¦a5
21.¤c4 (21.e5 ¥h4) ¦d8 22.¦d8 £d8 1/2 : 1/2 Colovic

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In Round 3, So was again caught in the 10.¦f2 d6 11.ed6 £d6 12.¥b3 ¥f2 13.¢f2
opening, this time very early – on move 9 he £f6
was already on the defensive! An imaginative XIIIIIIIIY
opening idea by Aronian, but So displayed
true grit by defending stubbornly. Curiously 9r+l+-trk+0
enough, it was a weak move on his part that 9zppzp-+pzp-0
saved the game for him!
9-+n+-wq-zp0
C54
9+-+-+-+-0
WESLEY SO 2771 — 9-+-+-+-+0
ARONIAN 2792 9+LzP-+N+-0
Saint Louis 2016 9PzP-+-mKPzP0
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4
9tRNvLQ+-+-0
[As I predicted after the Candidates (see my xiiiiiiiiy
Opening Reports of the Candidates from the 14.£d2?! The move that probably saved the
Chess Informant 128), the Giuoco Piano is the game for So! It is a dubious move, but one that
new way to play for a minimal edge after 1. took Aronian out of his preparation. Thinking on
e4 e5.] his own, he didn’t manage to find a refutation.
[14.¥e3 is what the engines suggest and
3...¥c5 4.c3 ¤f6 5.d3 0–0 6.0–0 what Aronian must have expected; 14.¢g1 is
XIIIIIIIIY another decent move.]
9r+lwq-trk+0 14...g5? This allows White to consolidate.
9zppzpp+pzpp0 [14...¤e5! is correct when, after a series of
only moves by both sides, a better endgame
9-+n+-sn-+0 for Black is reached: 15.£d4 ¦e8 16.¥f4
9+-vl-zp-+-0 £f4! 17.£f4 ¤d3 18.¢g3 ¤f4 19.¢f4 ¦e2
20.¢g3 ¦b2 and Black is better here.]
9-+L+P+-+0
9+-zPP+N+-0 15.¢g1 ¥g4 16.£f2 On f2 the queen secures
a safe square for the bishop on e3.
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0 16...¦fe8
XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9r+-+r+k+0
6...h6 [Rare, compared to the more usual 6...
d6 (RR M. Muzychuk 2563 – Hou Yifan 2667, 9zppzp-+p+-0
Lviv (m/1) 2016 – 127/115) and 6...d5 (RR
Antipov 2538 – Van Foreest 2541, Khanty- 9-+n+-wq-zp0
Mansiysk 2015 – 126/103)] 9+-+-+-zp-0
7.d4 [7.b4 is a major alternative.] 9-+-+-+l+0
7...¥b6 8.de5 ¤e4 9.¥d5
9+LzP-+N+-0
[9.£d5 ¤f2!? with the same motifs as in the 9PzP-+-wQPzP0
game 10.¦f2 d6.] 9tRNvL-+-mK-0
9...¤f2!N [RR 9...¤c5 Gelfand 2720 – xiiiiiiiiy
Eljanov 2716, Moscow 2008] 17.¥e3 Curiously enough this allows Black

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to draw by force, but it is understandable that against Nakamura in Round 1, Wesley sticks
White wanted to complete his development as to the Catalan.
soon as possible.
[The engine promises an advantage for 4...¥b4 5.¥d2 ¥e7 6.¥g2 0–0 7.0–0 c6
White after 17.¤bd2, but in over-the-board 8.£c2 ¤bd7 9.¦d1 b6 10.b3 a5
play things are easier for Black here, as [18 days earlier, So himself played 10...¥a6
psychologically it is very difficult for the 11.a4 c5 Nakamura 2787 – W. So 2770, Bilbao
White player to keep on playing with his 2016]
queenside so hamstrung.]
11.¥c3 [RR 11.¥f4 – E 08]
17...¥f3 18.¤d2 ¦e3! 19.£e3 ¥h5 20.£h3
¥e2 (preventing ¦f1) 21.¦e1 ¦e8 22.¥c4 11...¤e4
XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+r+k+0 9r+lwq-trk+0
9zppzp-+p+-0 9+-+nvlpzpp0
9-+n+-wq-zp0 9-zpp+p+-+0
9+-+-+-zp-0 9zp-+p+-+-0
9-+L+-+-+0 9-+PzPn+-+0
9+-zP-+-+Q0 9+PvL-+NzP-0
9PzP-sNl+PzP0 9P+Q+PzPLzP0
9+-+-tR-mK-0 9tRN+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy xiiiiiiiiy
22...£d8! Defending the ¦e8 and attacking The transposition to the Stonewall probably
the ¤d2. Now the game ends in a perpetual surprised So, as this structure isn’t very
check. popular among the elite, with the exception
of Carlsen who has used it several times  but
23.£h6 ¥c4 24.¦e8 £e8 25.£g5 ¢f8 then he can play pretty much anything!
26.£c5 ¢g8 27.£g5 ¢f8 28.£h6 ¢g8 [11...¥b7; 11...¥a6]
29.£g5
1/2 : 1/2 Colovic 12.¥b2 f5N [RR 12...¥b7 Svidler 2735 –
Jakovenko 2725, Astrakhan 2010 – 109/311]
After yet another opening surprise in Round
4, against Giri, So again found himself 13.e3 ¥a6
defending with the White pieces. He was XIIIIIIIIY
patient and managed to survive, although Giri
could have posed more serious problems. 9r+-wq-trk+0
9+-+nvl-zpp0
E01 9lzpp+p+-+0
WESLEY SO 2771 — 9zp-+p+p+-0
GIRI 2769 9-+PzPn+-+0
Saint Louis 2016 9+P+-zPNzP-0
1.¤f3 To avoid the Gruenfeld. 9PvLQ+-zPLzP0
1...d5 2.d4 ¤f6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 After his success
9tRN+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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 Aleksandar Colovic

14.¥a3?! A common theme in the Stonewall,

this exchange usually favours White, but
here Black is already fully developed and he
obtains an initiative on the queenside.
[14.¤c3; 14.¤e1!? … ¤d3]

14...¥a3 15.¤a3 b5! 16.¦ac1 £e7

17.cb5 cb5 18.¤b1 b4 and though White
is under pressure, So managed to defend
successfully.
1/2 : 1/2 Colovic

A common theme in these three games was

that So didn’t manage to utilise his preparation,
whereas his opponents managed to get in
theirs. It is psychologically difficult to play in
such situations, but So showed his tenacity in
defence admirably. However, things were about
to change, starting with his next game in Round
5 against Anand. Here So got his opening right
and he drew without any problems.

C54
ANAND 2770 —
WESLEY SO 2771
Saint Louis 2016
Viswanathan Anand, Berlin 2015. Photo by Harald Fietz
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 4.0–0 ¤f6
5.d3 0–0 6.c3 d5 [8...a6 9.a5 b5 Karjakin 2773 – Giri 2785,
This more active move than 6...d6 has recently Bilbao 2016; 8...a5 was So’s choice against
gained in popularity. the same opponent only a month and a half
earlier: 9.¤bd2 ¤b6 (RR 9...h6 Heimann
7.ed5 ¤d5 8.a4 2551 – Kociscak 2474, Zillertal 2015 – 125/
XIIIIIIIIY (93)) 10.¥b5 ¥d6 11.¤e4 (11.¦e1 ¥g4
12.¤e4 Giri 2782 – Aronian 2792, Leuven
9r+lwq-trk+0 (blitz) 2016) ¥g4 12.h3 ¥h5 13.¦e1 Anand
9zppzp-+pzpp0 2770 – W. So 2770 Leuven (blitz) 2016]
9-+n+-+-+0 9.¥b5 ¤e7 [RR 9...a5 Demchenko 2589 –
9+-vlnzp-+-0 Georgescu 2475, Iasi 2015 – 125/93]
9P+L+-+-+0 10.a5 The ¥c4 is short of squares, so this is
9+-zPP+N+-0 more or less forced.
[10.¤e5?! is not a very tasty pawn since
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 after 10...c6 11.¥c4 ¥d6 12.¤f7 (practically
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0 forced as 12.¤f3 ¤c4 13.dc4 ¥f5 is excellent
for Black) ¦f7 13.¥f7 ¢f7 Black must be
xiiiiiiiiy better, as White is still largely undeveloped.]
8...¤b6 As we have seen, it is always better to
deviate first, thus gaining a psychological edge. 10...c6 11.ab6 cb5 12.¦a7 ¦a7 13.ba7 ¥a7

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14.¤e5 ¥f5 23.¦d3 ¥c7 24.b3 ¥c6 25.f3 ¦d8 26.¦d8

Black has compensation as in the Marshall ¥d8 27.b5 ¥d7 28.¢f2 ¥e7 29.¢e2 ¥a3
Attack. But the preparation doesn’t end here. 30.¥a3 ¥b5
1/2 : 1/2 Colovic
15.¦e1N [RR 15.¥e3 Milliet 2346 – Hammer
2689, France 2016] As if building momentum, So was again
very well prepared for his next game in
15...¥b8 16.¤a3 Round 6 against Topalov. In his own words
[16.¤d2 is an alternative, but after 16...¥e5 he was in his preparation until move 20
17.¦e5 ¥d3 the position is equal.] and yet he got absolutely nothing. Topalov
found all the best moves over the board!
16...b4 17.cb4 £d5 And now an interesting psychological
XIIIIIIIIY battle ensued: So felt sure he wasn’t worse,
but Topalov got over-ambitious and,
9-vl-+-trk+0 believing he was better, played recklessly
9+p+-snpzpp0 at the decisive moment. This was even
more strange, as Topalov was leading the
9-+-+-+-+0 tournament by half a point at this stage so on
9+-+qsNl+-0 principle he should have been happy with a
draw with Black. But now, by winning the
9-zP-+-+-+0 game, So not only leapfrogged over him
9sN-+P+-+-0 but went on to win the tournament as well,
since nobody managed to catch him in the
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 remaining three rounds.
9+-vLQtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy A29
18.¤ec4 Simplifying to a draw. WESLEY SO 2771 —
[18.d4 has been played before, but Black has
compensation after 18...¦d8 19.¤f3 ¤c6 TOPALOV 2761
20.b5 ¤b4.] Saint Louis 2016

18...¥d3 19.¦e7 ¥c4 20.£d5 ¥d5 21.¦d7 1.c4 e5 2.g3

¥c6 22.¦d1 [Avoiding the other main line with ...¥b4.]
XIIIIIIIIY [2.¤c3 ¤f6 3.¤f3 ¤c6 4.g3 ¥b4 has been
played by Topalov before: 5.¥g2 0–0 6.0–0
9-vl-+-trk+0 d6 7.d3 h6 Aronian 2786 – Topalov 2780,
9+p+-+pzpp0 Moscow (ct) 2016]
9-+l+-+-+0 2...¤f6 3.¥g2 d5 Topalov always goes for
9+-+-+-+-0 this and So could be certain that it would
happen again in the game. He blitzed out his
9-zP-+-+-+0 moves until move 20.
9sN-+-+-+-0 4.cd5 ¤d5 5.¤c3 ¤b6 6.¤f3 ¤c6 7.0–0
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 ¥e7 8.d3 0–0 9.a3 ¥e6 10.¥e3 ¤d5
9+-vLR+-mK-0 [10...£d7 was Karjakin’s choice at the
Candidates: 11.b4 f6 12.¤e4 ¤d5 Aronian
xiiiiiiiiy 2786  Karjakin 2760, Moscow (ct) 2016 
22...¥a4 128/14]
White cannot hope to make use of the doubled
b-pawns. 11.¤d5 ¥d5

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13.¦ac1 a6 14.¤d2
[14.¦c3 was played against Topalov in the
previous Candidates tournament: 14...¥f6
15.¦c5 ¤e7 Karjakin 2766 – Topalov 2785,
Khanty-Mansiysk (ct) 2014 – 120/13]

14...¥g2 15.¢g2 ¤d4 16.¥d4 ed4 17.£b3

¦b8 18.e4
XIIIIIIIIY
9-tr-wqr+k+0
9+pzp-vlpzpp0
9p+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-zpP+-+0
9zPQ+P+-zP-0
9-zP-sN-zPKzP0
9+-tR-+R+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
18...de3N [18...c5?! has been played in a
correspondence game, J. Hinz – Betker, corr.
2010, and Black drew, but this is not a good
move as it gives White a pawn majority in the
centre and on the kingside, whilst restricting
Veselin Topalov. Photo by Andreas Kontokanis
his own bishop.]

XIIIIIIIIY 19.fe3 ¦f8 20.¤e4 £d7

9r+-wq-trk+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zppzp-vlpzpp0 9-tr-+-trk+0
9-+n+-+-+0 9+pzpqvlpzpp0
9+-+lzp-+-0 9p+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9zP-+PvLNzP-0 9-+-+N+-+0
9-zP-+PzPLzP0 9zPQ+PzP-zP-0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 9-zP-+-+KzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-tR-+R+-0
12.£a4 [12.¦c1 was what So played against xiiiiiiiiy
Navara in the second game of their match in 21.¦f3
2015: 12...¥d6 13.£a4 £e8 14.¦fe1 W. So Probably around here So’s preparation ended.
2778  Navara 2751, Prague (m/2) 2015] He knew what he would do next, double on
the f-file and play d4, in order to constrain
12...¦e8 There are many alternatives here. Black’s bishop. Though this doesn’t offer
[12...a6; 12...f5; 12...¥f6.] much, what else is there for him to do?!

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21...¦bd8 22.d4 [22.£b7?! £d3 is too messy 28...b6 A double-edged decision. It keeps the
and the weakened state of the white king may ¤a4 at bay but weakens his structure. We
tell later on.] already know that Topalov was playing for a
win here, so his decision to sharpen the game
22...c6 23.¦cf1 £d5 is understandable.
XIIIIIIIIY
29.¦c1 c5 30.dc5 b5 31.¤c3 £c6 32.£d2
9-+-tr-trk+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+p+-vlpzpp0 9-+-vlrtrk+0
9p+p+-+-+0 9+-+-+p+p0
9+-+q+-+-0 9p+q+-+p+0
9-+-zPN+-+0 9+pzP-+-+-0
9zPQ+-zPRzP-0 9-+-+-+P+0
9-zP-+-+KzP0 9zP-sN-zPR+P0
9+-+-+R+-0 9-zP-wQ-+K+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-tR-+-+-0
24.£c2 A dynamic decision, which was criticised
by Topalov. It is a key moment to understanding xiiiiiiiiy
the game, as from here onwards Topalov thought 32...¦e5?? Topalov must have missed
he was better so continued to press for a win. something very simple.
Losing objectivity is always punished in chess, [32...£c5 33.¤d5 £a7 34.¦c6 £b7 is still
but otherwise White is quite okay here. dynamically balanced – the ¥d8 keeps the
[24.£d5 ¦d5 is equal.] ¤d5 at bay, which compensates for White’s
worse structure and weakened king.]
24...g6 25.g4 [Preventing ...f5.]
33.b4 ¥g5 34.¦d1
25...¦de8 26.h3 XIIIIIIIIY
White can only sit and wait, but if he does
then Black will not be able to do much either. 9-+-+-trk+0
This solidity of White’s position probably 9+-+-+p+p0
irritated Topalov, who tried to break it down
by violent means later on. 9p+q+-+p+0
26...¥d8 27.¤c3 £e6 28.¤a4 En route to c5.
9+pzP-tr-vl-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-zP-+-+P+0
9-+-vlrtrk+0 9zP-sN-zPR+P0
9+p+-+p+p0 9-+-wQ-+K+0
9p+p+q+p+0 9+-+R+-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
34...¥e3
9N+-zP-+P+0 [34...¦e3 is met by 35.£d5. Perhaps he
9zP-+-zPR+P0 missed this?.]

9-zPQ+-+K+0 35.£d7 White has got rid of the weak pawn on

e3 and created a protected passed pawn on c5,
9+-+-+R+-0 so every endgame is easily winning for him.
xiiiiiiiiy
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XIIIIIIIIY
35...£a8 36.¤d5 ¥g5 37.c6
XIIIIIIIIY 9r+-wq-trk+0
9q+-+-trk+0 9+pzp-vlpzpp0
9+-+Q+p+p0 9-sn-+l+-+0
9p+P+-+p+0 9zpP+-zp-+-0
9+p+Ntr-vl-0 9-+-sn-+-+0
9-zP-+-+P+0 9zP-sNP+NzP-0
9zP-+-+R+P0 9-vL-+PzPLzP0
9-+-+-+K+0 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
9+-+R+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
12...¤b3
xiiiiiiiiy This avoids the exchange of the knights on
Total domination by White. d4 and seems like an easier way to play for
Black.
37...¥h4 38.¦d2 [12...f6 is the alternative. Then 13.¤d4 ed4
[Preventing ...¦e2, although it wasn’t really 14.¤b1 ¥d5 15.¤d2 and White will try to
necessary.] play on the light squares after the exchange of
[38.c7 ¦e2 39.¢g1 ¦c2 40.¦df1.] the bishops.]

38...¦e1 39.¦c2 ¢g7 40.¤b6 £b8 41.£d4 13.¦b1 f6 14.¤d2 ¤d2 15.£d2 ¤c4 16.£c1
1:0 Colovic ¤b2 17.£b2 ¦b8
XIIIIIIIIY
After taking the lead, So continued to play
in his customary slow and steady manner. 9-tr-wq-trk+0
In Round 7 he used the same line in the 9+pzp-vl-zpp0
English that Topalov had played against him
in the previous round to successfully defuse 9-+-+lzp-+0
Svidler’s attempts. 9zpP+-zp-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
A29
9zP-sNP+-zP-0
SVIDLER 2751 —
WESLEY SO 2771
9-wQ-+PzPLzP0
Saint Louis 2016
9+R+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
1.c4 e5 2.g3 ¤f6 3.¥g2 d5 4.cd5 ¤d5 5.¤f3 18.e3N
¤c6 6.0–0 ¤b6 7.¤c3 ¥e7 8.a3 0–0 9.b4 A novelty by Svidler, but Black is doing fine
[The other main plan in this position, 9.d3 anyway.
¥e6 10.¥e3, was So’s choice in the previous [18.¦fc1; 18.¤e4; RR 18.a4 Mednis 2455 –
round.] Ivanov 2515, Brighton 1983 – 36/37]

9...¥e6 10.d3 a5 There are many options for 18...f5

Black here. The general assessment is that he [18...£d3 19.¥d5 is the cute trick, so as
is doing fine. to gain compensation on the light squares:
[10...¤d4; 10...f6.] 19...¥d5 20.¦fd1 £f5 21.¤d5.]

11.b5 ¤d4 12.¥b2 19.¤a4 ¥d6

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[Defending e5 and planning ...£e7, attacking a3.]
20.b6 [20.¦fc1 £e7] c6 21.d4 £e7
XIIIIIIIIY
9-tr-+-trk+0
9+p+-wq-zpp0
9-zPpvll+-+0
9zp-+-zpp+-0
9N+-zP-+-+0
9zP-+-zP-zP-0
9-wQ-+-zPLzP0
9+R+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
22.¤c5 [22.de5?! ¥a3 23.£c2 ¥b4 can only
be better for Black.]
22...ed4 23.¤e6 £e6 24.ed4 f4
This is already drawish as White has to push
d4-d5 in order to activate his ¥g2 and rid
himself of the isolated pawn.
25.d5 cd5 26.£b3 ¢h8 27.¥d5 £f6 28.£b5
¥a3 29.£a5 ¥b2 30.¥f3 ¦a8 31.£d5
1/2 : 1/2 Colovic
With only two rounds to go, So reverted to
even more pragmatic choices and in Round 8
played strictly for a draw with White against
Caruana. Caruana had a tough 95–move draw
the previous day so he was also happy to draw.
In the Berlin with 5.¦e1 they followed the
games Svidler – Topalov from the Candidates
and So – Aronian from the recent blitz in
Leuven, all ending in quick draws.
In the last round So needed a draw to
secure shared first place and there is no
safer haven than the Berlin when Black
wants safety. Vachier Lagrave entered
the endgame, but as Nakamura said: “All
Berlin endgames are drawn, no matter how
they look.” So was confident in holding
the endgame and, as it turned out, not one
of his pursuers managed to win and catch
him and force a tie-break – even though
Topalov was winning against Aronian for
a long time.
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C67
VACHIER-LAGRAVE 2819 —
WESLEY SO 2771
Saint Louis 2016
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 ¤f6 4.0–0 ¤e4
5.d4 ¤d6 6.¥c6 dc6 7.de5 ¤f5 8.£d8 ¢d8
9.h3 ¢e8 10.¤c3 h5
This is probably the safest line of all.
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+l+kvl-tr0
9zppzp-+pzp-0
9-+p+-+-+0
9+-+-zPn+p0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-sN-+N+P0
9PzPP+-zPP+0
9tR-vL-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
11.¥g5
[11.¥f4 Vachier played this in his Round 7
game against Nakamura: 11...¥e7 12.¦ad1
¥e6 13.¤g5 ¦h6 14.¦fe1 ¥b4 15.g4 hg4
16.hg4 ¤e7 17.f3 (RR 17.¤e6 Anand 2770
– Karjakin 2766, Khanty-Mansiysk (ct) 2014
– 120/116) ¥c3 18.bc3 ¤d5N improving on
Carlsen’s play (18...¥a2 19.¤e4 Vachier-
Lagrave 2788 – Carlsen 2851, Stavanger
2016) 19.¥d2 ¤b6 20.¤e6 ¦e6 21.¢f2 ¦d8
Vachier-Lagrave 2819 – Nakamura 2791,
Saint Louis 2016]
11...¥e6 12.¦ad1 ¥e7 13.b3 a5
A rare move, possibly intended to take Vachier
out of his preparation.
[13...h4 has been played by Kramnik:
14.¤e4 b6 (RR 14...a5 Caruana 2781
– Karjakin 2780, Wijk aan Zee 2013 –
117/99) 15.c4 a5 Aronian 2815 – Kramnik
2795, London 2012]
14.¦d3 ¦d8 15.¦d8N
[RR 15.¦fd1 Alsina Leal 2549 – Glud 2496,
Spain 2011]
15...¥d8 16.¦d1 ¥g5 17.¤g5 ¢e7
 Aleksandar Colovic
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-tr0
9+pzp-mkpzp-0
9-+p+N+n+0
9zp-+-zP-+p0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+P+-+-zPP0
9P+P+NzP-+0
9+-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
20...fe6!
After 20...¢e6? Black cannot establish a
good blockade on the white squares: 21.f4
c5 22.¢f2 ¤e7 23.¤c3 ¤f5 24.¤b5 ¦c8
25.¢f3 with g4 to come.]

21.f4 ¦f8 [Now Black threatens ...h4.]

[An immediate 21...h4 was also possible, as
the attack on f4 ties White down. Then could
follow 22.g4 ¦f8 23.¦d4 c5 24.¦e4 b6.]

22.¦d4 c5 23.¦e4 ¦d8 24.¢f2 ¦d1

Maxime Vachier Lagrave, Berlin 2015. Photo by Harald Fietz XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-tr0 9+pzp-mk-zp-0
9+pzp-mkpzp-0 9-+-+p+n+0
9-+p+l+-+0 9zp-zp-zP-+p0
9zp-+-zPnsNp0 9-+-+RzP-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+P+-+-zPP0
9+PsN-+-+P0 9P+P+NmK-+0
9P+P+-zPP+0 9+-+r+-+-0
9+-+R+-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
The active rook assures Black that he will not
xiiiiiiiiy have any problems.
18.¤e2 [18.¤e6 ¢e6! Here Black already has
the blockade – compare the note to Black’s 25.g4 hg4 26.hg4 b5
20th move. Then 19.f4 b6 20.¢f2 h4.] [Black can play in different ways, e.g. 26...¢f7
27.f5 ef5 28.gf5 ¤e7 29.¤g3 ¦d2 30.¦e2
18...¤h4 Liberating f5 for the bishop. ¦e2 31.¢e2 g6 eliminating the danger.]

19.g3 [19.¤f4 ¥f5.] 27.f5 ¤h4 28.¤g3 ¦a1 29.a4 ¦a2 30.ab5
¦c2 31.¦e2 ¦e2
19...¤g6 20.¤e6 [31...¦c3 32.¦e3 ¦c2 is a repetition.]

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32.¢e2 c4! 33.bc4 a4 34.¢d3 ¤f3 41.¢b4 ¤d3 42.¢c4 ¤e5 43.¢c5 ¢h6
XIIIIIIIIY 44.¤e2 c6 45.bc6 ¤c6 46.¢c6 ¢g5 47.¢d6
¢g4
9-+-+-+-+0 1/2 : 1/2 Colovic
9+-zp-mk-zp-0
So’s triumph is fully deserved. From the
9-+-+p+-+0
BOURNEMOUTH, VII–VIII 2016 games in this tournament we saw that when
The9+P+-z
103rd British P P+-0
Chess Championships he gets in his preparation he is unbeatable
(86 players, 11 rounds) and he only encounters problems when he
9p+P+-+P+0
1. Mi. Adams 10, 2. D. Howell 8, 3»4. G. is caught
Jones, Tanin his opponent’s
Justin preparation.
Hy 8, 5»8. Hebden,ButT.
9+-+K+ns N-0
Fodor jr., Gormally, Emms 7, 9»15. N. Pert, Ch. Ward, Pe. Wells, Jo. defensive
then in such situations his excellent Houska,
Claridge-Hansen, Ch. Duncan, Mart. Brown technique
7, 16»23. is K.
there to keep
Arkell, him D.
Palliser, safe, making
Eggleston,
9-+-+-+-+0 him incredibly difficult
Pe. Batchelor, Kolbus, Ch. Storey, Stev. Jones, J. Moreby 6, etc. to beat.
9+-+-+-+-0 In a tournament where Carlsen isn’t playing,
xiiiiiiiiy “slow and steady” is the only way to go. An
BILBAO,
The VII
lone king 2016
cannot run in two directions, so even field with no favourites cat. promotes
XXII (2778)a
White is unable to Masters
The IX Bilbao keep an eyeFinal
on the a-pawn “safety first” policy and grinding out wins
and at the same time defend the e5–pawn. is a primary requisite. So’s conduct of play
1 2 Saint3Louis 4is a model
in 5 example
6 of how to
35.f6 ¢f7
1 M. CARLSEN36.fg7 ¤e5 37.¢c3 a3
g 2855 38.c5 ¤d3!
ó ó win such events.
0 á 1 á 1 á 1 á á 1In the present tightly-packed
17* 1
The threat is ...a2, so White loses the c5–pawn. group of elite grandmasters, we now have
2 HI. NAKAMURA g 2787 1 á ó ó á á á á á á á á 12 2
another player who can win tournaments and
3 WEI YI g 2696
39.¢b3 ¤c5 40.¢a3 ¢g7 and soon enough 0 á áthis
á bodes
ó ó well
áá á á á 1 11 3»4
for some exciting contests in
4 W. SO
all the pawns will disappear. g 2770 0 á áthe
á future.
áá ó ó áá á 1 11 3»4
5 SERGEY KARJAKIN g 2773 0 á áá áá áá ó ó áá 9 5
6 A. GIRI g 2785 á 0 áá á 0 á 0 áá ó ó 7 6
* 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw

SAINT LOUIS, VIII 2016 cat. XXII (2779)

The 4th Sinquefield Cup
The third stage of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour
Time Control: 120 minutes for 40 moves + 60 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30
second increment from move 41.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 GCT
1 W. SO g 2771 ó á á á 1 á 1 á á á 5á 13
2 V. ANAND g 2770 á ó á á á 1 á á á á 5 7.75
3 ARONIAN g 2792 á á ó á á 0 1 á 1 á 5 7.75
4 F. CARUANA g 2807 á á á ó á á á á á 1 5 7.75
5 V. TOPALOV g 2761 0 á á á ó á á 1 1 á 5 7.75
6 VACHIER-LAGRAVE g 2819 á 0 1 á á ó á á á á 4á 4.5
7 HI. NAKAMURA g 2791 0 á 0 á á á ó 1 á 1 4á 4.5
8 DING LIREN g 2755 á á á á 0 á 0 ó 1 á 4 3
9 SVIDLER g 2751 á á 0 á 0 á á 0 ó 1 3á 2
10 A. GIRI g 2769 á á á 0 á á 0 á 0 ó 3 1
* GCT » Grand Chess Tour Points

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 Asian Champion 2016

S. P. Sethuraman
HOW I WON THE ASIAN CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
THROUGH THE FIRE
The Asian Continental is always a prestigious tournament
which gathers together a host of strong players from
all over Asia. In addition it provides an opportunity for
the top five placed players to qualify for the following
year’s World Cup. Therefore competitors are all the more
motivated to fight for one of the top placings — reports the
winner, Indian GM Sethuraman.

Last time, thanks to the tiebreak rules, which reward a higher number of wins,
I won the bronze medal after a thrilling last round victory with the black pieces. So
this year I entered the contest with even higher hopes, even though the competition
was far stronger this time, with the participation of former world title holder Rustam
Kasimdzhanov, Vietnamese No. 1 Le Quang Liem, rated over 2700, Chinese prodigy

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Wei Yi, and a host of 2600+ grandmasters, a few of whom were from my own
country. In fact if you take the top ten seeded players you can see they are mostly
from China and India  no wonder these countries are superpowers.
Also noticeable this year was the high percentage of draws, which seemed to
increase day by day, as more very strong and evenly matched opponents were paired
against each other, which made it difficult to score the full point in a tightly packed
field. Funnily enough, I was the only player in the top ten final placings to have few
draws  only two in fact.
When I arrived at the tournament, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, I found
that I was 9th seed and duly won my first two games pretty convincingly. But this
was followed by two consecutive hard fought draws in Round 3 and 4 against my
compatriot, the talented 16 year old Arvinth Chithambaram, and the Chinese Gao Rui.
Then, in round five, I was paired against the second highest rated Indian, my good
friend Deep Sengupta. Some players dislike playing against their fellow countrymen
in official tournaments but this is almost inevitable if you are from China or India,
bearing in mind that there were more than 15 Indians and Chinese taking part overall.
I was on 3/4 after two consecutive draws against the young talented Aravinth
Chidambaram in the third round and Chinese Gai Rui in the fourth, so was now
thirsting for another win. In the fifth round I was paired against my good friend Deep
Sengupta with the white pieces. The opening choice for this game was quite difficult
since we have worked with each other quite a lot in recent years and shared a lot of
our opening analysis. Nevertheless chess is such an inexhaustible game that at the
end of the day you can always find something different to play. I had recently played
a game against Deep at Dubai, where I only managed to win after escaping from a
virtually lost position. But this time I took more care and employed my favourite
Meran against his Slav, from which I obtained a slight edge and thanks to a cute little
tactic won a nice game.

D47
SETHURAMAN 2647 —
SENGUPTA 2543
Tashkent (5), 2016
1.d4 [A few months earlier in Dubai, April
2016, faced with the same tough choice of
what to play, I tried something offbeat and
we reached a different kind of Slav with a
rare move order, starting 1.¤f3. However,
I slipped into a very bad position out of
the opening and was lucky to survive into
the middlegame: 1...d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 ¤f6
4.¤c3 e6 5.b3 ¥d6 6.£c2 00 7.¥b2
e5 8.cd5 cd5 9.¤b5 ¤c6 10.¤d6 £d6
11.¥b5 ¤b4 12.£c1 ¥d7 13.¥e5 £b6
14.¥e2 (RR 14.a3 Hovhannisyan 2526 
Yagupov 2393, Cappelle-la-Grande 2014 
120/(6)) ¦ac8 (14...¦fc8  +) 15.¥c3 ¥b5
16.£b2 (½:½ Roeder 2412  Zimina 2337,
Cesenatico 2013) a5N 17.¥b4 ab4 18.d3
S. P. Sethuraman
• Country: India
• Born: 1993
• Rating: 2649
• Peak rating: 2658
• Title: Grandmaster since 2011
¦c3 19.¦d1 ¤d7 20.00 ¤c5 21.¤d4²
Sethuraman 2658  Sengupta 2554, Dubai
2016. So, after this experience, this time I
went for a proper Slav Meran which is a
favourite of mine.]
1...d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.¤f3 e6 5.e3
¤bd7 6.¥d3 dc4 7.¥c4 b5 8.¥d3 ¥d6
9.00 ¥b7 10.a3 00 11.£c2

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The topical line which has become so popular, 14.de5 ¤e5 15.¤e5 ¥e5 16.¥e3
especially after Anand’s fantastic win against XIIIIIIIIY
Aronian at Wijk An Zee.
XIIIIIIIIY 9r+-wqr+k+0
9r+-wq-trk+0 9zpl+-+pzp-0
9zpl+n+pzpp0 9-+p+-sn-zp0
9-+pvlpsn-+0 9+p+-vl-+-0
9+p+-+-+-0 9-+-+P+-+0
9-+-zP-+-+0 9zP-sNLvL-+P0
9zP-sNLzPN+-0 9-zPQ+-zPP+0
9-zPQ+-zPPzP0 9tR-+-+RmK-0
9tR-vL-+RmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
16...¥d4?! A slightly dubious exchange
xiiiiiiiiy which allows free play and kingside expansion
11...h6 for White.
[Quite a solid reply to this system. It’s a [16...£c7 is the main option, which has been
clever waiting move which also avoids played in tons of games.]
numerous forced variations arising after
11...¦c8. For example, then 12.b4 c5 is 17.¥d4N [RR 17.¦fe1 Ganguly 2631  Le
Vishy Anand’s fascinating idea which has Quang Liem 2699, Al-Ain 2015]
given rise to a lot of discussion and in fact
a little later, at a tournament in Edmonton, I 17...£d4 18.¦ad1 £b6 19.¦fe1 ¦e7
won a theoretical debate in this line against XIIIIIIIIY
Alexey Shirov. In that game I didn’t even
have to think about any of my moves, which 9r+-+-+k+0
proves how deadly opening preparation can 9zpl+-trpzp-0
be if the opponent doesn’t remember the
specific lines on a particular day! 13.bc5 9-wqp+-sn-zp0
¥f3 14.cd6 ¤d5 15.gf3 £g5 (RR 15...¤c3
Ganguly 2619  Zherebukh 2627, Fujairah
9+p+-+-+-0
City 2012  116/(150)) 16.¢h1 £h5 9-+-+P+-+0
17.¥e2 ¤c3 18.¦g1 ¤f6 19.¥b2 ¤a4N 9zP-sNL+-+P0
(RR 19...¤ce4 Bacrot 2711  Ter-Sahakyan
2580, Jerusalem 2015) 20.£d2 ¦fd8 21.e4 9-zPQ+-zPP+0
¦d6 22.e5 1:0 Sethuraman 2653  Shirov 9+-+RtR-mK-0
2682, Edmonton 2016]
xiiiiiiiiy
12.e4 e5 13.h3 20.¦e3 My intention was to carry out f4–e5
By not releasing the tension with de5, I am after £e2, but 20.¢h2! was a more logical
effectively asking Black where he intends to way of implementing this plan, rather than my
place his pieces. sophisticated approach.]
[RR13.de5 Topalov 2777  Ivanchuk 2781, [20.¢h2! ¦ae8 (20...¦d8 21.e5) 21.f4 ¤d5
Bilbao 2008  104/(273)] (21...a5 22.e5 ¤d5 23.¤d5 cd5 24.£e2±)
22.¤d5 cd5 23.e5 f6 24.¥h7 ¢h8 25.¥g6
13...¦e8 and Black is really in an unpleasant situation
[13...a6 14.de5 ¤e5 15.¤e5 ¥e5 16.¥e3 ¦e8 with weaknesses all over the board.]
(16...c5 17.¥c5 ¦e8 18.¦ad1 £c7 19.¤d5)
17.f4 ¥c3 18.bc3 c5 19.e5 c4 20.¥f5] 20...¦ae8 21.£e2

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XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+r+k+0 28...gh6 29.¤f6 ¢f8 30.¤e8 ¤c4 31.¦e4
¥f5 32.¦f4 ¥g6 33.¤f6
9zpl+-trpzp-0 The rest is just a matter of technique.
9-wqp+-sn-zp0 33...£e7 34.£g4 £e6 35.£d1 £e7 36.¤d7
9+p+-+-+-0 ¢e8 37.¤f6 ¢f8
9-+-+P+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zP-sNLtR-+P0 9-+-+-mk-+0
9-zP-+QzPP+0 9+-+-wqp+-0
9+-+R+-mK-0 9-+p+-sNlzp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zpp+-+-+-0
21...a5? My opponent missed one concrete 9-+n+-tR-+0
detail when allowing my subsequent pawn 9zP-+-+-+P0
push to e5.
[21...a6 22.e5 ¤d5 23.¤d5 cd5 24.£h5 9-zP-+-zPP+0
(24.£e1!? d4 25.¦e2 ¥d5 26.f4 f6 27.¥g6 9+-+Q+-mK-0
¦d8 28.¥d3 ¦de8 29.£g3) is given by the
computer as equal, but I would prefer White xiiiiiiiiy
here after, for example, 24...d4 25.¦e2 g6 38.b3! ¤e5 [38...¤a3 39.£d4 and the knight
26.£h6 ¦e5 27.¦e5 ¦e5 28.¥f1] on a3 is completely locked in.]

22.e5 ¤d7 [22...¤d5 23.¤d5 cd5 24.f4!² 39.¤e4 ¢g7 40.£d4 h5 41.b4 a4 42.¤f6
(24.¥b5 d4 25.¦g3 ¦e5 26.£g4 ¦g5 27.¥e8 1 :0 Sethuraman
¦g4 28.¦g4²)]
This win took me to the top board where I had
23.¥f5 ¤e5 [23...¤f8 24.¤e4±] the white pieces against one of the co-leaders,
XIIIIIIIIY GM Le Quang. I thought how lucky I was to
receive two Whites in a row, a desirable state
9-+-+r+k+0 of affairs for any chess player, but in no time at
9+l+-trpzp-0 all I suffered the realisation that I had thrown
it all away by making a simple blunder whilst
9-wqp+-+-zp0 trying too hard to break down his Berlin
9zpp+-snL+-0 defence. Indeed, a wall is a wall! After beating
me, Le Quang remained joint leader, along
9-+-+-+-+0 with Wei Yi and by a margin of half a point.
9zP-sN-tR-+P0 With the field being very strong and tightly
9-zP-+QzPP+0 packed, there were lots of draws in every
9+-+R+-mK-0 round and in order to come back and fight for
one of the top places I now had to score at
xiiiiiiiiy least 2½/3, which would mean qualification
24.¥d7! [This cute little tactic was what my for the World Cup. So the following game
opponent missed while playing 21...a5.] was very important for me, especially after
losing in the previous round.
24...¦d7 25.¦d7 ¥c8 26.¦d6 £c5 27.¤e4
£a7 28.¦h6 In the next round the two leaders drew their
[28.£h5 was simpler and in accordance with top board encounter, while my good friend
the old dictum “The threat is stronger than the Adhiban joined them with an incredible win
execution.”] over Peter Kostenko.

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In the meantime I won a nice positional game opponent had only played 1.d4 followed by
against Indonesian GM Susanto Megaranto ¤f3–¥f4 or ¥g5–e3–c3 against any system.
with the black pieces, which left me only half With the white pieces he is habitually solid as
a point behind the pack of four leaders. This a rock, so I was really surprised by his shift to
win was a much needed comeback, especially 1.e4. Nevertheless I was really happy to see
after my previous round loss to Le Quang, and this surprise rather than the boring London
gave me new hope to fight for a top spot again. system  even if nowadays the London system
is becoming more fashionable and interesting...
Well, perhaps... Times have changed!!!
B50
MEGARANTO 2527 — 1...c5 2.¤f3 d6 The Najdorf!!?
SETHURAMAN 2647 3.c3 No thanks!! Such quiet systems can make
Tashkent (7), 2016 you feel uncomfortable if you dont know how
to react to them.
1.e4 A surprise! Over the past ten years, my

I suggest readers take a look at this game, as it is a great example of why you should
never give up hope! I also advise any player, who has had a really bad day and needs
consolation after spoiling a winning position, also to play through this game. I should
add that this scenario is nothing new for my good friend Adhiban, who has survived
so many lost positions in the past, but his game will nevertheless inspire many people.
Adhiban Baskaran, Berlin 2015. Photo by Harald Fietz

ADHIBAN 2665 —
KOSTENKO 2457
Tashkent (7) 2016
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-tr-+-+0
9+-+-mkp+Q0
9-+-+p+-zp0
9zp-wq-+-zp-0
9P+-+-+-+0
9+-zpptR-zP-0
9-+-tr-zPP+0
9+-tR-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
32...¦e2?
[32...¦f2! 33.¢f2 d2 34.¦d1 c2  +]

33.¦f3 d2? [33...¦f8 34.£d3 £e5 35.£a6

(35.£c3 £c3 36.¦fc3 ¦a2 37.¦c4 ¦d8 +)
¦d2 36.¦fc3 ¦fd8µ]

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3...¤f6 4.¥d3 ¤c6 5.¥c2 g6 6.h3 ¥g7 8...d5!? [8...cd4 9.cd4 d5 10.e5 ¤e4 11.¤c3]
7.00 00 8.d4
XIIIIIIIIY 9.ed5 [9.e5 ¤e4 (9...¤d7 leads to a sort of
French Defence position) 10.¥e3 (10.¦e1
9r+lwq-trk+0 £b6) £b6]
9zpp+-zppvlp0
9...£d5 10.dc5 [10.¥b3 c4 (10...£h5)
9-+nzp-snp+0 11.¥c2 ¥f5]
9+-zp-+-+-0 10...£c5 11.¤bd2 [RR 11.¥e3 Melia 2371 
9-+-zPP+-+0 Grigorov 2460, Kavala 2007  100/(116)]
9+-zP-+N+P0 11...¥f5N [RR 11...¦d8 Backelin 2304 
9PzPL+-zPP+0 Ulybin 2556, Stockholm 2004/05]
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0 12.¤b3 £d5 [12...¥c2 13.£c2 £f5]
xiiiiiiiiy
34.£f7? [34.¦f7 ¢d6 35.£d3 £d5 36...£f2! 37.£f2 d1£  +]
(35...¢c6 36.£a6 ¢d5 37.£d3 £d4 38.£b5
¢d6 39.£a6 =) 36.£a6 £c6 37.£d3 =] 36.£f3 ¦d5 37.¦cc3 ¦e1 38.¢h2 d1£
39.¦d1 ¦ed1 40.¦c5 ¢c5= 41.£f8 ¢c4
34...¢d6 35.¦d3 42.£h6 ¦e1 43.g4 ¢b3 44.f4 gf4 45.£f4
XIIIIIIIIY ¦ee5 46.¢g3 ¦c5 47.¢h2 ¦ed5 48.£e4
9-+-tr-+-+0 ¢a3 49.¢h3 e5?! [49...¦e5=; 49...¢b3=]

9+-+-+Q+-0 50.g5 ¦d4 51.£e3 ¢a4 52.g6

XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-mkp+-zp0 9-+-+-+-+0
9zp-wq-+-zp-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9P+-+-+-+0 9-+-+-+P+0
9+-zpR+-zP-0 9zp-tr-zp-+-0
9-+-zprzPP+0 9k+-tr-+-+0
9+-tR-+-mK-0 9+-+-wQ-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
35...¢c6? [35...¢e5! 36.¦cc3 (36.£g7 ¢e4 9-+-+-+P+0
37.£h7 £f5  +)
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-tr-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
52...¢b4? [52...¦c7 53.£e5 ¦dd7 54.¢g4
9+-+-+Q+-0 ¦a7 55.¢f5 ¢b4=]
9-+-+p+-zp0
9zp-wq-mk-zp-0 53.g7 ¦d8 54.£e4 ¢b5 55.£b1+   ¢c4
56.£a2 ¢b4 57.g8£ ¦g8 58.£g8 a4
9P+-+-+-+0 59.£b8 ¦b5 60.£d6 ¦c5 61.£b6 ¦b5
9+-tRR+-zP-0 62.£f2 a3 63.g4 ¦c5 64.g5 ¦c3 65.¢g2
9-+-zprzPP+0 ¦c4 66.g6 ¢b3 67.£g3 ¢b2 68.g7 ¦c2
9+-+-+-mK-0 69.¢h3 a2 70.g8£ a1£ 71.£8b3
1:0
xiiiiiiiiy
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13.¥f5 [13.£d5 ¤d5 14.¥f5 gf5 would 17...¥h6 18.¦e5

leave Black with a very comfortable game.] XIIIIIIIIY
13...£f5 9r+-+-trk+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zpp+qzpp+p0
9r+-+-trk+0 9-+-+-+pvl0
9zpp+-zppvlp0 9+-+ntR-+-0
9-+n+-snp+0 9-+-sN-+-+0
9+-+-+q+-0 9+NzP-+-+P0
9-+-+-+-+0 9PzP-+-zPP+0
9+NzP-+N+P0 9tR-+Q+-mK-0
9PzP-+-zPP+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 18...¦ad8 [18...¥g7 19.¦e1 ¦ad8 was more
accurate with the idea of an immediate ...e7-
xiiiiiiiiy e5, expanding on the kingside! 19...e5 at once
14.¤fd4?! can be met by 20.¤f3 ¦fe8 21.c4.]
[14.¤bd4 was the right knight sortie to d4.
The knight on f3 is already perfectly placed, 19.£f3! e6 20.¦ee1
so why disturb it? 14...£d7 15.£e2 followed Now the e5 advance is made rather difficult,
by ¦d1 is just equal.] but because of the srong knight on d5 Black
still has a number of ways to generate pressure.
14...£d7 15.¥g5
[15.£e2 ¦fe8 16.¦d1 ¦ad8 17.¥e3=] 20...¥g7 21.¤c2
[After 21.¦ad1 £c7 22.¤c2 Black has
15...¤d5 16.¦e1 ¤e5 several options to make progress, e.g. 22...
XIIIIIIIIY a5!?, 22...£c4!? or 22...h5!? as in the game.]
9r+-+-trk+0 21...£c7 [¹ 21...£a4 22.¤e3 (22.¦e4 £a6;
9zpp+qzppvlp0 22.£e4 £a6) ¤e3 23.£e3 ¦d5 24.¤c5 £c6
25.¤b3 a5 26.a4 ¦fd8]
9-+-+-+p+0
9+-+nsn-vL-0 22.¤e3 ¤f4 23.¦ed1
9-+-sN-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+NzP-+-+P0 9-+-tr-trk+0
9PzP-+-zPP+0 9zppwq-+pvlp0
9tR-+QtR-mK-0 9-+-+p+p+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+-+-0
I felt greatly relieved after playing ...¤e5 9-+-+-sn-+0
which retains pieces on the board and offers 9+NzP-sNQ+P0
more practical chances.
9PzP-+-zPP+0
17.¥h6?! Giving away the dark squared 9tR-+R+-mK-0
bishop represents a major concession to Black.
[17.¤c5 £d6 18.¤d3 ¤c4; ¹17.£e2 ¦ac8 xiiiiiiiiy
18.¤d2] 23...h5! A nice positional move. Such moves

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26...b5! Another strong positional move. I am

playing on both sides of the board, fixing the
b2-c3 pawn structure and gaining space on
the queenside.

27.¦d8 £d8 28.£d1 £g5 29.¢h1 £f6

30.¢g1 £g5 31.¢h1 ¥c7
Setting up a battery along the b8–h2 diagonal.
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+k+0
9zp-vl-+p+-0
9-+-+p+p+0
9+p+-+-wqp0
9-+-+-sn-+0
9+-zP-sN-+P0
9PzP-+-zPP+0
9+-sNQ+-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
32.¤e2? Both players were in time trouble
and under pressure my opponent makes a
Susanto Megaranto. Photo David Llada
huge blunder. You are about to see the point
spring to mind as a consequence of not of ...h5 and how useful it is now.
knowing what to play, but end up being an [Upon 32.¤d3 I intended 32...¤d3 33.£d3
effective way to improve your position. The £e5. However, instead 32...a6! would have
text makes room for the black king and also been a very subtle response, making it difficult
threatens ...h5–h4 at some point, which will for White to decide which move to play next.]
also reduce the scope of the e3 knight!
32...¤e2 33.£e2 £e5 34.g3 h4!  + 35.£f3
24.¦d8?! ¦d8 25.¦d1 ¥e5! hg3 36.¤g4 £e1 37.¢g2 gf2
Coordinating all my pieces. XIIIIIIIIY
26.¤c1 [26.¦d8 £d8 27.£e4 £d6; 26.¦d2
9-+-+-+k+0
¦d2 27.¤d2 b5] 9zp-vl-+p+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+p+p+0
9-+-tr-+k+0 9+p+-+-+-0
9zppwq-+p+-0 9-+-+-+N+0
9-+-+p+p+0 9+-zP-+Q+P0
9+-+-vl-+p0 9PzP-+-zpK+0
9-+-+-sn-+0 9+-+-wq-+-0
9+-zP-sNQ+P0 xiiiiiiiiy
9PzP-+-zPP+0 38.£f2 [38.¤h6 ¢g7 39.£f7 ¢h6 40.£f8
9+-sNR+-mK-0 ¢g5 (40...¢h5 41.£f3 ¢g5 42.£g4 ¢f6
43.£h4 ¢f7  +) 41.£e7 (41.h4 ¢g4 42.£f3
xiiiiiiiiy
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¢h4  +) ¢f4  + (41...¢f5  +) 42.£c7 D45

e5 43.£f7 ¢e3 44.£f3 ¢d2 45.£f2 £f2 WEI YI 2694 —
46.¢f2 e4  +]
SETHURAMAN 2647
38...£f2 39.¤f2 f5 40.¤d3 ¢f7 41.a4 ba4 Tashkent (9), 2016
42.¤c5 a3 The final finesse.

This victory gave me a big boost and increased In my game, Wei Yi played the aggressive
confidence and I scored two more wins in the Shabalov system in the Meran, which I
next two rounds, thereby passing my initial countered with a new idea causing my
target of 2½/3 to score a run of 3/3 and put me opponent to spend a great deal of time on
on the road to winning the tournament itself! the clock and land in a difficult position.
0 :1 Sethuraman Meanwhile Ganguly rejected Le Quang’s
draw offer in a slightly better position.
In the penultimate round, Adhiban
had the white pieces against Le Quang, 1.d4 The first surprise. Throughout the whole
Wei Yi was Black against Kasimdzhanov, tournament my opponent had preferred 1.e4
followed by Ganguly and myself on the and indeed he can be considered to be a
third and fourth boards, half a point behind. dangerous king’s pawn player, especially if
Le Quang played a nice positional game you study his breathtaking wins against the
to outwit Adhiban and Wei too won in Sicilian. However, in his last three or four
impressive style. Ganguly drew against the tournaments he has started to adopt different
rock solid Chinese Wen Yang. On the fourth setups and openings. Nevertheless, taking
board I won against the local upcoming into account the crucial nature of this round,
grandmaster, Jahonigir Vakhidov, in a well
Wei Yi, Bilbao 2016. Photo David Llada
contested game.
Now a draw would guarantee me a
place in the World Cup, once again thanks
to my high number of wins. If you take
the last two Asian championships, I drew
only three out a total of 18 games, which
clearly shows that this is the ideal tiebreak
for someone like me who tries so hard
to win games. On the other hand, quite a
few players were complaining about the
unfairness of the tiebreak rule, but then
again there is no perfect system, everything
has its own flaws.
So, a tense final round got underway,
which was to end in a totally unexpected way
which no one would have thought possible,
including yours truly! I was paired against
one of the leaders, Wei Yi, with the black
pieces, while Le Quang was up against my
compatriot Ganguly. In fact both leaders
had the white pieces and were obviously
ambitious and not about to make short draws.
Ganguly too was in a tense situation, as he
needed to win with Black to give him a good
chance of qualifying for the World Cup.

And now for my crucial last round encounter.

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XIIIIIIIIY
it came as a surprise to me, and I asked myself 9r+lwqk+-tr0
“Perhaps he has found something special
against my customary opening repertoire?” 9zpp+n+pzpp0
1...d5 After a couple of minutes thought I
9-+pvlp+-+0
decided to stick to my favourite Slav Defence, 9+-+p+-+-0
which had brought me some good wins in the
tournament.
9-+PzP-+n+0
9+-sN-zPN+-0
2.c4 c6 3.e3
[Probably my opponent wanted to avoid 9PzPQ+-zP-zP0
3.¤c3 dc4 or 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4 ¤c3 dc4, although 9tR-vL-mKLtR-0
I have never used such systems in practice.]
xiiiiiiiiy
3...¤f6 [With White’s particular move order 8...£f6 [8...¤h2 9.¤h2 ¥h2 10.¦g7 ¤f8
Black also has the option of playing 3...¥f5. 11.¦g2 ¥d6 12.e4 ¤g6 13.¥g5 ¥e7
But I didn’t want to play it over the board 14.¥e3N (RR 14.¥e7 Morozevich 2788 
without proper study and preparation.] Kramnik 2788, Moscow 2008  103/310) de4
15.0–0–0 f5÷ Rapport 2671  Eljanov 2723,
4.¤c3 e6 5.¤f3 ¤bd7 6.£c2 ¥d6 Biel 2015]
Now we transpose into the Meran system.
XIIIIIIIIY 9.¦g4 £f3 10.¦g7 ¤f6 [10...¤f8 11.¦g1]
9r+lwqk+-tr0 11.¦g5
9zpp+n+pzpp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+pvlpsn-+0 9r+l+k+-tr0
9+-+p+-+-0 9zpp+-+p+p0
9-+PzP-+-+0 9-+pvlpsn-+0
9+-sN-zPN+-0 9+-+p+-tR-0
9PzPQ+-zPPzP0 9-+PzP-+-+0
9tR-vL-mKL+R0 9+-sN-zPq+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9PzPQ+-zP-zP0
7.g4!? The second surprise. This move has 9tR-vL-mKL+-0
gone out of fashion over the past few years.
I was expecting 7 ¥d3 but my opponent, xiiiiiiiiy
true to himself, was clearly in an aggressive 11...£h1 A new direction! In tournament
mood which explains his choice of this practice  which of course means testing
pawn thrust. the opening line against computers  I
had prepared this entire concept one year
7...¤g4!? This was the main line in older previously. Luckily enough, I revised it during
times but it has become very rare nowadays this tournament, since I had considered the
due to 7...h6. Nevertheless there are lots possibility of trying the 7.g4 Meran myself,
of resources and unexplored territories in with the white pieces, a few rounds before and
7...¤g4, which is why I chose it. was looking at all kinds of options for Black.
[7...h6 is the main move leading to a different And this idea crossed my mind once again!
path] That’s the advantage of preparing an opening
from a general point of view, then you can
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XIIIIIIIIY
rather than sticking to one colour. 9-+ktr-+r+0
12.¥d2 Developing the bishop is quite 9zpp+l+p+p0
normal, yet my opponent spent quite a lot of
time over his next few moves. 9-+pvl-sn-+0
[12.f4 ¥b4 13.¦g2 (13.¥d2 £h2) ¥d7 9+N+p+-tR-0
14.¥d2 0–0–0 15.0–0–0 ¦dg8]
9-+-zP-zP-+0
12...¥d7 13.0–0–0 9+-+LzP-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9PzPQvL-+-wq0
9r+-+k+-tr0 9+-mKR+-+-0
9zpp+l+p+p0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+pvlpsn-+0 Here I faced a tough choice and made the
9+-+p+-tR-0 wrong one, underestimating White’s attacking
resources.
9-+PzP-+-+0
9+-sN-zP-+-0 17...¥b8?! [17...¥e7! 18.¦e5 (18.¤a7 ¢b8)
¢b8! 19.¦e7 cb5µ was simplest.]
9PzPQvL-zP-zP0
9+-mKR+L+q0 18.£c5 b6 19.¤a7
[19.¤d6 ¢c7 20.£a3 ¦g5 21.¤f7! ¦gg8
xiiiiiiiiy 22.£d6 ¢b7 23.¤d8 ¦d8 24.£f6 ¥c7÷]
13...£h2 When it is on offer, why not grab
a pawn? After all, a pawn is a pawn! After 19...¢b7
the 12th move I was on my own, nevertheless XIIIIIIIIY
I was playing quite quickly in order to put
my opponent under pressure. In any event my 9-vl-tr-+r+0
replies were logical compared to his, since he 9sNk+l+p+p0
had to make some crucial decisions in order
to pose problems for me before I consolidated 9-zpp+-sn-+0
my position. 9+-wQp+-tR-0
14.f4N White’s main idea is usually to 9-+-zP-zP-+0
establish the f3–e4 pawn centre, but after this 9+-+LzP-+-0
advance he loses control over the e4 square,
making Black’s life easier. 9PzP-vL-+-wq0
[14.¦g2 £h4 15.f3 0–0–0 16.e4 ¥f4 (RR 16... 9+-mKR+-+-0
de4 Ingersol 2392  Noble 2375, Internet
2009) 17.e5÷] xiiiiiiiiy
My aim was simply to play good moves
14...¦g8! 15.¥d3 0–0–0 rather than spend too much time looking
Up to this point all my moves were very for the absolutely best ones which would
logical and ideal. only give my opponent extra time to think
whilst I was pondering over my moves.
16.cd5 ed5 This strategy worked well and Wei Yi came
[¹16...¦g5 17.fg5 ¤d5 18.¤e4 ¥e7 and under severe time pressure with only two
White does not have enough compensation minutes for twenty moves in a position
for the pawn.] with hanging pieces all over the place.

17.¤b5 20.£e7“ £h6 21.¤c6 ¢c6?!

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[¹ 21...¦de8 An intermezzo. 22.£a3 ¥c6 32.¥b4 ¥d6 33.£c7 ¢e8 34.¥d6 ¦c8
23.£a6 ¢c7 24.¢b1 and it’s hard to make a 35.£b6 £d5 36.¥c5÷)
correct evaluation.] XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9Qvl-tr-+-+0
9-vl-tr-+r+0 9+-mk-+p+p0
9+-+lwQp+p0 9-zp-+-+-+0
9-zpk+-sn-wq0 9+-+-+-wq-0
9-+-zPp+l+0
9+-+p+-tR-0 9+-+-zP-+-0
9-+-zP-zP-+0 9PzP-vL-+-+0
9+-+LzP-+-0 9+K+-+R+-0
9PzP-vL-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-mKR+-+-0 B1) 28.¦f7 ¥d7 (28...¦d7? 29.¦f1 ¦d8
30.¥b4+  ) 29.d5 £g6 30.¥c3 ¦c8
xiiiiiiiiy creating an escape route for the king.
22.¢b1 [White has instead 22.£a3! but this 31.¥e5 (31.¦g7 £f5 32.£c6 ¢d8 33.£b6
is not an easy move to see in time pressure. ¢e8 34.¦g8 ¢f7 35.¦g7 ¢e8 36.¦g8 ¢f7
My opponent’s ¢b1 looks more natural, as it 37.¦c8 £f1 38.¢c2 £d3=) ¢d8 32.¦f8
brings the rook on d1 into play, but the queen ¢e7 33.¦c8 ¥e5;
move looks very strong because it prevents B2) 28.¦c1 ¢d7 29.£c6 ¢e7 30.¥b4
Black’s king going to b7, so leading to a lack ¥d6 31.£c7 ¢e8 32.¥d6 ¦c8 33.¥f4!
of coordination between the black pieces. The £d5 34.£e5=;
variations analysed below are hard to imagine
for a human mind, but just to show how full C) 24.¦d5 ¤d2 25.£a8 ¢c7;
of resources and complications this position
really is, I will mention a few mind-blowing D) 24.¦g8 ¦g8 25.£a8 ¢c7 26.£d5 ¤d2
variations. 22...¥g4! 23.¦f1!! The only move 27.£f7 ¥d7 28.¢d2 ¦g2;
to fight for an advantage. (23.¦e1 ¦g5 24.fg5
£g5 25.e4 ¥f4 26.£a4 ¢b7 27.£a6 ¢c7 E) 24.¥b4!!
28.£a7 ¢c6 29.£a4=) ¤e4 XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-vl-tr-+r+0
9-vl-tr-+r+0 9+-+-+p+p0
9+-+-+p+p0 9-zpk+-+-wq0
9-zpk+-+-wq0 9+-+p+-tR-0
9+-+p+-tR-0 9-vL-zPnzPl+0
9-+-zPnzPl+0 9wQ-+LzP-+-0
9wQ-+LzP-+-0 9PzP-+-+-+0
9PzP-vL-+-+0 9+-mK-+R+-0
9+-mK-+R+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy Completely unhuman-like play! However,
A) 24.£a8 ¢c7 25.¥e4 de4; there is a sound and deep positional idea
behind it in that the bishop controls the
B) 24.¥e4 de4 25.£a8 ¢c7 26.¢b1 ¦g5 enemy king’s escape square. Now the black
27.fg5 £g5 (27...£e6 28.¦c1 ¢d7 29.d5 king is in great danger of being trapped.
£g6 30.¥c3 The only move otherwise
White stands worse: 30...£g5 31.£c6 ¢e7 If now 24...¤g5

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E1) 25.£a8 ¢c7 26.¢b1 ¦c8! (26...£c6 22...¢b7 Now everything is under control.
27.¦c1 £c1 28.¢c1 ¤e4 29.¥a6 ¥c8 The king is safe and my pieces are coming
30.¥c8 ¢c8 31.£c6 ¥c7 32.£a8 ¥b8=) out!
27.f5!! (27.¦c1 ¢d8   +; 27.£d5 ¥d7
28.¥a6 ¦ge8!! 29.¦c1 ¥c6 30.fg5 £g6) 23.¦c1 ¥c7 24.¦f5 ¤e4
£c6™ (27...¢d8 28.£d5 ¥d6 29.f6+  ) Played instantly, which brought me immediate
28.¦c1 £c1 29.¢c1 ¥f3÷; relief in that there now follows the exchange
E2) 25.fg5 £g5 and here White has two of one of White’s bishops.
options, both of which are promising: [24...£g6 25.£f6 ¥f5 26.£f5 £f5 27.¥f5
XIIIIIIIIY h5³]
9-vl-tr-+r+0 Only now did I begin to realize that I could
9+-+-+p+p0 actually win the tournament by scoring a
9-zpk+-+-+0 full point and so I started to focus even
9+-+p+-wq-0 more intently on my game. The more moves
we played, the more complicated became
9-vL-zP-+l+0 the position, in contrast to Ganguly who
9wQ-+LzP-+-0 was content to slowly but surely outplay Le
9PzP-+-+-+0 Quang. Mind you, I was exerting pressure on
9+-mK-+R+-0 my opponent too, but in a different manner,
by playing quickly in his time pressure.
xiiiiiiiiy
E2a) 26.¢b1! A cool, calm and collected 25.¥e4 de4 26.¦f6 ¦g6
move in a position where he is simply a [¹ 26...£f8 27.£e4 ¢b8 28.£h7 £g7µ]
full rook down! After all this is modern
chess. 26...¢d7! 27.£a4 ¢e6 28.£c6 27.¦f7 ¦c6
¥d6 (28...¦d6 29.¥d6 ¥d6 30.e4 ¢e7 XIIIIIIIIY
31.e5 ¥e5 32.de5 £e5 33.£b6±) 29.e4 f6
30.¢a1!! Mind-blowing prophylaxis 9-+-tr-+-+0
whilst conducting an attack (30.e5 fe5 9+kvllwQR+p0
31.de5 £e3! 32.¥h7 ¢e5 33.¥c3 d4
34.£b6 ¥f3÷; 30.ed5 ¢f7 31.¥d6 ¥d7) 9-zpr+-+-wq0
¢f7 31.¥d6 de4 32.¥e4ƒ;
E2b) 26.£a8 ¢c7
9+-+-+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-zPpzP-+0
9Qvl-tr-+r+0 9+-+-zP-+-0
9+-mk-+p+p0 9PzP-vL-+-+0
9-zp-+-+-+0 9+KtR-+-+-0
9+-+p+-wq-0
9-vL-zP-+l+0 xiiiiiiiiy
28.¦h7 A strange decision. Capturing the e4
9+-+LzP-+-0 pawn instead would have made Black’s task
9PzP-+-+-+0 of converting his advantage more difficult.
9+-mK-+R+-0 [28.£e4 £g6 29.£g6 hg6 30.e4 and it is still
not clear how to convert my advantage into a
xiiiiiiiiy win. Perhaps there is no way!]
27.¢d2!! Who would see this!! The beauty
of computer analysis and still it is not clear, 28...¦c1 29.¥c1 £c6 30.¦h2 ¦c8 31.¦h7 ¥e6
although at the end of the day White should [¹ 31...¥g4  +]
be better: 27...¦c8 28.¦c1 ¢d7 29.¥b5
¢d8 30.¦c8 ¥c8 31.£b8±] 32.b3 ¢b8

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XIIIIIIIIY
9-mkr+-+-+0 Fixing the white pawns.
Finally, after I had passed the 40 move
9+-vl-wQ-+R0 time control, I got up and looked at
Ganguly’s game. By now he was definitely
9-zpq+l+-+0 winning yet still I did not allow myself
9+-+-+-+-0 to become overjoyed or complacent but
continued to concentrate fully on my game.
9-+-zPpzP-+0
9+P+-zP-+-0 42.b4 ¥c7 43.¦g6 ¥d5 44.¦g5 ¥c4 45.¦g1
¥d3 46.¦a1 ¥d6 47.¦g1 ¢c7 48.¦g7 ¢c6
9P+-+-+-+0 49.¦g1 ¦f2 50.¦h1 ¦g2 51.¦a1
9+KvL-+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-+-+0
Here I suddenly noticed that I only had three 9+-+-+-+-0
minutes for eight moves, although of course
that should be quite sufficient for the present 9-+kvl-+-+0
position. Nevertheless I was still a little
nervous about converting it without spoiling
9+p+-+-+-0
the nuances of the position. 9-zP-zPpzP-+0
33.¢b2 ¥f5 34.¦f7 ¥e6 35.¦h7 ¦g8
9zP-mKlzP-+-0
36.¦g7 ¦e8 9-+-vL-+r+0
So I began to repeat moves a few times in 9tR-+-+-+-0
order to get to the 40 move time control.
xiiiiiiiiy
37.£b4 ¦h8 38.£c3 ¦h2 39.¥d2 51...¢d5 Now comes a king walk to the other
XIIIIIIIIY side of the board, targeting the e3 pawn.
9-mk-+-+-+0 52.¦h1 ¥e7 53.¦a1 ¦h2 54.¦g1 ¢e6
9+-vl-+-tR-0 55.¦a1 ¦h8 56.¢b2 ¢f5 57.a4 ba4 58.¦a4
¢g4 59.¦a7 ¥h4 60.¦b7 ¢f3 61.b5 ¦h5
9-zpq+l+-+0 62.b6 ¦b5 63.¢a3 ¥d8 64.f5
9+-+-+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-zPpzP-+0 9-+-vl-+-+0
9+PwQ-zP-+-0 9+R+-+-+-0
9PmK-vL-+-tr0 9-zP-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+r+-+P+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-zPp+-+0
39...£c3 Exchanging queens was a very 9mK-+lzPk+-0
important decision. I was sure that the
endgame would be won for Black because of 9-+-vL-+-+0
the strong pawn on e4, as it is established in 9+-+-+-+-0
such a way that it cannot be exchanged. And
in fact my intitution proved to be right, even xiiiiiiiiy
though some might have thought it better to Creating some counterchances but two
keep queens on the board. bishops make a very strong team indeed.

40.¢c3 b5 41.a3 ¥a5! 64...¦f5 65.¥b4 ¢e3 66.¥c5 ¦f1 67.¦b8

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¦a1 68.¢b2 ¦b1 69.¢a3 on my victory in the tournament. I have to

[69.¢a2 ¥g5 (69...¥h4 70.b7 ¥e1+) 70.b7 say, I was very touched by this sportsmanlike
¢d2+] and gentlemanly gesture!
0 :1 Sethuraman
69...¥g5 70.d5 ¢e2 71.¥b4 ¥c1 72.¢a4
¥d2 73.¥d2 ¢d2 74.b7 e3 I admit I was rather nervous in the final
XIIIIIIIIY stages of my game as there was so much
at stake and I did not want to throw away
9-tR-+-+-+0 my chances of victory. As it turned out, by
9+P+-+-+-0 making a series of accurate technical moves
I was able to convert my advantage smoothly
9-+-+-+-+0 into a win, by which time Ganguly had also
9+-+P+-+-0 won his game, and to my astonishment
it finally hit me: I had now become Asian
9K+-+-+-+0 Champion! In fact it was a double delight for
9+-+lzp-+-0 me to know that India had now won both the
men’s and women’s championships.
9-+-mk-+-+0 On the other hand, Ganguly was not
9+r+-+-+-0 so fortunate. After winning so impressively
in the last round, a little later he received
xiiiiiiiiy the heartbreaking news that the tiebreak had
By this time my compatriot Surya Ganguly conspired against him and he had failed to
had already won a nice game with the black achieve the desired qualification. This really
pieces in impressive fashion against the top was a pity since he had played wonderful
seed Le Quang, which meant I had won the chess throughout the tournament and was
championship. At first I couldn’t believe what one of the few players who had remained
had just happened but after resigning the game undefeated. Chess, like any competitive sport,
my opponent immediately congratulated me can be so brutal. Sethuraman

TASHKENT, V–VI 2016

The 15th Asian Continental Championship
(91 players, 9 rounds)
Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest
of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
1. S. P. Sethuraman* (IND) 7, 2»9. Le Quang Liem* (VIE), Wei Yi* (CHN),
Kazhgaleyev* (KAZ), D. Sengupta* (IND), Lu Shanglei (CHN), Nguyen Ngoc Truong
Son (VIE), S. Ganguly (IND), T. Batchuluun (MGL) 6á, 10»13. J. Vakhidov (UZB), B.
Adhiban (IND), A. Begmuratov (UZB), Ghaem Maghami (IRI) 6, 14»25. Hafiz (INA),
Mur. Karthikeyan (IND), Fang Yan (CHN), S. Vidit (IND), Ch. Aravindh (IND), P.
Kostenko (KAZ), Tin Jingyao (SIN), Mohammad Minhaz Uddin (BAN), Wen Yang
(CHN), Kasimdzhanov (UZB), Xu Yinglun (CHN), Bai Jinshi (CHN) 5á, etc.
* Qualified for the next World Cup in Tbilisi 2017.

SAN SALVADOR, V–VI 2016

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The 11th American Continental Chess Championship
(81 players, 11 rounds)
 Cordova
American Champion 2016

HOW I WON THE ALL-AMERICAN CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP

FIFTH TIME LUCKY!
The 11th American Continental Championship took place in
San Salvador. "When the final curtain came down I was in
heaven" says the winner, Peruvian GM Emilio Cordova.

This 11–round Swiss tournament resulted in four qualifiers for the 2017 FIDE
World Cup. Besides myself, Alexander Lenderman from USA, Anton Kovalyov
from Canada and Diego Flores from Argentina, who took the fourth place after
winning a playoff against four contenders.
How did I win the tournament? I ask myself that question on a daily basis and
still find my victory hard to believe! It was my fifth attempt at this event since my
first appearance in Buenos Aires 2005. Back then, Cuban GM Lázaro Bruzón, whose
playing style and spirit for struggle I greatly admire, was the clear winner. From that

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first tournament I also have to mention Walter Arencibia, another Cuban grandmaster.
The last round game against him gave me the chance to achieve my first GM norm. But
it didn’t happen. It didn’t back then, as it also didn’t on my three other attempts to qualify
for the World Cup. Not even in Brazil 2015, where I took part after thorough training.
I even considered not taking part in any future run for the Continentals. But
those of us who truly love this game know our goddess Caissa and how elusive and
tricky she can be, how her rewards are scarce and scant despite our diligent efforts.
With that in mind and the 2016 ACC date approaching, I kept my focus on training.
This training included taking part in Aeroflot Open, one of the world’s toughest open
tournaments. And even if my performance wasn’t that good  to say the least  the
whole Moscow-trip allowed me to acquire experience and knowledge by virtue of the
relentless competition against fierce and well-trained players, and without taking the
accustomed “breaks” after defeats.
In turn, playing in the blitz tournament with elite players filled me with new
confidence and energy. Having competed in Aeroflot, losing 13 Elo points in my
classical chess rating, yet gaining more than 60 on my blitz, I was back home with
mixed emotions. And while the positive results that certain blitz games can bring do
not necessarily have any relevance to classical games, beating some of my idols, such
as Grischuk, provided me with great motivation for serious work.
Following that experience in Moscow, I took part in the National Open in Mexico,
where I came second. Considering that I was the first seed, rated more than 50 Elo
points higher than the second one, my result bordered on disappointment. The life of
a chess player is a world of its own. Travelling and staying abroad, always looking for
TASHKENT,better opportunities
V–VI 2016to improve, the individual struggle, the lonely preparation... All
these elements
The 15th Asian Continental make for anChampionship
introverted world, always liable to emotional upset. And
that state
(91 players, 9 rounds)of mind can often lead us to take wrong decisions.
I am sufficiently blessed to have someone who stays by my side and helps me
Time Control:
to remain 90 minutes
balanced for thetofirst
and down 40inmoves
earth pursuitfollowed by 30my
of my goals: minutes for the That
own Caissa. rest
of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from
person is my wife Wendy, to whom I owe a lot when it comes to maintaining that move one.
1. continually
S. P. Sethuraman*
sought-after(IND) 7, 2»9.
mental Le which
stability, QuangisLiem* (VIE),
so helpful Wei Yi*
to endure the (CHN),
ups and
Kazhgaleyev*
downs of a chess(KAZ), D. Sengupta*
player’s (IND),
life. Thanks to Lu
her Shanglei
support I(CHN),
was able Nguyen Ngoc training
to continue Truong
Sonwith
(VIE), S. Ganguly
a positive (IND),
attitude T. Batchuluun
whilst on my path (MGL) 6á, 10»13.
to qualification J. Vakhidov
for the World Cup. (UZB), B.
AdhibanSo (IND),
it wasA. time
Begmuratov
to go: my (UZB), Ghaem
luggage, Maghami
books (IRI) 6, 14»25.
and magazines Hafiz (INA),
were packed. Many
Mur. Karthikeyan
professional (IND),
players useFang Yan computers
personal (CHN), S. but
Vidit
I’m(IND), Ch. Aravindh
old fashioned. Even(IND),
thoughP.I
Kostenko
travel with(KAZ), Tin Jingyao
a laptop, which is(SIN),
very Mohammad Minhaz
helpful, I prefer Uddinfrom
to study (BAN), Wen Yang
magazines and
(CHN),
books,Kasimdzhanov (UZB), Xu
which create warmth andYinglun (CHN),
familiarity whilstBai Jinshi in
staying (CHN)
hotel 5á, etc.
rooms.
* Qualified for the next World Cup in Tbilisi 2017.

SAN SALVADOR, V–VI 2016

The 11th American Continental Chess Championship
(81 players, 11 rounds)
Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of
the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
1. E. Córdova* (PER) 9, 2»3. Lenderman* (USA), Ant. Kovalyov* (CAN) 8á, 4»8. S.
Mareco (ARG), A. Pichot (ARG), Moróvic Ferncndez (CHI), Di. Flores* (ARG), W. Cu
Hor (GUA) 7á, 9»17. Erenburg (USA), Aw. Liang (USA), Y. Gonzclez Vidal (CUB),
D. Arenas (COL), Pmrez Gormaz (CHI), S. Barrientos (COL), Quintiliano Pinto (BRA),
R. Scnchez Clvarez (CUB), Gi. Leiva (PER) 7, 18»25. Oliva Castayeda (CUB), Ortiz
Sucrez (CUB), B. Gonzclez Acosta (CRC), S. Duran Vega (CRC), Gemy (BOL), C.
Jucrez Flores (GUA), D. Arias (ESA), Madeira (BRA) 6á, etc.
Playoff (rapid):
Time Control: 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move
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 Emilio CORDOVA
The tournament venue and all the amenities provided were excellent: hotel,
games room and the kind and respectful way we were treated made our stay
enjoyable.
On the first day of the tournament I was full of doubts, fuelled by the
inconsistencies of my recent performances. Blueish devils haunted me and I kept
asking myself, “Will I make it this time?” The first rounds of a tournament can give
us confidence to trust in our capabilities. However my hopes of gaining the title
in this tournament were in fact quite low. I had a bad start when my second round
game against the Salvadorian IM Lemnys Arias ended in a draw. Not that this is
a bad result, of course, as Lemnys is a strong and experienced player, a hard nut
to crack, but the truth is that he took pity on me and offered me a draw when my
position was hopeless.
Nevertheless this result somehow freed me from all the pressures and tensions
I felt towards this tournament in which I had almost always gone very wrong, as
I did in the Montevideo edition where I lost after being a queen up against the
Argentinian WGM Carolina Lujan. On the one hand, it was at that moment after
the draw that my worst fears were increasing. On the other hand, at the same time I
had filled my mind with so many doubts that I was telling myself that things could
not get any worse and I had nothing to lose. And that was the way I went into the
remaining games: without fear of losing and just taking one day at a time.

C10
PICHOT 2532 — Emilio Córdova
CORDOVA 2602
San Salvador 2016 • Country: Peru
• Born: 1991
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3
So once again my opponent was the talented • Rating: 2627
young Argentinian GM Alan Pichot whom
I respect very much for his desire to go for • Peak rating: 2633
a win in every game  an excellent attitude
if one wants to progress and become a very • Title: Grandmaster since 2008
strong player. In 2015, at the Carlos Torre
Memorial, we faced each other for the first
time and although I lost it was not because 3...h6!?
of my choice of opening. Only an error at a XIIIIIIIIY
critical moment caused me to lose control
of the position and thereby the game. So 9rsnlwqkvlntr0
this time I decided to play the always well
respected French Defence. I wanted to test
9zppzp-+pzp-0
Alan’s psychological attitude towards the 9-+-+p+-zp0
game, to see if this time he would switch to 9+-+p+-+-0
3.¤d2 or 3.e5. However, as he again chose
3.¤c3, I gathered that he was putting great 9-+-zPP+-+0
trust in the result of our previous encounter 9+-sN-+-+-0
and perhaps trying to reach a similar position.
[That earlier game had seen 3...¤f6 and 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
continued with 4.e5 ¤fd7 5.f4 c5 6.¤f3 ¤c6
7.¥e3 a6, etc.] 9tR-vLQmKLsNR0
xiiiiiiiiy
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This move was received jokingly by my
colleagues. Nevertheless I think that it is very
playable, as it poses the question of what kind
of structure will emerge?! If 4.¤f3 then we
are no longer in the Steinitz structure, which
gives us a psychological advantage as we can
draw our opponent into unknown terrain after
4...¤f6 5.¥d3 ¥b4 6.e5 ¤e4. To be honest,
I did not remember the theoretical order
of moves very well, but I thought that my
opponent would not know everything either.
Sometimes in chess, as in life, we cannot keep
everything under control. As Leonid Stein
once said: “If I take a risk, I can lose. If I do
not take a risk, I am going to lose”. After all,
we call it a game. So just play, take a risk,
enjoy the contest.
4.e5!?
XIIIIIIIIY
9rsnlwqkvlntr0
9zppzp-+pzp-0
9-+-+p+-zp0
9+-+pzP-+-0
9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-sN-+-+-0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0
xiiiiiiiiy
I put the puncuation mark for an interesting
move because such a natural reply cannot be
bad. However I feel that it can only strengthen
Black’s faith in the French Defence, as a
position is obtained in which his plans are
quite clear and natural, whereas White must
endeavour to find a forceful course of action
so as not to lose the initiative. Let me briefly
point out some of the dynamic and strategic
elements of the position: the pawn structure
that arises is the one from the Advance
Variation (d4–e5 vs e6–d5) with the obvious
difference that here the white knight on
c3 makes it impossible for the c-pawn to
maintain White’s space advantage in the
centre by supporting d4. In turn, here there is
a black pawn is on h6  something I consider
quite useful against White’s classical piece
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development of ¥d3, ¤f3 and 00, upon
which the bishop sacrifice on h7 is always a
latent threat.
[RR 4.¥d3 Zeller 2445  Meister 2411,
Germany 2014  123/99]
4...c5 Now you can clearly notice the
difference between a white pawn being on c3
instead of a knight. One of the general rules
we learn in chess states that “a pawn should
defend another pawn”. Quite frankly, I advise
you not to adhere too strictly to such rules.
Take them as advice rather than rules.
5.dc5 ¤c6 6.¤f3 ¥c5 7.¥d3 a6
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwqk+ntr0
9+p+-+pzp-0
9p+n+p+-zp0
9+-vlpzP-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-sNL+N+-0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0
9tR-vLQmK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
As every French player should know, Black’s
dark-squared bishop is vitally important, so it
is always a good idea to provide it with shelter.
On the other hand we can see that White’s
centre is gradually falling apart and his bishop
on d3 lacks targets to attack. This does not
mean that Black has managed to gain the
advantage or the initiative, but it is clear that
the development of the black pieces is simpler.
8.00 ¤ge7 9.a3N
[RR 9.¦e1 Sinz 2226  Hovhannisyan 2482,
Maastricht 2010]
9...¥a7 As GM Julio Granda once taught me:
“Keep your bishops at a distance: the further
away the better.”
10.h3 00 Here note the difference if Black’s
pawn were on h7  the strike power of
White’s bishop against this square would be
absolutely lethal!
 Emilio CORDOVA

maintain the dark-squared bishop and establish

the French centre e6–d5. The bishop on c8
is not so bad at all, because it has a path of
development path by means of the well known
manoeuvre ...¥d7–e8–h5, or it can simply stay
where it is, ready for the fight. As Mihail Suba
once said: “Bad bishops defend good pawns!”
It is clear that the e6 and d5 pawns are quite
flexible and allow Black to manoeuvre quite
freely. In my childhood, the first time my
former trainer Georgy Castaneda showed me
the French Defence, he told me that the e6 and
d5 pawns are often worth as much as a piece.

13...¤f5 14.¥h2 ¥d7 15.¤e2 ¦f7!?

XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wq-+k+0
9vlp+l+rzp-0
9p+n+p+-zp0
9+-+p+n+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9zP-+L+N+P0
Emilio Cordova, Torino (ol) 2006. Photo by Harald Fietz
9-zPP+NzPPvL0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0
11.¥f4 f5 At this point I quite liked my xiiiiiiiiy
position. I felt there was no danger to my king It is time to fight for the initiative. The bishop
and that my bishop on a7 was keeping its eyes on a7, although seemingly far away, actually
firmly on the white king. feels pretty close to the action and if we clear
the f-file, the f2–pawn would become an
12.ef6 ¦f6 13.¥g3 immediate target of attack. I put the symbol
XIIIIIIIIY for “interesting” after 15...¦f7, because it is a
multi-purpose move: it frees the d8–h4 diagonal
9r+lwq-+k+0 for the black queen, protects the seventh rank
9vlp+-sn-zp-0 and prevents any possible attempt by White to
check along the a2–g8 diagonal.
9p+n+ptr-zp0
9+-+p+-+-0 16.c4? A very optimistic move.
[Better was 16.¥f5 ¦f5 17.¤ed4 ¤d4 18.¤d4
9-+-+-+-+0 ¥d4 19.£d4 ¦c8 when Black retains a minimal
9zP-sNL+NvLP0 initiative, although objectively such positions
have a tendency to be drawish. Even if after
9-zPP+-zPP+0 18.¤d4 Black decides to retain the bishop pair
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 and plays ...¦f7, then following 19.¥e5 White
would have no problems, because the central
xiiiiiiiiy structure is blocked and he enjoys clear control
As I remarked a few moves back, in the of the dark squares. Perhaps Alan acted on
purest and truest style of the French Defence: impulse, overestimating his chances.]

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16...dc4 17.¥c4 ¤h4! 20.g3?? [Very few players would like to get
Finally the cavalry has arrived! It is evident into a position in which the opponent’s bishop
that after this knight jump the road has on a7 is still pointing so menacingly against
been cleared and everybody is invited to their f2 pawn, but objectively speaking 20.¥f4
the party at the f2–square  “the doorstep £f4 21.£d7 £c4 22.£b7 ¦b8 23.£d7 was
of the white king”. the best option for White. Alan’s choice of
20.g3 just loses by force.]
18.¤h4 £h4
XIIIIIIIIY 20...£h3 21.gf4
Although previously neither ...¤d4 nor ...¤e5
9r+-+-+k+0 had been possible, I had not considered the
9vlp+l+rzp-0 possibility of capturing the exchange in this
way. Perhaps it’s because I don’t usually win
9p+n+p+-zp0 the exchange, I sacrifice it!
9+-+-+-+-0 21...¤d4
9-+L+-+-wq0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zP-+-+-+P0 9r+-+-+k+0
9-zP-+NzPPvL0 9vlp+l+-zp-0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 9p+-+p+-zp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+-+-0
19.¤f4? “A mistake never comes alone.”
[I was very pleased with my position after 9-+Lsn-zP-+0
18...£h4, but at this point I noticed with 9zP-+-+-+q0
great disappointment that after the simple
19.¦c1 ¦f2 20.¦f2 £f2 21.¢h1, or 9-zP-+-zP-vL0
19.¥a2 ¦f2 20.¦f2 £f2 21.¢h1, in both 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
cases White’s position is not as bad as I
expected. Nevertheless I said to myself: “A xiiiiiiiiy
pawn is a pawn...”] While making this move I was still amazed. I
checked the position several times looking for
19...¦f4 19...¦e8, followed by ...¤e5, a mistake in my calculations, because I found
is the computer’s suggestion. However it hard to believe that the game was quite so
19...¦f4 seemed to me the most human-like simple. But when Alan offered me his hand as
continuation and the one which makes the
​​ a gesture of resignation, I gave a deep sigh of
task simpler. relief. It was an important victory with the black
XIIIIIIIIY pieces against a strong opponent. Not an easy
task nowadays! Thus began my ascent to the
9r+-+-+k+0 summit of the tournament standings. My next
9vlp+l+-zp-0 game was to be with the white pieces, against
whom I did not yet know, but the adrenalin
9p+n+p+-zp0 rush in my body and the self-confidence in my
9+-+-+-+-0 mind, brought about by this victory, were to
prove decisive for the rest of the tournament.
9-+L+-tr-wq0 0 :1 Cordova
9zP-+-+-+P0 So after a slow start I now felt that things could
9-zP-+-zPPvL0 only get better as I had no more doubts but only
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 self-belief and above all I was eager to play chess
and enjoy the tournament. As chess players we
xiiiiiiiiy
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must learn to enjoy each and every game we 20...¥a8 21.¦fe1 ¤c6 22.£c1
play without any fear. After a very flexible Directed towards the black king. A machine
opening, though with couple of inaccuracies, would defend itself without any problem and
we got to the following position. It is clear that most likely it would end up winning by an
neither Black nor White have problems here. attack. But in practice these positions are often so
I decided to take some risks. After all, if one confusing  after all, chess is a game for humans!
wants to get a position with winning chances,
one also has to accept the possibility of losing. 22...¦d7 23.¤f4 ¦fd8 24.h5
XIIIIIIIIY
A37 9l+-tr-+k+0
CORDOVA 2602 — 9zp-+rwqpsnp0
LENDERMAN 2614 9-zpn+p+p+0
San Salvador 2016 9+-zp-+-+P0
1.¤f3 c5 2.c4 ¤c6 3.¤c3 g6 4.g3 ¥g7 9-+P+PsN-+0
5.¥g2 e6 6.a3 ¤ge7 7.b4 d6 8.0–0 0–0
9.bc5 dc5 10.¥b2 b6 11.d3 ¥b7 12.e3 ¤f5
9zP-+P+NzP-0
13.£d2 £e7 14.¦ad1 ¦ad8 15.£c1 ¤a5 9-+-+-zPL+0
16.¤e2 ¥c6 17.¥g7 ¤g7 18.£b2 £b7 9+-wQRtR-mK-0
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-tr-trk+0 xiiiiiiiiy
The moment of truth has arrived. This pawn
has to go forward!
9zpq+-+psnp0
9-zpl+p+p+0 24...¤d4 25.¤e5 ¦c7 26.hg6 hg6 27.¤h3
At this point I felt that nothing could go
9sn-zp-+-+-0 wrong. I said to myself: if something does go
9-+P+-+-+0 wrong, at least I will have some fun!

9zP-+PzPNzP-0 27...¤h5 28.g4 £f6? 29.f4±

In the post-mortem my opponent told me that
9-wQ-+NzPLzP0 he had not considered this move. Maybe instead
9+-+R+RmK-0 of ...£f6 it would have been better to try ...¤f6,
maintaining the balance, but for practical
xiiiiiiiiy purposes it is clear that White has the easier play.
19.e4 Not a bad move, but it leaves White
with a weakness on d4. 29...¤g7 30.¤g5!
XIIIIIIIIY
19...£e7 I consider that 19...¥a4 20.¦d2
¤b3, with a very messy game, was perhaps 9l+-tr-+k+0
the best option for Black to fight for the
initiative. I do not see a concrete way to gain
9zp-tr-+psn-0
an advantage for White in this position, but 9-zp-+pwqp+0
from a practical point of view the black king 9+-zp-sN-sN-0
might suffer from a combined assault by the
white queen and knight  a very powerful duo 9-+PsnPzPP+0
when attacking an opponent’s king. 9zP-+P+-+-0
20.h4 A typical move in such positions. If 9-+-+-+L+0
you have no other ideas, advance the h-pawn,
maybe your opponent will panic! 9+-wQRtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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A funny position. Both of White’s knights hinder only get better made ​​me optimistic about the
a possible escape attempt by the black queen. rest of the tournament. I think that is one of the
Here I felt I should just let go as almost all of great secrets in both chess and life. Enjoy what
White’s forthcoming moves are quite natural. you do and live for the present. With two more
games to play I was very excited, overflowing
30...¤e8 31.¢f2! with happiness, and that feeling is priceless!
This is the most enjoyable move I made 1 :0 Cordova
throughout the whole tournament  making a
king move in the middlegame on a board full
of pieces! Usually this is a very difficult task E15
and it gave me so much pleasure! The more so
after I realized that Black’s king cannot escape MARECO 2610 —
the siege of White’s rooks along the h-file... CORDOVA 2602
San Salvador 2016
31...£g7 32.¦h1
XIIIIIIIIY The longed-for last round had arrived. The
9l+-trn+k+0 final lap! Having already secured my ticket
to the World Cup for the first time in my life,
9zp-tr-+pwq-0 I was in a frame of mind where nothing could
9-zp-+p+p+0 have bothered me. Well, maybe losing this
game would have bothered me a little. So, I
9+-zp-sN-sN-0 was sitting across the board from Argentinian
9-+PsnPzPP+0 Sandro Mareco, Baku (ol) 2016. Photo by Andreas Kontokanis
9zP-+P+-+-0
9-+-+-mKL+0
9+-wQR+-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
32...¤f6?? [The better try was 32...f6 and
after 33.¦h7 £h7 34.¤h7 fe5 35.¤g5 it is
clear that White is virtually winning. However,
after Lenderman’s choice of ...¤f6, Black’s
position just collapses completely.]

33.¦h4 ¤c6 34.¤c6 ¥c6 35.e5

Ensuring full control over the f6–square!

35...¥g2 36.ef6 £f6 37.¢g2 ¦d4 38.¦dh1

£f4 39.¦h8 ¢g7 40.¤e6 fe6 41.¦1h7 ¢f6
42.£f4 ¦f4 43.¦c7

The curtain comes down. I was in heaven!

But as is so typically the case in chess
tournaments, sometimes you just have to
swallow all these emotions and simply
celebrate inside, as a scream or a jump could
disturb the concentration of other participants.
This victory put me one point away from my
goal  qualifying for the World Cup. The task
was not easy, but my faith that things could

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GM Sandro Mareco, a great player with more classical positions.

great fighting spirit and excellent theoretical [RR Topalov 2803  Bacrot 2716, Nanjing
knowledge. A draw would be enough for me 2010  110/281]
to secure the title, but Sandro needed a win
in order to get his direct pass to the World 7.¥d2 a5 8.00 ¤a6 9.¥f4
Cup. From the point of view of the opening, XIIIIIIIIY
I wasn’t sure about the best approach to this
game, as I usually choose my repertoire 9r+-wqk+-tr0
on the basis of ideas, whereas memory is 9+lzpp+pzpp0
actually not my strongest point, so I decided
not to innovate but to keep the opening on 9nzp-+psn-+0
familiar ground. 9zp-+-+-+-0
1.d4 e6 Basically the idea of playing the 9-vlPzP-vL-+0
Nimzo-Indian via this move order was to 9+-+-+NzP-0
avoid the Trompowsky and to see if my
opponent was encouraged to go in for 2.c4 9PzPQ+PzPLzP0
b6 3.e4 ¥b7 4.¤c3 ¥b4, which leads to very 9tRN+-+RmK-0
unclear and confusing positions.
xiiiiiiiiy
2.c4 ¤f6 3.¤f3 b6 4.g3 ¥a6 5.£c2 ¥b7 9...¥d6!?N At first sight this looks an ugly
6.¥g2 move, but by allowing doubled pawns Black
XIIIIIIIIY is able to gain control over the e4–square by
playing ...d6–d5. At the same time, the pawn
9rsn-wqkvl-tr0 on d7 is ready to take control of the e5–square
9zplzpp+pzpp0 by advancing to d6. I have played against this
line in the past and could not find a way to
9-zp-+psn-+0 prove that it is bad.
9+-+-+-+-0 [RR 9...¥e7 Torres 2321  Cordova 2616,
Bogota 2014]
9-+PzP-+-+0
9+-+-+NzP-0 10.¥d6 cd6 11.¤c3 d5 12.¤d2 00 13.¦ac1
¦c8 14.£d1
9PzPQ+PzPLzP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9tRNvL-mK-+R0 9-+rwq-trk+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+l+p+pzpp0
6...¥b4 It is known that the best move here
is 6...c5, but after 7.d5 ed5 8.cd5 ¤d5 9.00 9nzp-+psn-+0
¥e7 10.¦d1 we enter a theoretical discussion
where White sacrifices a pawn that is
9zp-+p+-+-0
compensated by his temporary control of the 9-+PzP-+-+0
e4 and d5 squares and strong pressure along 9+-sN-+-zP-0
the d-file. Personally I like this line for White,
but Karjakin and Leko have shown how to 9PzP-sNPzPLzP0
equalize without much difficulty. Although 9+-tRQ+RmK-0
I knew about these lines, I was afraid of
running into some novelty prepared by my xiiiiiiiiy
opponent or, as has happened to me on many During the game I was quite worried about
occasions, not being able to remember the 14.£b3 and could not see how I should
main theory. I tend to mix up opening lines continue. Although the position is balanced,
and so I concluded that 6...¥b4 would lead to I considered that White’s control of the a4,

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b5 and c4 squares would allow him to exert a remain passive, although I’m not so sure if
certain amount of pressure on the queenside. I that is a weakness or a virtue. Perhaps ...h7–h6
am not sure if it is really true, but back then I would also maintain a fairly healthy position.
felt quite uncomfortable about this possibility.
22...¤fe4 23.¤f3 ¤c5 24.dc5 ¤b5 25.¤e5 a4
14...¤c7 15.¤a4 b5!? After removing White’s strong knight from
XIIIIIIIIY c5 and having liberated my queenside, I had
the impression that I was on the right track.
9-+rwq-trk+0 My position had no obvious weaknesses
9+lsnp+pzpp0 and my chances of counterplay were quite
considerable.
9-+-+psn-+0
9zpp+p+-+-0 26.b4 a3 I simply didn’t like the idea that
White could place his pawn on a3 and
9N+PzP-+-+0 establish a very healthy pawn formation. In
9+-+-+-zP-0 the long term the pawn structure plays a very
important role.
9PzP-sNPzPLzP0
9+-tRQ+RmK-0 27.¦b1 ¤c7 28.e4 ¥a4 29.£c3 f6 30.¤g4
XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9qtr-+-+k+0
After regrouping and gaining absolute control
of the e4–square, thanks to the d5–pawn, I 9+-snp+-zpp0
felt that things were on the right track. It is
true that doubled pawns often play a decisive 9-+-+pzp-+0
factor in long-term plans but, considering the
dynamic elements of Black’s position, it is
9+-zPp+-+-0
clear that quite a lot of play remains before 9lzP-+P+N+0
there is any question of entering a purely 9zp-wQ-+-zP-0
technical endgame.
9P+-+-zPLzP0
16.cb5 ¤b5 17.¦c8 £c8 18.e3 ¤d6 9+R+-+-mK-0
Ensuring control over the e4–square.
xiiiiiiiiy
19.¤c5 ¥c6 20.£c2 £a8 21.b3 ¦b8 22.¦c1 Here my opponent offered me a draw and I
XIIIIIIIIY could not see any reason why I should reject
it, but to be honest, after 30...¥c6 I think
9qtr-+-+k+0 Black runs very little risk of losing.
9+-+p+pzpp0
So this was my journey through the prestigious
9-+lsnpsn-+0 American Continental Championship. I want
9zp-sNp+-+-0 to thank my family and my wife Wendy, my
greatest motivation, and especially I want to
9-+-zP-+-+0 give my thanks to God. As the saying goes
9+P+-zP-zP-0 “God squeezes, but does not strangle.” I hope
you all enjoyed the story. Blessings to all!
9P+QsN-zPLzP0 1/2 : 1/2 Cordova
9+-tR-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
I do not see how White can make progress in
this position. Then again it is not my style to

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DYNAMIC PLAY IN MODERN CHESS
FIGHTING FOR THE INITIATIVE — AT ANY COST!

In all the following games White didn’t mind sacrificing a

lot of material in order to put the opponent’s king under
pressure — Israeli GM Michael Roiz leads us through
various chess battlefields.

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C10
Michael Roiz
WESLEY SO 2773 —
AKOBIAN 2615
• Country: Israel
USA (ch), Saint Louis 2016
• Born: 1983
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 de4 4.¤e4 ¤d7
This system has a solid reputation, but it • Rating: 2605
does not provide Black with any real winning • Peak rating: 2680
chances, even against a lower-rated player.
• Title: Grandmaster since 2003
5.¤f3 ¤gf6 6.¤f6 ¤f6 7.c3 c5 8.¥e3 cd4?!
Varuzhan deviates from the main theoretical
paths, but this exchange is a serious concession 11...h6 12.0–0–0 Black’s kingside pawn structure
 White’s bishop obtains excellent attacking is somewhat exposed, so White has a clear plan
prospects! [8...£c7 is far more popular.] of advancing the pawns on this side of the board.
[RR 12.¦g1!? Roiz 2593  Farago 2499,
9.¥d4 Benasque 2005  94/205]
XIIIIIIIIY
12...£a5 It was necessary to remove the
9r+lwqkvl-tr0 queen from d-line.
9zpp+-+pzpp0 [Hardly better is 12...¤d5 13.¢b1 ¥f6
14.¤e5 ¥e5 15.¥e5 £a5 16.£e2± and
9-+-+psn-+0 White was clearly on top in Ehlvest 2605  M.
9+-+-+-+-0 Muzychuk 2471, Gibraltar 2013; The modest-
looking 12...£c7 13.¢b1 ¥d7 14.¦hg1‚
9-+-vL-+-+0 also offers White a powerful attack.]
9+-zP-+N+-0 13.¢b1
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9tR-+QmKL+R0 9r+l+-trk+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zpp+-vlpzp-0
9...¥e7 [The alternative 9...£c7 10.¥b5
¥d7 11.¥d7 (Also deserving consideration is 9-+-+psn-zp0
11.£e2!? ¥e7 12.¥d3, followed by 0–0–0.)
£d7 12.¤e5 £b5 13.a4 £d5 14.£e2 £e4
9wq-+-+-+-0
15.a5² led to a somewhat inferior position in 9-+-vL-+-+0
Anand 2801  Pelletier 2609, Kemer 2007  9+-zPL+N+-0
101/192. However, it still looks like a safer
way of handling the position!] 9PzPQ+-zPPzP0
10.¥d3 00 Alas, castling doesn’t really
9+K+R+-+R0
solve the problem of the king here. xiiiiiiiiy
[After 10...£c7 11.00 00 12.¥e5 £b6 The most natural reaction.
13.£c2 h6 14.a4 a5 15.¦ad1ƒ Black was [At the same time, possible was 13.g4!?
suffering from a lack of development in £a2 14.£e2 ¦d8 15.¦hg1‚ the extra pawn
Salgado Lopez 2624  Cheparinov 2672, doesn’t really change anything  the black
Camarinas 2013] king on g8 is under strong pressure!]

11.£c2! Attacking the pawn on h7 allows White 13...¦d8?! Akobian’s slow play invites more
to gain one more tempo for developing an attack. trouble.

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[More in the spirit of position was 13...b5,

and then after 14.¤e5 (14.h4 ¥b7 15.¥f6
¥f6 16.¥h7 ¢h8 17.¥e4 ¥e4 18.£e4 ¦ad8
19.g4 ¦d1 20.¦d1 ¦d8=) ¥b7 15.¦hg1
¦ad8 16.g4 ¦d4! 17.cd4 ¤d5² Black
would obtain definite compensation for the
exchange.]

14.¤e5 ¥d7
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-tr-+k+0
9zpp+lvlpzp-0
9-+-+psn-zp0
9wq-+-sN-+-0
9-+-vL-+-+0
9+-zPL+-+-0
9PzPQ+-zPPzP0
9+K+R+-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
15.£e2N White is not in a rush  it definitely
makes sense to improve the placement of his
pieces before starting a direct attack. Wesley So. Photo by David Liada
[The previously played 15.g4 also looks
very dangerous for Black. For instance, after
15...¥b5 16.¥b5 £b5, in Karpatchev 2460 ¤e8 23.£f4 ¤f6 24.¦g7 ¢g7 25.¦g1+ )
 Anne Mueller 2179, Saint-Chely d’Aubrac 22.¤d3 £c4 23.£h6 ¤e8±]
2008, White missed 17.g5! hg5 18.h4 g4 19.h5
with a decisive attack.] 19.¦g1
XIIIIIIIIY
15...¥c6 16.¦he1
Finally mobilizing all his forces. 9r+-tr-+k+0
9zpp+-vlpzp-0
16...¥d5 Desperately trying to develop some
counterplay on the queenside. 9-wq-+psn-zp0
[The exchange sac would be premature: 9+-+-sN-+-0
16...¦d4? 17.cd4 ¥g2 18.f3 ¥h3 19.f4 £d5
20.£e3 ¥f5 21.¥f5 ef5 22.£h3+ ] 9-+P+-+-+0
17.c4 ¥g2 Of course, Akobian wasn’t happy
9+-vLL+-+-0
with opening up the g-file, but there was no 9PzP-+QzPlzP0
choice! 9+K+R+-tR-0
18.¥c3 £b6 xiiiiiiiiy
[Possibly, it was better to simplify matters 19...¥c6? A decisive mistake  Black
by means of 18...¥b4 19.¥b4 £b4 20.¦g1 couldn’t afford losing one more tempo in this
¥c6 21.£e3, although here Black is forced to position!
give up material: 21...¦d3 (21...¢f8? 22.£g3 [It was necessary to release the tension by

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means of 19...¥h3 20.£d2 ¦d3 21.¤d3 ¢f8 days earlier it was seen in Svidler  Karjakin,
22.¢a1 ¥f5±; Or 19...¦d3 20.¤d3 £c6 where both sides had missed their winning
21.¤e5 £e4 22.£c2 ¦d8±] chances.]

20.¤f7! A decisive piece sac. 10.¤f3 d5 11.d4 dc4

20...¢f7 [The most stubborn was 20...¦d3

XIIIIIIIIY
21.¤h6 ¢f8 22.¦d3 ¥e4 (22...gh6 9r+lwqr+k+0
23.¦dg3+  is completely hopeless.) 23.¤g4 9zppzp-+pzpp0
¦d8 24.¤e5+ , though converting the extra
pawn into a full point doesn’t seem a difficult 9-+n+-sn-+0
task here.]
9+-+-+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+pzP-+-+0
9r+-tr-+-+0 9+-zP-+NzP-0
9zpp+-vlkzp-0 9P+-+P+LzP0
9-wql+psn-zp0 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
9+-+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+P+-+-+0 12.£c2!?N This innovation was properly
9+-vLL+-+-0 analysed by Caruana and his seconds. White is
ready to connect his rooks and exert pressure
9PzP-+QzP-zP0 along the f-file.
9+K+R+-tR-0 [In a prevous encounter, Vishy was able to
solve all his problems by 12.¥g5 h6 13.¥f6
xiiiiiiiiy £f6 14.e4 ¥g4 15.£a4 £d6 16.¦ae1 ¦ab8
21.¦g7! The second temporary sac completely 17.£c4 b5 18.e5 bc4 19.ed6 cd6= Aronian
exposes the opponent’s king. 2765  Anand 2816, Saint Louis 2015  126/
(15)]
21...¢g7 22.£e6+  £f2
[Or 22...¦e8 23.£f5 ¢f8 24.¥d2 £c5 12...h6! This prophylactic move is the best
25.£g6+ ] reaction. Now White’s attacking ideas are
limited.
23.£e7 ¢g8 24.¥h7 [Instead, 12...£e7 13.¦e1 ¤e4 (Too passive
Well, I think we can say that this game can is 13...¦b8 14.e4 ¥g4 15.¥f4 and White
be fully considered as “an opening disaster”! obtains more than sufficient compensation for
[Good enough was also 24.¥f6+ ] the pawn.) 14.¤e5 (Upon 14.¦b1 ¥f5 15.¤h4
1:0 Roiz ¥c8 16.¥a3 £a3 17.¥e4 g6 White hardly
gets more than sufficient compensaton for the
pawn.) ¤e5 15.£e4 ¤c6 16.£f3 ¦b8 17.e4
A29 looks a bit scary for Black  White’s bishops
are quite powerful, whereas the central pawns
CARUANA 2794 — severely restrict Black’s pieces.]
ANAND 2762
Moscow (ct) 2016 13.¥f4 A natural way of handling the position
 the e5-square is now vacant for the knight.
1.c4 e5 2.¤c3 ¤f6 3.¤f3 ¤c6 4.g3 ¥b4 [Nothing special is promised by 13.¦b1 ¦b8
5.¥g2 00 6.00 e4 7.¤g5 ¥c3 8.bc3 ¦e8 14.¤h4 ¥g4 15.¦f2 (The natural-looking
9.f3 ef3 15.e4?! is well met by 15...¤e4! 16.¥e4
[9...e3 is a well-known alternative. A few ¤d4 17.£f2 ¤e2 18.¢h1 £d7 19.¥f3 ¤c3

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20.¥g4 £g4 21.£f7 ¢h7 and Black is out of
danger.) 15...£e7 16.¤f5 £e6„ and Black’s
setup looks quite harmonious.]
13...¤e4N The position is full of dynamic
play: Black has an extra pawn and temporarily
takes control of the important e4-square,
whereas White relies on his slight space
advantage and the great potential of the
bishop on g2.
[Vishy reasonably deviates from 13...¤d5
14.e4 ¤f4 15.gf4 b5 16.d5 ¤e7 17.f5
White’s attacking potential looks great, even
though the engines like Black’s position
here.; RR 13...¤e7 Capraro 2282  Schafer,
Lugano 2000]
14.¦ad1 Fabiano mobilizes all his forces.
[Another logical continuation was 14.¤e5
¤e5 15.¥e5 ¤d6 16.e4 £g5 17.¥f4 £g6
18.¦ae1 b6„, but here Black manages to
consolidate his position.]
14...¥f5 [The alternative 14...£e7!? 15.d5
(15.¤d2 ¥f5 16.£b2 ¤d2 17.¥d2 ¥e4
18.¥e4 £e4 19.£b7 ¦ab8 20.£c7 ¦e7
21.£f4 ¦b2„ offers Black excellent
counterplay.) ¤d8 16.¦d4 ¥f5 would lead to
a very complex, double-edged game.]
15.¤e5!
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9r+-wqr+k+0
9zppzp-+pzp-0
9-+n+-+-zp0
9+-+-sNl+-0
9-+pzPnvL-+0
9+-zP-+-zP-0
9P+Q+P+LzP0
9+-+R+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
This move was still part of Fabiano’s home
preparation. Black is invited to enter into wild
complications.
15...¤d6?! This passive retreat is a clear
concession.
Michael ROIZ
[Correct was 15...¤g3! 16.e4 ¤f1 17.ef5.
Black’s knight is trapped, but 17...¤h2
18.¥h2 (18.¥c6?! bc6 19.£h2 f6 20.¤c4
£d5 21.¤e3 £e4³) ¤e5 19.¥e5 £g5!
(Weaker is 19...f6 20.¥g3 c6 21.d5²)
20.¦f1 c6 21.f6 ¦e5 22.de5 ¦e8„ offers
Black sufficient compensation for the
piece as White’s king is exposed. However,
finding all the precise moves was a tough
task even for such a great player as
Vishwanathan Anand!]
16.e4 ¥h7 17.£e2
Black is still a pawn up, but the presence
of the knight on e5 makes his position very
unpleasant. Now it’s hard to recommend any
adequate idea for him.
17...¤e7 Vishy hopes to release the tension
by pushing the knight on e5 away with
...f7-f6, but his position looks even more
shaky now.
[Possibly, the lesser evil was: 17...¦b8,
allowing White to choose between several
tempting possibilities. For instance, 18.£g4
(The quiet 18.¦fe1!? also seems promising.)
£c8 19.¤d7! ¥g6 20.e5 h5 21.£h3 ¥f5
22.£h5 £d7 23.ed6 ¥g4 24.£h4 cd6
25.¦d2ƒ]
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqr+k+0
9zppzp-snpzpl0
9-+-sn-+-zp0
9+-+-sN-+-0
9-+pzPPvL-+0
9+-zP-+-zP-0
9P+-+Q+LzP0
9+-+R+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
18.¥h6!? Quite frankly, this piece sacrifice
doesn’t seem the best way of handling the
position. However, it does lead to a spectacular
struggle and poses serious practical problems
for Black.
[The quiet 18.¥c1 f6 19.¤c4 ¤d5 20.¤d6
£d6 21.¦de1 ¢h8 22.£f3± would allow
White to regain the pawn and finally achieve
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a big positional advantage.]

18...gh6 Absolutely forced.

19.£h5 Almost all White’s pieces are joining

in the attack! Now Black is at a crossroads.
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqr+k+0
9zppzp-snp+l0
9-+-sn-+-zp0
9+-+-sN-+Q0
9-+pzPP+-+0
9+-zP-+-zP-0
9P+-+-+LzP0
9+-+R+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
19...¤ef5! Black is ready to return the piece
in order to close the f-file.
[Worthy of consideration is 19...¤d5!? after
which White should reply 20.ed5! (The
tempting 20.¤f7 is well met by
XIIIIIIIIY Fabiano Caruana. Photo by Andreas Kontokanis

9r+-wqr+k+0
9zppzp-+N+l0 23.£c6 ¦b8 24.£c4 ¢g7 25.£e2 yields
9-+-sn-+-zp0 White an indisputable advantage.]
9+-+n+-+Q0 20.ef5 £g5 Exchanging queens is an
9-+pzPP+-+0 undeniable achievement, but Anand’s
9+-zP-+-zP-0 position is not good from the positional point
9P+-+-+LzP0 of view.
9+-+R+RmK-0 21.£g5 hg5
xiiiiiiiiy XIIIIIIIIY
20...¤f6!! 21.¤h6 ¢h8 22.£h3 ¦e4 23.¥e4
¤fe4 and Black is OK.) £g5 21.£f3 b5 9r+-+r+k+0
(Nothing is changed by 21...¥e4 22.£f2 9zppzp-+p+l0
¥g2 23.¢g2ƒ, and exchanging the bishop
doesn’t help Black.) 22.¦de1ƒ, maintaining 9-+-sn-+-+0
the initiative. At the same time, the “greedy” 9+-+-sNPzp-0
19...¦f8? 20.£h6 ¤g6 would allow White to
decide the game in nice style with 21.h4! £e7 9-+pzP-+-+0
22.¦f5! ¤f5 23.ef5 ¦fd8 24.fg6 ¥g6 25.¦f1 9+-zP-+-zP-0
¦d6 26.¤c4+ ;
Another way of releasing the tension at the 9P+-+-+LzP0
cost of material, 19...f5!? 20.£h6 ¤c6!, was
also possible, but 21.¤c6 bc6 22.e5 ¤f7
9+-+R+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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22.f6! This move liberates the bishop on h7, 26...¤d4 27.¥e8 ¦e8
but puts Black under strong pressure on the
kingside: the pawn on f6 is really annoying,
XIIIIIIIIY
whereas the pawn on g5 can be attacked by 9-+-+r+k+0
White’s pieces.
[Dubious would be 22.g4?! ¦ad8 23.¥d5 9zp-zp-+p+l0
¢f8 24.¤c4 ¤b5 25.¥b7 ¤c3 26.¦d3 9-+-+-zP-+0
¤e2 27.¢f2 ¤d4 with only a minimal
advantage.] 9+-+-sN-zp-0
9-+psn-+-+0
22...¤e4? Weary of tough defence, Vishy
fails to put up resistance. 9+-+-+-zP-0
[In fact 22...¦ad8! 23.¦de1 (23.¥d5 ¥e4 9P+-+-+-zP0
24.¥c4 ¤c4 25.¤c4 c5² is far from clear
either.) ¥d3! 24.¦f3 ¤b5 25.¤d3 (25.¦c1 9+-tR-tR-mK-0
c5 26.¤d3 cd4„) cd3 26.¦e8 ¦e8 27.¦d3 xiiiiiiiiy
¤d6² would offer Black good drawing 28.¢f2! Avoiding any tricks.
chances due to the limited remaining
material.] 28...¤c2 29.¦ed1 The knight is untouchable.

23.¦fe1?! A serious inaccuracy. 29...¥e4 [29...c3 30.¦d7+ ]

[Much stronger was: 23.¥e4! ¥e4 24.h4 gh4
25.¦f4+  with a decisive attack.] 30.¤c4 ¦e6 31.¦d8 ¢h7 32.¢g1 ¦f6
XIIIIIIIIY 33.¦f1
1:0 Roiz
9r+-+r+k+0
9zppzp-+p+l0
B23
9-+-+-zP-+0
9+-+-sN-zp-0 WEN YANG 2609 —
ARTEMIEV 2674
9-+pzPn+-+0
Moscow 127/47, 2016
9+-zP-+-zP-0
9P+-+-+LzP0 1.e4 c5 2.¤c3 a6 3.g3
The Chinese Grandmaster deviates from the
9+-+RtR-mK-0 main theoretical paths and goes for a Closed
xiiiiiiiiy Sicilian.
23...¤c3? Returning the favour.
[It was possible to stay in the game by 3...b5 4.¥g2 ¥b7 5.d3 e6 6.¤h3 d6
23...¤f6 24.¥b7 ¦ab8 25.¥a6 ¥d3 26.¤d3 The most solid developing move.
cd3 27.¥d3 ¢g7± when the activity of [Premature seems 6...b4 7.¤a4 ¥c6 8.b3
Black’s pieces leaves some hope.] ¥a4 9.ba4 ¤c6 10.00 ¤f6 11.a3 ¥e7
12.ab4 cb4 13.¥b2² and White was better
24.¦c1! ¤b5 in Anton Guijarro 2634  Andreikin 2720,
[Hopeless was also 24...¤a2 25.¦c4 c6 Berlin (blitz) 2015]
26.¦a1 ¥f5 27.¦a2 ¥e6 28.¦a5 ¥c4
29.¤c4+ ] 7.00 ¤f6 8.f4 ¤c6 9.¥e3
[9.¤f2 ¥e7 10.¢h1 £c7 11.¤e2 b4 12.¥e3
25.¥b7 ¦ad8 26.¥c6+ - h5„ Wang Chen 2524  Chu Wei Chao 2318,
Black cannot avoid loss of material. Al-Ain 2015]

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XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqkvl-tr0 12...g6?
It’s hard to believe, but this mistake already
9+l+-+pzpp0 makes Black’s position lost! Once again, Vlad
underestimates the danger of his position.
9p+nzppsn-+0 [It was necessary to solve the problem of his
9+pzp-+-+-0 centralised king at any cost: 12...00 13.¥h6
g6 14.¥f8 £f8 15.£f4 £g7 16.¦ae1 ¦f8±.
9-+-+PzP-+0 White is clearly better, but there is a lot of
9+-sNPvL-zPN0 complex play ahead.]
9PzPP+-+LzP0 13.¦f7! A brilliant sacrifice which allows
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 White to detain the opponent’s king in the
centre.
xiiiiiiiiy
9...¥e7? This natural developing move turns out 13...¢f7 [Black’s position would also collapse
to be a big mistake, which invites serious trouble. after 13...¤de5 14.£e6 £d7 15.£d7 ¢d7
[It was necessary to protect the bishop on b7, 16.¦e7 Not the only, but the most convincing
after which 9...£c7 10.¤f2 ¥e7„ leaves a way! 16...¢e7 17.¥c5 ¢d7 18.d4+ ]
long struggle ahead.]
14.¦f1
10.e5!N Opening up the diagonal poses Black XIIIIIIIIY
serious concrete problems.
[10.a4 Egreteau 2025  N. Gerard 2272, 9r+-wq-+-tr0
Avoine 2013] 9+l+nvlk+p0
10...de5 [The following alternatives didn’t 9p+n+p+p+0
look attractive either: 10...¤d5 11.¤d5 ed5
12.¥d5 de5 13.£f3 £c7 14.£g2 0–0–0
9+pzp-zP-+-0
15.¥e4ƒ; 10...¤d7 11.ed6 ¥d6 12.f5 ef5 9-+-+-+Q+0
13.¦f5 00 14.¤g5ƒ] 9+-sNPvL-zPN0
11.fe5 ¤d7 The lesser evil. 9PzPP+-+LzP0
[Completely hopeless was 11...¤d5 12.¤d5 9+-+-+RmK-0
ed5 13.e6! f6 (13...fe6 14.¤f4 00 15.£g4+ )
14.¥h6! g6 15.¤f4+ ] xiiiiiiiiy
14...¢e8 [Possibly, Vlad’s initial idea was
12.£g4 Suddenly, almost all of White’s 14...¢g7 15.¤f4! (15.£e6? ¦f8 16.¥c6
pieces are joining in the attack! ¥c6 17.£c6 ¤e5 18.£e4 £d6„ leads to an
XIIIIIIIIY unclear position.) ¤f8 16.¤h5 ¢g8, but here
White’s attack is unstoppable: 17.£f4 £e8
9r+-wqk+-tr0 18.¤f6 ¥f6 19.ef6 £f7 20.¤e4+ ]
9+l+nvlpzpp0
15.£e6 ¤de5 [Also hopeless is 15...£c7
9p+n+p+-+0 16.¤d5! £e5 17.¤f6 £f6 18.¦f6 ¤d8
9+pzp-zP-+-0 19.¥b7 ¤e6 20.¦e6+  and Black cannot
avoid futher material losses.]
9-+-+-+Q+0
9+-sNPvL-zPN0 16.¤e4 Another white piece joins in the
attack with great effect.
9PzPP+-+LzP0 [Good enough was also 16.¥c6 ¤c6
9tR-+-+RmK-0 (16...¥c6 17.£e5 ¢d7 18.¤d5+ ) 17.¤e4
£c7 18.¥f4+ ]
xiiiiiiiiy
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16...£c7
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+k+-tr0
9+lwq-vl-+p0
9p+n+Q+p+0
9+pzp-sn-+-0
9-+-+N+-+0
9+-+PvL-zPN0
9PzPP+-+LzP0
9+-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
17.¤f4 [Even simpler was 17.¤hg5! ¥c8
18.¤f6 ¢d8 19.£d5 ¥d6 20.¥c5+  but the
text move doesn’t spoil anything.]
17...¥c8 Allowing White to win the game in
the most beautiful way!
[The most stubborn was 17...¢d8 18.¤c5
¥c5 19.£f6 ¢c8 20.£h8 ¤d8 , but after
21.d4 ¤ef7 22.£h7 ¥g2 23.¤g2 ¥d6
24.£g6+  White collects a lot of pawns,
while Black’s king is still under fire.]
18.¤f6 ¢d8 19.£d5 £d6 20.¥c5!
[Black resigns in view of 20...£d5 21.¥b6#]
1:0 Roiz
B30
DUBOV 2634 —
MOISEENKO 2668
Moscow 2016
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 Alexander
Moiseenko has rich experience in this complex
system. Apart from his reply here, 3...g6 and
3...d6 have also been seen in his practice.
3...e6 4.00 ¤ge7 5.¤c3 ¤d4
Even though this move has been tried by many
strong players, it looks rather risky  Black’s
development is somewhat delayed now.
[The main continuation 5...a6 6.¥c6 ¤c6
7.d4 cd4 8.¤d4 £c7 seems somewhat safer
for Black.]
6.¤d4 cd4 7.¤e2 a6 8.¥a4 b5 9.¥b3 ¤c6
Michael ROIZ
Black was forced to protect the pawn on d4,
but now he has a shortage of pieces on the
kingside!
10.d3 g6 [Black’s position also seems shaky
after 10...¥c5 11.f4 £h4 12.¥d2 ¥b7 13.¢h1
£e7 14.£e1ƒ Movsesian 2751  Radjabov
2761, Wijk aan Zee 2009; RR 10...£b6 Da.
Stojanovic 2495  Mrkonjic 2380, Bijeljina
2015  126/42]
11.¥f4
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwqkvl-tr0
9+-+p+p+p0
9p+n+p+p+0
9+p+-+-+-0
9-+-zpPvL-+0
9+L+P+-+-0
9PzPP+NzPPzP0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
The main idea behind this move is to prevent
Black from completing his development in
the most harmonious way.
11...¥g7
After this move White’s idea is fully justified.
[However, 11...d6 12.£d2 ¥g7 13.¥h6 00
14.¥g7 ¢g7 15.f4 also leads to an unpleasant
position in which White has a clear attacking
plan on the kingside.]
12.¥d6N [RR 12.£d2 Kuczynski 2450 -
Sveshnikov 2490, Varna 1987]
12...¤a5 The transfer of the knight to b7
looks awkward, but it is the only adequate
way of releasing the tension.
[A previous game saw 12...£b6, but then
after 13.£d2 ¤e5 14.¥e5 ¥e5 15.£h6ƒ
Black’s monarch would find himself in an
uncomfortable situation.]
13.£d2 ¤b7 14.¥f4 h5 A sad necessity.
[The natural-looking 14...00 15.¥h6 £b6
16.¥g7 ¢g7 17.a4± led to a very passive
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¤a5 18.¥g7 ¢g7 19.¥c2 d6  Black’s

position is clearly worse, but quite playable.]

16.¥g5 f6 The bishop is trapped, but...

17.f4! dc3 18.¤c3!

As in the previous game, White is ready to
sacrifice some material in order to keep the
opponent’s king in the centre!

18...fg5 19.fe5
Black’s extra piece has little value, because
most of his pieces are out of play!

19...¥e5 20.¤d5! ¥d4

[After 20...d6 21.d4 ¥f4 22.¤f4 gf4
23.¦f4+  Black would be unable to do
anything against the decisive penetration of
White’s pieces.]

21.¢h1
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwqk+-tr0
9+n+p+-+-0
Danil Dubov. Photo by David Llada 9p+-+-+p+0
position, where Black has serious problems
9+p+N+-zpp0
with protecting the weak pawn on d4.] 9-+-vlP+-+0
15.c3 Daniil reasonably provokes Black’s
9+L+P+-+-0
next move. 9PzP-wQ-+PzP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9tR-+-+R+K0
9r+lwqk+-tr0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+n+p+pvl-0 21...¤c5 Black’s position is already lost, but
this move makes White’s task much easier.
9p+-+p+p+0 [However, even the most stubborn continuation
9+p+-+-+p0 21...d6 22.¦ac1 ¤c5 23.£b4! ¤b3 24.¤c7
¢e7 25.£b3 ¦f8 26.£d5! (Only not 26.¤a8?
9-+-zpPvL-+0 ¥e6 27.£b4 ¥e3 28.¦f8 £f8 29.¦c7 ¥d7
9+LzPP+-+-0 30.£e1 ¥d4÷) ¥e3 27.¤a8 ¥c1 28.¦c1
¥d7 29.£g5 ¢f7 30.£d8 ¦d8 31.¤c7+ 
9PzP-wQNzPPzP0 would lead to an endgame in which White
9tR-+-+RmK-0 should be able to convert his extra pawn into
a full point.]
xiiiiiiiiy
15...e5? Aleander underestimates the danger 22.¤c7 £c7 23.¥f7 ¢f8 24.£g5 £e5
of leaving his king in the centre for a long 25.¥g6 ¢g8 26.¥f7
time and accepts the challenge!
[Much better was 15...dc3 16.bc3 00 17.¥h6 1:0 Roiz

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 Leitao
BOSSA NOVA
WHAT IS TRENDY IN OPENING THEORY?
THE LONDON SYSTEM: WHERE SPARKS CAN FLY!
There is seemingly a new approach among pro players — to study
an apparently harmless opening and create their own theory. In
fact, they are all following in Magnus Carlsen's footsteps.

How to play for an advantage with White? This is a question that keeps puzzling
chess professionals.
There are different approaches: some will try to play the most critical and
concrete variations, analysing them for hours with the help of a strong computer.
This demands a lot of time and energy, both to prepare and to remember all the lines.
And there are no guarantees: your opponent can be equally well versed in the critical
variations, in which case the most natural result would be a draw. We have proof of
that from several top level over-the-board and correspondence games.
But there is another approach that is becoming quite trendy  to study a ‘lesser’
opening with the computer, creating your own theory. This has several advantages
and may be more suitable for many players. You don’t risk entering long, forcing
theoretical variations where the game is sometimes decided at home. Instead, the
idea is to look for a playable position to fight in the middlegame. Actually, Magnus
Carlsen has been playing like this for some time. But now many more players are
following the same idea. And even in the most harmless looking lines!

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In my youth I always saw the
London System as an innocuous opening, Rafael Leitão
played only by those who wanted a draw.
Little did I know. Now this mode of • Country: Brazil
development is a weapon in the hands
of such dynamic fighters as Carlsen, • Born: 1979
Kramnik, Nisipeanu, Robson and many
more. • Rating: 2616
In this article we are going to
investigate some recent developments in • Peak rating: 2652
this variation and try to understand why • Title: Grandmaster since 1998
the London is so popular right now.

Classical setup
CHAPTER
1
D02 This modern move has been disturbing Black
NISIPEANU 2679 — lately. I guess we will see many more games
with this position in the near future.
CORNETTE 2594
Germany 2016 8...a6 Obviously this is not forced, but it is
the most fashionable move.
1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 e6 3.¥f4 c5 4.e3 ¤c6
5.¤bd2 d5 6.c3 ¥d6 9.¥d3!? A curious retreat, but surprisingly
A classical setup for Black. Many ideas have in some positions it is useful for White to
been found for White recently. provoke ...a7-a6.
[9.¥c6 is more natural. 9...bc6
7.¥g3 00 XIIIIIIIIY
[7...£e7  see Robson  Onischuk] 9r+lwq-trk+0
8.¥b5! [RR 8.¥d3 Sedlak 2556  Tadic 2506, 9+-+-+pzpp0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2012  115/120] 9p+pvlpsn-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-zpp+-+-0
9r+lwq-trk+0 9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-zP-zPNvL-0
9zpp+-+pzpp0 9PzP-sN-zPPzP0
9-+nvlpsn-+0 9tR-+QmK-+R0
9+Lzpp+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
A) 10.¤e5 this was played in a preview of
9-+-zP-+-+0 the next World Championship, although it
9+-zP-zPNvL-0 was only a blitz game. 10...£c7 11.¤d3N
(RR 11.00 Kreindl 2205  Kreisl 2289,
9PzP-sN-zPPzP0 Austria 2007) c4 12.¥d6 £d6 13.¤c5 e5
9tR-+QmK-+R0 14.b3 cb3 15.ab3÷ Carlsen 2850  Karjakin
2762, Berlin (blitz) 2015;
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B) 10.£a4!N ¦b8 (10...cd4 11.¥d6 £d6 13.00 cd4 [13...¤e5 14.de5 ¤e4 15.¥e4
12.cd4 a5 13.00 ¥a6 14.¦fc1 ¥b5 15.£c2 de4 16.¦e1²]
a4; RR 10...¥g3 Vuilleumier 2366  Tari
2553, Reykjavik 2016) 11.£a3 ¥g3 12.hg3 14.¤c6 ¥c6 15.cd4²
£b6 13.00 ¤d7 (13...cd4 14.cd4 £b2
15.£d6²) 14.¦fb1 cd4 15.cd4 c5 16.¤b3 XIIIIIIIIY
c4 17.¤c5= Andreikin 2736  Sethuraman 9r+-wq-trk+0
2658 Stockholm 2016]
9+-+-vlpzpp0
9...b6 9pzpl+-sn-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+p+-+-0
9r+lwq-trk+0 9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-+-+pzpp0 9+-+L+-vL-0
9pzpnvlpsn-+0 9PzP-sN-zPPzP0
9+-zpp+-+-0 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
9-+-zP-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-zPLzPNvL-0 White has a small advantage. Nisipeanu goes
9PzP-sN-zPPzP0 on to win a beautiful game.

9tR-+QmK-+R0 15...¥b5 16.¥b5 ab5 17.£b3 b4 18.¦fe1

xiiiiiiiiy
10.e4! ¥e7 11.ed5!?N
[11.dc5 bc5 12.00 ¤h5= Grischuk 2774 
Karjakin 2762, Berlin (blitz) 2015]
¤h5 19.¥e5 £d7 20.¤f1! ¦fc8 21.¤e3
¦a5 22.¦ac1 ¦c6?
Dieter-Liviu Nisipeanu. Photo by Astrid Fietz

11...ed5 [11...£d5?! 12.¤c4! Here we see

why it can be useful for White to provoke
...a7-a6. 11...¤d5 12.dc5 ¤c3 (12...bc5
13.£e2²; 12...¥c5 13.£e2²)
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwq-trk+0
9+-+-vlpzpp0
9pzpn+p+-+0
9+-zP-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-snL+NvL-0
9PzP-sN-zPPzP0
9tR-+QmK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
Now White has some promising moves.
13.bc3 (13.£c2 ¤d5 14.¥h7 ¢h8÷; 13.¥h7
¢h7 14.£c2 ¢g8 15.bc3 ¥c5 16.00²)
£d3 14.cb6²]

12.¤e5 ¥b7 [12...¤e5 13.de5 ¤d7 14.00²]

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[22...¦c1 23.¦c1 £e6²]

XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+k+0
9+-+qvlpzpp0
9-zpr+-+-+0
9tr-+pvL-+n0
9-zp-zP-+-+0
9+Q+-sN-+-0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9+-tR-tR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
23.¤f5! ¥f8 24.£h3! [24...g6 25.¤h6]
1: 0 Leitao

D02
ROBSON 2663 —
ONISCHUK 2664
Ray Robson. Photo by David Llada
USA (ch) 2016
player as Ray Robson would be using this
1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 e6 3.¥f4 c5 4.e3 ¤c6 variation? Let’s take a look at his convincing
5.¤bd2 d5 6.c3 ¥d6 7.¥g3 £e7 8.¤e5 win in the American Championship.
¥e5 [8...00 9.f4²]
15...¦g8? [15...00²]
9.de5 ¤d7 10.¥b5 a6N
[10...00 11.f4² Prie 2510  Gozzoli 2547, 16.00± h5 17.£d1 [17.£a5ƒ]
France (ch) 2012]
17...¦g4 [17...0–0–0]
11.¥c6 bc6 12.£a4! ¥b7 13.¥h4! f6 14.ef6
gf6 15.c4 18.¥g3 £h7 19.¦c1 a5 20.¦e1! ¥a6 21.cd5
XIIIIIIIIY cd5
9r+-+k+-tr0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+l+nwq-+p0 9r+-+k+-+0
9p+p+pzp-+0 9+-+n+-+q0
9+-zpp+-+-0 9l+-+pzp-+0
9Q+P+-+-vL0 9zp-zpp+-+p0
9+-+-zP-+-0 9-+-+-+r+0
9PzP-sN-zPPzP0 9+-+-zP-vL-0
9tR-+-mK-+R0 9PzP-sN-zPPzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-tRQtR-mK-0
Who would say that this position came from xiiiiiiiiy
the “dull” London System? And again, who 22.e4! d4 23.£a4 ¥b7? 24.£b3
would say that such an aggressive and dynamic 1:0 Leitao

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Without 2...e6
CHAPTER

Black can try to accelerate the game and play without ...e6. This
leads to sharp positions.
2
D02 Another trendy variation. 8.h3N (RR 8.¥e2
KAMSKY 2678 — Diamanteas  Dorfanis 2194, Greece 2009;
ONISCHUK 2664 8.a4 Van Foreest 2557  Igonin 2470, Moscow
2016) ¥f3?! I don’t see a good to reason to part
USA (ch) 2016 so easily with the bishop’s pair. (8...¥h5) Now
White’s position is quite comfortable. 9.£f3 e6
1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 d5 3.¥f4 c5!? 4.e3 ¤c6 10.c3 ¥e7 11.¥d3² 00 12.00 £d8 13.¦fe1
5.¤bd2! ¥d6 14.¥g5 h6 15.¥h4 ¥e7 16.¥f6!? ¥f6
XIIIIIIIIY 17.¥c2! White had the initiative and Nisipeanu
won another good game. Nisipeanu 2669 
9r+lwqkvl-tr0 Khismatullin 2609, Djakovica 2016]
9zpp+-zppzpp0
7.c3 e6 8.£b3 £c8 9.¤h4!
9-+n+-sn-+0 A typical move and the only way to fight
9+-zpp+-+-0 for an advantage. Both Kramnik and Carlsen
have played this position with White  I guess
9-+-zP-vL-+0 this means something.
9+-+-zPN+-0 9...¥e4 [9...¥g6 10.¤g6 hg6 11.¥d3 ¤h5
9PzPPsN-zPPzP0 12.¥e3 ¥d6 13.0–0–0!? This looks a little
9tR-+QmKL+R0 strange coming from Vlad. Usually he would
try to grind the position with the bishop-
xiiiiiiiiy pair in an endgame. But here he is ready for
A precise move order. a sharp game with opposite sides castling.
13...a6 14.¢b1 b5 15.£c2 ¤a5 16.¤f3 ¤c4
5...cd4 The solid approach. 17.¥c1 £c7 18.¤g5 ¤f4 19.¥f1
[5...£b6  see N. Pert  D’Costa] XIIIIIIIIY
6.ed4 ¥f5 [6...£b6 7.¤b3 ¥g4 9r+-+k+-tr0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-wq-+pzp-0
9r+-+kvl-tr0 9p+-vlp+p+0
9zpp+-zppzpp0 9+p+p+-sN-0
9-wqn+-sn-+0 9-+nzP-sn-+0
9+-+p+-+-0 9+-zP-+-+-0
9-+-zP-vLl+0 9PzPQ+-zPPzP0
9+N+-+N+-0 9+KvLR+L+R0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
19...0–0–0? (19...¥e7 20.¤f3 with a balanced
9tR-+QmKL+R0 game.) 20.a4!± £b7 21.ab5 ab5 22.b3 ¤a5
xiiiiiiiiy
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23.£a2 ¤c6 24.g3 ¤h5 25.¥d3 and White D02

won a beautiful positional game in Kramnik N. PERT 2569 —
2796  Sjugirov 2646, Doha 2015  127/135]
D’COSTA 2420
10.¤e4 ¤e4 [10...de4!? 11.g3²] Great Britain 2016
11.¥d3 [11.¤f3 ¥d6 12.¥d6 ¤d6 13.¥d3 1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 d5 3.¥f4 c5!? 4.e3 ¤c6
£c7 14.£c2N (RR 14.00 Sandipan 2594 5.¤bd2! £b6 6.dc5!
 Kasimdzhanov 2700, Dubai (rapid) 2014)
0–0–0 A bold move, but perhaps unnecessary.
XIIIIIIIIY
15.00 h6 16.a4 ¢b8 17.¦fe1 ¦c8 18.£d1 9r+l+kvl-tr0
¦he8 19.¥f1 9zpp+-zppzpp0
XIIIIIIIIY
9-mkr+r+-+0 9-wqn+-sn-+0
9zppwq-+pzp-0 9+-zPp+-+-0
9-+nsnp+-zp0 9-+-+-vL-+0
9+-+p+-+-0 9+-+-zPN+-0
9P+-zP-+-+0 9PzPPsN-zPPzP0
9+-zP-+N+-0
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 9tR-+QmKL+R0
9tR-+QtRLmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
An important move that poses problems
xiiiiiiiiy for Black. White sacrifices a pawn for the
with a complicated middlegame fight, initiative. This is an important point  in
something Magnus usually welcomes. Carlsen the old days the London System was seen
2850  Wojtaszek 2748, Reykjavik 2015] as a solid way to play with White, its main
goal was usually to play for a draw. But the
11...¥d6 times have changed: now it can be played in
XIIIIIIIIY dynamic fashion.
9r+q+k+-tr0 6...£b2 [6...£c5?! 7.a3 ¥f5 8.c4 e6 9.b4±
9zpp+-+pzpp0 Kramnik 2777  Cheparinov 2681, Berlin
(blitz) 2015. Even in blitz games we shall pay
9-+nvlp+-+0 close attention to what Kramnik plays.]
9+-+p+-+-0
7.¦b1 £c3 8.¥b5
9-+-zPnvL-sN0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+QzPL+-+-0 9r+l+kvl-tr0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 9zpp+-zppzpp0
9tR-+-mK-+R0 9-+n+-sn-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+LzPp+-+-0
12.¥e4?! A strange move by Gata Kamsky,
the principal modern expert in the London 9-+-+-vL-+0
System. [Better is 12.¥d6] 9+-wq-zPN+-0
12...¥f4 Black has no problems. 9P+PsN-zPPzP0
13.¥d3 g5!? 14.¤f3 g4„ 9+R+QmK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
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15.¥a8 ¦a8÷ Black has compensation but I

prefer White.]

10.¥e5 £a5 11.c4 ¥e7N

[RR 11...00 Donmez 2076  Kansal 1879,
Turkey 2014]

12.¤b3 £d8 13.cd5 ed5 14.¤bd4 ¥d7

15.£a4
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqk+-tr0
9zpp+lvlpzpp0
9-+n+-sn-+0
9+L+pvL-+-0
9Q+-sN-+-+0
9+-+-zPN+-0
9P+-+-zPPzP0
9+R+-+RmK-0
Nicholas Pert. Photo by Brendan O'Gorman xiiiiiiiiy
and White already has a big advantage.
White has quite good compensation in this
complicated position. A few modern examples 15...¦c8 16.¤c6 bc6 17.¥a6 c5 18.£c2 ¦c6
demonstrate that it is not easy to play with 19.¥b7 ¦e6 [19...¦b6 20.¥f6±]
Black.
20.¥f6
8...e6 [8...¥d7N 9.00 £c5 10.c4© Sedlak [20.¥d5 ¤d5 21.¦b8 ¥c8 22.¥g7+]
2544  Blagojevic 2498, Cetinje 2016;
8...£c5 9.00©] 20...¦f6 21.¥d5± 0-0 22.¦fd1 ¥d6 23.
¤g5 ¥f5 24.¥e4 ¦h6 25.f4 ¥e4 26.£e4
9.00 £f6 27. ¦b7+ £c3 28.¦d7 ¥b8
XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY
9r+l+kvl-tr0 9-vl-+-trk+0
9zpp+-+pzpp0 9zp-+R+pzpp0
9-+n+psn-+0 9-+-+-+-tr0
9+LzPp+-+-0 9+-zp-+-sN-0
9-+-+-vL-+0 9-+-+QzP-+0
9+-wq-zPN+-0 9+-wq-zP-+-0
9P+PsN-zPPzP0 9P+-+-+PzP0
9+R+Q+RmK-0 9+-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy xiiiiiiiiy
9...¥c5? [9...¥e7! 10.¤e5 £c5 11.c4 00! 29.¦f7
12.¤b3 £a3 13.¤c6 bc6 14.¥c6 ¥a6 1 :0 Leitao

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FIANCHETTO
CHAPTER

This is another classical approach to the London System. I must admit that it
loses some of its charm in this version, since some of the resulting positions
3
are a little dull. Still, it has been used regularly by Gata Kamsky with moderate
success. Let’s take a look at some of his recent examples.

A48 11.¥e2 d6 12.00 ¥d7 13.¤fd2 ¥c6 14.¥f3

£f5 15.¦e1 ¤a6³ White’s pawn sacrifice
KAMSKY 2678 — is hardly justified. Kamsky 2670  Grischuk
SHANKLAND 2656 2752, Russia (team-ch) 2016]
USA (ch) 2016
5...d6 6.h3 ¤bd7
1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 g6 3.¥f4 [6...c5 is an invitation to an endgame that
XIIIIIIIIY White should probably accept. 7.dc5 dc5
8.£d8 ¦d8 9.¤bd2 Kamsky has played
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 this position a few times before. In his latest
9zppzppzpp+p0 example he was close to an advantage. 9...b6
(RR 9...¤c6 Kamsky 2680  Arun Prasad
9-+-+-snp+0 2520, Las Vegas 2015  126/28, A 48)
10.¥c7N (RR 10.¥e2 Janjos 2173  Srdjanov
9+-+-+-+-0 2130, Serbia 2014) ¦d7 11.¥h2 ¥b7 12.¥b5
9-+-zP-vL-+0 ¤c6 13.¤c4 ¤e4 14.00 ¤d6 15.¥d6 ed6
16.¦fd1 ¦ad8 17.¦d2 d5 18.¦ad1
9+-+-+N+-0
XIIIIIIIIY
9PzPP+PzPPzP0 9-+-tr-+k+0
9tRN+QmKL+R0 9zpl+r+pvlp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-zpn+-+p+0
3...¥g7 4.c3 00 5.e3 9+Lzpp+-+-0
[5.h3 c5 6.e3 cd4 7.cd4 £b6 8.¤bd2!?
9-+N+-+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-zP-zPN+P0
9rsnl+-trk+0 9PzP-tR-zPP+0
9zpp+pzppvlp0 9+-+R+-mK-0
9-wq-+-snp+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+-+-0 White’s position is slightly more pleasant,
9-+-zP-vL-+0 although Black was able to defend. 18...
9+-+-zPN+P0 f6 19.e4! d4 20.cd4 cd4 21.e5 fe5 22.¥c6
9PzP-sN-zPP+0 ¥c6 23.¤fe5 ¥e5 24.¤e5 ¦d6 25.¤c6
¦c6 26.¦d4 ¦d4 27.¦d4 ¦c1 28.¢h2 ¦c2
9tR-+QmKL+R0 and Black managed to escape this endgame.
xiiiiiiiiy Kamsky 2670  Sjugirov 2674, Russia (team-
A surprisingly bold move. As I wrote before, ch) 2016;
London System players are not so solid 6...b6 is similar to the main move. 7.a4 a6
anymore. 8...£b2 9.¤c4 £b5 10.a4 £d5 8.¥e2 ¥b7 9.00 ¤bd7 10.¥h2 ¦e8 11.¤bd2

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Grunfeld Defence? 12.b4 ¤e4 13.¤e4 ¥e4
14.£b3 £e7 15.¦fd1 ¥b7 16.¦ac1 ¦ab8N
(RR 16...h6 Biolek jr. 2399  Walek 2350,
Czech Republic 2012) 17.£a2 ed4 18.cd4
¤f6 19.b5² White had a small positional
advantage in Kamsky 2673  Demchenko
2583, Moscow 2016]

7.¥e2 b6!
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwq-trk+0
9zp-zpnzppvlp0
9-zp-zp-snp+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-zP-vL-+0
9+-zP-zPN+P0
9PzP-+LzPP+0
9tRN+QmK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
The best plan for Black but one that does
not suit every taste. The position is solid
and without too many adventures. Positional
players will feel at home here. In a recent
example, Kamsky failed to demonstrate an
advantage here.

8.a4 a5 9.00 ¥b7 10.¤a3 ¤e4 11.¥h2

Gata Kamsky, Dresden 2008. Photo by Harald Fietz
¢h8 12.£b3N
(RR 11.¤a3 Ye Rongguang 2545  Donguines [RR 12.£c2 Hryhorenko 2268  Ushenina
2435, Bacolod 1991  53/72, A48) e5 2297, Ukraine 2002]
XIIIIIIIIY 12...e6 13.¤b5 ¦c8 14.¦ad1 £e7 15.¤a7
9r+-wqr+k+0 ¦a8 16.¤b5 ¦ac8 17.£a3 ¦fe8 18.¦fe1 f5
9+lzpn+pvlp0 19.¤d2 ¤d2 20.¦d2 e5 21.¥f1=
9pzp-zp-snp+0 Leitao
9+-+-zp-+-0
9P+-zP-+-+0
9+-zP-zPN+P0
9-zP-sNLzPPvL0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
A typical position for this system. Both players
have an extremely solid position. A long
positional battle lies ahead. But is this really
worse than playing the Main Lines of the

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OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES

WARNING: PLAYING THE BENONI REQUIRES 100% ACCURACY!

SON OF SORROW

The Benoni Defence can indeed be a blessing when winning but

also a reason for the deepest sorrow when the opposite is the
case! During my long and by now distant years as a Benoni
player, offering me an abundance of “blessings”, I have also
had my share of sorrow... reveals GM Mihail Marin.

It is hard to imagine a more intriguing opening than the Modern Benoni. Whilst
accepting a chronic weakness on d6, Black also allows his opponent to obtain an impressive
space advantage, with the ever-present possibility of breaking in the centre with e4–e5. In
doing so he hopes to make the best of the activity of his fianchettoed bishop and advance
his not too mobile queenside majority, either systematically or by tactical means.

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The name of the opening is quite suggestive. Benoni (son of my sorrow) is the
Biblical name given to the last born child by Jacob’s wife Rachel, shortly before she
died in labour. Later, Jacob changed his name to Benjamin (son of my blessing).
The Benoni opening can indeed be a blessing when winning but also a reason for
the deepest sorrow when the opposite is the case! Black needs to play very creatively to
gain an advantage, but if his ideas fail, the consequences can be dreadful. This article
highlights a closely related aspect. Step by step, Black needs to take concrete decisions as
the significance of every move tends to be very high. No matter how well you have played
or how lucky you have been in the previous phase of the game, you need to maintain 100%
accuracy until the scoresheets have been signed. More than in any other opening, one false
step is enough to convert a promising or close to winning position into one that is miserable.
During my long and by now distant years as a Benoni player, offering me
an abundance of “blessings”, I have also had my share of sorrow, a victim of the
circumstances mentioned in the previous paragraph. But recently I happened to be on
the opposite side of the board in a decisive last round game of a strong open.

B06
Mihail Marin
MARIN 2576 —
GRANDA ZUNIGA 2699
• Country: Romania
Helsingor 2016
• Born: 1965
1.d4 g6 2.e4 ¥g7 3.¤f3 d6 4.c3
• Rating: 2576
I will not argue with you that this does not
look like a Benoni at all. [But in fact after • Peak rating: 2616
nine moves the game will transpose to a
Benoni hybrid, usually arising after 4.c4 c5 • Title: Grandmaster since 1985
5.d5 e6 6.¤bd2 (RR 6.¤c3 S. Atalik 2560 
Yermolinsky 2570, San Francisco 2005  93/
(30), A43) ed5 7.cd5 ¤e7 8.¥d3 ¤d7 9.¤f1] [My main idea was to meet 7...00 8.¤g3 h6
9.00 f5 with 10.ef5 gf5 11.de5 de5 12.¤h5±.
4...¤d7 5.¥d3 e5 6.¤bd2 Saving a tempo by refraining from ¦f1–e1 is
[RR 6.00 V. Kozomara  Ivkov, Sarajevo essential in this line.]
1968  5/120]
8.cd4 c5 9.d5
6...¤e7!? Quite an original setup, aiming at XIIIIIIIIY
playing ...f7–f5 as soon as possible.
9r+lwqk+-tr0
7.¤f1!?N [I was slightly worried that if I 9zpp+nsnpvlp0
developed normally Black would generate
a strong kingside initiative. A closer look 9-+-zp-+p+0
reveals that things are not entirely clear: 7.00
00 8.¦e1 h6 (8...f5 9.¥c4 ¢h8 10.¤g5)
9+-zpP+-+-0
9.¤f1 f5 10.ef5 gf5 11.de5 de5 12.¥c4 ¢h7 9-+-+P+-+0
13.¤g5! I did not see this far. 13...hg5 14.£h5 9+-+L+N+-0
¥h6 15.¥g5 ¦f6 16.¥f6 ¤f6 17.£f7 ¥g7
18.¦e5²; RR Pelikian 2387  Rodriguez Vila 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
2493, Santos 2001] 9tR-vLQmKN+R0
7...ed4! The logical reaction to White’s xiiiiiiiiy
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reached the above-mentioned Benoni hybrid 18.f4 [18.¥e5!? de5 19.f4 ef4 20.£f4 f5?!
line, a tempo ahead, but after double-checking 21.d6 fe4 22.£e3ƒ קd6]
the position I realised this was not the case.
But though White usually plays b1–c3 in the 18...¥d4 19.£d4 a4 20.a3 ¦ab8
Benoni, the knight’s presence on g3, in the same XIIIIIIIIY
spirit of the Ruy Lopez main lines, surely makes
sense as it offers White attacking chances. 9-tr-+-trk+0
[9.¥e3 00 10.¤g3 £b6ƒ] 9+-+-snp+p0
9...b5 10.¤g3 9-wq-zp-+p+0
[10.a4 c4 11.¥e2 ¤c5 12.ab5 c3 13.bc3
¤e4„]
9+psnP+-+-0
9p+pwQPzP-+0
10...c4 11.¥c2 ¤c5 12.00 9zP-+-+-sN-0
[I didn’t want to waste a tempo on 12.h3 since
the black bishop can easily find another good 9-zPL+-zP-zP0
diagonal: 12...00 13.00 a5 … ...¥a6] 9+-+R+RmK-0
12...¥g4 13.¥e3 00 xiiiiiiiiy
[13...¥b2 14.¦b1 ¥g7 (14...c3 15.£d4±) My initial evaluation of the position as
15.¦b5²] promising for White was correct but now I
started playing without a clear plan.
14.¥d4 ¥f3 15.gf3
XIIIIIIIIY 21.¢h1 [21.£f6 £d8; 21.e5 ¦fd8 (21...¤d7
22.£c3 f5 23.¤e2; 21...¦bd8 22.¤e4+  )
9r+-wq-trk+0 22.e6 fe6 23.de6 ¦f8 (23...¤e6 24.£f6)
9zp-+-snpvlp0 24.f5ƒ]
9-+-zp-+p+0 21...¤d7 22.£d2 £c5 23.¦g1
9+psnP+-+-0 [23.f5! f6 (23...c3 24.bc3 £a3 25.e5 de5 26.d6
¤c8 27.¦g1; 23...b4 24.¥a4 ¤f6 25.£g5
9-+pvLP+-+0 ¢g7 26.e5 de5? 27.£f6 ¢f6 28.¤e4) 24.¦g1
9+-+-+PsN-0 ¤e5 25.fg6 hg6 26.£e2‚]

9PzPL+-zP-zP0 23...¢h8 24.e5

9tR-+Q+RmK-0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9-tr-+-tr-mk0
This was the position I was aiming for. Far 9+-+nsnp+p0
from being weak, the doubled pawns can
become threatening, while I also hoped to 9-+-zp-+p+0
exploit the g-file for my attack. 9+pwqPzP-+-0
15...¥e5!? This came as a slight surprise. 9p+p+-zP-+0
[I had calculated something like 15...¤c8 9zP-+-+-sN-0
16.f4 £h4 17.¥g7 ¢g7 18.£d4 f6 19.£e3
¤b6 20.¢h1 ¦ae8 21.¦ad1 …¦g1] 9-zPLwQ-zP-zP0
16.£d2 £b6 17.¦ad1
9+-+R+-tRK0
[17.f4? ¤e4!; 17.¥e5 de5 18.f4 ef4 19.£f4 f5„] xiiiiiiiiy
I played this with great confidence but almost
17...a5 [17...¥d4!? 18.£d4 a5] straight away received a cold shower.

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 Mihail MARIN

24...f5!÷ [I had counted on 24...de5 25.fe5 30...¢g8? Here it is, the fatal “natural” move,
¤e5 26.¤e4 £b6 27.£c3 f6 28.d6 ¤7c6 losing control over the d6–square.
29.f4 ¤d7 30.¤g5ƒ] [30...¦bb6÷ was necessary, with a probable
After the last move I understood that despite positional draw as neither player can make
my massive centre I already risked being any progress.]
worse. My main problem was the lack of
activity of my minor pieces, combined with 31.¦d6 £d6 32.¦e6 £c5 33.¦c6 £a7
the threatening black queenside majority. 34.¢g1 £b7 35.£d4 ¢f7
Under pressure, I now started to play with a XIIIIIIIIY
clear plan. While avoiding the loss of the d5–
pawn, I needed to transfer my knight to c3 9-tr-+-+-+0
and the bishop to f3. This sounds complicated 9+q+n+k+p0
but it is not impossible. On the other hand, my
strong opponent was already getting into time 9-+R+-snp+0
trouble and seemed rather to lose track in the
coming phase.
9+p+P+p+-0
9p+pwQ-zP-+0
25.ed6 ¤g8 Unnecessarily sophisticated. 9zP-sN-+-+-0
[The simple 25...£d6 forces White to display
accuracy in order to maintain the balance. 9-zPL+-zP-zP0
26.¤e2 ¤f6 27.¤c3 ¦bd8 28.¦ge1 ¤ed5 9+-+-+-mK-0
29.¦e5 ¤c3 30.£d6 ¤d1 31.£c5 (×f2)
¤d7 32.£b5 ¤f2 33.¢g2 ¤e5 34.£e5 xiiiiiiiiy
¢g8 35.¢f2 ¦d2 36.¢g3 ¦c2 37.£d5 ¦f7 White has made huge progress and the time
38.£d8 ¦f8= (38...¢g7? 39.£d1!! ¦b2 has come to complete the aforementioned
40.£d4)] regrouping.

26.¦ge1 ¦b6 27.¦e6 ¦d6 28.¤e2 ¤gf6 36.¥d1!± b4? A serious time trouble mistake
[28...¦e6 29.de6 £c6 30.£d5±] in a difficult position.

29.¤c3 White has accomplished the first part 37.ab4 £b4 38.¥a4 £b2 39.¦c7 ¦b7
of his regrouping plan, and can already count 40.d6+   ¦c7 41.dc7 ¤b6 42.¥b5
on a safe position. [42.c8£ ¤c8 43.£c4 ¢g7 44.£c8 £c1
45.¢g2 £f4±]
29...¦b8
[29...¦e6 30.de6 £c6 31.¢g1 £e6 32.¤b5²] 42...£a1 43.¢g2 £a8
[I had only calculated 43...£a5 44.¥c4 ¢g7
30.¦de1 45.¤d5+   and was disappointed to notice
XIIIIIIIIY that the ¤d5 trick no longer works.]
9-tr-+-+-mk0 44.f3 £b7 45.£b6?!
9+-+n+-+p0 I was becoming slightly impatient since I
knew that a win would allow me a share of
9-+-trRsnp+0 first place in the tournament.
9+pwqP+p+-0 [45.¥c4 ¢g7 46.£d8 ¤c8 47.¤e2+  …¤d4]
9p+p+-zP-+0 45...£b6 46.c8£ ¢g7
9zP-sN-+-+-0 [I was secretely hoping for 46...£e3 47.£c7
¢f8 48.£d8 ¢g7 49.£f6 ¢f6 50.¤d5]
9-zPLwQ-zP-zP0
47.£c4 £d6 48.¤e2 ¤h5 49.£d4
9+-+-tR-+K0 I have to admit that when playing this I was
xiiiiiiiiy
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convinced that my bishop was of the same
colour as the h8–square! This would avoid the
problem of the ¥ + h§ vs ¢ ending.
[True, it is not easy to prove a clear winning
plan after 49.£c3 ¢h6 50.£e5 £d1]
49...£d4 50.¤d4 ¤f4 51.¢f2 ¢f6 52.¥c4
h6 53.¤e2 ¢e5
It was only now that I realized my mistake.
54.¥f7 [54.¤f4 ¢f4 55.h3 g5 56.¥e6 h5=]
54...g5 55.¤g3
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+L+-0
9-+-+-+-zp0
9+-+-mkpzp-0
9-+-+-sn-+0
9+-+-+PsN-0
9-+-+-mK-zP0
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
55...g4? The losing move in a position where
he could have probably survived.
[According to Timman 55...¤h3 56.¢g2 ¤f4
57.¢f1 g4 should be drawn but probably
White still has practical chances.]
56.fg4 fg4 57.¥h5!+   ¤h5?! Accelerating
his defeat.
[After 57...¤d3 58.¢e3 White will win the
g-pawn and with some technical accuracy he
will do so with the h-pawn, whilst retaining
knights on the board.]
58.¤h5 ¢f5 59.¢g3
[Upon 59.¢g3 I imagine that Julio hoped
to save the game with 59...¢g5 60.¤f4 h5
61.¤g2 ¢f5 62.¢h4 ¢e4 63.¢h5 ¢f3 but
then noticed 64.¤e1! or 64.¤h4 winning.]
1 :0 Marin
Black’s fatal carelessness on move 30 and his
uncertain play in the previous phase reminds
me strongly of a painful Benoni experience
from my youth. True, things happened in
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the reverse order there, since in the critical
position where I lost control of the centre
White already had his knight on c3 and bishop
on the long diagonal.
A62
DRASKO 2505 — MARIN 2495
Tallinn 1989
1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 ¥g7 4.¥g2 00
5.00 c5 6.d4 d6 7.d5 ¤a6 8.¤c3 ¤c7 9.a4
e6 10.¥f4 ed5 11.cd5 ¦e8 12.¤d2 ¤h5
13.¥e3 b6 14.¦c1 ¥a6 15.¦e1 f5
I assume at this time I had not yet got around
to studying Petrosian’s games, otherwise
I cannot explain why I refrained from
15...¦e3!?. Nevertheless, objectively, my
move is at least as good.
16.¤f1
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqr+k+0
9zp-sn-+-vlp0
9lzp-zp-+p+0
9+-zpP+p+n0
9P+-+-+-+0
9+-sN-vL-zP-0
9-zP-+PzPLzP0
9+-tRQtRNmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
16...£f6?! [16...£d7! (פc7) 17.£d2 b5
18.b4 (18.ab5 ¤b5 19.¦a1 ¥b7 20.¦a5 a6³)
cb4 19.¤a2 b3 20.¤b4 ba4 21.¦c7 £c7
22.¤a6 £c4 23.¤b4 a3 24.¦c1 £c1 25.£c1
a2  +]
17.£d2 b5 [17...¦ac8 18.b4²]
18.b4 c4 [18...cb4 19.¤a2± פc7]
19.a5 After my inaccuracy, Milan has
managed more or less to stabilise his position,
and somewhere around here he offered me a
draw. However, in those years my results with
the Benoni were so good that I preferred to

Milan Drasko. Photo by Josip Asik
play on. Objectively, Black has little to fear
but later on I came to realise that this was a
practical mistake. I had arrived in Tallinn only
shortly before the game, after a 14 hour train
journey, so it would have been so much wiser
to accept the draw and start fighting the next
day, after recovering from travel tiredeness.
19...¥b7 20.¥h6 ¥h6 [20...¥h8!?]
21.£h6 £f7 22.¦ed1 ¤f6 23.£d2 ¦e5
24.f4 ¦e7 25.£d4 a6 26.¦d2 ¦ae8 27.¦cd1
Black has regrouped perfectly and the pressure
on d5 causes White problems in carrying out
the desired e2–e4. In principle, White cannot
aim for more than maintaining equality, since
his king’s knight is miserably placed. But for
Black it is also wise to maintain a neutral
policy, since he does not have any clear
targets.
27...¤g4 Playing with fire! [27...¥c8!?]
28.£b6 [28.e4 fe4 29.¤e4 ¦e4 30.¥e4 ¤f6
31.¥g2 ¥d5 32.¤e3 ¥g2 33.¢g2 d5°]
28...£f6 [פc3]
Mihail MARIN
29.¦d4?
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+r+k+0
9+lsn-tr-+p0
9pwQ-zp-wqp+0
9zPp+P+p+-0
9-zPptR-zPn+0
9+-sN-+-zP-0
9-+-+P+LzP0
9+-+R+NmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
29...¥a8? Though it was too late to settle for
neutrality, it was still possible to commence
promising and concrete play.
[29...¤a8! would have placed the queen
in grave danger. 30.£a7 £g7 (Freeing the
rook from the task of defending the bishop
in order to threaten ...¤e3) 31.¥f3 (31.e4 fe4
32.¤e4 ¥d5) ¤e3 32.¤e3 ¦e3 (Suddenly
most of White’s pieces are hanging on dark
squares.) 33.¤b5!? (33.¦c1 ¦8e7 34.£b8
¢f7 wins material.) ab5 34.a6 ¥c8 35.£a8
¦a3 36.£c6 £d7µ]
30.e4!± At a single stroke, turning Black’s
excellent position into a lost one.
30...¦d7 [30...fe4 31.¤e4+   ×d6]
31.h3 ¤h6
[31...£f8!? 32.¦4d2! (32.hg4 ¦b8 33.ef5
gf5 34.gf5 ¦b6 35.ab6 ¤e8 36.g4÷) ¦b8
(32...¤f6 33.e5 de5 34.d6 ¤e6 35.fe5+  )
33.£d4 ¤h6 34.e5±]
32.e5 £d8 33.e6+   The rest is silence.
33...¦g7 34.¦4d2 ¢h8 35.£d4 g5 36.fg5
£g5 37.¦f2 ¤g8 38.£f4 £f4 39.¦f4 ¤e7
40.¢f2 ¦eg8 41.¥f3 ¦g6 42.g4 fg4 43.hg4
¦g5 44.¤e3 ¦e5 45.¥e4 ¦gg5 46.¦h1 h5
47.¦f8 ¦g8 48.¦f7 ¦g7 49.¤f5 ¦f7 50.ef7
¦f5 51.gf5 ¢g7 52.f6
This game affected me to such an extent that
I ended the very strong Keres Memorial on a
painful 5.
1 :0 Marin
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Chess Informant 129

Since I mentioned the positional exchange

sacrifice on e3, it makes sense to continue
with a classical game in which Black actually
played it.

A64
EUWE — KOTOV
Zurich (ct) 1953

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.¤c3 ed5 5.cd5

d6 6.¤f3 g6 7.g3 ¥g7 8.¥g2
In those days the fianchetto system was
becoming increasingly popular in the King’s
Indian, so White’s choice in this game should
not surprise us.

8...00 9.00 a6 10.a4 ¤bd7 11.¤d2 ¦e8

12.a5 b5 13.ab6 ¤b6 14.¤b3 £c7?!
This allows White to exert strong queenside
pressure.
[Later it was discovered that Black can
maintain equality by 14...¤c4 15.¦a4 ¤b6 Max Euwe. Caricature by Jovan Prokopljevic
16.¦a2 ¤c4, since if 17.£d3 ¦b8 18.£c4,
then 18... ¦b4 retrieves the knight with very
comfortable play.] ¦e3 24.£a6
[Both sides have made progress on “their
15.¤a5 ¥d7 16.h3 ¥b5 17.¥e3 ¤fd7 flanks” but, with his queen far away from
18.£b3 ¤f6 19.¦fc1 ¥d7 20.£d1 the kingside, Black seems unable to generate
XIIIIIIIIY concrete threats. Moreover, his queen is likely
to find itself in serious danger after ¤c6,
9r+-+r+k+0 £b5, ¦a7.]
9+-wql+pvlp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9psn-zp-snp+0 9-+-+-+k+0
9sN-zpP+-+-0 9+-wql+p+p0
9-+-+-+-+0 9Qsn-zp-snpvl0
9+-sN-vL-zPP0 9sN-zpP+-+-0
9-zP-+PzPL+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9tR-tRQ+-mK-0 9+-sN-tr-zPP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-zP-+P+LmK0
White has built up an impressive positional 9tR-tR-+-+-0
attack on the queenside. If allowed to invade
on the c6–square and carry out b2–b4 he would xiiiiiiiiy
win effortlessly. But things are not entirely 24...¦e5? Black chooses the wrong target 
safe for him on the kingside: the d5–pawn. Curiously, in his world famous
book on Zurich 1953, Bronstein does not
20...¦e3! 21.fe3 ¥h6 22.£d3 ¦e8 23.¢h2 comment on this move.

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[In his far less known but nevertheless very
valuable tournament book, 15 Aspirantes
al Titulo Mundial, Najdorf rightly points
out that Black should have continued with
his attack on the dark squares, yielding him
good winning chances: 24...¤h5!. Here is a
combination of the analysis given by Najdorf
and computer engines:
A) 25.¤c6 ¦g3 26.¦f1 ¥c6 27.dc6 d5  +
Najdorf;
B) 25.g4 £d8! 26.¦f1 (26.gh5 £h4) £h4
27.¤c4 ¦h3 28.¥h3 £g3  +;
C) 25.£b7 £d8  +;
D) 25.¤b5 £d8 26.¦c3 (26.¤c4 £g5) ¦g3
27.¦g3 ¥f4  +;
E) 25.¤c4 ¤c4 26.£c4 ¦g3 27.¦a8 ¢g7
28.¦f1 ¦e3³;
F) 25.¥f3
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+k+0
9+-wql+p+p0
9Qsn-zp-+pvl0
9sN-zpP+-+n0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-sN-trLzPP0
9-zP-+P+-mK0
9tR-tR-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
25...¤g3! 26.¢g3 £d8! 27.¦h1 (27.¦g1
£g5 28.¢f2 £h4 29.¦g3 ¥h3 30.¤c6
¥f4‚; 27.¤e4 ¦e4! (Najdorf) 28.¥e4
£g5) ¥f4! 28.¢g2 (28.¢f4 £h4 29.¢e3
£d4#) £h4  + 29.¦ag1 (29.¦a3 £g3
30.¢f1 ¦f3 31.ef3 ¥e3  +; 29.¤d1 ¦e5
30.¢f1 ¥d2  + 31.£d3 ¥h3 32.¦h3
  New York 1927
£e1 33.¢g2 ¦g5) ¥f5!! …...¥d3, …
...£g3, ...¦f3]
Why didn’t Kotov play 24...¤h5 ? Most
likely because he thought that his attack
would not be strong enough without the
participation of his queen, even though its
absence would have been only temporary,
Mihail MARIN
as we have seen. Also he may have had
exaggerated fears about White’s queenside
initiative. Then again, Kotov was basically
a classical player, and pursuing an attack
initiated by an exchange sacrifice was not
quite in his usual style.
25.¦f1 ¥c8 26.£b5 ¥d7 27.¤c6+  
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+k+0
9+-wql+p+p0
9-snNzp-snpvl0
9+QzpPtr-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-sN-+-zPP0
9-zP-+P+LmK0
9tR-+-+R+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Only a few moves earlier Black had winning
chances but now he is as good as lost. His
attack has been extinguished even before it
got started and White’s initiative will now
shortly assume decisive proportions.
27...¢g7 28.¦a6 ¤c8 29.£b8 £b8 30.¤b8
¥f5 31.¦c6 ¦e8 32.e4 ¥d7 33.e5 ¦e5
34.¤d7 ¤d7 35.¦c8 ¦e3 36.¦c6 ¤e5
37.¦d6 ¦d3 38.¦d1 ¦e3 39.¦c6
1 :0 Marin
The next game shows that the contours of the
“Modern Benoni” had already taken shape
long before so-called modern times.
A61
NIMZOWITSCH — MARSHALL
1.c4 ¤f6 2.d4 e6 3.¤f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.¤c3
ed5 6.cd5 g6 7.¤d2
This move order bears Nimzowitsch’ name
and has never really gone out of favour.
7...¤bd7 8.¤c4 ¤b6 9.e4 ¥g7 10.¤e3 00
11.¥d3 ¤h5 12.00
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Chess Informant 129
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwq-trk+0 18.f4? White must have been happy to force
the exchange of this bishop, whilst retaining
9zpp+-+pvlp0 his active c4–knight, but his last move allows
Black to muddy the waters.
9-sn-zp-+p+0 [His desire to keep the active knight is
9+-zpP+-+n0 understandable since after 18.¤e5 ¤e5
19.£g3 b5! Black gets some counterplay.
9-+-+P+-+0 True, White should still be better in view of the
9+-sNLsN-+-0 weakened enemy kingside: 20.ab6 (20.¤b5
¥a6µ) £b6 21.f4 ¥a6 22.¦d1 Defending d3.
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 22...¦af8 23.h3². The strongest continuation
is 18.¤e4!±, attacking d6 and creating such
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 threats as g2–g4 followed by g5 or simply
xiiiiiiiiy f2–f4.]
12...¥e5?! So far Black has done everything
right, but now he unnecessarily exposes his 18...¥d4! An important tactical finesse which
bishop, as well as wasting a tempo. will deny White’s knight use of the e3–square.
[Invading the f4–square at once was better: [18...¥g7 19.¤d6±; 18...¥c3 19.bc3 ¤f6
12...¤f4 13.a4 f5 14.ef5 ¤d3 15.£d3 ¥f5 16.¤f5 20.¤e3±]
¦f5 17.a5 ¤d7 with a comfortable game.]
19.¥e3 [19.¢h1 ¤f6³]
13.a4 ¤f4 [Initially, Marshall might have been
hoping to launch an attack with 13...£h4, but 19...¥c3 20.£c3
then noticed that after 14.g3 sacrifices on g3 don’t [If 20.bc3 ¤f6³ White no longer has ¤e3.]
really work. The extravagant 13...a5, weakening
the b5–square but keeping control of the c4– 20...¤f6 21.£b3
square. might have been a better try. In later years XIIIIIIIIY
Black occasionally adopted this weird queenside
structure in order to stabilise the knight on b6.] 9r+lwq-+k+0
14.a5 ¤d7 15.¤c4 With the d6–pawn hanging, 9zpp+-+-+p0
Black cannot save his bishop from exchange. 9-+-zp-snp+0
Besides, his other active minor piece, the f4–
knight, is also effectively hanging. 9zP-zpP+r+-0
15...¤d3 16.£d3 f5 17.ef5 [17.¤e5 ¤e5
9-+N+-zP-+0
18.£g3±, preventing ...f5–f4, is also quite strong.] 9+Q+-vL-+-0
17...¦f5
9-zP-+-+PzP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9tR-+-+RmK-0
9r+lwq-+k+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zpp+n+-+p0 The pawn is obviously doomed and with
a stable position on the light squares and
9-+-zp-+p+0 no immediate problems on the dark ones,
9zP-zpPvlr+-0 Marshall might have thought he had a free
hand which way to capture on d5.
9-+N+-+-+0
9+-sNQ+-+-0 21...¦d5? This move quickly ruins his
game. Marshall must have forgotten what
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 his opponent had written in My System: that
mobile pawns have a natural tendency to
9tR-vL-+RmK-0 advance.
xiiiiiiiiy
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[21...¤d5 …...¥e6 22.¥d2 ¥e6÷; It also
made sense to play around the weak pawn by
21...£c7!? 22.¥d2 ¥d7 23.¦ae1 ¦e8.]
22.f5! gf5?! [As dangerous as it looks,
22...¥f5 23.£b7ƒ was a better choice for
Black.]
23.¥g5+   [23.¥h6+  ]
23...¦d4 [23...¢h8 24.¤e3 ¦e5 25.£f7+  ]
24.¤b6 c4 25.£c3 ab6 26.£d4 ¢g7 27.¦ae1
ba5 28.¦e8 £e8 29.£f6 ¢g8 30.¥h6
1 :0 Marin
The Benoni would not have been the same
opening if Mikhail Tal had not played it
intensively in the 50s and 60s. He made it look
like an entirely viable weapon and most of
his combinations and dynamic tricks remain
essential knowledge for any player adopting
this opening today. And yet sometimes he too
fell victim to the syndrome of “ruining the
game in one move”.
A61
BOTVINNIK — TAL
Moscow (m/8) 1960
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 c5 4.d5 ed5 5.cd5 g6
6.¤c3 ¥g7 7.¥g5 00 8.e3 ¦e8 9.¤d2 d6
10.¥e2 a6 11.a4 ¤bd7 12.00 £c7 13.£c2
¤b6 14.¥f3
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+l+r+k+0
9+pwq-+pvlp0
9psn-zp-snp+0
9+-zpP+-vL-0
9P+-+-+-+0
9+-sN-zPL+-0
9-zPQsN-zPPzP0
9tR-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
14...c4? Tal had an excellent start in the match
Mihail MARIN
and he might have felt that he could allow
himself all kinds of tactical experiments.
However, the text move gives up a pawn for
nothing.
[14...¥f5 15.e4 ¥d7 16.a5 ¤c8„ M. Tal]
15.¥f6 ¥f6 16.a5 ¤d7 17.¤ce4 ¥e5
18.£c4 £d8 19.£a2 f5 20.¤c3 g5
Nevertheless we cannot but admire him for
the serenity with which he launches a not very
promising attack a pawn down.
21.¤c4 g4 22.¥e2 £f6 23.¤a4 ¢h8 24.g3
h5 25.f4 ¥d4 26.£a3
[26.ed4 £d4 27.¦f2 ¦e2]
26...¦b8 27.¤ab6 h4 28.¦ad1 ¥b6 29.ab6
¤c5
XIIIIIIIIY
9-trl+r+-mk0
9+p+-+-+-0
9pzP-zp-wq-+0
9+-snP+p+-0
9-+N+-zPpzp0
9wQ-+-zP-zP-0
9-zP-+L+-zP0
9+-+R+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
In his comments Tal displays obvious
optimism, considering that White does not
have a clear plan, whereas Black’s initiative
develops naturally. However, things are rather
different from that.
30.gh4?!
This and the next move, two important
strategic concessions, suddenly turn the
tables. [30.¦c1! (… ¤d6) hg3 31.hg3 ¤e4
32.¥d3!? (32.¢g2 is also good.) ¤g3
33.¦f2 The d6–pawn is doomed and it will
soon be White who will attack along the
h-file.]
30...¥d7 31.£c3?! £c3 32.bc3 ¥b5°
33.¦fe1 [… §e3]
33...¤e4 34.¦c1? [34.¦d4 M. Tal]
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Mihail MARIN

keep the other rook on the e-file.

[However, the winning move was 34...¦ec8!
as it is essential to keep the b7–pawn defended:
35.¤a5 ¥e2 36.¦e2 ¤c3 37.¦c3 ¦c3 38.e4
¢g7!?  + This is one of the most dramatic
cases in which one of the players gave the
wrong answer to the question “which rook?”.
And it once again highlights the importance
of every single move in the Benoni.]

35.¤a5 ¥e2 36.¦e2 ¤c3?

Going all the way.
[36...¦e7! 37.c4÷ remains unclear.]

37.¦c3! ¦c3 38.¤b7 ¦ee3 39.¦e3 ¦e3

40.¤d6 ¦d3
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-mk0
9+-+-+-+-0
9pzP-sN-+-+0
9+-+P+p+-0
9-+-+-zPpzP0
9+-+r+-+-0
Mikhail Botvinnik and Mikhail Tal.
9-+-+-+-zP0
Photo from British Chess Magazine archive 9+-+-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY At this point the game was adjourned and
Botvinnik sealed his move. Tal started his
9-tr-+r+-mk0 home analysis in a good mood, thinking he
9+p+-+-+-0 was winning, but it was not long before he
discovered the opposite was true.
9pzP-zp-+-+0
9+l+P+p+-0 41.¤f7! And on the day of resumption of
play, after checking that Botvinnik had sealed
9-+N+nzPpzP0 the winning move, Tal resigned at once.
9+-zP-zP-+-0 [Initially he had calculated 41.b7 ¦b3
42.¤f7 ¢h7! 43.¤d8 a5 44.d6 a4 45.d7
9-+-+L+-zP0 a3 46.¤e6 a2  +; 41.¤f7! forces the king
9+-tR-tR-mK-0 to step on to an exposed square: 41...¢g7
(41...¢h7 fails to attack the knight and loses
xiiiiiiiiy to 42.d6) 42.b7 ¦b3 43.¤d8 a5 (43...¢f6
34...¦bc8? Feeling the course of events to be 44.d6 a5 45.d7 ¢e7 46.¤c6 ¢d7 47.b8£
turning in his favour, Tal had already started to ¦b8 48.¤b8 ¢d6 49.h5 Marin) 44.d6 a4
play quickly some moves earlier, even though 45.d7 a3 46.¤e6 gaining a tempo on the line
it was Botvinnik who was in time trouble. He above. M. Tal]
saw that by attacking the c4–knight he would 1 :0 Marin
win the exchange and it was only natural to

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THE BAYONET ATTACK AGAINST THE CLASSICAL KING’S INDIAN DEFENCE

What happens when White burns his bridges in an immediate

effort to seize the initiative on the queenside? Is such early
aggression against the King's Indian justified or is it a road to
MIRRORING
ruin? — Swedish GM Emanuel Berg is looking for answers.

XIIIIIIIIY
I will investigate the sharp Bayonet Attack 9r+lwq-trk+0
against the Classical King’s Indian. This
occurs after the moves 9zppzp-snpvlp0
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 9-+-zp-snp+0
5.¥e2 0–0 6.¤f3 e5 7.0–0 ¤c6 8.d5
¤e7 9.b4 9+-+Pzp-+-0
Apart from 9.¤e1 this is the clearly the
most popular choice for White here. Now
9-zPP+P+-+0
mainstream theory continues with a huge 9+-sN-+N+-0
amoount of theory on 9...¤h5. However,
instead of that we will take a look at the 9P+-+LzPPzP0
old main line following... 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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WHITE E97
Emanuel Berg
BACROT 2697 —
PICHOT 2517 • Country: Sweden
Gibraltar 2016
• Born: 1981
9...a5 A strategically logical move designed • Rating: 2567
to damage White’s pawn structure on the
queenside and to prevent the intended c4-c5 • Peak rating: 2627
break.
• Title: Grandmaster since 2004
10.¥a3 [The most popular choice, although
the alternative 10.ba5 played by World
Champion Magnus Carlsen among others also 12.£d3!?N White sees Black’s idea and now
deserves serious attention.] gets ready to answer ...¥f8 with ¦fd1, which
prevents ...c5 due to the hanging pawn on d6.
10...ab4 11.¥b4 Here Black has tried a large [RR 12.a4 Mahia 2366  Perez Ponsa 2521,
number of moves with 11...¤d7 and 11...b6 Argentina (ch) 2014]
being clearly those that are most favoured.
However we will instead take a deeper look at 12...¤d7?!
the fairly unusual move... XIIIIIIIIY
11...¦e8!? 9r+lwqr+k+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+pzpnsnpvlp0
9r+lwqr+k+0 9-+-zp-+p+0
9+pzp-snpvlp0 9+-+Pzp-+-0
9-+-zp-snp+0 9-vLP+P+-+0
9+-+Pzp-+-0 9+-sNQ+N+-0
9-vLP+P+-+0 9P+-+LzPPzP0
9+-sN-+N+-0 9tR-+-+RmK-0
9P+-+LzPPzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 Black now heads for a passive defence which
prevents c4-c5 but on the other hand makes
xiiiiiiiiy the rook move to e8 look pretty useless.
...after which we reach the starting position [Instead 12...¤f5! would be a nice shot,
of our mirror. Black’s main idea is to follow exploiting the tactical opportunities offered
up with ...¥f8 and ...c5, so as to stabilize the by White’s last move.]
situation on the queenside before proceeding
with his own kingside attack. 13.a4 White seizes the initiative on the
[RR 11...¤d7 Tihonov 2443  Kovalev 2482, queenside, challenging Black to demonstrate
Belarus (ch) 2013  117/200] his counterplay.

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13...h6 Ruling out ¤g5 for White, so he can whereas Black is still struggling to complete
play ...f5 next move, but Black’s attack is not his development.
particulary dangerous.
15...¢h8 16.¤b5 Eyeing the d6-pawn, where
14.¤d2 f5 15.¦fd1 a sacrifice might become possible.
XIIIIIIIIY
16...¤f6 17.f3! Stabilizing the centre before
9r+lwqr+k+0 proceeding with any action on the queenside.
9+pzpnsn-vl-0
17...b6 18.a5 ba5 19.¦a5 ¥d7
9-+-zp-+pzp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+Pzpp+-0 9r+-wqr+-mk0
9PvLP+P+-+0 9+-zplsn-vl-0
9+-sNQ+-+-0 9-+-zp-snpzp0
9-+-sNLzPPzP0 9tRN+Pzpp+-0
9tR-+R+-mK-0 9-vLP+P+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+Q+P+-0
White now has all his pieces well coordinated,
9-+-sNL+PzP0
Etienne Bacrot. Photo by Josip Asik 9+-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Black has now developed his pieces but they
are poorly placed and so he has a difficult
defensive task ahead.

20.£a3 ¦a5 21.£a5 ¥b5 22.cb5

Nailing the c7-pawn as a permanent weakness.
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-wqr+-mk0
9+-zp-sn-vl-0
9-+-zp-snpzp0
9wQP+Pzpp+-0
9-vL-+P+-+0
9+-+-+P+-0
9-+-sNL+PzP0
9+-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
22...fe4 23.fe4 h5
Black is now about to wake up his sleeping
bishop on g7 but even so there is not much
action in prospect on the kingside.

24.¥f3 Protecting e4 in order to allow the

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knight to move away from d2. Threatening a mate in two, but apart from that
Black has nothing.
24...¥h6 25.¤c4 g5
31.¤e3 £f2 32.¢h1 £e3 33.£h6 ¢g8
XIIIIIIIIY 34.£g6 ¢h8 35.£h6 ¢g8 36.£g6 ¢h8
9-+-wqr+-mk0 37.h3
9+-zp-sn-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-zp-sn-vl0 9-+n+-tr-mk0
9wQP+Pzp-zpp0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-vLN+P+-+0 9-zp-zp-+Q+0
9+-+-+L+-0 9+-+Pzp-zp-0
9-+-+-+PzP0 9-vL-+P+-+0
9+-+R+-mK-0 9+-+-wq-+P0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-+P+0
26.b6! With some tactical help, White now 9+-+R+-+K0
forces a won position. He could also play the
simple 26.g3 but the text move is stronger. xiiiiiiiiy
Providing some air for the king on h1 and
26...cb6 27.£a3 leaving Black almost without any moves.
The idea behind b5-b6. Now White targets the
d6-pawn, while the queen also has intentions 37...£b3 38.£h6 ¢g8 39.£g6 ¢h8 40.£h5
on the queenside as we will see. ¢g8 41.£g5 ¢h8 42.£h5 ¢g8 43.£g4
XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-wqr+-mk0 9-+n+-trk+0
9+-+-sn-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-zp-zp-sn-vl0 9-zp-zp-+-+0
9+-+Pzp-zpp0 9+-+Pzp-+-0
9-vLN+P+-+0 9-vL-+P+Q+0
9wQ-+-+L+-0 9+q+-+-+P0
9-+-+-+PzP0 9-+-+-+P+0
9+-+R+-mK-0 9+-+R+-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy xiiiiiiiiy
27...¤c8 43...¢h7
[27...g4 28.¤d6!+  gives White a crushing [43...¢h8 44.¦c1 does not change much, e.g.
position. Black has to cover himself against 44...£b4 45.¦c7! and mate is unavoidable.]
the knight fork on f7, after which White can
move back his bishop to e2 while the knight 44.¦c1 The threat of ¦c7 decides the game.
on d6 defends the e4-pawn.] 1:0 Berg

28.¥h5! Black’s position is falling apart.

28...¤h5 29.£h3 £f6 30.£h5 ¦f8

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BLACK XIIIIIIIIY
E97 9r+lwqr+k+0
LANDA 2618 —
BERG 2575
9+p+-snpvlp0
Germany 2016
9-+p+-snp+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-vLPzp-+-0
9r+lwq-trk+0 9-+-+P+-+0
9zppzp-snpvlp0 9+-sN-+N+-0
9-+-zp-snp+0 9P+-+LzPPzP0
9+-+Pzp-+-0 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
9-zPP+P+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-sN-+N+-0 14.dc6
[The most natural reply since 14.d6? £a5
9P+-+LzPPzP0 simply leads to a clear advantage for Black.]
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
14...£a5! The most ambitious move after
xiiiiiiiiy which Black is pushing for the advantage.
9...a5 10.¥a3 ab4 11.¥b4 ¦e8!? 12.c5 [The solid 14...¤xc6 results in a fairly
XIIIIIIIIY balanced game.]
9r+lwqr+k+0 15.¥e7 ¦e7
9+pzp-snpvlp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-zp-snp+0 9r+l+-+k+0
9+-zPPzp-+-0 9+p+-trpvlp0
9-vL-+P+-+0 9-+P+-snp+0
9+-sN-+N+-0 9wq-+-zp-+-0
9P+-+LzPPzP0 9-+-+P+-+0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 9+-sN-+N+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9P+-+LzPPzP0
The straightforward and most common 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
continuation for White. If he can carry out this
simple idea undisturbed, it’s usually a good xiiiiiiiiy
idea. However a surprise is waiting... 16.£b3N A novelty.
[16.¦c1 ¥h6 17.¦c2 bc6 was played in
12...dc5 13.¥c5 c6! Breaking in the centre Van Wely 2693 – Berg 2533, Germany 2013
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of the opening.; The other previously tried 19.¦fb1 A slightly surprising rook move. I
move is 16.£d2 bc6 which also gives Black was expecting 19.¦fd1 which I also planned
a pleasant position, Dhanush 2221 – Djukic to meet with 19...¥f8.
2566, Skopje 2016]
19...¥f8 Improving the King’s Indian bishop
16...bc6 17.¤d2 which is now ready to be mobilised in case of
XIIIIIIIIY a massive exchange of pieces on b6.
9r+l+-+k+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-trpvlp0 9r+l+-vlk+0
9-+p+-snp+0 9wq-+ntrp+p0
9wq-+-zp-+-0 9-+p+-+p+0
9-+-+P+-+0 9+-+-zp-+-0
9+QsN-+-+-0 9-+N+P+-+0
9P+-sNLzPPzP0 9+QsN-+-+-0
9tR-+-+RmK-0 9P+-+LzPPzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9tRR+-+-mK-0
17...¤d7 Re-routing the knight towards the xiiiiiiiiy
d4 square (via c5-e6). 20.¤d6 Though this move looks very nice
Another option which might well be even for White, the knight does not do much harm
stronger is 17...¥e6, intending 18.¥c4 ¥h6! here. In fact it might rather end up in trouble
with a good game for Black. as the game shows.
[20.¤b6 ¤b6 21.£b6 £b6 22.¦b6 ¦c7,
18.¤c4 £a7! Exerting pressure along the intending ...¥c5, would give Black a
diagonal leading to f2. favourable endgame.]

PLAN YOUR PLAY WITH EITHER WHITE OR BLACK!

Mirroring is about two carefully selected annotated games played from the same
opening tabiya  a popular and important opening position, from where play
branches out to several topical paths.

The goal is to present and explain the main plans and ideas of both sides, conducted
in a manner as close as possible to their ideal form. These concepts should serve as
a compass for readers, providing an essential tool to help navigate a way through
the dense forests of opening theory.

Looking for the “ideal plan” or recipes for quick, “guaranteed” success? Such things
do not exist. But our author will do his best to convey his grandmaster knowledge
and top-level experience to you, and be your guiding light.

But there is a catch... At first, our author supports White’s cause without any
reservations  he is the first player’s best buddy, his guardian angel. And then, in a
sudden twist of fate, he switches sides and becomes a dedicated advocate of Black’s
position, as if he’s playing the game against his reflection in the mirror...

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I still prefer Black, who has a potentially very

strong bishop.]

21...¥c4 [21...¤c5!]

22.£c4? [22.¤c4 would have been the lesser

evil.]
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+-vlk+0
9wq-+ntrp+p0
9-+psN-+p+0
9+-+-zp-+-0
9-+Q+P+-+0
9+-sN-+-+-0
9P+-+-zPPzP0
9tRR+-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
22...¤c5!?
[22...¤f6!, with the idea of ... ¤g4, seems even
stronger. On the other hand, the opponent’s
knight on d6 is very loose. If White continues
23.£b3 (23.£e2?? loses on the spot due to
Konstantin Landa. Photo by Harald Fietz 23...£d4 +) then 23...¤g4 24.£b6 ¦d7
25.£a7 ¦aa7 26.¤c4 ¥c5µ]
20...¥a6
[20...¤c5! was a good alternative when the 23.£e2 ¤e6
contininuation 21.¤c8?? (21.£c2 ¥e6³) At the same time as Black manoeuvres his
loses for White after 21...¤b3 22.¤a7 ¤a1 knight towards the d4 and f4 squares, he also
23.¤c6 ¦c7 +] has the deadly threat of ...£d4 in mind.
XIIIIIIIIY
24.¤c4 £d4!
9r+-+-vlk+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9wq-+ntrp+p0 9r+-+-vlk+0
9l+psN-+p+0 9+-+-trp+p0
9+-+-zp-+-0 9-+p+n+p+0
9-+-+P+-+0 9+-+-zp-+-0
9+QsN-+-+-0 9-+NwqP+-+0
9P+-+LzPPzP0 9+-sN-+-+-0
9tRR+-+-mK-0 9P+-+QzPPzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9tRR+-+-mK-0
21.¥c4?!
[White should have settled for 21.¥a6 £a6 xiiiiiiiiy
22.£b7 although after 22...¤c5 23.£a6 ¦a6 A paralyzing move which upsets White’s

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piece coordination even further.

25.¦c1
[25.¤d1 ¤c5µ drops the e4-pawn.]

25...¤f4 26.£f1 ¤d3 27.¦d1 ¦d8 28.¤b2

£c3
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-tr-vlk+0
9+-+-trp+p0
9-+p+-+p+0
9+-+-zp-+-0
9-+-+P+-+0
9+-wqn+-+-0
9PsN-+-zPPzP0
9tR-+R+QmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
29.¤d3??
[Suddenly White collapses and makes a
blunder. However the position was already
beyond salvation, although 29.¦d3 would
at least keep the game going with some
practical chances for White. In this case I
intended to continue 29...¦d3 30.¤d3 ¦d7
31.¦d1 £c2! with total domination, e.g.
32.¤b2 ¦d4! +]

29...¦ed7 30.¦ac1
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-tr-vlk+0
9+-+r+p+p0
9-+p+-+p+0
9+-+-zp-+-0
9-+-+P+-+0
9+-wqN+-+-0
9P+-+-zPPzP0
9+-tRR+QmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
30...¦d3! And White resigned in view of
31.¦c3 ¦d1 winning back the queen with an
extra bishop in the endgame.
0:1 Berg

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Arakhamia-

INTUITION
A QUEEN ENDING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE —
BUT THREE TIMES!
When dealing with a knight or rook pawn, the
defender’s king is best placed near the corner that is
diametrically opposite to the promotion square —
Scottish-Georgian GM Keti Arakhamia-Grant has
confirmed Dvoretsky's advice in practical play.

Earlier this year I participated in a closed tournament in Nancy, category

VIII, with two rounds per day and a time control of 1 hour and 30 minutes
for the whole game with 30 second increments. I’d like to show the
conclusion of my second round game and then explain the key points to

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watch out for in this type of queen ending. My morning game lasted 99
moves so my head was spinning with the prospect of an afternoon game
to follow! I grabbed a sandwich and went for a short stroll to clear my
head. My opponent, a young French IM, was one of the hopefuls aiming
for the desired GM norm.

BAILET 2509 — Ketevan

ARAKHAMIA-GRANT 2346 Arakhamia-Grant
Nancy 2016
• Country: Scotland
XIIIIIIIIY
• Born: 1968
9-+-+-+-wQ0
9+-+-+-+-0 • Rating: 2381

9-+-+-zp-+0 • Peak rating: 2506

9+-+-+K+-0
9-+-mk-+P+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+p+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
After a complex strategical battle, I had made
mistakes in a knight ending which led to a
hopeless looking pawn endgame where White
promoted first. The best I could do was to aim for
this position where I’d fight to hold £ v £ + §.
58...c1£ 59.£f6
The transformation from knight to pawn to
queen ending happened in time trouble so I
had little time to adjust to the new situation
and collect my thoughts properly. I vaguely
recalled something about the safe corner for
the defending king being on the diagonally
opposite side from the passed pawn. However I
could not see a way of getting there on time and
without exchanging my queen in the process.
Both players assessed this position as winning
for White during the game, which is correct,
however the execution is far from trivial.
59...¢d3 [The most resilient is 59...¢c5
60.£e5 It is important for White to centralise
the queen before pushing his passed pawn.
(Immediately pushing 60.g5 would allow Black
to improve the queen by giving a few checks and
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then running with the king to the safe corner!
60...£c2 61.¢e6 £b3 62.¢e7 £b7 63.¢e8
£a8 64.£d8 £c6 65.¢f8 £f3 66.¢g8 £b3
67.¢h8 £b2 68.£f6 £h2™ 69.¢g8 ¢b4!)
¢c6 61.g5 Now Black’s king is on the wrong
side of the board and White wins by shielding
himself from checks with the queen.]
60.g5? [White could take the advantage of the
poor placement of Black’s pieces by giving
a check and forcing the exchange of queens:
60.£a6! ¢d4 61.£d6+]
60...£c5= I was very surprised to learn after
the game that this position is now drawn, as
the king can now safely escape to the right
corner.
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-wQ-+0
9+-wq-+KzP-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+k+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy

61.¢g6 [After the more logical centralisation
of the white queen, 61.£e5, Black has only
one check that keeps within the drawing
margin. 61...£c8! (61...£f8 62.¢g4 £b4)
62.¢f4 £c1 63.¢f3 (63.¢g4 £d1!) £f1
64.¢g4 £d1! I am curious how one could
understand during the game, especially
playing more or less only on increments,
the difference between the two checks? To
use the comparison method to work out the
differences between 61...£c8 and 61...£f8
under such conditions, without strategical
markers, is very difficult. I wonder if the
reason why the check from c8 is better than
that from f8 has something to do with being
the same colour square as the one that White’s
king is placed on? As a rule of thumb, diagonal
checks typically work better than vertical.]
61...¢e4 [I cannot remember my reasoning
behind this move other than the fact that White
was threatening £f5 exchanging queens.
I don’t think I realised at this point which
course of action I should take as I thought I
was losing regardless. However had I known
clearly what to do, I would have taken my king
immediately in the right direction: 61...¢d2!
62.£b2 ¢d1= Luckily and surprisingly the
move played in the game is not losing.]
62.¢h5
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-wQ-+0
9+-wq-+-zPK0
9-+-+k+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
62...¢e3? [Nevertheless now there is only
one route of escape: 62...¢d3™=. Black’s
king has to run to the safe corner: 63.¢h6
¢c2! 64.g6 £e3 65.£g5 £h3 66.£h5 £e3
67.¢h7 ¢b2 68.g7 £e4 69.¢h8 £d4™=
and Black has reached the dream setup.]
Ketevan ARAKHAMIA-GRANT
63.¢h6!+ ¢d3 64.£f3?
[White should push his pawn closer to
promotion as Black’s king is not in time to
reach his safe corner. 64.g6! ¢c2 65.g7 £e3
66.£g5 £h3 67.£h5 £e3 68.¢h7+ The
king gets in the way on c2, depriving Black’s
queen of checks along the b1–h7 diagonal,
because of the interposition £g6.]
64...¢c2™= The only way! Actually my
opponent unwittingly helped me to evacuate
my king from the danger zone!
65.g6 ¢b1? [I am really failing to fully
comprehend the difference why, but after
65...¢b2!= the position is drawn! 66.g7 £d6
67.¢h7 £h2 68.¢g6 £g1 and White’s king
is unable to successfully escape perpetual
check. Note the pawn on g7 constantly
requires its king’s protection.]
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+PmK0
9+-wq-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+Q+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+k+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
66.£e4? [White could take advantage of
the unfortunate placing of Black’s king
and advance his pawn before Black can
improve her king: 66.g7!+ £c1 67.¢h7
£c2 68.¢g8 £c4 69.¢f8 £c5 70.¢e8
£b5 71.¢f7 £d7 72.¢g6 £d6 73.£f6
£g3 74.£g5 £d6 75.¢h7 £h2 76.£h6
£c7 77.£d2 ¢a1 Although Black’s king
has reached the safe corner White is still
winning! 78.£d4 The key position for White
to aim for. 78...¢b1 (Would the a2 square be
safer? 78...¢a2 79.¢g6 £c6 80.¢f5 £c2
81.¢e6 £c6 82.¢e5 Apparently not! White
now demonstrates an instructive method
of bringing the king from the centre to the
ranks adjacent to those on which Black’s
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king is placed! 82...£e8 83.¢f4 £f7 84.¢e3
£e6 85.¢f2 £f7 86.¢g1 £g6 87.¢f1 £b1
88.¢e2 £b5 89.¢d2 £b3 90.£f2!+)
79.¢g6 White’s queen occupies a dominant
position in the centre, protecting the pawn.
The king is free to march on to the verticals
adjacent to the one on which the opposing king
is situated! 79...£c2 80.¢g5 £g2 81.¢f5
£f3 82.¢e5 £g3 83.¢d5 £g5 84.¢c4 £g2
85.¢c5 £g5 86.¢b6 £g6 87.¢a5 £g5
88.¢a6!+ I have to admit that I find all
these variations extremely confusing. I was
under the impression that when the defending
king reaches the safe zone it should get easier
but one wrong step can ruin everything!]
66...¢a1
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+PmK0
9+-wq-+-+-0
9-+-+Q+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9mk-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
67.£f4 [Let’s try to use the same method
as on the previous move. After all, White
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Mark Dvoretsky. Photo by David Llada
has improved his queen and can advance
his pawn now: 67.g7 £d6 68.¢h7 £d7
69.£e5 ¢a2 Why this position is a draw
is tricky to understand. White’s queen
occupies a central position, defends the
pawn, so surely the king should be able to
find refuge again on the queenside? 70.¢g6
£g4 71.¢f6 £f3 72.¢e6 (72.¢g5 £g2
73.¢h4 £f2 74.¢h3 £f3) £c6 73.¢e7
£b7 74.¢d8 £a8 75.¢c7 £a7 76.¢c6
£a8 77.¢b5 £b7 78.¢a5 £a7 79.¢b4
£b7 80.¢a4. However it is not working
this time. Black’s queen is able to keep
checking at close proximity to the white
king. So, what is the difference? I can only
see it in the position of Black’s king. The a1
and a2 squares seem the best for him to stop
White’s queen interposing with counter-
checks. Had it retreated to b1 on move 69,
the position would be lost!]
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+PmK0
9+-wq-+-+-0
9-+-+-wQ-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9mk-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy

67...£d5? I believed that the hard work was
done and Black is safe with the king in the
corner. In order to understand why this move
is losing we need to know that in this position
with the king on b1 Black is losing and with
the king on a2 Black is drawing!
[On b1 the king is more vulnerable, as it allows
White to use the g6 square for covering his king
from checks. 67...¢b1? 68.g7+ £c6 69.¢h5
£e8 70.¢g5 £e7 71.£f6 £e3 72.¢g6 £g3
73.£g5 £d6 74.¢h7 £h2 75.£h6 £c7
76.£d2! ¢a1 77.£d4 and White wins as in
my comments to White’s 66th move. 67...¢a2!
68.£f7 ¢a1 69.£f6 ¢a2 70.g7 £e3 71.¢g6
£g3 72.£g5 £d6 73.¢h7 £h2 74.£h6 £c2!
(With the king on a2 Black can play this only
move that saves him. In case of 74...£c7 White
achieves his ideal setup 75.£d2! ¢a1 76.£d4
¢a2 77.¢g6 and now wins as I demonstrated in
the notes to White’s 66th move.) 75.¢h8 £c3!
and White is unable to improve his position.]
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+PmK0
9+-+q+-+-0
9-+-+-wQ-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9mk-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
68.g7? Jumping ahead I can tell you that this is
the last moment where White could have won.
Giving an intermediate check, White could force
Black’s king to the unfavourable square b1, after
which the win is a piece of cake!: 68.£f6+ ¢b1
69.g7 £h1 70.¢g6! £g2 71.£g5! £c6 72.¢h7
£h1 73.£h6 £b7 74.£g6 ¢a1 75.£g1! ¢a2
76.£h2! ¢a1 77.¢h8+ I find this queen
transfer to h2 very instructive!]
68...£e6! From here on I knew that it should
be a draw with the king on a1. I just needed to
keep finding good checks! Black’s task is quite
easy since most of the time there is no choice.
69.¢g5 £d5 70.£f5 £g2 71.¢f6 £c6
Ketevan ARAKHAMIA-GRANT
72.£e6 £f3 73.¢e7 £b7 74.£d7 £e4
75.¢f8 £f4 76.£f7 £b8 77.£e8 £f4 78.£f7
£b8 79.¢e7 £c7 80.¢f6 £f4 81.¢g6 £g3
82.¢h6 £e3 83.¢h5 £h3 84.¢g5 £g3
85.¢f5 £f3 86.¢e6 £b3 87.¢e7 £b7
88.¢f8 £c8 89.£e8 £c5 90.£e7 £f5 91.¢e8
£c8 92.¢f7 £c4 93.£e6 £c7 94.¢f6 £f4
95.£f5 £d6 96.¢g5 £g3 97.¢h6 £d6
98.¢h7 £h2 99.¢g6 £g3 100.¢f6 £d6
101.¢g5 £g3 102.£g4 £e5 103.¢h6 £d6
104.¢g5 £e5 105.¢g6 £d6 106.¢h7 £h2
107.¢g8 £b8 108.¢f7 £c7 109.¢f6 £d6
110.¢f5 £d7 111.¢f4 £d4 112.¢g3 £g1
113.¢f4 £d4 114.¢g3 £g1 115.¢f4 £d4
In a few moves I would claim a draw under the
50 move rule. My opponent was not making any
progress and reconciled himself to a draw. We
shook hands but evidently we had not fought
hard enough for the arbiter who explained
the tournament rules, designed to produce
combative chess, meant draws by agreement
could only take place with his permission.
Fortunately we were let off with a warning!
1/2 : 1/2 Arakhamia-Grant
ENCYCLOPAEDIA
of chess endings
ECE II
ROOK ENDINGS
ECE I ECE III ECE IV ECE V
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In achieving a draw in this difficult game I At least this is correct. “The stronger side
was greatly assisted by my experience from a should place the king on the same file or rank
game I played in 2007 where a similar ending where the defender’s king is standing, or on
occurred. Then I was on the side with the extra an adjacent file or rank.” Dvoretsky.
pawn and managed to win. I analysed it in de-
tail for Scottish Chess Magazine, consulting the 76.¢c7 g3 77.£c1 ¢f2 78.£d2 £e2
Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual and spent lots of 79.£f4! ¢g2
time trying to understand the subtleties. Little XIIIIIIIIY
did I suspect that this knowledge would ever
be directly relevant again! Here I would like to 9-+-+-+-+0
show the related fragment from this game. 9+-mK-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
NAKAMURA 2655 — 9+-+-+-+-0
ARAKHAMIA-GRANT 2437 9-+-+-wQ-+0
Gibraltar 2007 9+-+-+-zp-0
XIIIIIIIIY
9-wQ-mK-+-+0 9-+-+q+k+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
80.¢d6? One of the critical decisions that
9+-+-+k+-0 has to be made. White has more chances to
survive by tucking the king in the corner.
9-+-+-+p+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-zp-+0 ENCYCLOPAEDIA
9+-+-+-+-0 of chess endings
xiiiiiiiiy
68...f1£ With the most resourceful defence
White has achieved a theoretically drawn
position, but it is very difficult to play in practice.

69.£c8 During the game my knowledge of

this ending consisted of a few ideas. There are
more chances for the stronger side to win than
for the weaker one to draw.The best place for
the defender’s king is in the far corner.

69...¢f4 I believed that was the right way

forward. Being able to consult theoretical
material like Averbakh’s Comprehensive ECE I
Chess Endings and Dvoretsky’s Endgame
Manual I learned a few things. For example PAWN ENDINGS
Dvoretsky says “You should not place your
king in front of your pawn.”

70.£c7 ¢f3 71.£f7 ¢g2 72.£d5 £f3 ECE II ECE III ECE IV ECE V
73.£d2 ¢f1 74.£c1 ¢e2 75.£c2 ¢e1

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 Ketevan ARAKHAMIA-GRANT
XIIIIIIIIY
[80.¢b8 £b2 81.¢a8 £f2 82.£e5
Dvoretsky: “When dealing with a knight or
9-+-+-+-+0
rook pawn, the defender’s king is best placed 9+-wq-+-+-0
near the corner that is diametrically opposite
to the promotion square.” It is interesting that 9-+-+-+-+0
opinions on this matter have changed over 9+-+-+-+-0
time with the use of tablebases. In the 1950s
Keres published analysis suggesting that the 9-+-+-+K+0
defender’s king should be kept on a4 and
a5 in similar positions, but it isn’t correct.
9+-+-+-+-0
In fact I searched for this type of position at 9-wQ-+-+pmk0
grandmaster level and I was amazed how many 9+-+-+-+-0
mistakes were commited by strong players
while defending. Even when the king is in the xiiiiiiiiy
correct corner and computer tablebases give 96...£c8 [A few players after the game were
it as a draw, the defender has to find a series happy to point out to me a pretty win by
of precise moves and in most cases they fail.] temporarily sacrificing the queen. 96...£g7!
97.£g7 g1£ 98.¢h4 £g7. In my defence I
80...£a6? [This is also a typical mistake. can only say that I was absolutely exhausted
Instead of cutting off the king from the and once I managed to work out that by
drawing zone with 80...£c2+ Black invites reaching the key squares a8 or h7 with my
the white king back to safety.] queen I can win, nothing else was going to
XIIIIIIIIY distract me from achieving my goal!]
9-+-+-+-+0 97.¢f3 £a8 98.¢f4 ¢h1 99.£b5 g1£
9+-+-+-+-0 Here I spent nearly spent all of my last three
minutes trying to choose between promotion
9q+-mK-+-+0 and the more pragmatic immediate check on f8.
9+-+-+-+-0 100.£d5 £g2 Of course not 100...£d5 stalemate.
9-+-+-wQ-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-zp-0 9q+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+k+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+Q+-+-0
81.¢c5? [Black declines the invitation. It
was not too late to return with his king to c7: 9-+-+-mK-+0
81.¢c7=] 9+-+-+-+-0
81...£a5? 82.¢c6= £c3 83.¢d6? 9-+-+-+q+0
[For the last time missing the opportunity to 9+-+-+-+k0
save the game. 83.¢b6!=]
xiiiiiiiiy
83...¢g1+ From now on White is given no Now after 101.£h5 Black replies £h2 with
more chances. check. The final position is rather attractive,
with three queens on one diagonal.
84.¢e6 g2 85.¢f5 £h3 86.¢g5 ¢h1 87.£e4 0 :1 Arakhamia-Grant
£g3 88.¢f5 ¢g1 89.£b1 ¢h2 90.£b2
£h3 91.¢f4 £g3 92.¢f5 £d3 93.¢f4 £d6 Two years later I would again encounter
94.¢g4 £d7 95.¢f4 £c7 96.¢g4 queen v queen and pawn.

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ARAKHAMIA–GRANT 2500 — 71.£b4?

GRABUZOVA 2335 [A piece of advice learned the hard way
St. Petersburg 2009  give checks whenever you can, the best
XIIIIIIIIY ones are often those along the diagonal!
71.£f3=]
9-+-+Q+-+0
9+-+-+-mK-0 71...£b3
9p+-wq-+-+0 [Black misses her chance. It is very
instructive to see the winning method.
9zP-+-+-+-0 71...£h2!+ 72.¢g8 £g3 73.¢h8 £h3
9-mk-+-+-+0 74.¢g7 £d7 75.¢h8 £c8 76.¢g7 £b7
exchanging the queens and the a-pawn will
9+-+-+-+-0 promote to a new queen.]
9-+-+-+-+0
72.£e4 ¢c5 73.£e5 ¢c4 74.£e4 ¢c3
9+-+-+-+-0 75.£e5 ¢c2 76.£e2 ¢b1 77.£e4 ¢a2
xiiiiiiiiy 78.¢g7 a3 79.¢h8 ¢a1 80.£e1 £b1
57...¢a5 When I reached this position the 81.£e3 a2 82.¢g8 £b8 83.¢h7 £c7
knowledge I had gained from the Nakamura 84.¢g8 £c4 85.¢h8 ¢b2 86.£b6 ¢c3
game was still fresh in my mind. Although 87.£e3 £d3 88.£c5 ¢b3 89.£b6 ¢c2
here I had a rook pawn instead of a knight 90.£f2 £d2 91.£f5 ¢b3 92.£b5 £b4
pawn, the principle is the same. If anything the 93.£d5 £c4 94.£b7 ¢c2 95.£g2 ¢b1
defence is even easier. I was quite confident 96.£b7 ¢c1 97.£h1 ¢b2 98.£b7 £b3
that I knew the theoretical assesment of the 99.£g2 £c2 100.£b7 ¢a1 101.¢g8 £g6
position and that I should make a draw. The 102.¢h8 £b1 103.£d5 £b2 104.¢g8
rest went according to plan apart from one £f2 105.£c4 ¢b1 106.£b3 ¢c1
slip. Luckily my opponent failed to seize 107.£c3 £c2 108.£e3 ¢b2 109.£e5
the provided opportunity and the game was ¢b3 110.£b5 ¢a3 111.£a5 £a4
eventually drawn: 112.£c5 £b4 113.£c1 ¢a4 114.£c6 £b5
115.£a8 ¢b3 116.£f3 ¢b4 117.£f8 £c5
58.£e1 ¢b6 59.£e3 ¢b7 60.£e4 £c6 118.£b8 ¢c4 119.£f4 £d4 120.£c7
61.£b4 ¢a7 62.£d4 £b6 63.£c4 a5 ¢b3 121.£b7 ¢c2 122.£g2 £d2
64.¢h7 £b4 65.£e6 a4 66.£e3 £b6 123.£c6 ¢d3 124.£d5 ¢e3 125.£g5
67.£a3 £c6 68.£e3 ¢b7 69.£a3 £c2 ¢e2 126.£g2 ¢d1 127.£f1 ¢c2
70.¢h8 ¢c6 128.£c4 ¢b1 129.£b5 ¢c1 130.£f1
XIIIIIIIIY £d1 131.£f4 ¢b2 132.£f2 £c2
9-+-+-+-mK0 1/2 : 1/2 Arakhamia-Grant

9+-+-+-+-0 Recently I played through the follow-

9-+k+-+-+0 ing game because I was interested to see
how the rising Russian star Alexandra Go-
9+-+-+-+-0 ryachkina dealt with the knowledgeable
9p+-+-+-+0 grandmaster and respected writer Mihail
Marin. When the game reached move 50 I
9wQ-+-+-+-0 experienced a sense of deja vu. Where had
9-+q+-+-+0 I seen this position before? I still had that
marathon queen ending from Nancy fresh
9+-+-+-+-0 in my memory.
xiiiiiiiiy
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 Ketevan ARAKHAMIA-GRANT

GORYACHKINA 2451 — 56.¢f5 £f8 57.¢g4 £d8! 58.g6 £d1?

MARIN 2603 [Unfortunately this time he fails. Black had
to continue the king’s journey: 58...¢a3!=.
Jerusalem 2015 After checking he has no time to bring his
XIIIIIIIIY king to a1 because White is threatening to
advance the pawn.]
9-+-+-+-wQ0
9+-+-+-mK-0 59.¢g5+ £d2 60.¢f6 £f4 61.¢e7 £c7
62.¢e8 £b8 63.¢f7 £f4 64.£f6 £c4 65.¢g7
9-+-+-zp-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+k+-+P+0 9+-+-+-mK-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-wQP+0
9-zp-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-mkq+-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+-+-0
50...b1£ 51.£c8 ¢d4 52.¢f6
I was curious to find out how events 9-+-+-+-+0
unfolded, since from my experience and with 9+-+-+-+-0
confirmation from the engine I knew this to
be a draw. By now I am expecting you to be xiiiiiiiiy
an expert in this queen ending. So I’ll avoid Aleksandra Goryachkina. Photo by David Llada
lengthy variations and restrict myself to
highlighting key moments.

52...£b6 53.£e6 £d8 54.¢g6

XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-wq-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+Q+K+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-mk-+P+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
54...¢c5 [The first alarm bell. Does Marin
know where the king should hide? His move
is still within the drawing margin but surely
it is easier to head straight away to the safe
corner with 54...¢d3.]

55.g5 ¢b4! So far so good. Black finds the

only move that keeps the game balanced.

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65...¢a4? A critical moment. It clearly The rest is history. No more chances were
indicates that Marin has knowledge of this given and White conducted the remaining
theoretical position. The problem is that it moves with sufficient accuracy. Of course
is outdated! He believes, like Keres in his with the aid of the engine we can see shorter
1950’s analysis of Botvinnik  Ravinsky, ways to victory but under playing conditions
that the setup with keeping the defending Alexandra did remarkably well.
king on a4 and a5 allows Black to draw.
However as explained by Dvoretsky, “the 68...£d7 69.¢f6 £d6 70.£e6 £d8 71.¢e5
defender’s king is best placed near the corner £b8 72.£d6 £h8 73.£f6 £b8 74.¢e6
that is diametrically opposite to the promotion £c8 75.¢d5 £d7 76.£d6 £f5 77.¢c6
square”. 65...¢a3!=] £b5 78.¢c7 £c4 79.¢d7 £g4 80.¢d8
£g5 81.¢c7 £c1 82.¢d7 £g5 83.£a3
66.£e5 £c8 ¢b5 84.£b3 ¢a5 85.£c3 ¢a4 86.£d4
XIIIIIIIIY ¢a5 87.g7 £f5 88.¢d8 £g5 89.¢c8 £f5
90.£d7 £c5 91.£c7 ¢a6
9-+q+-+-+0 One last stalemate trick!
9+-+-+-mK-0
92.g8£ £f5 93.£d7
9-+-+-+P+0 1 :0 Arakhamia-Grant
9+-+-wQ-+-0 Endgame expert Karsten Mueller annotated
9k+-+-+-+0 the finale of the following game. I only want
9+-+-+-+-0 to draw out the key points in relation to what
I discussed above.
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 GELFAND 2729 —
xiiiiiiiiy JOBAVA 2651
67.£e4? [Without realising it, White offers
Black a hand to safety. By playing 67.£e3!+ Dortmund 2006
White would cut off the opponent’s king from XIIIIIIIIY
the safety zone.]
9-+-+-+-wQ0
67...¢a5? [Black misses the last opportunity 9+-+-+-+-0
which proves the point. At least he was
consistent! 67...¢b3!=] 9-+-+-+K+0
68.¢f7+
9+-+-+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-mk-+0
9-+q+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+K+-0 9-+-+p+P+0
9-+-+-+P+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9mk-+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
62...e1£ How do we assess this position?
9-+-+Q+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 63.£b8! ¢g4 64.£c8 ¢g3 65.£h3 ¢f4
66.£f5 ¢g3 67.£h3 ¢f4 68.£f3 ¢e5 69.g4!
9-+-+-+-+0 With exemplary play White has succeeded
in edging Black’s king out of the way of the
9+-+-+-+-0 white pawn. Black’s king is unable to stop the
xiiiiiiiiy
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 Ketevan ARAKHAMIA-GRANT

white pawn advancing and is outside the safe read the same endgame book as Marin!
zone. Does that mean Black is losing? [85...¢a2 would have reached the safe zone.
Of course not 85...¢b2? as it allows the
69...¢d4 70.g5 £e8 71.¢g7 £e7 72.¢h6 exchange of queens by: 86.£f6+]
¢c4 73.£f4 XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-wQ-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-wq-+-0 9-+-+-+P+0
9-+-+-+-mK0 9+-+-+-mK-0
9+-+-+-zP-0 9k+-+-+-+0
9-+k+-wQ-+0 9+-wq-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy 86.£a8? [The only move leading to a
73...¢b5 Delayed transfer of the king into theoretical win is 86.¢g4!. We have too
the safe zone was still the most resilient limited space to explain the very long and
defence. Boris Gelfand, Berlin 2015. Photo by Harald Fietz
[White would have to demonstrate fantastic
technique and the method is worth
remembering: 73...¢b3 74.g6! ¢b2 75.£d4
¢b1 76.g7 £e6 77.¢g5 £e7 78.£f6 £e3
79.¢g6 £g3 80.£g5 £d6 81.¢h7 £h2
82.£h6 £c7 83.£d2 ¢a1 Now you should
be able to recognise this key position from
my notes to White’s 66th move in my game
against Bailet. 84.£d4! and White wins as we
saw in the first game.]

74.g6 £e6 75.¢g5 £e7 76.¢g4

White brings his king to the files adjacent to
those the opposing king is on.

76...£g7 77.£d6 ¢a4 78.¢f5 £c3 79.£e5

£h3
[This position is similar to the game Botvinnik
 Minev, 1954, which is analysed in depth by
Dvoretsky in his Endgame Manual.]

80.¢g5 £g2 81.¢f5 £h3 82.¢f6 £f3

83.£f5 £c3 84.¢g5?
[Although the position is theoretically
winning it is not easy at all. The best move
here was 84.£e5+; or 84.¢f7 with the
threat of advancing the pawn.]

84...¢a3! 85.£f8 ¢a4? It seems Jobava

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Ketevan ARAKHAMIA-GRANT

narrow path. If players like Gelfand don’t find
it over the board, I rest my case!]
86...¢b4 87.£b7 ¢a5?
[Again 87...¢a3 brings the king close enough
to the drawing zone.]
88.g7 £e5 89.¢g6 £e6 90.¢h7 £f5
91.¢g8 ¢a4
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+K+0
9+Q+-+-zP-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+q+-0
9k+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
92.£h1? We can see how extremely
difficult it is to play these positions over the
board. Once more White gives his opponent
a chance for survival. But even from general
considerations decentralising the White queen
to h1 looks a bit suspicious.
[92.£a7 ¢b4 93.£f7 would be still winning.]
92...£c8? [Once more 92...¢a3! 93.¢h8
£e5! would suffice for a draw. The following
line demonstrates one of the perpetual check
ideas: 94.£g2 £h5 95.¢g8 £e8=]
95.£h3!? This cuts off the king from the
drawing zone. From here on Gelfand is back
in the driving seat and and conducts the rest
of the game flawlessly.
95...£d4 96.£e6 £h4 97.¢g8 £f4
98.£d5 ¢a3 99.¢h7 £h4 100.¢g6 £g3
101.¢f7 £f4 102.¢e8 £b8 103.£d8 £b5
104.£d7 £h5 105.¢f8 £f3 106.¢e7
£e4 107.£e6 £b7 108.¢f6 £f3 109.¢g5
£g3 110.£g4 £e5 111.¢h4 £f6 112.£g5
£d4 113.¢h3
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-zP-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-wQ-0
9-+-wq-+-+0
9mk-+-+-+K0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
White has succeeded in placing his king
on the rank where the defender’s king is
standing. As Dvoretsky explains “This tactic
enables counter-checks when the queen
provides protection from a defender’s check
by interference.” Now Black is helpless
against the promotion of the white pawn
and resigns.
1 :0 Arakhamia-Grant

93.¢h7 £f5 94.¢h8 £e5 To end my article I would like to quote

XIIIIIIIIY Dvoretsky one more time: “Practical players
should not delve too deeply into this jungle
9-+-+-+-mK0 (queen and pawn vs. queen), for these endings
9+-+-+-zP-0 occur quite seldom.”
9-+-+-+-+0 So how did I manage to get it three times?
9+-+-wq-+-0 Arakhamia-Grant
9k+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+Q0
xiiiiiiiiy
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ENDGAME STRATEGY

Korchnoi
 Karsten MUELLER

SO MUCH WE CAN LEARN FROM KORCHNOI'S ENDGAME TECHNIQUE

A GREAT MASTER'S ENDGAME LEGACY

Viktor Korchnoi passed away earlier this

year. He had fine endgame technique and A) The right exchange
always fought to the end. From the many B) Rook endgames
high level games he played, a whole C) Knight endings
endgame book could be written, so endgame
expert, German GM Karsten Mueller, here
concentrates on just a few particular topics.

A) The right exchange

Pawn endgames have very low drawing tendencies, so simplification into

them is an attacking technique.

KORCHNOI 2580 — Karsten Mueller zamena

LUKIN 2431
slike
Stockholm 2004 • Country: Germany
XIIIIIIIIY • Born: 1970
9-+-wQ-+-+0 • Rating: 2532
9+-+-+pmk-0 • Peak rating: 2558
9-+-+q+p+0 • Title: Grandmaster since 1998
9+-+-zP-+p0
9-+-+-+-zP0
85.¢g5
9+-+-mK-zP-0
9-+-+-zP-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+p+-0
82.£f6! £f6 83.ef6 ¢f6 84.¢f4 9-+-+k+p+0
White is only slightly further advanced, but 9+-+-+-mKp0
this factor is enough to win, as he can advance
further after which the f-pawn can open the 9-+-+-+-zP0
gates. 9+-+-+-zP-0
84...¢e6 [84...¢g7 85.¢e5 f6 86.¢e6 g5 9-+-+-zP-+0
(86...f5 87 f4+) 87.f4 gf4 88.gf4 ¢g6 89.f5
¢g7 90.¢e7+] 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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85...¢e5 [85...¢e7 86.f3! ¢f8 87.¢f6 ¢g8

88.f4 ¢f8 89.f5 gf5 90.¢f5 ¢g7 91.¢g5 f6
92.¢h5 ¢h7 93.¢g4 ¢g6 94.¢f4 f5 95.h5
¢h5 96.¢f5+]

86.f3! ¢e6 87.f4 and Black resigned due to

87...¢e7 88.f5
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-mkp+-0
9-+-+-+p+0
9+-+-+PmKp0
9-+-+-+-zP0
9+-+-+-zP-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
This battering ram undermines Black’s
structure. [88...gf5 89.¢f5 f6 90.¢g6 ¢e6
91.¢h5 ¢f5 (or 91...¢f7 92 ¢h6+) 92.g4
¢f4 93.g5+]
1 :0 Mueller Karlsten Mueller, Berlin 2015. Photo by Adam Roe

Precise calculation is also required in the next solution for a strong calculator like Korchnoi,
case. but the minor piece endgame is also won
for White. [41.¥e2 ¤d6 (41...h6 42.h5 ¢g7
43.gh6 ¢h6 44.¥d1 ¤c3 45.¥f3+) 42.h5
KORCHNOI 2670 — ¢g7 43.¥f3 h6 44.gh6 ¢h6 45.¢e5+]
PETROSIAN 2640 XIIIIIIIIY
Odessa (m/3) 17/34, 1974 9-+-+-+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0 9-zp-sn-+-mk0
9+-+-+-+p0 9zp-zp-mKp+P0
9-zp-+-+k+0 9P+P+-+-+0
9zp-zp-+pzP-0 9+P+-+L+-0
9P+P+nmK-zP0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+P+L+-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+-+-0 41...fe4 42.¢e4
[42.¢g4 e3 43.h5 ¢f7 44.¢f3 wins as well.]
xiiiiiiiiy
41.¥e4!? This wins by force and is a typical 42...¢h5

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XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0 The decisive zugzwang.
1 :0 Mueller
9+-+-+-+p0
Usually queen endings are much more
9-zp-+-+-+0 difficult than pawn endings.
9zp-zp-+-zPk0
9P+P+K+-zP0 BIALAS — KORCHNOI
Leipzig (ol) 1960
9+P+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+-+-0
43.¢f5! [43.¢d5?? ¢h4 44.¢c6 ¢g5 9-+-+-zp-zp0
45.¢b6 h5 even loses.] 9+-+Q+-+-0
43...¢h4 44.g6 hg6 45.¢g6 9-+-+-zP-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+p+k+-+P0
9-+-+-+-+0 9-wq-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-mK-+-0
9-zp-+-+K+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zp-zp-+-+-0 63...£d4!? [Good technique, but 63...¢c2
64.£d1 ¢c3 65.£f3 ¢d4 wins as well.]
9P+P+-+-mk0
9+P+-+-+-0 64.£b3 £c3 65.£c3 ¢c3 66.¢f2 f5
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-+-zp0
and Korchnoi’s king wins the race to the
queenside: 9+-+-+p+-0
45...¢g4 46.¢f6 ¢f4 47.¢e6 ¢e4 48.¢d6 9-+-+-zP-+0
¢d4 49.¢c6 ¢c3 50.¢b6 ¢b3 51.¢b5! 9+-mk-+-+P0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-mK-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+-+-+0 [And White resigned due to 67.¢g3 ¢d3
9zpKzp-+-+-0 68.¢h4 (68.¢g2 ¢e3 69.¢g3 ¢e4 70.¢g2
¢f4 71.¢f2 h5 72.¢g2 ¢e3 73.¢g3 f4
9P+P+-+-+0 74.¢g2 ¢e2+) ¢e3 69.¢h5 ¢f4 70.¢h6
9+k+-+-+-0 ¢g3 71.¢g5 f4+]
0 :1 Mueller
9-+-+-+-+0
Rook endings are often drawn, pawn endings
9+-+-+-+-0 not so.
xiiiiiiiiy
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BENJAMIN 2540 — KORCHNOI — MIKENAS

KORCHNOI 2650 USSR (ch) 1955
Jerusalem 1986 XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9R+-+-zp-+0 9+-+-+p+-0
9+-+-zp-+-0 9R+-trk+p+0
9-+-+P+p+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-mk-+-zP-0 9-+-+-zPK+0
9p+-+KzP-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9tr-+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy 65.¦d4!? ¢d4 66.f3!
47...¦b1 48.¦a2 ¦b2 49.¦b2 ¢b2 50.f3 [66.¢g3? ¢e4 67.¢g2 ¢d3 68.¢g3 (68.f3
[50.¢d3 does not help because of 50...¢c1 ¢e2 69.fg4 f4 70.g5 f3+) ¢e2 69.¢g2 f4
51.¢c4 ¢d2 52.¢d5 ¢e2 53.¢e6 ¢f2 70.¢g1 f3+]
54.¢f6 ¢g3 55.¢e5 ¢f3+]
66...g3
50...¢c3 51.fg4 [66...¢e3 67.fg4 f4 68.¢f1=]
[51.¢e3 gf3 52.¢f3 ¢d3 53.g4 ¢d4+]
67.¢g3 ¢e3 68.f4 ¢e4 69.¢g2
51...¢d4 52.¢f3 ¢d3 53.¢f2 ¢e4 54.¢e2 1/2 : 1/2 Mueller
¢d4 55.¢d2 e4 56.¢e2 e3 57.¢d1
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-zp-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-mk-+P+0
9+-+-zp-zP-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+K+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
White resigned due to the triangulation
57...¢d5 58 ¢e1 ¢e5 59 ¢d1 ¢d4 60.¢e2
¢e4 61.¢e1 ¢f3+ Korchnoi of course
knew such techniques as he had studied
classical chess games and literature.
0 :1 Mueller

Of course sometimes the defender can draw

by simplification.

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B) Rook endgames

These occur very frequently and there are many well-known examples in Korchnoi’s games.
He even wrote a book on rook endgames.

B1) Rooks vs Pawns Black’s king continues to give bodychecks.

By the way: without the f4 pawn this position
In the next position the bodycheck is the most would be drawn.
important motif.
78.h7
LASZLO SZABO — KORCHNOI [Now 78.¢g7 ¢e7 79.h7 ¦g1 80.¢h8 is
no longer stalemate and so Black wins with
Leningrad 3/57, 1967 80...¢f6 81.f5 ¦e1 82.¢g8 ¦e8.]
XIIIIIIIIY 78...¦g1 79.¢h6
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+-+P0
9-+-+K+-zP0 9-+-+k+-mK0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+k+-zP-+0 9-+-+-zP-+0
9+-+r+-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-+-+0
72...¢c3 The king must come first! 9+-+-+-tr-0
[72...¦h1? 73 f4 ¦h4 74 ¢e5=] xiiiiiiiiy
73.h5 ¢c4 74.f4 79...¢f7!
[74.¢f5 ¢d5 75.¢g6 ¢e6+] This trick is well worth remembering and
Korchnoi of course knew it.
74...¦e1 75.¢f5 ¢d5 76.h6 ¦h1 77.¢g6 ¢e6
XIIIIIIIIY 80.h8¤
9-+-+-+-+0 [80.h8£ ¦h1 81.¢g5 ¦h8+]

9+-+-+-+-0 80...¢f6 81.¢h7 ¦g7 82.¢h6 ¦g4 83.¢h7

¦f4 84.¢g8
9-+-+k+KzP0 [84.¤g6 ¦g4 85.¤f8 ¢f7+]
9+-+-+-+-0
84...¦a4 85.¢h7 ¦g4
9-+-+-zP-+0 0 :1 Mueller
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0 The following pawn race leads to a very
deep fourth phase of the game after opening,
9+-+-+-+r0 middlegame and endgame:
xiiiiiiiiy
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KORCHNOI 2670 — 67.¢c2 £c6 68.¢d2

KARPOV 2700 XIIIIIIIIY
Moscow (m/19) 18/89, 1974 9-+-+-+R+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-tR-+0 9-+q+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+K+-+-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9zp-+-+pmk-0 9+-+Q+-zp-0
9P+-+-+-+0 9-+-mK-+k+0
9+-+-+-zp-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+-+-0 It is good if the king is on a dark square
because then no diagonal check can attack
xiiiiiiiiy king and rook on a light square.
52.¦g8! ¢f4 53.¢b5 ¢f3 54.¢a5 f4
55.¢b4 ¢g2 56.a5 f3 57.a6 f2 58.a7 f1£ 68...£h6 69.£e3 £h4 70.¦b8 £f6 71.¦b6
59.a8£ £f3 60.£a2 £f2 61.£d5 [71.£e2 wins more quickly.]
XIIIIIIIIY
71...£f5 72.¦b2
9-+-+-+R+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+Q+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-mK-+-+-+0 9+-+-+q+-0
9+-+-+-zp-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-wqk+0 9+-+-wQ-zp-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-tR-mK-+k+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+-+-0
61...£f3?! [61...¢g1 is more tenacious:
62.£d1 ¢g2 63.£g4 and White mates in 53 xiiiiiiiiy
moves.] Now a king move will give check.

62.£d2?! [62.£e5 wins more quickly.]
62...£f2?! [62...¢f1!? loses in 56 moves
starting with 63.£c1!+]
63.¢c3 ¢g1 64.£d1 ¢g2 65.£d3 £c5
66.¢b3! White must be sure not to lose the
rook of course.
66...£b6 [66...£f2 67.¦c8 £f7 68.¢c2 £f3
69.£d2 ¢f1 70.£d1 ¢g2 71.¦c4+]
72...¢h2 73.£h6 ¢g1 74.£b6 ¢h2
[74...£f2 75.¢d1 £b6 76.¦b6 ¢f2
77.¦f6 ¢e3 (77...¢g1 78.¢e2 g2 79.¦g6
¢h1 80.¢f2+) 78.¢e1 g2 79.¦g6 ¢f3
80.¦g8+]
75 £b8 ¢h3
[75...£e4!? was worth trying, e.g. 76.£h8
(76.¢d1? ¢h1 77.£g3 £e2 78.¢e2
stalemate) ¢g1 77.£f6 g2 78.¦b5 ¢h2
79.£d6 ¢g1 80.¦a5 ¢f2 81.£c5 ¢f3

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XIIIIIIIIY
82.£c3 ¢f2 83.¦f5 ¢g1 (83...£f5 84.£e3 9-+-+-+-+0
¢f1 85.£e1) 84.£c5 ¢h2 85.£d6 ¢g1
86.¦f4 £h7 87.£d4 ¢h1 88 ¦h4+] 9+-+-+-+r0
76.£h8 ¢g4 77.¦b4 ¢f3 78.£h1 ¢f2
9-+-+-+-+0
[78...g2 79.¦b3 ¢f2?! 80.£e1] 9+-+-+K+-0
79.¦b2 [And Black resigned because of 79...
9-+k+-zP-+0
g2 80.¢c1 ¢e3 81.£g2 £c5 82.£c2+] 9+-+-+-+-0
1:0 Mueller 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
B2) Rook and Pawn
xiiiiiiiiy
Endgames 75 ¢e6 [75.¢g6 ¦h1 76 f5 ¢d5 77.f6
¢e6+]

The following technique of placing the 75...¦h6! [The all important deadly
zwischenschach to avoid a bodycheck and
attacking rook behind the passed pawn is
White resigned due to 75...¢c5? 76.f5
worth knowing. (Bodycheck) 76...¦h6 77.f6 ¢c6 78.¢e7
¢d5 79.f7=]
ALBAREDA — KORCHNOI 76.¢e5 ¢c5 77.f5 ¢c6 78.f6 ¢d7+
Oberhausen 1961 0:1 Mueller
XIIIIIIIIY In the next famous example Korchnoi misses
9R+-+-+-+0 one point.
9+-+-+-+-0
9-tr-+-+-+0 KORCHNOI 2610 —
9+-+-+p+P0 KASPAROV 2690
9-+-+-zP-+0 London (m/6) 36/464, 1983
9+k+-+-zP-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9p+-+-mK-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+K+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-tr-+-+0
67...¦b4! The threat ...¦a4 saves a lot of time. 9+-+-+-+k0
[67...¢b2? 68.g4 fg4 69.¦a2 ¢a2 70.¢g3 9-+-+-+-+0
¢b3 71.¢g4 ¢c4 72.¢g5 ¢d5 73.h6 ¢e6
74.h7 ¦b8 75.¢g6= Bodycheck!] 9+-+P+-zp-0
9-tR-+-+-+0
68 ¦a2
[68.h6 ¦a4 69.¦a4 ¢a4 70.h7 a1£+] 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
68...¢a2 69.h6 ¢b3 70.h7 ¦b8 71.g4 fg4 58. ¦d2 ¢g4 59.d4 ¢f5!?
72.¢g3 ¢c4 73.¢g4 ¦h8 74.¢f5 ¦h7 [59...¢f4 60.¢e7 ¦g6 61.¦g2! ¢e4 62. ¢f7

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¦g4 63.¢e6! ¢d4 64.¢f5= (Kasparov in

Chess Informant 36/464)]

60.¢e7 ¦d5 61.¦d3! ¢f4 62.¢e6 ¦g5 63.d5?

[63.¦d1! g2 64.¦g1 ¢e4 65.d5 ¦g6
66.¢f7= (Kasparov)]

63...¦g6! [Not, however, 63...g2? 64.¦d4!

¢e3 65.¦d1= (Kasparov).]

64 ¢e7 g2 65 ¦d1
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-mK-+-0
9-+-+-+r+0
9+-+P+-+-0
9-+-+-mk-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+p+0
9+-+R+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
65...¢e5! This powerful retreat is Kasparov’s
point. Now the d-pawn must advance to be
saved and then Black can force the endgame
queen vs rook.

66.d6 [66 ¦g1.¢d5+]

Viktor Korchnoi, Berlin 2015. Photo by David Llada
66...¦e6 67.¢d7 ¦d6 68.¦d6 g1£ and
Kasparov breaks the third rank defence 72.¦g6 [After 72.¦c6!? ¢d5 73.¦g6 £f7 74.
relatively quickly: ¦b6 White would have a typical third rank
defence with his king in the middle (on d8 or
69.¦e6 ¢f5 70.¦d6 £a7 71.¢d8 ¢e5 e8) and his rook on the 6th rank. This is not
XIIIIIIIIY easy to break down. John Nunn recommends:
74...£f4
9-+-mK-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9wq-+-+-+-0 9-+-mK-+-+0
9-+-tR-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-mk-+-0 9-tR-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+k+-+-0
9-+-+-wq-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy xiiiiiiiiy
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An idea worth knowing! 75.¢d7 (75.¦g6?! KORCHNOI 2665 —

£f8 76.¢d7 £f7+; 75.¦a6?! £b8 76.¢d7 KARPOV 2725
£b7+; 75.¢e8?! £e3+) £a4 76.¢c7 Baguio City (m/31) 26/550, 1978
(76.¢c8 ¢c5 77.¦h6 £g4 78.¢d8 £g5+) XIIIIIIIIY
£a7 77.¦b7 £c5 78.¢b8 ¢d6 79.¦g7 £b4
80.¦b7 £d4 81.¢a8 ¢c6 82.¢b8 £h8 9-+-+-+r+0
83.¢a7 £d8 9+p+-+k+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+p+-zp-zp0
9-+-wq-+-+0
9mKR+-+-+-0 9zPpzP-+P+-0
9-+k+-+-+0 9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+K+-+P0
9-+-+-+-+0 9-+-+R+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
49 ¢c3!? With this original idea Korchnoi
xiiiiiiiiy wants to take Karpov out of his analysis of
and White is in zugzwang and will lose the the adjourned game. In the long run, White’s
rook sooner or later, e.g. 84.¦h7 £a5 85.¢b8 king plans to invade on the queenside after
£e5 86.¢a7 £a1 87.¢b8 £b1+] opening the door with a5-a6.
[49 d5 is answered by 49...¦d8 50.d6 ¦e8=]
72...£a5 73.¢d7 £a4 74.¢e7 £h4
49...¦e8 50.¦d2 ¦e4 51.¢b4 ¢e8 52.a6
XIIIIIIIIY This opens the door for White’s king.
9-+-+-+-+0
52...ba6 53.¢a5 ¢d7 54.¢b6 b4 55.d5 cd5
9+-+-mK-+-0 56.¦d5 ¢c8 57.¦d3 a5 58.¦g3
9-+-+-+R+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-mk-+-0 9-+k+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-wq0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-mK-+-zp-zp0
9-+-+-+-+0 9zp-zP-+P+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-zp-+r+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+-tRP0
Now the second rank defence is broken as the 9-+-+-+-+0
king can no longer stay in the middle.
9+-+-+-+-0
75.¢f8 £d8 76.¢f7 ¢f5 77.¦h6 £d7 xiiiiiiiiy
0:1 Mueller 58...b3? Karpov overlooks Korchnoi’s reply.
[58...¦c4? also loses due to 59.c6 ¢d8 60.c7 ¢e7
The next rook endgame is also very famous 61.¦e3 ¢d6 62.¦d3 ¢e5 63.¦d8 b3 64.c8£
as a win for Korchnoi would level the score in ¦c8 65.¦c8 a4 (65...b2 66.¦c5 ¢d4 67.¦b5 ¢c3
the match to 5:5. However in the end Karpov 68.¢a5 ¢c2 69.¢b6+) 66.¦c5 ¢d4 67.¦b5
won nevertheless and retained his title as ¢c4 68.¢a5 a3 69.¦b4 ¢c3 70.¢a4 a2 71.¦b3
world champion: ¢c2 72.¦a3 ¢b2 73.¢b4+ (Kasparov).

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The only way to draw is 58...¦d4!! (61...¦f4 62.¦a5 ¢b8 63.¢d7 ¦f5 64.c6!+)
XIIIIIIIIY 62.¦a5 ¢b8 63.¢d7 ¢b7 64.¢e6+]
9-+k+-+-+0 60.¦b3 ¢a7 [60...¦b4 61.¦b4 ab4 62.¢d7
9+-+-+-+-0 b3 63.c6 b2 64.c7 ¢a7 65.c8£ b1£ 66.£c7
¢a8 67.£c6 ¢b8 68.£f6+]
9-mK-+-zp-zp0
9zp-zP-+P+-0 61.¦b7 ¢a6 62.¦b6 ¢a7 63.¢b5 a4
64.¦f6 ¦f4 65.¦h6 a3 66.¦a6 ¢b8 67.¦a3
9-zp-tr-+-+0 ¦f5 68.¦g3 ¦f6 69. ¦g8 ¢c7 70.¦g7 ¢c8
9+-+-+-tRP0 71.¦h7
9-+-+-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+k+-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+-+R0
So as to shelter Black’s king with the rook. For 9-+-+-tr-+0
example: 9+KzP-+-+-0
A) 59.¢a5 ¢c7 60.¢b5 ¦d7 61.¢b4 (61.h4 9-+-+-+-+0
h5 62.¦b3 ¦d5 63.¦b4 ¦f5=) ¢c6 62.¦g6
¦d4 63.¢c3 ¦h4= 9+-+-+-+P0
9-+-+-+-+0
B) 59.c6 b3 60.¦g8 ¦d8 61.¦g7 b2 62.¦c7
¢b8 63.¦b7=; 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
C) 59.¢c6 ¦d7 60.¦g8 ¦d8 61.¦g7 And Karpov resigned as White can advance
(61.¦d8 ¢d8 62.¢b7 b3 63.c6 b2 64.c7 his pawn to h7. [For example, 71...¦f3 72.
¢e7=) ¦d2 62.¦a7 ¢d8 63.¦a5 b3=] ¦h8 ¢c7 73.h4 ¦h3 74.h5 ¦h1 75.h6 ¦h2
76.h7 ¦h1 77,¦a8 ¦h7 78,¦a7+]
59.¢c6! ¢b8 [59...¦d4 60.¦b3 a4 61.¦b5 ¦h4 1 :0 Mueller

C) Knight endings

Botvinnik’s law claims that knight KORCHNOI 2625 — TORRE 2560

endings are like pawn endings. The Bad Homburg 73/21, 1998
points to note are that zugzwang
plays a large role, an outside XIIIIIIIIY
passed pawn usually is a major 9-+-+-+-+0
advantage and the margin of the
draw is relatively small: 9+-+-+-+-0
In the following game White
9p+-+-+-+0
should be winning, but it is not as 9+kzp-+-+-0
easy as it would be without knights 9-+NsnP+-+0
in a pawn ending.
9+-mKP+-+-0
9P+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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56.¤a3? This retreat just wastes time. [56.¤e5! 9.¥b2 c5 10.£e2 a6?!
is called for, so as to play for domination, e.g. [10...¦c8; 10...¤e4 and 10...cd4 are the main
56...¤e2 57.¢d2 ¤d4 (57...¤f4 58.¢e3 ¤e6 moves.]
59.a3 ¤d4 60.¢d2 ¤b3 61.¢c3 ¤d4 62.a4
¢a4 63.¢c4+) 58.a3 ¤b3 (58...¤e6 59.¢c3 11.cd5 ed5 12.¦fd1 ¦e8 13.¥f5 b5 14.dc5
a5 60.¤c4 ¢a4 61.e5 ¢b5 62.¢d2+) 59.¢c3 ¤c5 15.£e1 £b6 16.¦ac1 b4 17.¤e2 a5
¤a5 60.¢c2 ¢a4 61.¢b2 ¤b7 62.¤f7 ¢b5 18.¥d4 g6 19.¥b1 ¦ac8 20.¤f4 £a6
63.¢c3 ¢c6 64.a4 ¢c7 65.d4 cd4 66.¢d4+] 21.¥f6 ¥f6 22.¤d5
XIIIIIIIIY
56...¢c6 57.¢d2 ¢d6 58.¤c4 ¢c6 59.¤a5
¢b5 60.¤b3 ¤e6 61.¢c3 9-+r+r+k+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+l+-+p+p0
9-+-+-+-+0 9q+-+-vlp+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9zp-snN+-+-0
9p+-+n+-+0 9-zp-+-+-+0
9+kzp-+-+-0 9+P+-zPN+-0
9-+-+P+-+0 9P+-+-zPPzP0
9+NmKP+-+-0 9+LtRRwQ-mK-0
9P+-+-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+-+-0 22...¥d5?! [22...¥b2 23.¦c4 £e6 offers
better practical chances as in the game White’s
xiiiiiiiiy long term initiative on the light squares is
61...¤d8? Torre misses White’s answer. very dangerous.]
[61...¤f8! 62.¤d2 ¢c6 63.¢c4 ¢d6 64.¤b3
¤d7 was the last chance to fight on.] 23.¦d5 ¥c3 24.£f1 £f1 25.¢f1
“Now it’s a matter of technique, although not
62. a4! Korchnoi seizes the moment to improve so simple at all. However, Victor Lvovich is
his king. one of the best in the business.” (Gershon in
ChessBase Magazine)
62...¢c6 [62...¢a4 is met by 63.¢c4! ¤e6
64.¤c5 ¤c5 65.¢c5 ¢b3 66.e5+] 25...a4 26.ba4 ¤a4
XIIIIIIIIY
63.¢c4 ¤b7 64.e5 a5 65.d4 cd4 66.¤d4
¢b6 67.¤e6 Black’s knight is now 9-+r+r+k+0
completely dominated. 9+-+-+p+p0
67...¢c6 68.¢d4 ¢b6 69.¢d5 ¢a7 70.¤c5 9-+-+-+p+0
1 :0 Mueller 9+-+R+-+-0
Finally one complete game to demonstrate 9nzp-+-+-+0
Korchnoi’s excellent technique.
9+-vl-zPN+-0
9P+-+-zPPzP0
KORCHNOI 2659 — PIKET 2633 9+LtR-+K+-0
Wijk aan Zee 2000
xiiiiiiiiy
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4. ¤c3 ¤bd7 27.g4! A typical advance to mark Black’s f7
5.e3 ¥e7 6.b3 00 7.¥d3 b6 8.00 ¥b7 and h7 pawns as weaknesses.

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27...¢g7 28.¢g2 ¦ed8 29.¦cd1.¥f6 67.¥c8 ¢d6 68.¢f5+]

30.¦d8 ¦d8 31.¦d8 ¥d8 32.¥c2 ¤c3
33.¥b3 ¥e7 34.¤e5 f6 35.¤c6 ¥d6 36.h3 55.¢c4
¢f8 37.¢f1 ¥c5 38.¢e1 ¢e8 XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+k+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+p0 9-+-+-zp-zp0
9-+N+-zpp+0 9vl-+-mkLzpP0
9+-vl-+-+-0 9P+K+-+P+0
9-zp-+-+P+0 9+-+-zPP+-0
9+Lsn-zP-+P0 9-+-+-+-+0
9P+-+-zP-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-mK-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy 55...¥d2 [55...¢d6 56.¢d4 ¥b6 57.¢e4
39.¥e6! Korchnoi stops the activation of ¥a5 58.¥c8 ¢e7 59.¢f5 ¢f7 60.¥b7 ¥d2
Black’s king. 61.¥d5 ¢g7 62.¢e6+]

39...¤e4 40.h4 ¤c3 41.¢d2 ¤e4 42.¢e2 56.¢c5 ¥e3 57.¢c6 ¥d2
¥d6 43.f3 ¤c5 44.¥c4 ¤d7 45.¥b5 ¢f8 XIIIIIIIIY
46.¤b4 ¥b4 47.¥d7
Opposite coloured bishop endings have very 9-+-+-+-+0
large drawing tendencies, but here White has 9+-+-+-+-0
two extra pawns and can play on two wings,
so he should be winning. 9-+K+-zp-zp0
47...¢e7 48. ¥c8 h6 49.a4 ¢d6 50.¢d3
9+-+-mkLzpP0
¢e5 51.¥d7 g5 [51...f5 52 g5+] 52.h5 ¥a5 9P+-+-+P+0
53.¥c8 ¥b6 54.¥f5 9+-+-+P+-0
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0 9-+-vl-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-vl-+-zp-zp0 xiiiiiiiiy
58.¢d7 Now White’s king heads for the
9+-+-mkLzpP0 weak h6 pawn.
9P+-+-+P+0 58...¢f4 59.¢e6 ¢f3 60.¢f7
9+-+KzPP+-0 1:0 Mueller

9-+-+-+-+0 Korchnoi worked very hard on chess and had

9+-+-+-+-0 an excellent memory and fine intuition. He
played many very instructive endings and will
xiiiiiiiiy be sorely missed by the chess world.
54...¥a5 [54...¢d5 55.¥h7 ¢e5 56.e4
¢d6 57.¢c4 ¥f2 58.¢b5 ¢c7 59.a5 ¢d6
60.e5 fe5 61.¥e4 ¥e3 62.¢c4 ¥a7 63.¢d3
¢e6 64.a6 ¢d6 65.¥b7 ¥d4 66.¢e4 ¢e6

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ECP
Encyclopedia of
CHESS PROBLEMS
THEMES AND TERMS
by Velimirovic & Valtonen

"I didn’t know any chess book that merited the

word ‘Definitive’; now I do. Big claims need big
justification, but this book is extraordinary. It
attempts to describe all the themes, the ideas,
that chess problems use, and it succeeds in that
formidable task."
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157
Chess Informant 129

The Encyclopedia of Chess Miniatures

presents a rich collection of short games
that will evoke a sense of surprise,
sensation and even shock in the mind of
the chess playing reader.

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APERTURE • KLASSIFIKATION AV ]PPNINGAR • KIKKIIKKKKK •

A » R _ 1. d4, 1. e4
» 1. d4 R _ 1... Íf6, 1... d5
» 1. d4 Íf6 R _ 2. c4
» 1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 R _ 2... e6, 2... g6

B » 1. e4 R _ 1... c5, 1... e6, 1... e5

» 1. e4 c5

C » 1. e4 e6
» 1. e4 e5

D » 1. d4 d5
» 1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 g6 ‘ 3... d5

E » 1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 e6
» 1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 g6 _ 3... d5

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 A
1. A 06
A. STEFANOVA 2507
— USHENINA 2450
Mamaia 2016
1. Íf3 Íf6 2. b3 d5 3. Ìb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5.
Íe5 Íbd7 [5... Ìe7 Ñ 31/2] 6. f4 Ìe7 7.
Ìd3 Êc7 8. 0»0 b6 9. Êf3 0»0 10. c4!? N
[10. Êh3] Ìb7 [10... dc4 11. Êa8 Ìb7 12.
Êa7 Ëa8 (12... Íe5 13. fe5 cd3Õ 14. ef6??
Ìd6!»+; 12... cd3 13. Êa4 Ëa8Õ) 13. Êa8
Ìa8 14. Ìc4 Íe5 15. fe5 Íg4£; 14. Ìe2Õ]
11. Êh3 dc4 12. bc4 Ìe4 [12... Íe4!?] 13.
Ìe2 Íe5 14. Ìe5 [14. fe5 Íd7 15. d4î]
Êd7 15. d4 cd4 16. ed4? [16. Ìd4£] Ìb7?
[16... Ìf5! 17. Êg3 (17. g4 Íg4 18. Ìg4
Ìg4 19. Êg4 f6¤) Íe8¤] 17. Íc3 g6 18.
Ëad1¢ Ëfd8
e1 E 1q1
Yr1wRy1y
Y 1yTy1
1 1 F 1
1hH H 1
1 G 1 1s
h1 1f1hH
1 1d1dA
19. Êh6? [19. d5! ed5 (19... Ìc5 20. Èh1
Êe7 21. Ìf3¥) 20. f5!¥; 19. Ëd3!?] Íe8!
20. d5 Ìf8 21. Êh4 Êe7 22. Êg3 f6 23.
Ìd4 Ìg7? [23... Íg7!?] 24. Ìf3? [Ä 24.
Êe3¥] Íd6! 25. Ìg4 [25. Êe1!? Íc4 26.
Êe6 Êe6 27. de6Õ] f5 26. Ìe2 ed5 27. cd5
Ìd4 28. Ëd4 Ëac8¤ 29. Ëa4 [29. Ëdd1 Ëc3
160
30. Êc3 Êe2¤; 29... Ëe8¤] Ìa8 [29... a5!?]
30. Ìa6 Ëc5 31. Êd3 Èg7? [31... Êc7 32.
Ëa3 b5»+] 32. h3 Ëe8 33. Ëf3 Èh6 34.
Èh2 Íe4 35. d6 [35. Ëc4 Íc3 36. Êc3
Ìd5¤] Íd6 36. Ëg3 Ëc3 [36... Íe4»+] 37.
Êc3 Íe4 38. Êe1 Íg3 39. Êg3 Ëd8¤ 40.
Ìe2 Ëd2 41. Ìf3 Ìf3 42. Êf3 a5 43. Êg3
Êc7 44. Ëa3 Ëd4! 45. Ëf3 Èg7 46. h4 h5
47. Êf2 Êd6 48. a3 Èh7 49. Êe3 b5 [49...
Ëe4!?] 50. Èg3 b4 51. ab4 ab4 52. Êe8 Êc7
[52... Èg7!?] 53. Èh3 Ëe4 54. Êf8 Êe7 55.
Êc8 [55. Êe7 Ëe7 56. Ëb3 Ëe4»+] Ëe1 56.
g3 Êe2 57. Êb7 Èh6 58. Ëb3 Êd1
0:1 Dembo
2. A 09
F. CARUANA 2810
— BUHMANN 2653
Dortmund 2016
1. Íf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Ìg2 Íc6 4. 0»0 e5 5.
c4 d4 6. d3 Íf6 7. e3 Ìd6 [7... Ìe7 Ñ 53/7]
8. ed4 cd4 9. Ìg5 h6 10. Ìf6 Êf6 11. Íbd2
Ìc7 12. Êa4 0»0 13. b4 Ìf5 14. Êb3
Ëab8 N [14... Ìg4 15. Ëfe1 Ëac8Õ] 15.
Ëfe1 a6 16. Ëac1 Ëfd8 17. a3
E E 1q1
1yR 1yY
y1t1 W Y
1 1 Yr1
HhY 1 1
Hs1h1gH
1 G HfH
1 D D A
17... Êe7?! [17... Íe7!? 18. c5 Ìg4 19. Íe4 7. Êe4 Ìg7 8. Ìe3 Íc6?! [8... 0»0 9. 0-0-0
Êg6 20. Íh4 Êe6 21. Êe6 Ìe6 22. Íd6Õ] d6!? Å 10. f4 Ía6Õ, Å 10. ed6 cd6 11. c5
18. b5 Ía5 19. Êb4 Êf6 20. Íe4 [20. Íe5 Êa5|] 9. f4 0»0 10. 0-0-0î d6 [10... f6 11.
ab5 21. Êb5 Íc6 22. f4 Ìe5 23. fe5 Êe7 Íf3 fe5 12. fe5 Êe8 13. c5î] 11. c5 Íe7 12.
24. Êb3 (24. e6 Ìe6 25. Íb3 Êa3 26. Ëa1 cd6?! [12. g4!î] cd6 13. Ëd6 [13. ed6? Íf5¤]
Êd6 27. Íc5Õ) Êc7 25. Íf3 Ëe8=] Êc7| 14. g4 [14. Èb1 Íf5 15. Ëd1 b6 16.
Íd5 Ìb7!§] Íc5 15. Êc4 b6 16. Ìc5 bc5
E E 1q1 17. h3? [17. Êe2 Ëb8 18. Ìg2 f6 19. Íh3
1yR 1yY fe5 20. Ëhd1 ef4 21. Íg5Õ] Ëb8î 18. Êe2
Ëb4 19. Êd2 [19. Íf3 Ìb7 20. Ìg2 Íc8
y1 1 W Y 21. Íd5 (21. Ëdd1 Íb6¤) Êa5 22. Íb4
Th1 Yr1 Íd6¤]
ShYg1 1 1r1 Eq1
H 1h1gH Y W TyRy
1 1 HfH 1 D 1y1
1 D D A 1 Y H 1
20... Ìe4? [20... Êb6 21. Íh4 Ìe6 22. a4 E 1 Hh1
Êa7 23. Íg6!¥ Å 23... fg6 24. Êe7+»; 1 G 1 1h
20... Êe6 21. Íc5 Êf6 22. Íh4 Ìh7 23.
Ìe4î] 21. Ëe4¥ [^Ía5] ab5?! [21... Ëe8 hH S 1 1
22. Ëce1¥] 22. cb5 Êb6 23. Íe5 Ìd6 24. 1 A 1fGd
Êb2 Ëbc8 25. a4 [25. Ëc8! Ëc8
1e1 1q1 19... Ëd4! 20. Ëd4? [20. Íb5 Ëd2 21. Íc7
1y1 1yY Ëf2 22. Íe2 g5!¤] cd4 21. Êd4 Ëd8! 22.
Êf2 Íd5 23. Íge2 Íb4 24. Èb1 Íd3 25.
W R 1 Y Êh4 Ìb7 26. Ëh2 Ëb8 [26... Íb2 27. Èb2
Th1 G 1 Ëd2 28. Èc1 (28. Èa1 Êb6) Ëa2 29. Êf2
1 Yd1 1 Ìf8»+] 27. b3 Íf4! 28. Íf4 Êc3
H 1h1 H 0:1 Z. Stamenkovi
S 1 HfH
1 1 1 A 4. A 11
ARONIAN 2792
26. Íf7! Èf7 27. Êa2 Èf8 28. Êe6 Êc7 — W. SO 2770
(28... Ëc1 29. Ìf1 Êd8 30. Ëd4+») 29.
Ëe1!+» Å Ìd5] Ëc1 26. Êc1 Êc5 27. Êc5 Leuven (blitz) 2016
Ìc5 28. h4 h5? [28... Ìb6¥] 29. Ìf3 g6 30.
Ëf4 1:0 Z. Stamenkovi 1. Íf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Íf6 4. Ìg2 dc4 5.
0»0 Íbd7 6. Êc2 Íb6 7. Ía3 Ìe6 8. Íe5
h5!? [8... Êd4 Ñ 120/7] 9. Íac4 Íc4 10.
3. A 10 Íc4 h4 11. Íe5 hg3 12. hg3 Ëc8 N [12...
V. TOPALOV 2761 Êd4] 13. d4!? [13. Êa4!?] Ìd5? [13... Êd4
— W. SO 2770 14. Ìf4 g6 15. Ëfd1 Êb6 16. Ìe3 Êb5 17.
Leuven (rapid) 2016 Ìd4 c5 18. Ìc3 Ìg7 19. a4 Êa6 20. Êd3
Êd3 21. Íd3 b6 22. a5 0»0 23. Íe5§] 14.
1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Íf6 4. de5 Íe4 5. e4! Ìe4? [14... Ìe6 15. Êa4¥] 15. Ìe4
Êd4 Íc5 6. Íc3 N [6. Íf3 Ñ 15/132] Íe6 Êd4

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Ëf8 Êf8 28. Êe4+»] Èe5
Yy1 YyY
1y1 T 1 W 1e1 1
1 1 G 1 1 1 1 1s
1 Wf1 1 1e1y1 1
1 1 1 H 1yY Q 1
hHs1 H 1 1 1 D 1
D F 1dA 1h1 H H
1 Hh1 H
16. Íf7! Èf7 17. Ìg6 Èg8 18. Ëd1+» Êe5
19. Ìf4 Êa5 20. Ìf5! g5 21. Ìc8 Èg7 1 1 1 A
[21... gf4 22. Êg6 Ìg7 23. Ìe6 Èf8 24.
Êf7#] 22. Ìe3 1:0 Br. Tadi 26. Ëf7! Ëa6 [26... Èd5 27. e4 Èd4 28. Ëd7
Ëd6 29. e3 Èe5 (29... Èd3 30. Ëd6 Êd6 31.
e5+») 30. Êh5 Èe4 31. d3 Èe3 (31... Èd3
5. A 13 32. Ëd6 Êd6 33. Êd1+») 32. Êc5+»; 26...
O. NIKOLENKO 2505 Ëd8 27. Ëb7 Êc8 28. Êg7 Èd6 29. Êe7
— PONKRATOV 2595 Èd5 30. d4 Ëcd6 31. Ëc7+»] 27. d4 [27.
Ëd7!? Ëa1 28. Èg2 Êa8 29. Ëb7! a) 29...
Russia 2016 Ëb8 30. Êc7+»; b) 29... Ëa7 30. Êg7 Èd5
1. c4 Íf6 2. g3 e6 3. Ìg2 d5 4. Íf3 dc4 5. (30... Èd6 31. Êc7 Èd5 32. Ëa7+») 31.
Êc2 a6 6. Íe5 c5!? [6... Íbd7 Ñ 82/6] 7. Ëa7+»; c) 29... Ëd8 30. Êg7 Èd6 31. d4+»]
Ía3 Ëa7 8. Íac4 b5 9. Íe3 Ìd6 10. Íc6 N cd4 [27... Èd6 28. Êe4 Ëa1 (28... cd4 29.
[10. Íf3] Íc6 11. Ìc6 Ìd7 12. Ìg2 0»0 ed4 Êb6 30. Êe5 Èc6 31. Èg2+» Å d5)
[12... h5!? Å 13. b3 h4 14. Ìb2 Êc7 15. Ëc1 29. Èg2 Êa8 30. Ëb7+»] 28. Êh5? [28.
Ìc6Õ] 13. b3 Ëe8 14. Ìb2 Ëc7 15. 0»0 Ëb7! Êd8 29. Ëd7 Ëa1 30. Èg2 Êa8 31.
Ìc6 16. Ìc6 Ëc6 17. a4 Íd5 18. ab5 ab5 Ëb7 Ëd1 32. Êc7 Èe4 33. Ëa7 Êb8 34. Êc2
19. Êd3 Íe3 20. fe3 Êb8? [20... Êc7=] Èe5 35. Ëf7! Êa8 36. Ëf3 Ëa1 37. Êc5 Êd5
38. ed4 Èe4 39. Êc2 Èd4 40. Êc3 Èe4 41.
W 1e1q1 Ëf4#] Èd6 29. ed4 Ëa1 30. Èf2
1 1 1yYy W
1e1 1
1eRy1 1 1 1 1d1
1yY 1 1 1 Qy1 1
1 1 1 1 1y1 1 1s
1h1sH H 1 H 1 1
F Hh1 H 1h1 1 H
D 1 1dA 1 1hA H
21. Ìg7!! Èg7 22. Ëf7! Èf7 23. Êh7 Èf6 E 1 1 1
24. Ëf1 Ìf4 [24... Èe5 25. Êh5 Èe4 26.
Êf3 Èe5 27. d4 cd4 28. Êf6 Èd5 29. Êd4#] 30... Ëc1 [30... Êb6! 31. Êe5 (31. Êh4 Ëa7
25. Ëf4 [25. Êh4! Èg6 26. Ëf4 Ëf8 (26... 32. Êf4 Èc6 33. Êe4 Èd6=) Èc6 32. Èg2
Êd8 27. Ëg4 Èf5 28. Êh5 Èf6 29. Êg5 Ëd1!=] 31. Êe5 Èc6 32. Êe3 Ëd1 33. Êc3

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Èb6 34. Êc5 Èa6 35. Êa3 Èb6 36. Êc5
Èa6 37. Ëc7 Ëf8 38. Èg2 Ëf5 [38... Êa8
39. Ëc6+»] 39. Ëc6 Èb7 40. Êb6
1:0 Br. Tadi
6.** A 14
G. JONES 2650 —
MI. ADAMS 2727
Great Britain (ch) 2016
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Ìg2 Íf6 4. Íf3 Ìe7 5.
0»0 0»0 6. b3 c5 7. e3 Íc6 8. Ìb2 d4 9.
ed4 cd4 10. Ëe1 Ëe8 11. d3 Ìc5 12. Íe5
[12. a3 a5 13. Íbd2 (13. Íe5!?) e5 14.
Íg5Õ Ñ 121/8] Íe5 13. Ëe5 Ìd6 14. Ëe1
[14. Ìd4!? Ìe5 15. Ìe5§] e5
e1rWe1q1
Yy1 1yYy
1 R T 1
1 1 Y 1
1hY 1 1
1h1h1 H
hF 1 HfH
Dg1sD A
15. Êc2 N [15. Íd2 a5 16. a3 Ëb8 17. Êc2 N
(17. Íe4) b6 18. Íe4 Íe4 19. Ìe4 Ìb7=
Betaneli 2226 — J. Colas 2387, Philadel-
phia 2016; RR 15. Ìa3 a5 N (15... Ìg4 16.
Êd2 Ëb8Õ) 16. Ìd6 Êd6 17. Íd2 Ìg4 18.
Ìf3 Ìf3 19. Êf3 Ëe7 20. Ëe2 Ëae8 21.
Ëae1= Breutigam 2380 — A. Gutov 2384,
Berlin (rapid) 2015] Êc7 16. Íd2? [16. Ìa3!
Êa5 (16... Ìa3 17. Ía3 Ìd7Õ) 17. Êc1
Ìa3 18. Ía3 Ìf5 19. Ìb7 Ëab8î] Ìf5 17.
Ëe2 [17. c5 Ìc5 18. Ëac1 Ëac8 19. Ìa3
Ìa3! 20. Êc7 Ìc1¤ 21. Êa5? b6 22. Êb4
a5»+] Ëe7 18. Ëae1 Ëae8 19. a3 a5 20.
Êb1 [20. Íe4! Íe4 21. Ìe4 Ìe4 22. de4
Ëe6 23. Êd3£ Å a4, Ìc1-d2] Ìc5 21. h3
[21. Íe4 Íe4 22. Ìe4 Ìe4 23. de4 h5î] h6
22. Íf3 [22. g4 Ìh7 23. Íe4 Íe4 24. Ìe4
Ìe4 25. Ëe4 Êd6 Å Êg6î] Ìh7 [22... Êd6!?
Å 23. Ìc1 e4! 24. Íh4 Ìh7»+, Å 23. g4
Ìh7 24. g5 Íh5 25. Ìc1 e4!»+] 23. Êd1
Êd6 24. Ìc1
1 1e1q1
1y1 EyYr
1 W T Y
Y R Y 1
1hY 1 1
Hh1h1gHh
1 1dHf1
1 FsD A
24... e4! [24... b6 25. Ëe5 Ëe5 26. Ëe5 Ëe5
27. Ìf4 Íd7 28. b4 ab4 29. ab4 Ìb4 30.
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22. A 37
BR. TADIK 2464 —
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27.** A 48
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Zalakaros 2016
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35. d5 Íf6 36. d6 Èc8 37. Ëe7 Ìd7 38.
Íc5 1:0 G. Arsovi
29. A 61
GAGUNASHVILI 2569 —
DANIIL DUBOV 2644
Lakovica 2016
1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 ed5 4. cd5 d6 5. Íc3
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a4 a6 12. 0»0 Ëb8 13. a5 b5 14. ab6 Ëb6
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Êd3 Íh5 17. Ìh2 f5Õ] Íb5 17. Êc1?! [17.
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dH G HhF
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24. Êd2 Íc3 25. Ëa3 (25. Ëc2? Íe4¤) Íb5
26. Ëc1 (26. Ëa6? Íd4»+) Êe6 27. Ëa6
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30.* A 61
HI. NAKAMURA 2791
— F. CARUANA 2807
Saint Louis 2016
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bc3 Íbd7 19. cb4!? (19. Ìd4 bc3 20. Ìc3
Íb6! 21. Íb6 ab6 22. Ìf6 Ìf6 23. Íd4
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Êe4 27. ed4 Ëd8 28. Ëe1 Êd5 29. Ëe2 b5
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23. Íc4 Ìa1 24. Êa1 Ìf3 25. gf3 Êg5 26.
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0»0 Íd4 22. Íd4 a6 23. Ìf3 Ëd8 24. Íe4
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31. A 62
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Moscow 2016
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32. A 84
IG. KOVALENKO 2667
— A. KOROBOV 2656
Poikovsky 2016
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N. SEDLAK 2537
Crna Gora 2016
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54. B 48
S. MOVSESIAN 2666
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Pardubice 2016
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55. B 50
MEGARANTO 2527 —
S. P. SETHURAMAN 2647
Tashkent 2016
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56. B 50
M. CARLSEN 2855 —
SERGEY KARJAKIN 2773
Bilbao 2016
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57. B 50
P. HARIKRISHNA 2737 —
ALEXA. DONCHENKO 2568
Deutschland 2016
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58. B 51
WANG CHEN 2514 —
DING LIREN 2777
China 2016
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Ìg7 Ëg7Õ] Èg7 23. Êb2 Èg8 24. Ëe3 [24.
Íe3 Ëg5 25. Èh2 e5=] Ëd5= [24... ed5 25.
Ëg3 Èf7 26. Ëf3 Èg8 27. Ëg3=] 25. Ëd5
ed5 26. Ëg3 Èf7 27. Ëf3 Èg8 28. Ëg3 Èf7
29. Ëf3 Èg8 1/2 : 1/2 G. Arsovi
60. B 51
E. SAFARLI 2678 —
CH. ARAVINDH 2543
Biel (open) 2016
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5. Ëe1 Íf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ìc4 Ìg4 8. d4 cd4 9.
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Ìe3; 10. d5] de5 [10... Íe5 11. Ìe2 Ìe7
12. Íc3 Íf3 13. Ìf3 Ìf3 14. Êf3 0»0 15.
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(21... Ìe6 22. Íe6 fe6 23. Íc4 Íe4 24.
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61. B 64
ANDREIKIN 2733
— SMIRIN 2676
Poikovsky 2016
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T. Paunovi
62. B 66
P. LMKé 2712 —
IVANCHUK 2728
Danzhou 2016
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63. B 66
J.�K. DUDA 2671 —
GABUZYAN 2607
Martuni 2016
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Èg6 51. Ëh2 f5 52. c5 dc5 53. Èc5 f4 54. d6
f3 55. d7 1:0 T. Paunovi
64. B 66
BRUZéN BATISTA 2681
— IVANCHUK 2710
Varadero 2016
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65. B 66
VACHIER�LAGRAVE 2788 —
I. SALGADO LéPEZ 2618
France 2016
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KOVCHAN 2576 —
IV. êARIK 2660
Biel (open) 2016
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A. KOROBOV 2656
Poikovsky 2016
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MART. KRAMER 2567
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E. SAFARLI 2678 —
C. VERNAY 2507
Biel (open) 2016
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S. FELLER 2602 — EDOUARD 2647
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136. D 35 Íh3 37. e6 Èg6 38. d5 Íg5 39. e7 Ëf3 40.
Èe2 Èf7 41. d6 Ëf6 42. Ëd8 Ëe6 43. Èf1
S. SHANKLAND 2646
Íh7 44. Ëa8 Ëf6=] 29. Ëc6 Ìf4 [Ä 29...
— S. GANGULY 2654
Ìe3 30. fe3 Íf2]
Edmonton 2016
1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 e6 3. Íc3 d5 4. cd5 Íd5 5.
1 1 E 1
e4 Íc3 6. bc3 c5 7. Ëb1 Ìe7 8. Ìc4 0»0 9. 1 1 1 Yq
Íe2 N [9. Íf3 Ñ 9/451] Íc6 10. 0»0 b6 11. y1d1 1 Y
Ìe3 Ìb7 12. Íf4 [12. dc5? Íe5 13. Êa4
Ìe4 14. Ëbd1 Êc7¤] cd4 13. cd4 Ëc8?! 1 1 H 1
[13... Ía5 14. Ìd3 Ëc8=] 14. Íe6! fe6 15. 1 H R 1
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1 1 F 1 36. Èe6 Ìe3 37. Èd7+») 36. e4 Èg6 37.
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18. Ëb5! Ìa6 19. Ëfb1 [19. h3!?] Ìb5 20. Ìf6 [Ä 39... Ìg5] 40. Ëc4 Èe7 41. Ëc8
Êb5 h6 21. h3 a6 [21... Íd8!?] 22. Êb7 Ìg5 42. a4 Ìe3 43. a5 h5 44. Èc6
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R. VAGANIAN 2577
— B]NSCH 2545
Radebeul 2016
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Ìg5 Ìe7 6. Êc2 Íbd7 7. e3 c6 8. Ìd3
Íh5 9. Ìe7 Êe7 10. Íge2 g6 11. 0»0 [11.
0-0-0 Íb6 12. Èb1 Íg7 13. Íf4 (13. Íg3
Ñ 56/447) Ìf5 14. Èa1 0-0-0 N (14... Ìd3)
15. a4 Èb8 16. Ìf5 Íf5 17. Íd3 Íc4 18. b3
Ícd6= Ch. Sandipan 2574 — Kasimdzha-
nov 2704, Deutschland 2016] 0»0 12. Ëab1
[12. Ëae1 Ñ 123/134] Íb6 13. b4 a6 14. a4
Íg7 15. a5 Íd7 16. Ía4 f5 N [16... Íf6;
16... Ëb8] 17. Ëfe1 Íf6 18. Íg3 [18. Íf4!?
g5 (18... Íge8 19. Íb6 Ëb8 20. b5!? ab5 21.
Ìb5 Íc7 22. Ìe2¢) 19. Íe2¢] Íge8 19. f3
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27. f4? [27. Íe5 g4 28. Ìe2¢] gf4 28. Íe5
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30. Ìe2 [30. Êc1!?] Ëg8 [30... f4 31. Êb3
Íhf6¤] 31. Ìf3 Ëef8 [31... f4!?] 32. Ëf1
[Ä 32. Ëe2 f4 33. Êc1 (33. Êb3?! Íhf6¤)
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37. Ëf3 Íg5»+] 37. Ícd3? [37. Ëe1 Íf3!
38. Êf3 Íg5»+] Íh3! [38. Èh1 Íg3 39.
hg3 Íf2 40. Èg1 Íd1] 0:1
T. Paunovi
250
138. D 37
HI. NAKAMURA 2791
— V. TOPALOV 2761
Saint Louis 2016
1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 e6 3. Íf3 d5 4. Íc3 Ìe7 5.
Ìf4 0»0 6. Êc2 c5 7. dc5 Ía6 8. Ëd1 [8. e3
Ñ 117/137] Íc5 9. cd5 Íd5!? N [9... ed5]
10. e4
e1rW Eq1
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1 1y1 1
1 Tt1 1
1 1hF 1
1 G 1g1
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1 1dAf1d
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Íc6 a) 13. Ìb5!? e5!? 14. Íe5 Ìf6 15. Ëd5
(15. Íc4 Ìc3 16. bc3 Êc3 17. Ìd2 Êd3 18.
Êd3 Íd3 19. Èe2 Íd4 20. Èd3 Íb5 21.
Ìb4 Ëd8 22. Èe3 Ëd1 23. Ëd1 Ìe6 24.
Ía5 b6 25. Íc6 a5 26. Ìe7 Ìb3=) Íe5 16.
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Êb4 20. Ëc4 Êd6 21. Ëc6 Êb8 22. Íd5
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Íg4 Ífd3 (13... Ìe7 14. Íe5=) 14. Ìd3
Íd3 15. Èe2 Ìc3 16. Êc3 b6 17. Ëd1 Ìa6
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b4 Ìe5 15. bc5 a6 16. Íd6?! [16. Ía3?
Ìd7 17. f3 Ëac8»+; 16. g3 ab5 17. gf4 Ìf4
18. Ìb5 bc5 19. 0»0 Ìb7î; 16. Íc3 Ìd4
17. g3 Íg6Õ] bc5?! [16... Ìd4! 17. e5 (17.
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Ìe2 (19. Ìg2 Ëb8 20. 0»0 Íe5 21. Íc8
Ëdc8¤) Íe5 20. Íc8 Ëdc8 21. 0»0 Ëab8¤]
17. Íc4 Ìd4 18. g3 Íg6 19. Ìe2 Ìd7= 20.
0»0 Ìb5 21. Ía5! Íe5 22. Ëd1 Ëab8 23.
Èg2 Ìe2?! [23... Ëdc8 24. f4 Íd7 25. Íb3
Íf6 26. Ìb5 (26. Ìf3 Ìa4=) ab5 27. Íd4
cd4 28. Êb2 (28. Êd3 Ëc4î) Íe4 29. Ëd4
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h6 26. Ëd2 [26. Êc2!?] Íc6 27. Êc4¢ e5
28. a4 Ëb4 29. Êa6 Ëb3 30. Êc6 Ëa3 31.
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33. Êc4 Ëa5= 34. Èh3 Ëc5 35. Êe2 Ëcb5
36. f4 Ëb4 37. Êd1 Ëb1 38. Êh5 Ë1b5 39.
Êe2 Ëb4 40. Êd1 Ëb1 41. Êh5 Ë1b5 42.
Êd1 1/2 : 1/2 T. Paunovi
139. D 37
ANTéN GUIJARRO 2627
— V. ANAND 2770
León (m/3-rapid) 2016
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Íc3 Ìe7 4. Íf3 Íf6 5.
Ìf4 0»0 6. e3 Íbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 9. b4
a5 10. a3 h6 11. Êc1 [11. Ìd3 Ñ 128/146,
147] Ìb7 12. Ìd3 Êc8 13. 0»0 Ìa6 14.
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[15... Êb7!?] 16. Ëfc1 Ìd8 17. Ëab1 ab4
18. ab4 Êb7 19. Íd2 Ìc7 [19... bc5 20. bc5
Êb2 21. Ëb2 Ëa3=] 20. Ìc7 Êc7 21. Íb3
bc5 22. bc5 e5î 23. Êc2 ed4 24. ed4 Íf8
[24... Íh5!?] 25. Ëe1 Íe6 26. Êd2 Ëcb8
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1y1tT Y
1 Hy1 1
1 H 1 1
1 G 1 1h
1 S Hh1
Gd1 D A
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Ëb1 30. Ëb1Õ Ëa2 31. Ëe1? [31. Êc3 Êf4;
31... Íf4] Êb8? [31... Íd4 32. Êd4 Ëc2
33. Êe4 Ëc5£] 32. Êb4 Êa8 [32... Êf4!?]
33. Êb3 Ëa4 34. Êe3 Êa5? 35. Êe4? [35.
Ëb1!¥] Ëc4? [35... Êd2=] 36. Ëb1!¥ Êc7
[36... Êc5 37. Ëb8 Íf8 38. Êe8 Êd6 39.
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140. !N D 38
SERGEY KARJAKIN 2773
— M. CARLSEN 2855
Bilbao 2016
1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 e6 3. Íf3 d5 4. Íc3 Ìb4 5.
Êa4 Íc6 6. e3 0»0 7. Êc2 Ëe8 8. Ìd2 a6
[8... Ìf8 Ñ 116/144] 9. a3 Ìd6 10. h3
Ìd7! N [10... h6] 11. cd5 [11. Ëd1 e5 12.
cd5 (12. de5?! Íe5 13. cd5 Íf3 14. gf3
Ëc8§) ed4 13. dc6 dc3 14. cd7 cd2 15. Ëd2
Êd7=] ed5 12. Ìd3 Ía7 13. Êb3?! [13.
0»0 Íb5 14. Ía4 Íe4 15. Íc5 Ìc5 16.
dc5 Êf6Õ; 13... Êe7Õ] c6 14. Êb7 [14. a4
Ëb8£; 14. 0»0 Íe4£] Íb5 15. Íb5
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de5 Ëe5=] 17. Êa6 Ëa8 18. Êb7 Ëb8 19.
Êa6 Ëa8 1/2 : 1/2 Kapnisis
141. D 38
A. GIRI 2790 — HOU YIFAN 2663
Shamkir 2016
1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 e6 3. Íf3 d5 4. Íc3 Ìb4 5.
Ìg5 h6 6. Ìf6 Êf6 7. Êb3 c5 8. cd5 ed5 9.
a3 Ìc3 10. Êc3 Íd7 11. g3 0»0 12. Ìg2
Ëe8 13. e3 [13. 0»0 Ñ 84/(347)] b6 14. 0»0
Ìb7 15. Ëfc1 a5 N [15... c4; 15... Ëac8; 15...
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251
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34. Íe5 [34. Ëd5?! Ëa2 35. f4 Íf2 36. Èg2
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42. Èg2Â g5 43. hg5 hg5 44. Ëf5 Èh6 45.
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1
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Ëe3 52. Èh2 Ëe4 53. Ëf7 Èh8 54. Ëf8 Èh7
55. Ëf7 Èh8 56. Íc7 Èg8 57. Ëd7 Ëg4 58.
Èh3 Ëc4 59. Íd5 Èf8 60. Íf6 Ëc6! 61.
Íg4 Ëb6 [61... Ëc3!? 62. Èg2 Ëc4 63. Èf3
h5=] 62. Íh6 b4 63. Ëf7 Èe8 64. Ëf2 b3
65. Ëb2 Èe7= 66. Íg4 Èe6 67. Ëe2 Èf7
68. Ëb2 Èe6 69. Èg3 Ëb5 70. Íf2 Èf6 71.
Íe4 Èg7 72. Íg5 Èh6 73. Íf3 Ëb4 74.
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Èe3 Ëb8 76. Èe4 Ëb4 77. Èd5 Èg4 78.
Íe5 Èh5 79. Íf3 Èg4 80. Èc5 Ëb8 81.
Íe5 Èh5 82. Íc6 Ëb7 83. Ía5 Ëb8 84.
Íc6 Ëb7 85. Íe5 Ëb8 86. Èc4 Ëc8 87.
Èd4 Ëb8 88. Èc3 Ëb5 89. Íf3 Ëb8 90.
Íd4 Èh4 91. Íb3 g5 92. Ëh2 Èg3 93. Ëh7
g4 94. Íd2 Ëg8 95. Èd3 Èg2 96. Íc4 Ëf8
97. Íd2 g3 98. Ëg7 Ëa8 99. Èe3 Ëa3 100.
Èf4 Èg1 101. Íc4 g2 102. Ía3 Èf2 103.
Ëg2 Èg2 1/2 : 1/2 T. Paunovi
252
142. D 39
W. SO 2770 — M. CARLSEN 2855
Bilbao 2016
1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 e6 3. Íf3 d5 4. Íc3 Ìb4 5.
Ìg5 h6 6. Ìf6 Êf6 7. e3 0»0 8. Ëc1 dc4 9.
Ìc4 c5 10. 0»0 cd4 11. Íd4 Ìd7 12. Êb3
Íc6 13. Íc6 Ìc3 14. Êb7 [14. Ía7 Ñ
70/(392); 14. Êc3 Êc3? 15. Íe7 Èh8 16.
Ëc3 Ëfe8 17. Íd5 ed5 18. Ìd5+»; 14...
Ìc6] Ìc6 15. Êc6 Ìb2= 16. Ëc2 Ëac8
1e1 Eq1
Y 1 1yY
1s1yW Y
1 1 1 1
1f1 1 1
1 1 H 1
hRd1 HhH
1 1 1dA
17. Êa4 N [17. Êb7] Ëc7 18. Ìd3 [18. Ëb1
Ìe5 19. g3 (19. f4?! Ìd6 20. Ìf1 Ìc5 21.
Èh1 Êe7 22. Ëbc1 Ëfc8 23. Ìd3 g6î) g6=]
Ëc2 19. Ìc2 Ëc8 20. Ëd1 Êc3 21. Ìb3
Êc5 [21... a5 22. g3 g6=] 22. g3 Ìf6 23.
Ëd7 Ëc7 24. Ëc7 Êc7 25. Êe8 Èh7 26. h4
g6 27. Êa8 Èg7 28. Èg2 h5 29. Êe4 a5 30.
Ìa4 Êc5 31. Êb7 Êb4 32. Êb4 ab4 33.
Èf3 Ìc3 34. Èg2 Ìe1 35. Èf1 Ìc3 36.
Èg2 Ìe1 37. Èf1 Ìc3 38. Èg2
1/2 : 1/2 T. Paunovi
143. D 44
HI. NAKAMURA 2791
— A. GIRI 2769
Saint Louis 2016
1. Íf3 d5 2. d4 Íf6 3. c4 e6 4. Íc3 c6 5.
Ìg5 dc4 6. a4 Ìb4 7. e4 Êa5 [7... h6 Ñ
120/154] 8. Ìd2 c5 9. Ìc4 cd4 10. Íd4 0»0
[10... Êc5 Ñ 53/(413)] 11. Íc2 Íc6 12.
Íb4 Êb4 13. b3 Êe7 14. 0»0 Ëd8 15. Ëe1
Íe5 16. Ìf1 Ìd7 N [16... b6] 17. Êe2 Ìc6
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155.** D 80
MANOLACHE 2492 —
E. VOROBIOV 2586
Pontevedra 2016
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Êb3 e6 6. Êa3 a5 7. Íf3 c6 8. Êb3 N [8.
b3 Ía6 9. Ìe2 (9. c5 Ñ 80/473) Íb4 10.
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Íh5 15. Ìe3 Íe7 16. Ëac1 Ìd7 17. cd5
ed5 18. Íe5¢ M. Kopylov 2410 — Ju.
Kramer 2354, Bargteheide 2016] 0»0 [8...
Íbd7 9. Ìd2 1/2 : 1/2 B. Finegold 2501 —
Aw. Liang 2408, Saint Louis 2016] 9. c5?!
[9. Ìe2 Íbd7 10. 0»0 b6 11. cd5 ed5 12.
Êc2 Ìb7Õ] Íbd7 10. Ìe2 e5! 11. 0»0 [11.
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12. Êd1 Êe7 13. Ìd2 Íe4£ 14. Ía4 ed4
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Íb6 Íe4 18. Êe1?! [18. Êf4 g5 19. Êe3
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Êc5 21. Ëc1 Ìf2 22. Ëf2 Êf2 23. Êf2 Íf2
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Íf3 23. gf3 Êg5 24. Èh1 Êf4 25. Èg2
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Ëe8 33. f4 Ìd6»+] Êc1 31. Ëc1 Ëd8 32.
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39. Íb3 b6 40. a4 c5 41. Ëc2 c4 42. Íc1
Ìf4 43. Íe2 Ëd2 44. Ëd2 Ìd2 45. f4 Èe7
46. Èf3 Èd6 47. Íg3 Ìc1 0:1
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156.** D 80
MAMEDYAROV 2764 —
B. SAVCHENKO 2633
T«rkiye 2016
1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 g6 3. Íc3 d5 4. Ìg5 Íe4 5.
Ìh4 Íc3 6. bc3 dc4 7. e3 Ìe6 8. Ìe2 Ìg7
9. Íh3 [9. Íf3 Ñ 110/(264)] c5 [9... f6 N
261
a) 10. Ëb1 Êc8 11. Íf4 Ìf7 12. Ìg4 f5
13. Ìf3 c6 14. g4 e6 15. Ëg1 Íd7 16. Íh5
a1) 16... Ìh6? 17. gf5 ef5 18. d5 cd5 (M.
Al-Sayed 2524 — I. Khairullin 2629, Biel
(open) 2016) 19. Êd4! Ëf8 (19... 0»0 20.
Ìg5+»)
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Yy1t1r1y
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Ìg4 0»0 15. 0»0 Êd6 16. Ìg3 Êf6 17. h4
Ía6 18. e4 e6Õ P. Sabuk 2363 — Va.
Shishkin 2459, Police 2016] 10. Íf4 Ìd7
11. Ìc4 cd4 12. cd4 Êa5 13. Êd2 Íc6 14.
Íd5 N [14. Ìe2] Ëc8 15. Ëc1 Êd2 16.
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18. Ìb3 Ìd5 19. Ìd5 e5 20. de5 Ìe5 21.
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b5 20. Ìb3 Ëhd8 21. Èe1¥] 20. Íe7! Íe7
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22. Ëc7 [22. Ìg3 Èd5 23. Ëc7 Ëc7 24. Ëc7
Ñ 22. Ëc7] Ëc7 23. Ìg3 Èd5 24. Ëc7 Ìf6
25. Ìc4 Èe4 26. Ìd3 Èd5 27. e4! Èd4 28.
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262
157.* D 80
TRAN TUAN MINH 2473
— K. ALEKSEENKO 2582
Bhubaneswar 2016
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Ìh4 Íc3 6. bc3 dc4 7. e3 Ìe6 8. Ìe2 Ìg7
9. Íh3 [9. Íf3 Ñ 110/(264)] Ìh3 10. gh3
Êd7 N [10... 0»0; 10... Íd7] 11. Ìg3 [11.
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20. f4+») 19. Êa4 Ìc3 20. Ëb3 Ìe5 21.
Ëfb1 h6 22. Ìg3¢ Tomashevsky 2722 —
Nepomniachtchi 2703, Russia 2016] Íc6
12. Ìc4 Êh3 13. Êf3 0»0 14. Ìd5 Íd8 15.
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Êc7 Ëb2¤] Êc8 16. h4 c6 17. Ìb3 h5 18.
Êe4 e6 19. Ëg1
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1 1 1 1y
1 Hs1 H
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h1 1 H 1
D 1 A D
19... c5! 20. Èe2 [20. Ìd6 cd4! 21. cd4 Ëe8
22. Ìf4 Êd7 23. Ëc1 Íc6£] cd4 21. cd4
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24. Ëab1 Íe7Õ] 22. Ëac1 Íc6 23. Ëc5
Ëfe8 24. Ìf4?! [24. Ëgc1 Ìf8 25. d5 ed5
(25... Ìc5? 26. dc6 Êe7 27. cb7+») 26.
Ëd5 Ëe4 27. Ëd7 Ëe7 28. Ëd6 Èg7=]
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Êf5 Ëce8 29. Ëg6 Êd4! 30. Ëe6 Êb2 31.
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[28. Êf5 Êb5 29. Èd1 Êb3! 30. ab3 ef5 31.
Ëg7 Èh8 32. de5 Ëc6»+] Êb5 29. Èe1
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0:1 G. Arsovi
158.* D 80
A. GOGANOV 2600
— A. IPATOV 2648
Lakovica 2016
1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 g6 3. Íc3 d5 4. Ìg5 Íe4 5.
Ìh4 Íc3 6. bc3 dc4 7. e3 Ìe6 8. Ìe2 Ìg7
9. Íh3 [9. Íf3 Ñ 114/172] Ìh3 10. gh3
Íd7 11. Ìc4 0»0 12. Êf3 N [12. 0»0 Íb6
13. Ìb3 N (13. Ìe2) Êd7 14. Êg4 e6 15.
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Èh8 19. Êd3 Ëad8 20. Ëad1 Êe7 21. a4
Ëd7 22. Êe3 Ëfd8Õ K. Alekseenko 2554
— E. Safarli 2663, Moscow 2016] c6 13.
0»0 Ìf6 14. Ìg3 Êa5 15. e4 e5 [Ä 15...
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20. Ìb3 Êf5 21. Ëde1! [21. e5 Ìe7 22.
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Ìf6 33. Ëf6 Êg7 34. Ëf7 Êg6 35. e7+»]
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Êh5 36. Ìg7 Èg7 37. Êg2 1:0
G. Arsovi
159.* D 83
S. MATSENKO 2534 —
I. SALGADO LéPEZ 2651
T«rkiye 2016
1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 g6 3. Íc3 d5 4. Ìf4 Ìg7 5.
e3 0»0 6. Ëc1 Ìe6 7. cd5 Íd5 8. Íd5 Êd5
[8... Ìd5 9. Íe2 N (9. Ìc7) c6 10. Íc3 Êa5
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Ëb3 Êa4 19. Ëb4 Êa3 20. Ëb3 1/2 : 1/2
Bublei 2391 — M. Turov 2610, Moscow
2016] 9. a3 [9. b3 Ñ 128/(162)] Êa2 N [9...
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263
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Ëa8 Ëc2 0:1 D. Pikula
160. D 85
ALEXANDER MOISEENKO 2649
— I. CHEPARINOV 2688
T«rkiye 2016
1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 g6 3. Íc3 d5 4. cd5 Íd5 5.
e4 Íc3 6. bc3 Ìg7 7. Êa4 Êd7 8. Êa3 b6
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1 1 1 1
1 Hh1 1
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China 2016] Ìd2 9. Íbd2 c3 10. bc3 Íc3
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Saint Louis 2016
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167. E 08
HI. NAKAMURA 2787
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Bilbao 2016
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h4 h6 41. g4 Ëh2 42. h5 Ëh1 43. Ëf3 Ëg1
44. Ëf2 Ëh1 45. Ëf3 Ëg1 46. Ëf2 183. !N E 46
1/2 : 1/2 T. Paunovi
W. SO 2770 —
182. E 43 SERGEY KARJAKIN 2773
Bilbao 2016
ZHOU WEIQI 2635 —
P. HARIKRISHNA 2755 1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 e6 3. Íc3 Ìb4 4. e3 0»0 5.
China 2016 Íge2 d5 6. a3 Ìe7 7. cd5 ed5 8. Íf4 Ëe8
[8... c6 Ñ 126/180, 181] 9. Ìd3 Ìd6 10.
1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 e6 3. Íc3 Ìb4 4. Íf3 b6 5. 0»0 Ìf4 11. ef4 Íc6 12. Ìe3 Íe7 13. Êc2
e3 Ìb7 6. Ìd3 0»0 7. 0»0 c5 8. Ìd2 cd4 9. g6 14. f3 h5
ed4 d5 10. cd5 Íd5 11. Êe2 Íd7 [11... Íc6
Ñ 6/673] 12. Ëac1 Ìd6 13. Ìa6 N [13. e1rWe1q1
Ìe4] Ìa6 14. Êa6 Íc3 [14... Í7f6 15.
Ëfe1 (15. Ìg5 Êc8 16. Êe2 Êb7=) h6=] YyY Ty1
15. Ëc3 [15. bc3 Íf6 16. Êe2 h6=] h6 [15... 1 1 Ty1
Íf6 16. Ìg5 h6 (16... Ìe7 17. Ëfc1 h6 18.
Ìf6 Ìf6 19. Êb5 Êd6=) 17. Ìf6 Êf6=] 1 1y1 1y
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Íf8 Èe8 46. Íe6 Ëg4£) Ëg8 45. Èd3
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Ëe8 47. Ìc5 1/2 : 1/2 T. Paunovi
184. E 51
H. KONERU 2575 —
TAN ZHONGYI 2495
Chengdu 2016
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Íc3 Ìb4 4. e3 Íf6 5. a3
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cd5 [9... ed5!?] 10. Íf3 Íc6 N [10... b6 Ñ
97/410] 11. Ìd3 e5 12. de5 Íe5 13. Íe5
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30. h4 Ìf5 31. Ìd6 Ìb1 32. Ìb4 Ëf5 33.
d6 Ëd5 34. d7 1:0 T. Paunovi
185. E 52
MCHEDLISHVILI 2604 —
MAMEDYAROV 2764
T«rkiye 2016
1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 e6 3. Íc3 Ìb4 4. e3 0»0 5.
Ìd3 d5 6. Íf3 dc4 7. Ìc4 b6 8. 0»0 Ìb7 9.
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f5 N [13... e5; 13... Ëae8; 13... Íd6] 14. Ìb5
[14. a4!?] Ídf6 15. Íd2 [15. Íe5!?] Íd2
[15... Íd6!?] 16. Ëd2 Íe4 17. Ëdd1 Íd6
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Ìf4 Ëf4 38. fe4 Ëf1 [38... Ëe4!? 39. Ìh5
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41. Ìd3 [41. g3 Ìe2 42. Ëe2 Ëg3 (42... c6!?
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Ëh1 Ëb6 46. Èg3 Ëb2 47. Ëc1 g5 48. Ìa4
c4 49. Ëe1 Ëa2 0:1 T. Paunovi
186. E 54
A. KOROBOV 2656 —
R. WOJTASZEK 2733
Poikovsky 2016
1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 e6 3. Íc3 Ìb4 4. e3 0»0 5.
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Ìc4 b6 10. Êb3 Ìc3 11. bc3 Íc6 [11...
Ìb7 Ñ 111/282] 12. Ìd3 Ìb7 13. Êb1 h6
14. Ëe1 Ëc8 15. Ìd2 Ía5 N [15... Êd6] 16.
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17. f3 Íd7 18. Íg4¢] 17. Íg4 [17. Íd7
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Ëc6 21. a4 a6Õ) a6Õ] Ìd5 20. Êc1 Ëc6
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280
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187. E 61
DING LIREN 2755
— SVIDLER 2751
Saint Louis 2016
1. d4 Íf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 Ìg7 5. Ìg2
0»0 6. Íc3 d6 7. Íh3 a6 8. a4 [8. Íf4 Ñ
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D. Pikula
188.* E 63
MAMEDYAROV 2747
Reykjavtk 2016
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189.* E 63
S. VIDIT 2658 —
V. ONISCHUK 2615
Martuni 2016
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HI. NAKAMURA 2791
Saint Louis 2016
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191. E 67
CSA. HORVCTH 2517
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Magyarorszcg 2016
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192.* !N E 73
KELIRES 2466 — H. ZISKA 2539
Luxembourg 2016
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193.* E 81
EDOUARD 2639 —
SUNDAR M. SHYAM 2526
Biel (open) 2016
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194. E 84
D. KHISMATULLIN 2623
— A. GABRIELIAN 2520
Russia 2016
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REGISTAR • ИНДЕКС • INDEX • REGISTER • REGISTRE • REGISTRO •
REGISTRO • REGISTER • KKiK • J
A BOCHAROV, D. [(1)] » Inarkiev, E. (20)
ADAMS, MI. [4/(1)] » Brown, Mart. 106; Eggleston,
D. 82; Giri, A. (46); Howell, D. 116; Jones, G. 6
ALEKSANDROV, AL. [1] » Karpeshov, O. 163
ALEKSEENKO, K. [1/(1)] » Safarli, E. (158); Tran
Tuan Minh 157
ALMAGRO LLAMAS [(1)] » Suez-Panama (171)
AL-SAYED, M. [1/(1)] » Khairullin, I. (156); Rodshtein,
M. 197
ANAND, V. [5/(5)] » Antón Guijarro 139; Giri, A.
(83), (114); Nakamura, Hi. 74; So, W. 110; Topalov,
V. (74), (117); Vachier-Lagrave (74), 118; Wei Yi
170
ANDREEV, ED. [(1)] » Sivuk (46)
ANDREIKIN [1/(1)] » Jakovenko, D. (119); Smirin 61
ANDRIASIAN, Z. [1] » Inarkiev, E. 78
ANTAL, GE. [(1)] » Torma, R. (102)
ANTIPOV, M. AL. [1] » Ragger 92
ANTON, T. [1] » David, A.-V. 148
ANTéN GUIJARRO [1] » Anand, V. 139
ARAVINDH, CH. [1] » Safarli, E. 60
ARESHCHENKO, A. [1/(1)] » Fier, A. 73; Navara, D.
(43)
ARONIAN [4] » Giri, A. 11; So, W. 4, 109; Vachier-
-Lagrave 24
ARTEMIEV, V. [1] » Hovhannisyan, R. 88
AZAROV, S. [1] » Li Ruifeng 89
B CéRDOVA, E. [4/(1)] » Ferncndez, Fe. (97); Lenderman
BACHMANN, AX. [1] » Fressinet 125
BAJARANI, U. [1] » Savchenko, B. 102
BAKLAN [1/(1)] » Sasikiran (174); Vachier-Lagrave
10
BALOG, I. [1] » Istrg¡escu, A. 25
BAUER, CH. [1/(1)] » Feller, S. 108; Heimann, An.
(196)
BMRCZES, CS. [(1)] » Szebermnyi (171)
BEREZJUK, S. [(1)] » Jegorovas (104)
BERG, E. [(2)] » Chatalbashev (192); Haug, J. (103)
BERKES, F. [(1)] » Harika, D. (27)
BETANELI [(1)] » Colas, J. (6)
BINDRICH, F. [1] » Vorobiov, E. 162
BLAëEKA, MA. [(1)] » Palac (47)
BOGNER, SE. [1] » Jobava, Ba. 51
BOLOGAN [2] » Jakovenko, D. 171; Smirin 8
B]NSCH [1] » Vaganian, R. 137
BREUTIGAM [(1)] » Gutov, A. (6)
BROWN, MART. [1] » Adams, Mi. 106
BRUZéN BATISTA [1] » Ivanchuk 64
BU XIANGZHI [3/(1)] » Harikrishna, P. 164; Ivanchuk
149; Zhou Jianchao 177; Zhou Weiqi (164)
BUBLEI [(1)] » Turov, M. (159)
BUHMANN [3] » Caruana, F. 2; Ponomariov, R. 174;
Vachier-Lagrave 127
C
CAN, E. [1] » Mamedov, Nidj. 198
CARLSEN, M. [10/(2)] » Giri, A. 128, 133; Karjakin,
Sergey 56, 140; Kramnik, V. (119); Nakamura, Hi.
66, 167; So, W. 113, 142; Vachier-Lagrave (121);
Wei Yi 37, 152
CARLSSON, P. [5] » Hemant, Sh. 17; H}felsauer 41;
Kololli, K. 96; Lewtak, Da. 131; Pultinevicius 69
CARUANA, F. [7/(1)] » Buhmann 2; Eljanov 161;
Giri, A. (118), 124; Kramnik, V. 117; Nakamura, Hi.
30, 115; Vachier-Lagrave 76
CHATALBASHEV [(1)] » Berg, E. (192)
CHEPARINOV, I. [1] » Moiseenko, Alexander 160
CHRISTIANSEN, J.-S. [(1)] » Rydstrom (103)
COLAS, J. [(1)] » Betaneli (6)
23; Mareco, S. 172; Moiseenko, Alexander 31; Pichot,
A. 97
CORI TELLO, J. [1] » Vovk, A. 27
CRAMLING, P. [1] » Tikkanen, H. 129
CVETKOVIK, SR. [2] » Damljanovik, B. 18; Yemelin,
V. 14
D
DAMLJANOVIK, B. [1] » Cvetkovik, Sr. 18
DAVID, A.-V. [2] » Anton, T. 148; Petrisor 134
DEAC, B.-D. [2/(1)] » Lcznijka 154; Nevednichii, V.
(111); çwiercz, D. 111
DEMCHENKO, AN. [1] » Esipenko, An. 122
DEMIDOV, M. [(1)] » Praggnanandhaa (153)
289
DENK, A. [1] » Nunn 70
DING LIREN [3] » So, W. 150; Svidler 187; Wang
Chen 58
DOMTNGUEZ PMREZ, L. [(1)] » Kramnik, V. (119)
DONCHENKO, ALEXA. [1] » Harikrishna, P. 57
DRAGUN, K. [1] » Miron, L.-C. 83
DUBOV, DANIIL [1/(1)] » Gagunashvili 29; Rublevsky,
S. (48)
DUDA, J.-K. [3] » Gabuzyan 63; Piorun 91; Tomczak,
J. 80
LUKIK, NI. [1] » Miron, L.-C. 42
E
EDOUARD [3] » Feller, S. 103; Navara, D. 68; Shyam,
Sundar M. 193
EGGLESTON, D. [2] » Adams, Mi. 82; Fedoseev, Vl.
35
ELJANOV [1/(2)] » Caruana, F. 161; Harikrishna, P.
(164); Rapport, R. (144)
EMINOV, O. [1] » çwiercz, D. 47
ERDäS, V. [(1)] » Wiewiora, E. (190)
ESIPENKO, AN. [1] » Demchenko, An. 122
F
FEDOSEEV, VL. [2] » Eggleston, D. 35; Oparin, G.
126
FELLER, S. [2] » Bauer, Ch. 108; Edouard 103
FERNCNDEZ, FE. [(1)] » Córdova, E. (97)
FIER, A. [1/(1)] » Areshchenko, A. 73; Lioe Dede
(152)
FINEGOLD, B. [(1)] » Liang, Aw. (155)
FLORES, DI. [(1)] » Montoro, G. (8)
FRESSINET [1] » Bachmann, Ax. 125
G INLIK, A. [1] » Oleksiyenko 200
GABRIELIAN, A. [1] » Khismatullin, D. 194
GABUZYAN [1] » Duda, J.-K. 63
GAGUNASHVILI [1] » Dubov, Daniil 29
GAJEWSKI, G. [1] » Kovalenko, Ig. 75
GANGULY, S. [4] » Le Quang Liem 147; Movsesian,
S. 54; Shankland, S. 136; Shirov 50
GELFAND, B. [5] » Inarkiev, E. 9, 46, 48, 173, 176
GEORGESCU, T.-M. [3] » Marin, Mi. 135; Mcshane
114; Nevednichii, V. 38
GHARAMIAN [(1)] » Nataf, I.-A. (46)
GHOSH, D. [(1)] » Zhao Jun (188)
GIRI, A. [10/(5)] » Adams, Mi. (46); Anand, V. (83),
(114); Aronian 11; Carlsen, M. 128, 133; Caruana, F.
(118), 124; Hou Yifan 141; Karjakin, Sergey 166;
Nakamura, Hi. 143; Svidler 153; Vachier-Lagrave
77; Wei Yi 120; Wojtaszek, R. (84)
GOGANOV, A. [1] » Ipatov, A. 158
GéMEZ GARRIDO [(1)] » Popovik, Du. (90)
GONZCLEZ VIDAL, Y. [1] » Xiong, Jef. 16
290
GORYACHKINA [1] » Lagno 40
GRAF, F. [1] » Miºta, A. 95
GRANDA ZæYIGA [1] » Marin, Mi. 36
GRANDELIUS [1] » Stupak, K. 98
GREGO, LUIS [1] » Tasik, V. 53
GRIGORIANTS, S. [1] » Hrcjek 59
GRISCHUK, A. [(1)] » Kazhgaleyev (169)
GUSTAFSSON, J. [(1)] » Smirnov, Anton (146)
GUTOV, A. [(1)] » Breutigam (6)
H
HAMMER, J. [1] » Ragger 84
HARIKA, D. [(1)] » Berkes, F. (27)
HARIKRISHNA, P. [3/(2)] » Bu Xiangzhi 164; Don-
chenko, Alexa. 57; Eljanov (164); Mamedov, Rauf
(47); Zhou Weiqi 182
HAUG, J. [(1)] » Berg, E. (103)
HEIMANN, AN. [(1)] » Bauer, Ch. (196)
HEMANT, SH. [1] » Carlsson, P. 17
HILLARP PERSSON [1] » Tikkanen, H. 100
H]FELSAUER [1] » Carlsson, P. 41
HORVCTH, CSA. [1/(1)] » Iordgchescu, V. (99); Rap-
port, R. 191
HOU YIFAN [1] » Giri, A. 141
HOVHANNISYAN, R. [1] » Artemiev, V. 88
HOWELL, D. [1] » Adams, Mi. 116
HRCJEK [1] » Grigoriants, S. 59
I
IDANI [(1)] » Mchedlishvili (30)
INARKIEV, E. [7/(1)] » Andriasian, Z. 78; Bocharov,
D. (20); Gelfand, B. 9, 46, 48, 173, 176; Zhigalko, S.
178
IORDGCHESCU, V. [(1)] » Horvcth, Csa. (99)
IPATOV, A. [1] » Goganov, A. 158
ISTRGìESCU, A. [3] » Balog, I. 25; Miron, L.-C. 26;
Tomici 123
IVANCHUK [3] » Bruzón Batista 64; Bu Xiangzhi
149; Lmkó, P. 62
IVANIêEVIK, I. [2] » Onischuk, V. 39; Rakhmanov,
Ale. 28
J
JAKOVENKO, D. [2/(1)] » Andreikin (119); Bologan
171; Motylev 107
JEGOROVAS [(1)] » Berezjuk, S. (104)
JOBAVA, BA. [1/(1)] » Bogner, Se. 51; Ter-Sahakyan
(99)
JONES, G. [3] » Adams, Mi. 6; Mamedyarov 188;
Mazm, S. 67
JU WENJUN [1] » Muzychuk, A. 130
 K MARTINOVIK, SAêA [1] » KoÕul 195
KAMSKY, G. [(2)] » Nepomniachtchi (47); Svidler
(99)
KA[OVSKù, D. [(1)] » êtohl (92)
KARJAKIN, SERGEY [5] » Carlsen, M. 56, 140; Giri,
A. 166; Safarli, E. 44; So, W. 183
KARPESHOV, O. [1] » Aleksandrov, Al. 163
KASIMDZHANOV [(2)] » Mamedov, Rauf (46); San-
dipan, Ch. (137)
KAZHGALEYEV [(1)] » Grischuk, A. (169)
KELIRES [1] » Ziska, H. 192
KHAIRULLIN, I. [(1)] » Al-Sayed, M. (156)
KHISMATULLIN, D. [1] » Gabrielian, A. 194
KOLOLLI, K. [1] » Carlsson, P. 96
KONERU, H. [1] » Tan Zhongyi 184
KONOPKA, M. [(1)] » Ra¿tk (189)
KOPYLOV, M. [(1)] » Kramer, Ju. (155)
KOROBOV, A. [5] » Kovalenko, Ig. 32; Matlakov 180;
Smirin 87; Sutovsky 151; Wojtaszek, R. 186
KOVALENKO, IG. [4] » Gajewski, G. 75; Korobov,
A. 32; Matlakov 21; Motylev 104
KOVCHAN [1] » êarik, Iv. 86
KOëUL [1] » Martinovik, Sa¿a 195
KRAMER, JU. [(1)] » Kopylov, M. (155)
KRAMER, MART. [1] » Shankland, S. 90
KRAMNIK, V. [1/(2)] » Carlsen, M. (119); Caruana, F.
117; Domtnguez Pmrez, L. (119)
KUDERINOV [(1)] » Utegaliyev (193)
KUNIN, V. [1] » Navara, D. 99
L 68; Kunin, V. 99; Rapport, R. 20; So, W. (12);
LAGNO [1] » Goryachkina 40
LCZNIJKA [1] » Deac, B.-D. 154
LMKé, P. [2] » Ivanchuk 62; Nepomniachtchi 81
LENDERMAN [1] » Córdova, E. 23
LE QUANG LIEM [1] » Ganguly, S. 147
LEWTAK, DA. [1] » Carlsson, P. 131
LIANG, AW. [(1)] » Finegold, B. (155)
LIBISZEWSKI, F. [(1)] » Pashikian (114)
LINDBERG, BE. [(1)] » Tikkanen, H. (103)
LIOE DEDE [(1)] » Fier, A. (152)
LI RUIFENG [1] » Azarov, S. 89
LUPULESCU, C. [1] » Miron, L.-C. 168
M OPARIN, G. [3] » Fedoseev, Vl. 126; Popov, Iv. 7;
MAGHSOODLOO [1] » Xiong, Jef. 15
MAMEDOV, NIDJ. [1] » Can, E. 198
MAMEDOV, RAUF [(2)] » Harikrishna, P. (47); Kasim-
dzhanov (46)
MAMEDYAROV [3] » Jones, G. 188; Mchedlishvili
185; Savchenko, B. 156
MANOLACHE [1] » Vorobiov, E. 155
MARECO, S. [1] » Córdova, E. 172
MARIN, MI. [2] » Georgescu, T.-M. 135; Granda
Zõyiga 36
MATLAKOV [2] » Korobov, A. 180; Kovalenko, Ig.
21
MATSENKO, S. [1] » Salgado López, I. 159
MAZM, S. [1] » Jones, G. 67
MCHEDLISHVILI [1/(1)] » Idani (30); Mamedyarov
185
McSHANE [1] » Georgescu, T.-M. 114
MEGARANTO [1] » Sethuraman, S. P. 55
MIESBAUER [(1)] » Rohcjek (8)
MIRON, L.-C. [4] » Dragun, K. 83; Lukik, Ni. 42;
Istrg¡escu, A. 26; Lupulescu, C. 168
MIçTA, A. [1] » Graf, F. 95
MOISEENKO, ALEXANDER [2] » Cheparinov, I. 160;
Córdova, E. 31
MONTORO, G. [(1)] » Flores, Di. (8)
MOTYLEV [4] » Jakovenko, D. 107; Kovalenko, Ig.
104; Smirin 112; Sutovsky 45
MOVSESIAN, S. [1] » Ganguly, S. 54
MUZYCHUK, A. [1] » Ju Wenjun 130
N
NAJER, E. [2] » Ponomariov, R. 132; Vachier-Lagrave
94
NAKAMURA, HI. [10/(2)] » Anand, V. 74; Carlsen,
M. 66, 167; Caruana, F. 30, 115; Giri, A. 143; So, W.
165, 181; Svidler 190; Topalov, V. 138; Vachier-
-Lagrave (121); Vczquez Igarza (197)
NATAF, I.-A. [(1)] » Gharamian (46)
NAVARA, D. [4/(2)] » Areshchenko, A. (43); Edouard
Tomczak, J. 43
NEPOMNIACHTCHI [1/(2)] » Kamsky, G. (47); Lmkó,
P. 81; Tomashevsky (157)
NEVEDNICHII, V. [1/(1)] » Deac, B.-D. (111); Georg-
escu, T.-M. 38
NIKJEVIK, N. [1] » Tadik, Br. 22
NIKOLENKO, O. [1] » Ponkratov 5
NISIPEANU [1] » Ponomariov, R. 179
NUNN [1] » Denk, A. 70
O
OLEKSIYENKO [1] » Inlik, A. 200
ONISCHUK, V. [3] » Ivani¿evik, I. 39; Ter-Sahakyan
85; Vidit, S. 189
Vavulin 79
P
PALAC [1/(1)] » BlaÕeka, Ma. (47); Vallejo Pons 93
PASHIKIAN [(1)] » Libiszewski, F. (114)
PETRISOR [1] » David, A.-V. 134
PICHOT, A. [2] » Córdova, E. 97; Quintiliano Pinto
199
PIJPERS, A. [1] » Wieczorek, O. 72
291
PIORUN [1] » Duda, J.-K. 91
PLASKETT [1] » Vaganian, R. 34
POGONINA [1] » Stefanova, A. 175
PONKRATOV [1] » Nikolenko, O. 5
PONOMARIOV, R. [4] » Buhmann 174; Najer, E. 132;
Nisipeanu 179; Vachier-Lagrave 119
POPOV, IV. [1] » Oparin, G. 7
POPOVIK, DU. [(1)] » Gómez Garrido (90)
PRAGGNANANDHAA [(1)] » Demidov, M. (153)
PULTINEVICIUS [1] » Carlsson, P. 69
Q SVIDLER [5/(1)] » Ding Liren 187; Giri, A. 153;
QUINTILIANO PINTO [1] » Pichot, A. 199
R SZEBERMNYI [(1)] » Bmrczes, Cs. (171)
RAGGER [2] » Antipov, M. Al. 92; Hammer, J. 84
RAKHMANOV, ALE. [1] » Ivani¿evik, I. 28
RAPPORT, R. [2/(1)] » Eljanov (144); Horvcth, Csa.
191; Navara, D. 20
RAêTK [(1)] » Konopka, M. (189)
RIFF, J.-N. [1] » Schlosser, Ph. 49
RODSHTEIN, M. [1] » Al-Sayed, M. 197
ROHCJEK [(1)] » Miesbauer (8)
RUBLEVSKY, S. [(1)] » Dubov, Daniil (48)
RYDSTROM [(2)] » Christiansen, J.-S. (103); Tikkanen,
H. (103)
S TOPALOV, V. [3/(3)] » Anand, V. (74), (117); Naka-
SABUK, P. [(1)] » Shishkin, Va. (156)
SAFARLI, E. [3/(1)] » Alekseenko, K. (158); Aravindh,
Ch. 60; Karjakin, Sergey 44; Vernay, C. 101
SALGADO LéPEZ, I. [2] » Matsenko, S. 159; Vachier-
-Lagrave 65
SANDIPAN, CH. [(1)] » Kasimdzhanov (137)
êARIK, IV. [3] » Kovchan 86; Shankland, S. 169;
Svetushkin 196
SASIKIRAN [(1)] » Baklan (174)
SAVCHENKO, B. [2] » Bajarani, U. 102; Mamedya-
rov 156
SCHLOSSER, PH. [1] » Riff, J.-N. 49
SEDLAK, N. [1] » Tadik, Br. 33
SENGUPTA, D. [1] » Sethuraman, S. P. 145
SETHURAMAN, S. P. [4] » Megaranto 55; Sengupta,
D. 145; Shirov 146; Wei Yi 144
SEVIAN, S. [1] » Smirin 52
SHANKLAND, S. [3] » Ganguly, S. 136; Kramer,
Mart. 90; êarik, Iv. 169
SHIROV [2] » Ganguly, S. 50; Sethuraman, S. P. 146
SHISHKIN, VA. [(1)] » Sabuk, P. (156)
SHYAM, SUNDAR M. [1] » Edouard 193
SIVUK [(1)] » Andreev, Ed. (46)
SMIRIN [5] » Andreikin 61; Bologan 8; Korobov, A.
87; Motylev 112; Sevian, S. 52
SMIRNOV, ANTON [(1)] » Gustafsson, J. (146)
292
SO, W. [14/(1)] » Anand, V. 110; Aronian 4, 109;
Carlsen, M. 113, 142; Ding Liren 150; Karjakin,
Sergey 183; Nakamura, Hi. 165, 181; Navara, D.
(12); Svidler 13; Topalov, V. 3, 12; Vachier-Lagrave
121; Wei Yi 105
STEFANOVA, A. [2] » Pogonina 175; Ushenina 1
êTOHL [(1)] » Ka{ovskÃ, D. (92)
STUPAK, K. [1] » Grandelius 98
SUEZ-PANAMA [(1)] » Almagro Llamas (171)
SUTOVSKY [3] » Korobov, A. 151; Motylev 45;
Wojtaszek, R. 19
SVETUSHKIN [1] » êarik, Iv. 196
Kamsky, G. (99); Nakamura, Hi. 190; So, W. 13;
Vachier-Lagrave 71
çWIERCZ, D. [2] » Deac, B.-D. 111; Eminov, O. 47
T
TADIK, BR. [2] » Nikjevik, N. 22; Sedlak, N. 33
TAN ZHONGYI [1] » Koneru, H. 184
TASIK, V. [1] » Grego, Luis 53
TER-SAHAKYAN [1/(1)] » Jobava, Ba. (99); Onischuk,
V. 85
TIKKANEN, H. [2/(2)] » Cramling, P. 129; Hillarp
Persson 100; Lindberg, Be. (103); Rydstrom (103)
TOMASHEVSKY [(1)] » Nepomniachtchi (157)
TOMCZAK, J. [2] » Duda, J.-K. 80; Navara, D. 43
TOMICI [1] » Istrg¡escu, A. 123
mura, Hi. 138; So, W. 3, 12; Vachier-Lagrave (77)
TORMA, R. [(1)] » Antal, Ge. (102)
TRAN TUAN MINH [1] » Alekseenko, K. 157
TUROV, M. [(1)] » Bublei (159)
U
USHENINA [1] » Stefanova, A. 1
UTEGALIYEV [(1)] » Kuderinov (193)
V
VACHIER-LAGRAVE [11/(4)] » Anand, V. (74), 118;
Aronian 24; Baklan 10; Buhmann 127; Carlsen, M.
(121); Caruana, F. 76; Giri, A. 77; Najer, E. 94;
Nakamura, Hi. (121); Ponomariov, R. 119; Salgado
López, I. 65; So, W. 121; Svidler 71; Topalov, V. (77)
VAGANIAN, R. [2] » B}nsch 137; Plaskett 34
VALLEJO PONS [1] » Palac 93
VAVULIN [1] » Oparin, G. 79
VCZQUEZ IGARZA [(1)] » Nakamura, Hi. (197)
VERNAY, C. [1] » Safarli, E. 101
VIDIT, S. [1] » Onischuk, V. 189
VOROBIOV, E. [2] » Bindrich, F. 162; Manolache 155
VOVK, A. [1] » Cori Tello, J. 27
 W Y
WANG CHEN [1] » Ding Liren 58 YEMELIN, V. [1] » Cvetkovik, Sr. 14
WEI YI [6] » Anand, V. 170; Carlsen, M. 37, 152; Giri, YEVSEEV, D. [(1)] » Zhurikhin (27)
A. 120; Sethuraman, S. P. 144; So, W. 105
WIECZOREK, O. [1] » Pijpers, A. 72
WIEWIORA, E. [(1)] » Erdñs, V. (190) Z
WOJTASZEK, R. [2/(1)] » Giri, A. (84); Korobov, A. ZHAO JUN [(1)] » Ghosh, D. (188)
186; Sutovsky 19
ZHIGALKO, S. [1] » Inarkiev, E. 178
ZHOU JIANCHAO [1] » Bu Xiangzhi 177
X ZHOU WEIQI [1/(1)] » Bu Xiangzhi (164); Harikrishna,
P. 182
XIONG, JEF. [2] » Gonzclez Vidal, Y. 16; Maghsoodloo ZHURIKHIN [(1)] » Yevseev, D. (27)
15 ZISKA, H. [1] » Kelires 192

293
1. KACZUR 2426 — 2. I. IVANIêEVIK 2650 3. NAJER 2681 —
J. PÆLPCN 2321 — BRENJO 2416 ARTY. TIMOFEEV
2598
Praha 2016 Crna Gora 2016 Russia 2016
Ia Ic Ig
1qE 1 E e1 1 1eR e1 1 1eQ
YyYw1 1 Yr1 1 1q YyWr1y1y
Tt1y1 1 Y YgW Y 1 1yR 1
R 1 1yY 1 YhTy1f 1 1 1y1
1 H 1 1 1 1 1 H 1fG 1 1
1sG H H 1 1 FhH 1 H 1 1d
h1 F Hf1 h1 S 1a1 hH 1sHhH
1dD 1 A 1 D D 1 1 1d1 A
1. ? +» 1. ? +» 1. ? +»
4. S. BEUKEMA 2380 — 5. A. INLIK 2547 — 6. ORTEGA AMARELLE
P. GRANDADAM I. KHAIRULLIN 2629 2432 — GONZCLEZ
2325 GARCTA 2498
Bhubaneswar 2016 Warszawa 2016 Badalona 2016
Ig Ig Ig
1Et1q1 1
1e1q1 1 1 E Q
Y 1 1yYy Y W 1yY 1y1w1eRt
w1y1yR F Y 1yR F y1 1 1y1
1yHeG 1 T 1 G 1s 1 YhYy1y
1 H 1 1 h1 Hr1 1 h1h1h1 H
H 1 1sD 1 1 1 D 1 1 1dH
H 1 HhH tH 1 HhH Hs1g1a1
1 1d1 A 1 1 1dA 1 1g1d1
1. ? +» 1. ? +» 1... ? ¤
7. A. KOROBOV 2656 8. ALEK. SOROKIN 9. KHAZIEVA 2128 —
— SUTOVSKY 2622 2425 — ARAM ALEXANDRA
HAKOBYAN 2404 MAKARENKO 2269
Poikovsky 2016 Praha 2016 Russia 2016
III b III f III h
e1 1 1 1 1 E 1 1 1 Eq1 1
Yy1sYq1y Yr1 1q1 Y 1 1 R
1 1y1y1 Y 1yY Y r1 D 1 Y
T W R 1 1hW Y Yh 1 1 1y1
1 1 F 1 ShTh1h1 Y 1 1 1
1 H 1 H H 1 1h1 Gh1 1g1h
h1 1 HfH 1 1g1 1 1 1 Hh1
1 1d1 A 1a1d1f1 1 1 1 A
1. ? +» 1... ? »+ 1... ? »+

294

1. KACZUR — J. PÆLPCN
1. Íb5! Ìd2 2. Ëc6! [2. Ía7?! Ía7 3. Êb6
Êd6 4. Êb7 Èd7 5. Êa7 Ìc1 6. Ëc1§] bc6
3. Ía7 Èb8 [3... Èb7 4. Ìc6; 4. Êa4!+»]
4. Íc6 Èc8 5. Ía7 Èb8 6. Êa3! 1:0
Br. Tadi
2. I. IVANIêEVIK — BRENJO
1. Ìg5! hg5 [1... Ëg5 2. hg5 Êe7 3. g6 Èg8
4. Êh6+»] 2. hg5 Êe7 [2... Ëg5 3. Íg5 Èg8
4. f4+»] 3. Ëh1 1:0 Br. Tadi
3. NAJER — ARTY. TIMOFEEV
1. Íf5! ef5 2. Ëh7! Èh7 3. Êh5 Èg7 4. Êf7
Èh6 [4... Èh8 5. Êf6 (5. Ëd7 Êd7 6. Êd7
Ëad8 7. Êf5 Ëd1 8. Ìf1+») Ëg7 6. Ëd4 f4
7. Ëf4 Ìf5 8. Êf5+»] 5. Êf6 Ëg6 [5... Èh7
6. Êf7 Èh6 7. Ëd7+»] 6. Êh4 Èg7 7. Êe7
Èh6 8. Ëd7 Êc4 9. Êh7 Èg5 10. Ëd4
1:0 Br. Tadi
4. S. BEUKEMA — P. GRANDADAM
1. Ìg7! Ìg7 2. Êf7 Èh8 3. Êf8! [3... Ìf8
4. Íf7#] 1:0 Br. Tadi
5. A. INLIK — I. KHAIRULLIN
1. Ìg5? [1. Íg4! Ìd4 (1... Êe7 2. Íf6 Êf6
3. Ìg7 Êg7 4. Ëg7 Èg7 5. Êe5+») 2. Ìg7
Ìg7 3. Íf6 Èf8 4. Ëg7 Èg7 (4... Ëc8 5. Êh8
Èe7 6. Êh4+») 5. Íe8+»] Ìg5 2. Êg5 f6 3.
Êf6 [3. Êh5¥] Íc1Õ Br. Tadi
COMBINATIONS
6. ORTEGA AMARELLE —
JO. GONZCLEZ GARCTA
1... f4! 2. gf4 [2. Íf2 g5¤] ef4 3. Íf4? [3.
Ëf4 Ëf4 4. Ëf4 Ëf4 5. Íf4 Êg4»+; 3.
Íf2ì Ìe5¤] Êg4 4. Ëg3 Ëf4!»+
Jo. Gonz lez Garc a
7. A. KOROBOV — SUTOVSKY
1. Ëd5! ed5 2. Ìd5 Èf8 3. Êe6 Èe8 4. Ìe5
Èd8 [4... Ëd8 5. Êg8 Èd7 6. Ìe6 Èc6 7.
Êd8 Êe5 8. Ìd7 Èd6 9. Ìb5 Èe6 10.
Êa5+»] 5. c4 Êb4 6. Êg8 Èd7 7. Êa8 e6
[7... Êe1 8. Èg2 Êe5 9. Êa7+»] 8. Ìf6
ed5 9. Êd8 Èe6 10. cd5 Èf7 11. h4 Íc4 12.
Ìd4+» Br. Tadi
8. ALEK. SOROKIN —
ARAM HAKOBYAN
1... Èe7 [1... Íb5! 2. Êc5 (2. Ëd8? Ía3»+;
2. Êa4 Ëd1 3. Êd1 Ía3 4. Èa2 Ìc6»+)
Ëd1 3. Èc2 bc5 4. Èd1 Ía3»+] 2. Íd4 ed4
3. Èc2 Ëd6 4. Êc5 bc5= Br. Tadi
9. KHAZIEVA —
ALEXANDRA MAKARENKO
1... ba3? [1... Ìd3! 2. Íc4 (2. Ëd3 ba3 3.
Ëd2 Ìb2»+) Ìc4 3. bc4 b3 4. Íd2 b2 5.
Èf1 (5. Ëd5 Ëe8 6. Èf1 Ìc3»+) Ëc8 6.
Èe2 Ëc4»+] 2. Ëa6 Ìb2 3. Íd2=
Br. Tadi
295
1. AS. SOLOMON 2072 2. MINDLIN 2412 — 3. DING LIREN 2778 —
— M. ISKHAKOV ADAR 1975 A. GRISCHUK 2747
2226
Jerusalem 2016 Jerusalem 2016 Wenzhou (m/1) 2016
Î 3/c3 Î 5/c2 ÍÌ 2/a1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Y 1 1y 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 YyH 1 1 1 1 1 1q1 1
1hYq1 1 1y1 1 1 1 1t1 A
h1 1 A 1 y1 Q 1 A Gy1 1 1
1 H 1 1 H 1 1h1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1h1 H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1... ? = 1... ? = 1. ? =

4. A. MUZYCHUK 2545 5. ALI MARANDI 2476 6. J. BORIêEK 2576 —

— H. KONERU 2575 — I. JANIK 2318 J. êKOBERNE 2572
Chengdu 2016 Celje 2016 Bled 2016
ÍÌ 4/g Ë 5/b Ë 5/g
1 1 1 1 1 1 1q1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1r1 1d1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1q1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1h1
1yG 1 1 Y 1 1 1a Yy1 1 1a
y1hA 1 1 hHe1 1 1 q1 1 1 1
H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 D
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 E
1. ? +» 1. ? +» 1. ? =

7. J. êKOBERNE 2572 8. BOLOGAN 2654 — 9. IG. KOVALENKO

— KOëUL 2594 ANDREIKIN 2733 2667 — R.
WOJTASZEK 2733
Bled 2016 Poikovsky 2016 Poikovsky 2016
Ë 6/b Ë 6/d Ë 9/h
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 Q 1 1 1 1 1 1 D 1 1
1d1 1 1 h1d1y1 1 1 1 1 1
1y1 1y1 1 1 1 Y 1 1 1y1
E 1 Hy1 H 1 1qY 1t1 G 1
1 1 1 H 1 1 1 1 H Q Y A
1 A 1 1 e1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1a1 1 1 1e1
1. ? = 1... ? »+ 1... ? »+

296

1. AS. SOLOMON —
M. ISKHAKOV
1... Èc4?? [1... c4! 2. g3 (2. Èe3 Èe5 3. a5
Èd5 4. b6 ab6 5. ab6 Èc6 6. Èd4 Èb6 7.
Èc4 Èc6=) Èc5 3. Èe4 Èb6 4. Èd4 Èa5
5. Èc4 Èa4 6. Èd5 Èb5 7. c4 Èb6 8. Èd6
Èb7=] 2. Èe4+» f5 3. Èe5 f4 4. Èf4 Èd5
[4... Èc3 5. a5+»] 5. g4 Èd6 6. c4 Èe6 7.
g5 Èd6 8. a5 1:0
Petronijevi
2. MINDLIN — ADAR
1... Èc4? [1... b4!! 2. f4 (2. ab4 Èc4=) b3!!
3. f5 Èd3 4. f6 Èc2 5. f7 Èb2 6. f8Ê Èa2 7.
Êf7 Èa3 8. Êe6 b2 9. Êb6 b1Ê 10. Êb1=]
2. f4+» Èb3 3. f5 Èb2 4. f6 Èa3 5. f7 b4 6.
f8Ê Èb3 7. Êf3 Èb2 8. Êe4 Èa3 9. Èg3
b3 10. Èf2 b2 11. Êb1 Èb3 12. Èe3 a3 [13.
Èd4 a2 14. Êd3 Èa4 15. Êc2 Èa3 16.
Êc3+»] 1:0 Petronijevi
3. DING LIREN — A. GRISCHUK
1. Íc6? [1. Ía2! Èe5 2. Èg4 Èe4 3. Èg3
Èd3 4. Èf3! Èc2 5. Èe4!=] c3!»+ 2. Èg4
Èd6! 3. Ía5 Èc5 [3... Íb4 4. Íb3 c2 5.
Íc1 Èd5 6. Èf3 Èd4 7. Íe2 Èd3!»+] 4.
Èf3 Èb5! 5. Íb3 Èc4 6. Íc1 [6. Ía1
Èd3! 7. Èg3 Èd2 8. Èf2 Èd1 9. Èf3 Èc1!
10. Íb3 Èc2 11. Íd4 Èd3 12. Íb3 c2»+]
c2 7. Èe4 Íb4 8. Íe2 Íc6 9. Èe3 Èb3! 10.
Íc1 Èc3 11. Íe2 Èb2 12. Èd3 Íb4 13.
Èd4 Ía2 14. Íf4 Èb1 15. Íe2 [15. Íd3
Íc1»+] Íc1 [15... Èa1»+] 16. Íc3 Èa1
17. Èc4 Ía2 18. Íe2 Èb2 19. Èd4 Íc1 20.
Íf4 Íb3 21. Èd5 Èc3 22. Èe4 Íc5 [22...
Èd2»+] 23. Èf3 Èd2 24. Íe2 Íe6 25.
Èf2 Èd3 [25... Íc5 26. Èf3 Íb3»+] 26.
Íc1 Èc3 27. Èe3 Èb2 [27... Íd4»+] 28.
Íe2 Íc7 29. Èe4 Íb5 30. Íf4 Èa1 [30...
Íc3»+] 31. Íd3 Èb1 32. Èe3 Íc3 33.
Èd2 Íe4 [34. Èe3 Íc5»+] 0:1
Petronijevi
4. A. MUZYCHUK — H. KONERU
1. Íd3!+» [1. cb5? Èb5=] Ìe6 2. c5 [2.
Íb4 Èb6 3. Íd5 Èc6 4. cb5 Èd6 5. Íc3
Ìb3 6. Íe4+»] Ìb3 [2... Èc7 3. Íe5+»]
3. Íe5 Èb7 4. Èc3 Ìd5 5. Èb4 Ìc6 6. Íf7
ENDINGS
[6. Èa5 Ìe8 7. Íf3 Èc6 8. Èb4 Èd5 9.
Íh4 Èe5 10. Èa5+»] Èa6 7. Íd8 Ìd5 8.
Èc3 Èa5 9. Èd4 Ìg2 10. Èe5 b4 11. c6
ba3 12. ba3 Èb6 13. Èd6 Ìf3 14. c7 Ìg4
15. Íc6 Èb5 16. Íd4 [16. Íe7 Èc4 17.
Íd5 Èb5 18. Íc3 Èa5 19. Èe7+»] Èb6
17. Íc6 [17. Íe2+» Ñ 17. Íc6] Èb5 18.
Íd4 Èb6 19. Íe2 Ìh3 20. Íc3+» Èa5
21. Èc6 Ìc8 22. Íe4 1:0
Petronijevi
5. ALI MARANDI — I. JANIK
1. ba5?? [1. b5 a) 1... Ëa4 2. b6 Ëb4 3. Èg6
Ëg4 (3... Èf8 4. Èf6 Èe8 5. Èe6+») 4.
Èf6 Ëb4 5. Èe6 a4 6. Èd6 Ëb3 7. Ëb8 Èf7
8. Èc6 Ëc3 9. Èb7 Èe7 10. Ëa8 a3 11. Ëa4
Ëb3 12. Èa7 Èd8 13. b7+»; b) 1... Èf8 2.
Ëa7 Èe8 3. Ëa5 Èd8 4. b6+»] Ëa4= 2.
Ëa7 Èf8 3. a6 Èe8 4. Ëa8 Èd7 5. a7 Èc7
6. Ëg8 Ëa7 7. Ëg7 Èb8 8. Ëa7 Èa7
1/2 : 1/2 Petronijevi
6. J. BORIêEK — J. êKOBERNE
1. Ëh4? [1. Ëa2! Èb4 2. Ëe2 Èa3 3. Ëe5
Èa4 4. Ëg5 Ëh1 5. Èg4 Ëh8 6. Èf4 b4 7.
Èe3 Ëg8 8. g7 Èb3 9. Ëg2=] b4 2. Ëg4
Ëh1 3. Èg5 Ëh8 4. g7 Ëg8 5. Èf6 Èa3 [6.
Èf7 Ëg7 7. Ëg7 b3»+] 0:1
Petronijevi
7. J. êKOBERNE — KOëUL
1. Èd3?? [1. Ëc5! Èe6 2. Ëe5 Èf6 3.
Èc2=] Ëb3»+ 2. Èd4 Ëg3 3. Ëc5 [3. Ëb6
Ëb3 4. Èe5 g3 5. Èf5 Èd7 6. Èe4 b4»+]
b4 4. Ëf5 b3 [4... Ëg1»+] 5. Ëb5 Èf6 [5...
Èd6»+] 6. Èe4 Ëc3 7. Èd4 Ëh3 8. Èe4
Ëf3 9. Ëb6 Èe7 10. f5 Èd7 [10... Èf7»+]
11. f6 Èc7 12. Ëb4 Èd6 13. Ëb7 [13. f7
Èe7 14. Èe5 g3 15. Ëb7 Èf8 16. Èe4
g2»+] Èc5 14. f7 Èc4 0:1
Petronijevi
8. BOLOGAN — ANDREIKIN
1... Èh3?? [1... h3! 2. Èg1 Ëa1 3. Èh2
Èh4»+] 2. Ëc5!= [Å Ëa5] Ëa1 3. Èe2
Ëa2 4. Èf1 Ëa6 5. Ëg5 Ëa3 6. Ëe5 Ëa6 7.
b5 Ëd6 8. Ëc5 Ëd1 9. Èf2 Ëd2 10. Èf1
Èg4 11. Ëc4 Èf3 12. Ëc3 Èf4 13. Ëc4 Èg5
297
 ENDINGS
14. Ëb4 h3 15. Èg1 Èf5 16. b6 Ëd8 17.
Èh2 Èe5 18. Èh3 Ëb8 19. Èg3
1/2 : 1/2 Petronijevi
9. IG. KOVALENKO —
R. WOJTASZEK
1... Èb3? [1... Èd4 a) 2. Ëb7 Íd2 3. Ëd7
Èc5 4. Ëd5 (4. Íd3 Èc4 5. Íe5 Èb3 6. Ëb7
Èc2 7. Ëc7 Èd1»+) Èc4 5. Ëf5 e2»+; b)
2. Íe2 Èe4 3. Ëc8 (3. a4 Íe5 4. Èh4 f4»+)
Íe5»+] 2. Íe2? [2. Ëe7! a) 2... Èb2 3.
Íd5 Èc2 4. a4 (4. Èg2 Ëe1 5. Èf3 Èd3 6.
Íe3 Íe3 7. Ëd7 Èc4 8. Èf4=) Èd3 5. Íf4
298
Èd4 6. Íe2 Èc5 7. a5 Èd6 8. Ëe8 Èd7 9.
Ëb8 Ía5 10. Ëb4 Èe6 11. Ëa4 Íb7 12. Ëa3
Íd6 13. Ëe3=; b) 2... Èc2 3. a4 Íd6 4.
Íg2 f4 5. Èg4 Ëg1 6. Èf4 Ëg2 7. Ëe3=]
Ëf2»+ 3. Íd4 Èc3 4. Íe6 Ëa2? [4... Èd2!
5. Ëd7 Èe1 6. Íf4 Íe5 7. Ëd4 Ëf3 8. Èg2
e2»+] 5. Íf4 Èd4 [5... Ëc2 6. Ëc5 Èd4 7.
Ëf5=] 6. Íe6 Èd5 7. Íf4 Èd4 8. Íe6 Èc3
9. Íf4 Ëc2 10. Ëc5 Èd4 11. Ëf5= Íd2 12.
Ëf8 Íf1 13. Èg4 Ëf2 14. Ëd8 Èc4 15. Ëc8
Èb3 16. Ëe8 Ëd2 17. Ëe5 Èa3 18. Íd5
Ëg2 19. Èf3 Ëf2 20. Èg4 Íh2 21. Èg3 Íf1
22. Èg4 1/2 : 1/2 Petronijevi
1. P. KRUG 2. M. MINSKI & 3. E. FOMICHEV
R. STAUDTE
1st Pr. “e4-e5" 2014 2nd Pr. “e4-e5" 2014 1st Pr. Schach 2015
11 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 G 1
1 1 1a1 1 1 1 Yq Y 1 1 T
1 1 F 1 1g1 1 1 H F E 1
R 1h1 1 1 1 1dYh Q 1h1 1
1 D 1 1 1 1 1 1 h1 1 1 1
1 1h1 D 1y1 1 H 1 1 1 1
e1 1 1r1 E 1 1 H 1 1 1 1
Q 1 W 1 1 1 1a1 A 1 1 1r
1. ? +» 1. ? +» 1. ? +»

4. R. BECKER & 5. S. SLUMSTRUP 6. L. M. GONZCLEZ

M. GARCTA NIELSEN
2nd Pr. Schach 2015 1st Pr. Baku Olympic ty 3rd Pr. Baku Olympic ty
2016 2016
1E 1 1 1 Q 1 1 1 1 1 Q
1 1 1hD W 1hH F 1 1f1 1
1 1h1qH 1 1 A Y w1 1 1hY
1 1 1 1 1 1 1h1 1 1 1 1g
1 1 1y1 1e1 1 1 1 A 1 1
1 1a1y1 1y1 1 1t 1 1 1 1
1 1 Y 1 1 1 1 1 1d1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1s1 1 E 1 1 1
1. ? += 1. ? += 1. ? +»

7. O. PERVAKOV 8. P. ARESTOV 9. J. POLCêEK &

E. VLASCK
2nd Pr. Afek-64 JT 2016 5th Pr. Afek-64 JT 2016 2nd HM Afek-64 JT 2016
D1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 Q 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1a 1 1 1 1
1 1 1g1 Yy1 1 1 1 1h1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 H 1 1 1 1
1 R A 1 1t1 1 Q 1 1 1 1
1 1h1y1q 1 1 1 1 1f1 1 D
1 1 1 1 1h1 1 1 r1 E 1 1
1 1r1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1a1
1. ? +» 1. ? += 1. ? +»

299
 STUDIES
1. P. KRUG
1. Ëb4 [1. Ëe4? Èb1=] Ëb2 2. Ëb2 Ìe4 3.
de4 Êe4 4. Èh8!! [4. Èg7? Ìc3! 5. Ëc3
Êg4 6. Èf8 Êc8! 7. Èe7 Êc7! 8. Èe6 Êc8
9. Èd6 Êf8 10. Èe5 Èb2=] Ìc3 5. Ëc3
Êe8 6. Èg7 Êd7 7. Èh6 Êh3! 8. Èg5
Êg3! 9. Èf5 Êh3 10. Èf4 Êh6 11. Èe5
Èb2 [11... Êh5 12. Èd6 Èb2 13. Ëh3+»]
12. Èe6 Èa2 13. d6+»
2. M. MINSKI & R. STAUDTE
1. Ëb5! [1. Íd4? Ëb1 2. Èg2 b2 3. Ëb5 Ëd1
4. Ëb2 Ëd4=; 1. Ía5? Ëb1 2. Èg2 b2 3.
Ëb5 Ëa1 4. Ëb2 Ëa5=] Ëb1 2. Èg2! [2.
Èf2? b2 3. Íe5 Ëh1! 4. Ëb2 Ëh2=] b2 3.
Íb8!! [3. Íe5? Ëe1=] g4 4. Ëb6 Èg8 5.
Ëb7 Èh7 [5... Èh8 6. Íd7 Ëd1 7. Ëb8 Èh7
8. Íf8+»] 6. Íd7! [6. Ëb5? Èh6=Â; 6.
h4? gh3 7. Èh2 Èh6 8. Ëb5 Èh7 9. Ëb6
Èg8 10. Ëb7 Èh7=] Ëd1 7. Íf6! Èh6 8.
Íg4 Èh5 9. Ëb5 g5 10. h4! b1Ê 11. Ëg5#
3. E. FOMICHEV
1. b7! Ëf1 2. Èb2! [2. Èa2?? Ìd5»+] Ëf2!
3. Èc3! [3. Èb3?? Ìd5»+; 3. Èc1? Ëf1 4.
Èc2 Ìe4=; 3. Èb1? Ìe4] Ëf3 4. Èc4!
Ëb3!! 5. Èb3 Ìd5 6. Èa3! Ìb7 7. Ìc7
Èa6 8. Íd7! Ìf3 [8... Íe6 9. Íb8#] 9.
Íc5#
4. R. BECKER & M. GARCTA
1. Ëc1 Ëc8! 2. Ëa1! [2. Ëb1? Èh7 3. Èe3
Èh6! 4. Èf2 Ëc2 5. Èg3 Ëg2 6. Èf4 Èg7!
(6... Èg6? 7. Ëe1!=) 7. Èf5 f2 8. e7 Èf7 9.
e8Ê Èe8 10. Èe6 Èd8 11. Èd6 Èc8!»+]
Èh7 3. Èe3 Èh6 4. Èf2 Ëc2 5. Èg3 Ëg2 6.
Èf4 Èg6 [6... Èg7 7. Èf5 f2 8. e7 Èf7 9.
e8Ê Èe8 10. Èe6 Èf8 11. Èf6 Èg8 12.
Èg6 Èf8 13. Èf6 Èe8 14. Èe6 Èd8 15.
Èd6 Èc8 16. Èc6 Èb8 17. Ëb1 Èa7 18.
Ëa1 Èb8 19. Ëb1=] 7. Ëe1! f2 8. e7! fe1Ê
9. e8Ê! Êe8=
5. S. SLUMSTRUP NIELSEN
1. Èg6 Ëc6 [1... Íf4 2. Èh6 Ëc6 3. Êd6+»]
2. Ìd6 [2. f6? Êc7; 2. Ìf6? Ëf6 3. Èf6
Êb6] Íf4 3. Èh6 Íe6! [3... Íe2 4. c8Ê
Ëc8 5. Ìe5 Êg7 6. Ìg7#; 3... Íd3 4. Êd3
300
Êa1 eg 5. Èh5=] 4. Êb3 [4. fe6? Êe3 5.
Èh5 Êe6] Êc7! 5. Ìc7 Íd4 6. Êe6! [6. f6?
Íb3 7. Ìe5 Íc5!»+] Íe6 7. Ìe5 Íg7 8.
f6 Íe6! [8... Íf5 9. Èg5; 8... Íe8 9. Èg5;
8... Ëa6 9. Èg6!] 9. f7 Íg7 10. Èg5 Èh7
11. f8Í!=
6. L. M. GONZCLEZ
1. g7 [1. Ëc8? Êc8 2. g7 Èh7 3. Ìc8 Ëf1!
4. Ìb7 Ëf7 5. Ìe4 Èg8 6. Ìd5 Èh7 7.
Ìf7=] Èh7 2. Ìf5 Èg8 3. Ëc8 Êc8 4. Ìc8
Ëd1 5. Èe5 [5. Èe4? Ëe1 6. Èd5 Èf7] Ëe1
6. Èf6! [6. Èd6? Èf7 7. Ìb7 Ëe6 8. Èc5
Ëe8 9. Ìc6 Ëd8 10. Ìd5 Èg6 11. Íf4 Èh7
12. Ìe4 Èg8 13. Íh5 Èf7 14. Ìd5 Èg6=]
Ëf1 7. Ìf5! [7. Èg6? Ëg1 8. Èh6 Ëg6 9.
Èg6] Ëf2 8. Èe5 Ëe2 9. Ìe4! [9. Èd6?
Èf7!=] Èf7 10. Èd4! Ëd2 11. Ìd3! [11.
Èc5? Ëd8=] Ëd1 12. Èc3! Ëc1 13. Ìc2!
Ëg1 14. Ìb3+»
7. O. PERVAKOV
1. Ëb1 Ìe2 [1... Ìc2 2. Ëf1 f2 (2... Èh2 3.
Ëf3 Ìd1 4. Íh4!) 3. Èf3 Èh2 4. Íe5!+»]
2. Íh4!! [2. Èe4? Èg3 3. Íf4 Ìc3 4. Ëg1
Èh2 5. Ëg4 Ìd1 6. d4 Ìe1 7. Èe3 f2 8. Ëg2
Èh1 9. Ëf2 Ìf2 10. Èf2 Ìb3=] Ìe5! [2...
Ìd3 3. Ëh1#] 3. Èe5 Ìd3 [3... f2 4. Ëh1
Èg4 5. Íf5 Ìd3 6. Íe3 Èf3 7. Èd4+»] 4.
Ëd1! [4. Ëh1? Èg3 5. Èd4 Ìc2 6. Èe3 f2 7.
Íf3 Ìe4!! (7... Ìd3 8. Íd2 Èg2 9. Ëh5+»)
8. Èe4 Èg2 9. Ëh2 Èg3 10. Ëh1 Èg2=; 4.
Ëb3? Ìc2 5. Ëc3 Èh4 6. Ëc2 Èg3=] Ìe2
[4... Ìc2 5. Ëc1 Èh4 6. Èf4!+»] 5. Ëh1
Èg4 6. Íf5 f2 7. Íe3 Èf3 [7... Èg3 8. Ëa1
Èf3 9. Èd4 Ìb5 10. Ëb1 Ìa6 11. Ëb6 Ìe2
12. Ëf6+»] 8. Ëh3#
8. P. ARESTOV
1. g6 Íd6! 2. g7 Íe8 3. g8Í! [3. g8Ê? Íf6]
Èg5 4. Íe7 c5 5. Èg8! [5. Íd5? Íf6!»+]
Íd6 6. Íd5 b5 7. Èf8 Èf5 8. Èe7 Èe5 9.
Íc7! [9. Íb6? Íc4»+] c4! [9... b4 10.
Èd7 c4 11. Ía6 b3 12. cb3 cb3 13. Íc5 b2
14. Íd3+»] 10. Èd7 c3 11. Èd8!! [11.
Èc6? b4 12. Íd5 b3 13. cb3 c2 14. Íb4!?
c1Ê!»+] Èd4 12. Èd7! [12. Èe7? Íc8]
Èe5 [12... b4 13. Èd6 b3 14. Íb5=] 13.
Èd8! b4 [13... Èe4 14. Èd7 Èe5 15. Èd8=]

14. Ía6! Íb7! 15. Èe7! [15. Èc7? b3 16.
cb3 c2 17. Íb4 c1Ê!; 15. Èd7? b3 16. cb3
c2 17. Íb4 Íc5!»+] b3 16. cb3 c2 17. Íb4!
c1Ê 18. Íd3=
9. J. POLCêEK & E. VLASCK
1. Ëg8! Èe7 [1... Èg8 2. e7 Ìb3 3. e8Ê+»]
2. Ëg7 Èd8! [2... Èf6 3. e7 Ìb3 4. e8Ê
REGISTAR/TEME • ИНДЕКС/ТЕМЬ • INDEX/THEMES • REGISTER/THEMEN •
REGISTRE/THPMES • REGISTRO/TEMAS • REGISTRO/TEMI • REGISTER/TEMAR •
KKSiIIiK • J
Battery play: 1, 5
Fork: 8
Ideal stalemate: 4
Logical try: 4
Mate & Ideal mate: 2, 7
Model mate: 3
Pinning & Unpinning: 5, 6, 9
Positional draw: 4, 6, 7, 8
STUDIES
Ìc4 5. Èg1 Ëd1 6. Èh2 Èg7 7. Êe5+»;
2... Èf8 3. Ëf7+»; 2... Èe8 3. Ìa4 Èd8 4.
e7+»] 3. e7 Èe8 4. Ìa4 Ëd7 5. Ëg6!! [5.
Ëg4? Ìe6 6. Ëd4 Èe7=; 5. Èf2?! Ìb3! 6.
Ìc6 (6. Ìd7 Èd7 7. Èe3 Èe8! 8. Èf4
Ìf7=) Ìa4 7. Ìd7 (7. Ìa4) Ìd7! 8. Èe3
Ìe6 9. Èe4 Ìf7=] Ìb3 6. Ìc6! [6. Ìd7?
Èd7 7. Ëg7 Èe8 8. Ëg3 Ìe6=] Ìd5 [6...
Ìf7 7. Ëd6+»] 7. Ìd7 Èd7 8. Ëd6!+»
Reciprocal zugzwang: 2
Sacrificial play: 5, 7
Self block: 3, 7
Stalemate & Anti-stalemate: 1, 6, 9
Struggle to secure promotion: 9
Systematic maneuver: 6
Underpromotion: 5, 8
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 CHICAGO, V 2016
The 25th Chicago Open
(126 players, 9 rounds)
1. V. Belous 7á, 2»4. Akobian, Durarbayli, Ju Wenjun 7, 5»8. Yu Yangyi, Nyzhnyk, Stukopin,
Moradiabadi 6á, 9»19. Shimanov, Zhou Jianchao, Zherebukh, T. L. Petrosian, Macieja,
Baryshpolets, Li Ruifeng, Jay. Ashwin, L. Harmon-Vellotti, J. Kleiman, Felecan 6, etc.

TASHKENT, V–VI 2016

The 15th Asian Continental Championship
(91 players, 9 rounds)
Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the
game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
1. S. P. Sethuraman* (IND) 7, 2»9. Le Quang Liem* (VIE), Wei Yi* (CHN), Kazhgaleyev*
(KAZ), D. Sengupta* (IND), Lu Shanglei (CHN), Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE), S. Ganguly
(IND), T. Batchuluun (MGL) 6á, 10»13. J. Vakhidov (UZB), B. Adhiban (IND), A. Begmuratov
(UZB), Ghaem Maghami (IRI) 6, 14»25. Hafiz (INA), Mur. Karthikeyan (IND), Fang Yan
(CHN), S. Vidit (IND), Ch. Aravindh (IND), P. Kostenko (KAZ), Tin Jingyao (SIN), Mohammad
Minhaz Uddin (BAN), Wen Yang (CHN), Kasimdzhanov (UZB), Xu Yinglun (CHN), Bai Jinshi
(CHN) 5á, etc.
* Qualified for the next World Cup in Tbilisi 2017.

TASHKENT, V–VI 2016

The 15th Asian Continental Women's Championship
(35 players, 9 rounds)
1. Kulkarni Bhakti* (IND) 7, 2»3. Saduakassova (KAZ), Sw. Soumya (IND) 6á, 4»6. Nguyen
Thi Mai Hung (VIE), Hoang Thi Bao Tram (VIE), Vo Thi Kim Phung (VIE) 6, 7»9.
Khademalsharieh (IRI), Munguntuul (MGL), Tokhirjonova (UZB) 5á, etc.
* Qualified for the next Women’s World Championship.

MAMAIA, V–VI 2016

The 17th European Women's Championship
(112 players, 11 rounds)
14 players Qualified for the next Women’s World Championship.
Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game
with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
1»2. Ushenina (UKR), S. Vega Gutimrrez (ESP) 8á, 3»4. A. Stefanova (BUL), L. Mkrtchian
(ARM) 8, 5»10. E. Pahtz (GER), E. Atalik (TUR), A. Bodnaruk (RUS), J. Zawadzka (POL), L.
Javakhishvili (GEO), N. Khurtsidze (GEO) 7á, 11»23. A. Matnadze (ESP), Y. Shvayger (ISR),
Goryachkina (RUS), Arakhamia-Grant (SCO), Khukhashvili (GEO), Pogonina (RUS), Daulytn
(LTU), Szczepkowska-Horowska (POL), Lczcrnm Vajda (HUN), I. Bulmaga (ROU), S. Melia
(GEO), O. Girya (RUS), Jo. Houska (ENG) 7, 24»30. C.-A. Foiªor (ROU), M. Sokko (POL),
Hoolt (GER), Styazhkina (RUS), T. Gara (HUN), Peptan (ROU), O. Babiy (UKR) 6á, etc.

ZALAKAROS, V–VI 2016

The 35th Zalakaros Chess Festival
(113 players, 9 rounds)
1. I. Ivani¿evik 7, 2»6. Le. Vajda, F. Berkes, V. Onischuk, Kravtsiv, Z. Efimenko 6á, 7»16. T.
Bcnusz, Aryan Chopra, Ale. Rakhmanov, D. Harika, P. Prohcszka (726265), R. Svane, B.-D.
Deac, Hnydiuk, Mil. Perunovik, Ben Artzi 6, etc.

302
 TOURNAMENTS
SHAMKIR, V–VI 2016 cat. XX (2736)
The 3rd Vugar Gashimov Memorial

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 MAMEDYAROV g 2748 ó 1 1 á á 0 á 1 1 á 6 1»2
2 F. CARUANA g 2804 0 ó á á 1 á 1 á 1 1 6 1»2
3 A. GIRI g 2790 0 á ó 1 á 1 á 1 á á 5á 3
4 SERGEY KARJAKIN g 2779 á á 0 ó á 1 á á á 1 5 4
5 RAUF MAMEDOV g 2655 á 0 á á ó á á á á 1 4á 5
6 P. HARIKRISHNA g 2763 1 á 0 0 á ó á 0 1 á 4 6»8
7 T. RADJABOV g 2726 á 0 á á á á ó á á á 4 6»8
8 E. SAFARLI g 2664 0 á 0 á á 1 á ó á á 4 6»8
9 ELJANOV g 2765 0 0 á á á 0 á á ó 1 3á 9
10 HOU YIFAN g 2663 á 0 á 0 0 á á á 0 ó 2á 10

Playoff:

1* 2* 3** 4**
MAMEDYAROV g 2746 á á 1 á 2á
F. CARUANA g 2804 á á 0 á 1á

* Rapid (10 minutes + 3 seconds increment per move)

** Blitz (5 minutes + 3 seconds increment per move)

SARAJEVO, V–VI 2016

The 46th Bosna Open
(135 players, 9 rounds)
1. D. Kadrik 7á, 2»6. Sa¿a Martinovik, Marin Bosiojik, KoÕul, Ante Brkik, E. Can 7, 7»11. D.
Kosik, Mus. En. Yilmaz, Miod. R. Savik, Ni. HodÕik, M. Dra¿ko 6á, 12»24. Du. Lekik, Pr.
Nikolik, B. Kurajica, A. Mrnlik, S. DraÕik, Zo. Jovanovik, M. Michaltjka, D. Nestorovik, A.
Mu¿ovik, S. Tica, Ni. Lukik, D. Sutkovik, Hal. Strinik 6, etc.

SAN SALVADOR, V–VI 2016

The 11th American Continental Championship
(81 players, 11 rounds)
Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game
with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
1. E. Córdova* (PER) 9, 2»3. Lenderman* (USA), Ant. Kovalyov* (CAN) 8á, 4»8. S. Mareco
(ARG), A. Pichot (ARG), Moróvic Ferncndez (CHI), Di. Flores* (ARG), W. Cu Hor (GUA) 7á,
9»17. Erenburg (USA), Aw. Liang (USA), Y. Gonzclez Vidal (CUB), D. Arenas (COL), Pmrez
Gormaz (CHI), S. Barrientos (COL), Quintiliano Pinto (BRA), R. Scnchez Clvarez (CUB), Gi.
Leiva (PER) 7, 18»25. Oliva Castayeda (CUB), Ortiz Sucrez (CUB), B. Gonzclez Acosta (CRC),
S. Duran Vega (CRC), Gemy (BOL), C. Jucrez Flores (GUA), D. Arias (ESA), Madeira (BRA)
6á, etc.
Playoff (rapid):
Time Control: 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move

1 2 3 4 5
1 DI. FLORES g 2592 ó 1 0 1 1 3 1
2 S. MARECO g 2612 0 ó á 1 1 2á 2
3 A. PICHOT g 2532 1 á ó 0 á 2 3»4
4 MORéVIC FERNCNDEZ g 2572 0 0 1 ó 1 2 3»4
5 W. CU HOR f 2286 0 0 á 0 ó á 5

* Qualified for the next World Cup in Tbilisi 2017.

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KAZAN, V–VI 2016
The 38th Nezhmetdinov Memorial
(131 players, 9 rounds)
1. Pridorozhni 8, 2»5. Dm. Kokarev, D. Bocharov, V. Baghdasaryan, Pa. Smirnov (4123425) 7,
6»13. Harutyunian, S. Yudin, I. Rozum (24104272), D. Lintchevski, Arty. Timofeev, Ponkratov,
Iljiushenok, A. Gubajdullin 6á, 14»23. Shomoev, N. Maiorov (13501720), G. Kamsky, D.
Khegay, Ra. Faizrakhmanov, Zh. Tsydypov, B. Kharchenko, Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh,
Yagupov, G. Tunik 6, etc.

MUMBAI, VI 2016
The 9th Mayors Cup
(205 players, 10 rounds)
1»3. Visakh N R, D. Ghosh, Gusain 8, 4»11. B. Grachev, Amonatov, Gleizerov, S. Dh. Swapnil,
Ch. Sandipan, Krishna C R G, A. Girish, Tarini Goyal 7á, 12»20. Shyaamnikhil P, Vik.
Kulkarni, R. Laxman, Sammed Jaykumar, Zia. Rahman, G. Aradhya, Erigaisi Arjun, Sangma, Aj.
Mithil 7, 21»37. Ulybin, K. Raghunandan, K. H. Grigoryan, Sh. Hemant, S. K. Ram, Sk. N.
Ahmed, R. Srinath, Muthaiah Al, Ani. Deshpande, Shar. Gagare, M. Kunal, T. S. Ravi, R. G.
Hegde, Mozharov, An. Gandhi, Hamdani, Ziatdinov 6á, etc.

PRAHA, VI 2016
The JEZ CHESS TROPHY
Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the
game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

1 2 3 4
R. RAPPORT g 2731 á á á 1 2á
D. NAVARA g 2744 á á á 0 1á

YEREVAN, VI 2016
The 16th European Senior Championships
World Senior 50+
(43 players, 9 rounds)
1. Sturua (GEO) 7, 2»4. Bagaturov (GEO), R. Vaganian (ARM), Movsziszian (ARM) 6á, 5»8.
Kalegin (RUS), Legky (FRA), R. Akopov (ARM), Valgmae (EST) 6, 9»12. O. Yuferev (RUS),
M. Yachmenev (RUS), Osmolny (RUS), H. Yasin (TUR) 5á, 13»20. Vl. Pogosian (ARM),
Strutinskaia (RUS), Syrchikov (RUS), Ga. Khachatrian (ARM), Kasoshvili (GEO), Barle (SLO),
Alex. B. Sergeev (RUS), Vl. Hayrapetyan (ARM) 5, etc.

World Senior 65+

(52 players, 9 rounds)
1»3. Val. Bogdanov (UKR), Kupreichik (BLR), Bent Súrensen (DEN) 6á, 4»11. E. Sveshnikov
(RUS), Mishuchkov (RUS), Vasiukov (RUS), N. Gaprindashvili (GEO), Shvedchikov (RUS), Y.
Meshkov (RUS), Veremeichik (BLR), Gruzmann (GER) 6, 12»14. Kuyindzhi (RUS), Zilbert
(RUS), L. Kuznetsova (RUS) 5á, 15»24. Pashayan (ARM), Kolbak (DEN), Khmiadashvili
(GEO), Alekyan (ARM), N. Schouten (NED), Jar. MojÕi¿ (CZE), Archangelsky (RUS),
Khazankin (UKR), Zhelesny (RUS), Julhakyan (ARM) 5, etc.

ZAGREB, VI 2016
The Krunoslav Hulak Memorial
(183 players, 9 rounds)
1»3. KoÕul, Palac, Tiviakov 7á, 4»8. Sa¿a Martinovik, A. êarik, M. Tratar, H. Stevik, L. Livaik
7, 9»16. R. Zeljik, Kokol, Bry. Smith, B. Lalik, O. Biti, Stanojoski, Rogulj, Cebalo 6á, 17»29.
O. Jovanik, R. Lonjar, Tomerlin, Bl. Kovajevik, L. Matanovik, I. ëaja, S. Tica, K. KneÕevik,
Cvitkovik, N. Frouth, I. Bender, ë. Matik, R. Veleski 6, etc.

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PARIS, VI 2016
The Grand Chess Tour Rapid and Blitz
The Tour is a series of four Events in which players earn Grand Tour Points in accordance
with their final rank in each Event. At the conclusion of the Tour, the top two players based on
the final Grand Tour Point standings shall be awarded Tour Prizes.
Rapid:
Time Control: 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 HI. NAKAMURA g 2787 ó á á 1 á á 1 1 1 1 14* 1
2 M. CARLSEN g 2855 á ó 0 1 1 á 1 á 1 1 13 2
3 W. SO g 2770 á 1 ó 0 á á 1 1 á á 11 3»4
4 VACHIER-LAGRAVE g 2789 0 0 1 ó 1 á á á 1 1 11 3»4
5 V. KRAMNIK g 2812 á 0 á 0 ó á á 1 1 1 10 5
6 A. GIRI g 2782 á á á á á ó á 1 0 á 9 6»7
7 ARONIAN g 2792 0 0 0 á á á ó 1 1 1 9 6»7
8 FRESSINET g 2687 0 á 0 á 0 0 0 ó á 1 5 8
9 V. TOPALOV g 2761 0 0 á 0 0 1 0 á ó 0 4 19»10
10 F. CARUANA g 2804 0 0 á 0 0 á 0 0 1 ó 4 19»10

* 2 points for a win 1 for a draw

Blitz:
Time Control: 5 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 M. CARLSEN ó ó 1 1 áá 1 0 á 0 1 0 á 1 á 0 1 1 1 1 11á
2 HI. NAKAMURA 0 0 ó ó á 0 áá 1 á 1 1 1 á 1 á á 1 1 1 11á
3 VACHIER-LAGRAVE áá á 1 ó ó á 1 1 1 áá áá 0 á 0 1 1 á 11
4 ARONIAN 0 1 áá á 0 ó ó 1 1 áá áá 1 á áá áá 10
5 F. CARUANA á1 0á 0 0 0 0 ó ó 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
6 A. GIRI 0 1 0 0 áá áá 0 1 ó ó á 0 1 0 1 á 1 1 9
7 W. SO á 0 0 á áá áá 0 1 á 1 ó ó áá 0 1 áá 8á
8 V. TOPALOV á 1 0 á 1 á 0 á 0 0 0 1 áá ó ó á 1 0 á 8
9 V. KRAMNIK 0 0 á 0 1 0 áá 0 0 0 á 1 0 á 0 ó ó 1 0 5á
10 FRESSINET 0 0 0 0 0 á áá 0 0 0 0 áá 1 á 0 1 ó ó 5

Final Combined Standings:

COMBINED GCT
SCORE POINTS
1 HI. NAKAMURA 25á 13
2 M. CARLSEN 24á 10
3 VACHIER-LAGRAVE 22 8
4 W. SO 19á 7
5 ARONIAN 19 6
6 A. GIRI 18 5
7 V. KRAMNIK 15á 4
8 F. CARUANA 14 3
9 V. TOPALOV 12 2
10 FRESSINET 10 1

VORONEZH, VI 2016
The 20th Voronezh Chess Festival
(124 players, 9 rounds)
1»2. Gordievsky, I. Rozum (24104272) 7á, 3»11. Alex. Fedorov, Matinian, V. Burmakin,
Vavulin, S. Golubov, An. Rychagov, Stukopin, Dm. Kokarev, Chigaev 6á, 12»21. D. Bocharov,
Ev. A. Levin, Ponkratov, P. Maletin, S. Sergienko, Zontakh, S. Pavlov (14114330), Paravyan, K.
Shevchenko, B. Kharchenko 6, etc.

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VARADERO (Elite), VI 2016 cat. XVIII (2695)
The 51st Capablanca Memorial

1 2 3 4 5 6
1 IVANCHUK g 2710 ó ó áá áá 1á 1á 1 1 7 1
2 Y. KRYVORUCHKO g 2682 áá ó ó áá á1 áá á1 6 2
3 I. CHEPARINOV g 2687 áá áá ó ó áá áá áá 5 3»4
4 Z. ALMCSI g 2688 0á á0 áá ó ó áá 1 1 5 3»4
5 L. DOMTNGUEZ PMREZ g 2723 0á áá áá áá ó ó áá 4á 5
6 BRUZéN BATISTA g 2681 0 0 á0 áá 0 0 áá ó ó 2á 6

VARADERO (Premier), VI 2016 cat. XIV (2581)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 JEF. XIONG g 2627 ó á á á 1 á á 1 1 1 6á 1
2 ORTIZ SUCREZ g 2578 á ó 1 á á á á á 1 1 6 2»3
3 K. DRAGUN g 2599 á 0 ó á 1 á á 1 1 1 6 2»3
4 YU. QUESADA PMREZ g 2631 á á á ó á á 1 á á 1 5á 4
5 Y. GONZCLEZ VIDAL g 2555 0 á 0 á ó á 1 á á 1 4á 5
6 BACALLAO ALONSO g 2554 á á á á á ó 0 á 1 0 4 6»7
7 S. SEVIAN g 2603 á á á 0 0 1 ó 0 á 1 4 6»7
8 GéMEZ GARRIDO m 2546 0 á 0 á á á 1 ó 0 á 3á 8
9 A. ARRIBAS LéPEZ g 2544 0 0 0 á á 0 á 1 ó á 3 9
10 MORéVIC FERNCNDEZ g 2572 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 á á ó 2 10

VARADERO (open), VI 2016

(135 players, 10 rounds)
1»4. Ferncndez Guillmn, Espinosa Veloz, Almeida Quintana, Borges Matos 7á, 5»12. J. Cuenca
Jimmnez, Albornoz Cabrera, Clvarez Pedraza, O. Ruiz Scnchez, Marttnez Duany, M. Dtaz Pmrez,
J. Herncndez Scnchez, Delgado Ramos 7, 13»21. Gil Alba, Diaz Murgada, Miranda Mesa, Vera
Gonzclez-Quevedo, Berdayes Ason, Otero Acosta, Coto Mederos, Le. Marttnez Ramtrez, J.
Gascón Del Nogal 6á, etc.

TEPLICE, VI 2016
The 11th Teplice Open
(180 players, 9 rounds)
1»7. S. Movsesian, E. Vorobiov, Beliavsky, E. Blomqvist, J. êtojek, Solodovnichenko, Kobo 7,
8»19. Danin, J. van Foreest, Ax. Bachmann, R. Berzinsh, Kantans, Zhao Xue, Postny, Merry,
Romanishin, Jernou¿ek, Du. Popovik, Tan Justin Hy 6á, 20»32. Reshef, P. êimcjek, Ja.
Carstensen, Plischki, Baglan, Vladim. Sergeev (14101076), Cs. Tmsik, J. Westerberg, Gorbatov,
M. Berkovich, W. Pajeken, Burcu, B. Kreyssig 6, etc.

IAåI, VI 2016
The 3rd Iasi Open
(75 players, 9 rounds)
1»5. Alexa. Zubarev (14104385), Frolyanov, T.-M. Georgescu, K«laots, A. Istrg¡escu 6á, 6»13.
N. Maiorov (13501720), Costachi, V. Nevednichii, Dan Bogdan, A. Macovei (13904680), K.
Sundararajan, Luc. Filip, B. Itkis 6, etc.

FORNI DI SOPRA, VI 2016

The 7th Forni di Sopra open
(64 players, 9 rounds)
1»2. Nabaty, Sumets 7, 3»4. A. Fier, Re. Castellanos Rodrtguez 6á, 5»7. Fabio Bruno, F.
Bellia, Csa. Horvcth (700118), P. L. Basso, 9»11. Prasanna Raghuram Rao, D. Marttnez Marttn,
Lodici 6, etc.

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LEéN (rapid), VI 2016
The 29th City of Leon Master Chess
Time Control: 20 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move
Semifinals:

1 2 3 4
ANTéN GUIJARRO g 2627 á 0 1 0 1á
V. ANAND g 2770 á 1 0 1 2á

1 2 3 4
SANTOS LATASA m 2541 á 0 á á 1á
WEI YI g 2694 á 1 á á 2á

Final:

1 2 3 4
V. ANAND g 2770 1 á á á 2á
WEI YI g 2694 0 á á á 1á

LONDON, VI 2016 cat. XIV (2578)

The Checkmate Season II

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 R. RAPPORT g 2731 ó á á 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 1
2 M. RODSHTEIN g 2687 á ó 0 á 1 1 1 1 á 1 6á 2
3 N. SHORT g 2646 á 1 ó 0 á 1 1 á 1 á 6 3
4 A. TARI g 2564 0 á 1 ó 1 á 0 á 1 á 5 4
5 SMERDON g 2524 0 0 á 0 ó á 1 1 1 á 4á 5
6 M. MUZYCHUK g 2546 0 0 0 á á ó á á 1 1 4 6
7 A. KOSTENIUK g 2556 0 0 0 1 0 á ó á á 1 3á 7»8
8 A. MUZYCHUK g 2551 0 0 á á 0 á á ó á 1 3á 7»8
9 E. PAHTZ m 2502 0 á 0 0 0 0 á á ó á 2 19»10
10 P. CRAMLING g 2474 0 0 á á á 0 0 0 á ó 2 19»10

LEUVEN, VI 2016
The Grand Chess Tour Rapid and Blitz
The second stage of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour
Rapid:
Time Control: 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 M. CARLSEN g 2855 ó á 1 1 0 á 1 1 0 1 12* 1
2 W. SO g 2770 á ó á á 1 á á 1 á á 11 2
3 V. ANAND g 2770 0 á ó á á 1 1 1 á 0 10 3»4
4 ARONIAN g 2792 0 á á ó 1 á 1 0 1 á 10 3»4
5 F. CARUANA g 2804 1 0 á 0 ó á á 1 0 1 9 5
6 VACHIER-LAGRAVE g 2789 á á 0 á á ó 0 á á 1 8 6»8
7 A. GIRI g 2782 0 á 0 0 á 1 ó á 1 á 8 6»8
8 V. TOPALOV g 2761 0 0 0 1 0 á á ó 1 1 8 6»8
9 HI. NAKAMURA g 2787 1 á á 0 1 á 0 0 ó 0 7 19»10
10 V. KRAMNIK g 2812 0 á 1 á 0 0 á 0 1 ó 7 19»10

* 2 points for a win 1 for a draw

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Blitz:
Time Control: 5 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 M. CARLSEN ó ó áá á1 áá 1 á 1 á 0 1 0 1 á 0 1 1 11
2 ARONIAN áá ó ó á1 áá 1 á 0 á áá 1 0 áá 1á 10
3 V. ANAND á0 á0 ó ó á 1 áá áá 1 1 0 á áá á1 9á
4 HI. NAKAMURA áá áá á0 ó ó 0 á áá 1 0 á 1 1 á á1 9á
5 W. SO 0á 0á áá 1 á ó ó 0 0 1 á 1 á áá 1 1 9á
6 V. KRAMNIK 0á 1á áá áá 1 1 ó ó 0 0 1 0 á 1 á0 9
7 VACHIER-LAGRAVE 1 0 áá 0 0 0 1 0 á 1 1 ó ó 1 á áá áá 9
8 F. CARUANA 1 0 0 1 1á á0 0á 0 1 0á ó ó 1á 0 1 8á
9 A. GIRI á1 áá áá 0 á áá á 0 áá 0 á ó ó 0 1 8
10 V. TOPALOV 0 0 0á á0 á 0 0 0 á 1 áá 1 0 1 0 ó ó 6

Final Combined Standings:

COMBINED GCT
SCORE POINTS
1 M. CARLSEN 23 13
2 W. SO 20á 10
3 ARONIAN 20 8
4 V. ANAND 19á 7
5 F. CARUANA 17á 6
6 VACHIER-LAGRAVE 17 5
7 HI. NAKAMURA 16á 4
8 V. KRAMNIK 16 2á
9 A. GIRI 16 2á
10 V. TOPALOV 14 1

YEREVAN, VI 2016
The 9th Karen Asrian Memorial
(62 players, 9 rounds)
1»2. A. Zhigalko, Z. Andriasian 7, 3»6. Vladis. Kovalev, Pashikian, Oleksiyenko, R. Hovhannisyan
6á, 7. A. Mikaelyan 6, 8»23. Babujian, Harutyunian, K. Stupak, Sha. Sargsyan, Gabuzyan,
Alexander Zubov, Ter-Sahakyan, N. Torosyan, Sivuk, H. G. Vardanian, Aram Hakobyan, H.
Martirosyan, Ma. Petrosyan, Kotanjian, T. Igonin, V. Baghdasaryan 5á, etc.
ALMATY (blitz), VI 2016
The Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup
(105 players, 22 rounds)
1»2. Amonatov, Nepomniachtchi 16, 3»4. Ba. Jobava, V. Artemiev 15á, 5»7. Sergey Karjakin,
Svidler, V. Onischuk 15, 8»14. Megaranto, Ig. Kovalenko, Alexander Moiseenko, Sjugirov,
Kasimdzhanov, R. Ponomariov, B. Gelfand 14, 15»17. Rauf Mamedov, Mamedyarov, Jumabayev
13á, 18»23. Arutinian, Wang Hao, A. Grischuk, Le Quang Liem, A. Volokitin, Vallejo Pons 13, etc.
VELIKO GRADIêTE, VI 2016
The Silver Lake Open
(72 players, 9 rounds)
1»2. Lajthajm, B. Damljanovik 7, 3»6. N. Nestorovik, Miod. R. Savik, G. Vujinik, B.
Abramovik 6á, 7»13. S. Atalik, S. Kasparov, Govedarica, U. Atakisi, Miro. Markovik (901504),
B. Lalik, Mih. Radovanovik 5á, etc.
AJACCIO, VI–VII 2016
The 3rd Porticcio Open
(106 players, 9 rounds)
1»6. A. Areshchenko, D. Naroditsky, De. Sengupta, S. Zhigalko, Edouard, G. Jones 7, 7»12.
Grandelius, E. Bacrot, M. Cornette, S. Mazm, Lcznijka, J.-C. Schr}der 6á, 13»22. Kuzubov,
Lalith Babu, F. Libiszewski, Christophe Bernard (600385), S. Sagar, P. Piscopo, G. Schnider, K.
Areshchenko, Dubessay, Ch. Debray 6, etc.

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KOLOMNA, VI–VII 2016
The 69th Russian Championship Higher League
(60 players, 9 rounds)
1. G. Oparin* 6á, 2»9. Vl. Fedoseev (24130737)*, Dm. Kokarev*, Riazantsev*, A. Goganov*,
Ponkratov, Zvjaginsev, Sjugirov, Sergey Volkov (4122763) 6, 10»17. Arty. Timofeev, Matlakov,
Lysyj, K. Alekseenko, U. Eliseev, I. Khairullin, D. Khismatullin, Pridorozhni 5á, etc.
* Qualified for the Russian Championship Superfinal

BLED, VI–VII 2016 cat. XV (2609)

The 20th Milan Vidmar Memorial

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 A. VOLOKITIN g 2624 ó á á 1 1 1 á 1 1 á 7 1
2 A. NAIDITSCH g 2657 á ó 0 á á 1 1 1 1 1 6á 2
3 NISIPEANU g 2668 á 1 ó á á 1 á á 1 á 6 3
4 I. IVANIêEVIK g 2643 0 á á ó á á á 1 1 1 5á 4
5 LENIJ g 2624 0 á á á ó á á 1 á á 4á 5
6 BELIAVSKY g 2603 0 0 0 á á ó á á 1 1 4 6
7 êEBENIK g 2530 á 0 á á á á ó 0 0 á 3 7»9
8 J. êKOBERNE g 2572 0 0 á 0 0 á 1 ó 0 1 3 7»9
9 KOëUL g 2594 0 0 0 0 á 0 1 1 ó á 3 7»9
10 J. BORIêEK g 2576 á 0 á 0 á 0 á 0 á ó 2á 10

MONTCADA I REIXAC, VI–VII 2016

The 24th Montcada Open
(117 players, 9 rounds)
1»3. E. Córdova, Sundar M. Shyam (5019141), Gómez Garrido 7, 4»9. J. Cori Tello, F. Peralta,
D. Vocaturo, C. Henrtquez Villagra, Sh. Himanshu, Swayams 6á, 10»18. J. Cuartas, K. H.
Grigoryan, Du. Popovik (927031), Del Rto De Angelis, Vera Sigueyas, K. Raghunandan, Cr.
Cruz, S. Buscara, B. Snehal 6, 19»32. D. Debashis, Cr. Rtos, Vehi Bach, Alonso Rosell, Asis
Gargatagli, Santos Ruiz, Prasanna Raghuram Rao, P. Iniyan, Narciso Dublan, D. Cori Tello,
Ortega Amarelle, Serarols Mabras, Cr. Ferncndez Dtaz, D. Garcta Ramos 5á, etc.

CHINA (zt), VI–VII 2016

The China Zonal 3.5
(39 players, 11 rounds)
1»4. Liu Guanchu, Dai Changren, Xu Yinglun, Zhou Jianchao 7á, 5. Zhang Ziji 7, 6»13. Lou
Yiping, Liu Yan, Bai Jinshi, Wan Yunguo, Xu Xiangyu, Zhu Yi, Xu Minghui, Zhao Yuanhe 6á,
14»16. Li Bo, Xu Yi, Wang Jue 6, etc.

VILJANDI, VI–VII 2016

The 50th Ilmar Raud Memorial
(56 players, 9 rounds)
1»4. Al. Aleksandrov, Neik¿ans, Me¿kovs, K«laots 6á, 5»9. Ehlvest, Kantans, J. Krupenski,
Seeman, Miezis 6, 10»17. N. Maiorov (13501720), Ladva, Sirosh, M. Kanep, I. Vovk, Shvyrjov,
Luukkonen, Abozenko 5á, etc.

VAXJ], VI–VII 2016 cat. X (2479)

The Visma Chess Tournament
1»2. T. Hirneise, Ovsejevitsch 6, 3»4. Ph. Lindgren, V. Kunin 5á, 5. H. Tikkanen 5, 6»7. Tan
Justin Hy, J. Westerberg 4, 8»9. D. H. Fernandez, Li. Johansson 3á, 10. J.-S. Christiansen 2

PHILADELPHIA, VI–VII 2016

The 44th Annual World Open
(221 players, 9 rounds)
1»7. Ga. Papp (718602), Bologan, T. Gelashvili, G. Popilski, Shimanov, Durarbayli, Nyzhnyk 7,
8»18. G. Kamsky, Lenderman, Akobian, S. Sevian, Zherebukh, Alej. Ramirez (6500617), Gorovets,
Al. Shabalov, Ra. Preotu, N. Checa, W. Morrison 6á, 19»34. Ax. Bachmann, Kacheishvili, Ortiz

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Sucrez, Li Ruifeng, S. Arun Prasad, J. Sarkar, Aw. Liang, Panjwani, Aldama Degurnay, Al.
Ostrovskiy, J. Colas, J. Kleiman, At. Shetty, Ke. Wang (2008424), Santarius, L. Rozman 6, etc.
Armageddon playoff: Ga. Papp » Bologan 1 : 0

CHENGDU, VII 2016 cat. XI (2511)

The Women's Grand Prix 2016

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 D. HARIKA g 2526 ó 1 á á á á á á á 1 1 á 7 1»2
2 H. KONERU g 2575 0 ó 0 á 1 á 1 1 1 á 1 á 7 1»2
3 A. MUZYCHUK g 2545 á 1 ó 0 á 1 á á á á á á 6 3»5
4 JU WENJUN g 2578 á á 1 ó á á 0 á á á á 1 6 3»5
5 A. STEFANOVA g 2512 á 0 á á ó á 1 á á 1 á á 6 3»5
6 KHOTENASHVILI g 2454 á á 0 á á ó á 1 0 á á 1 5á 6»8
7 ZHAO XUE g 2510 á 0 á 1 0 á ó á á á á 1 5á 6»8
8 M. MUZYCHUK g 2545 á 0 á á á 0 á ó á á 1 1 5á 6»8
9 O. GIRYA wg 2444 á 0 á á á 1 á á ó 0 á á 5 19»10
10 L. JAVAKHISHVILI m 2487 0 á á á 0 á á á 1 ó á á 5 19»10
11 TAN ZHONGYI wg 2495 0 0 á á á á á 0 á á ó á 4 11
12 P. CRAMLING g 2463 á á á 0 á 0 0 0 á á á ó 3á 12

SAMARA, VII 2016

The Polugaevsky Memorial
(126 players, 9 rounds)
1. M. Demidov 7á, 2»4. Utegaliyev, S. Yudin, I. Rozum (24104272) 7, 5»11. N. Konovalov
(4170962), V. Nozdrachev, Predke, A. Mokshanov, B. Murtazin, B. Ofitserian, Matinian 6á,
12»20. M. Oganian, Iskusnyh, Alexei Fedorov, Stukopin, L. Nozdrachev, Sanzhaev, S. Khanin,
Petr Palachev, Gochelashvili 6, etc.

PHILADELPHIA, VII 2016

The 10th Annual Philadelphia International
(64 players, 9 rounds)
1»2. Ax. Bachmann, Shimanov 7, 3»6. G. Popilski, F. Corrales Jimmnez, K. Priyadharshan,
Mulyar 6á, 7»9. Zherebukh, John M. Burke, V. Mikhalevski 6, 10»19. Ga. Papp (718602), Ge.
Antal, Gorovets, Vera Gonzclez-Quevedo, S. Bora, Aldama Degurnay, P. Balakrishnan, Wang
Qibiao, H. Niemann, A. Hong 5á, etc.

BENASQUE, VII 2016

The 36th Benasque Open
(413 players, 10 rounds)
1. Sasikiran 9, 2. Baryshpolets 8á, 3»6. Kuzubov, Iturrizaga Bonelli, Movsziszian, Vera
Sigueyas 8, 7»20. Santos Ruiz, D. Vocaturo, Re. Castellanos Rodrtguez, E. Córdova, G. N.
Gopal, Ubilava, V. Burmakin, J. Cori Tello, Baklan, S. P. Sethuraman, Batsiashvili, G.-C.
Ardelean, Zoler, López Mulet 7á, 21»44. Alvarado Dtaz, Fierro Baquero, R. Domingo Nõyez,
Pi. Barbot (663727), D. Forcmn Esteban, Neelotpal, V. Jansa, M. R}der, ê. êulskis, S. Melia, Ra.
DoleÕal (304735), Cr. Cruz, E. Tejedor Fuente, Aloma Vidal, Fer. Ferncndez, Mullon, K.
Jakubowski, Cruz Lledó, J. Sucrez Gómez, Westerinen, Espinosa Aranda, Manolache, Danailov,
J. Ramtrez Dtaz 7, etc.

WARSZAWA, VII 2016

The MetLife Warsaw Najdorf Chess Festival
(136 players, 9 rounds)
1. G. Gajewski 7á, 2. Smirin 7, 3»9. H. Melkumyan, I. Khairullin, Ab. Gupta, A. Fier, A. Inlik,
J. Tomczak, S. Zhigalko 6á, 10»21. Z. Efimenko, A. Areshchenko, Mat. Bartel, A. R. Salem,
Neik¿ans, Krasenkow, A. Miºta, Lalith Babu, Rozentalis, Oleksiyenko, De. Sengupta, I.
Ivani¿evik 6, 22»35. Ig. Kovalenko, Piorun, G. Nasuta, Alexa. Donchenko, Jumabayev, Aryan
Chopra, R. Svane, B. Sokko, Anton Smirnov (3208923), Lysyj, Me¿kovs, K. Dragun, G. Kamsky,
B. Bok, 5á, etc.

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PARAKIN, VII 2016
The International Championship Central Serbia
(110 players, 9 rounds)
1»2. D. Kadrik, F. Berkes 7, 3»9. Ki. Georgiev, I. Sredojevik, Miod. R. Savik, S. Atalik, Milan
Zajik, N. Jabarkapa, D. Kosik 6á, 10»14. Fang Yuxiang, U. Atakisi, S. Kasparov, D. Nestoro-
vik, Dej. Marjanovik 6, etc.

DANZHOU, VII 2016 cat. XX (2727)

The 7th Hainan Danzhou GM

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 NEPOMNIACHTCHI g 2725 ó 0 1 0 1 1 á 1 1 á 6 1
2 P. HARIKRISHNA g 2755 1 ó á á 0 1 á á á á 5 2»3
3 WANG YUE g 2730 0 á ó á á á á á 1 1 5 2»3
4 YU YANGYI g 2734 1 á á ó á 0 á á á á 4á 4»6
5 BU XIANGZHI g 2723 0 1 á á ó 0 1 á á á 4á 4»6
6 DING LIREN g 2778 0 0 á 1 1 ó á á á á 4á 4»6
7 IVANCHUK g 2728 á á á á 0 á ó á á á 4 7»9
8 P. LMKé g 2712 0 á á á á á á ó á á 4 7»9
9 HOU YIFAN g 2653 0 á 0 á á á á á ó 1 4 7»9
10 WANG HAO g 2734 á á 0 á á á á á 0 ó 3á 10

DORTMUND, VII 2016 cat. XX (2732)

The 44th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess�Meeting

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 VACHIER-LAGRAVE g 2798 ó á á 1 á 1 1 1 5á 1
2 L. DOMTNGUEZ PMREZ g 2713 á ó á á á 1 á á 4 2»4
3 V. KRAMNIK g 2812 á á ó á á á 1 á 4 2»4
4 F. CARUANA g 2810 0 á á ó á á 1 1 4 2»4
5 NISIPEANU g 2674 á á á á ó á á á 3á 5»6
6 R. PONOMARIOV g 2706 0 0 á á á ó 1 1 3á 5»6
7 NAJER g 2687 0 á 0 0 á 0 ó 1 2 7
8 BUHMANN g 2653 0 á á 0 á 0 0 ó 1á 8

ANOGIA, VII 2016

The 5th Ideon Andron Open
(96 players, 9 rounds)
1»2. V. Nevednichii, N. Theodorou 7á, 3»11. An. Rychagov, Alb. David, G. Goumas,
Malikentzos, Kourkoulos-Arditis, H. Banikas, I. Bulmaga, Markidis, Ar. Papadopoulos 6á,
12»15. I. Stathopoulos, K.-S. Liodakis, Kesidis, M. Grigoriadis 6, etc.

POTI, VII 2016

The 11th Nana Aleksandria Cup
(66 players, 9 rounds)
1. Paravyan 7, 2»5. Alexander Zubov, A. Mikaelyan, Quparadze, V. Baghdasaryan 6á, 6»11.
B. Savchenko, Naghdiyev, Ho. Hayrapetyan, Harutjunyan, Alexa. A. Evdokimov, N. Tsomaia
6, 12»17. Za. Mammadov, Morchiashvili, Sa. V. Manukyan, Tutisani, Nar. Mammadova
(13403710), Gelazonia 5á, etc.

SANT MARTT, VII 2016

The 18th Sant Marti Open
(140 players, 9 rounds)
1. Sundar M. Shyam 8, 2. Ax. Bachmann 7á, 3. Oliva Castayeda 7, 4»10. Sh. Himanshu, Mur.
Karthikeyan, Gómez Garrido, F. Libiszewski, D. Debashis, Arizmendi Marttnez, Mh. Anurag
6á, 11»24. J. Cuartas, Ortiz Sucrez, Herrera Reyes, Swayams, Li Di, C. Henriquez Villagra,
Narciso Dublan, Mi. Muyoz, Harikrishnan A. Ra, Clvarez Pedraza, Ortega Amarelle, Valdms
Romero, Yogit, Parnali 6, etc.

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MAGAS, VII 2016
Gelfand – Inarkiev Match
Armageddon game to decide colours for the match: E. Inarkiev » B. Gelfand 1 : 0
Classical games:

1 2 3 4 5 6
E. INARKIEV g 2730 á 0 á á á 0 4
B. GELFAND g 2734 á 1 á á á 1 8

* 2 points for a win 1 for a draw

Rapid games:

1 2 3 4 5 6
E. INARKIEV g 2730 0 á 0 0 á 1 2
B. GELFAND g 2734 1 á 1 1 á 0 4

BILBAO, VII 2016 cat. XXII (2778)

The IX Bilbao Masters Final

1 2 3 4 5 6
1 M. CARLSEN g 2855 ó ó 0á 1á 1á 1á á1 17* 1
2 HI. NAKAMURA g 2787 1á ó ó áá áá áá áá 12 2
3 WEI YI g 2696 0á áá ó ó áá áá á1 11 3»4
4 W. SO g 2770 0á áá áá ó ó áá á1 11 3»4
5 SERGEY KARJAKIN g 2773 0á áá áá áá ó ó áá 9 5
6 A. GIRI g 2785 á0 áá á0 á0 áá ó ó 7 6

* 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw

NOVI SAD, VII 2016

The 7th Vojvodina Open
(196 players, 9 rounds)
1. D. Pikula 7á, 2»10. V. Minko, V. Dobrov, Obodchuk, Vl. Dimitrov, S. Atalik, S. DraÕik,
Kumik, Nen. Todorovik, J. Lundin, 11»16. Al. Kovajevik, Fang Yuxiang, I. Adamov, I. Sredojevik,
D. Leskur, S. êarik 6á, etc.

LEIDEN, VII 2016

The 10th Leiden Chess Tournament
(64 players, 9 rounds)
1»2. Pruijssers, Ten Hertog 7, 3»6. Ch. Sandipan, Van Wely, R. Kevlishvili, A. Pijpers 6á,
7»12. Postny, Van Tellingen, Beerdsen, Vy. Ikonnikov, Sh. Sagar, Milo¿ Pavlovik 6, 13»16. F.
Slingerland, Sukandar, Cs. Horvcth (700118), Van Osch 5á, etc.

STRUGA, VII 2016

The Open Championship of FYROM
(65 players, 9 rounds)
1»2. Panjevski, Stanojoski 7, 3»7. B. Zlatanovik, D. Stojanovski, A. êarik, N. Nikolovski,
Kajakovski 6á, 8»12. V. Bogdanovski, Nde. Saraji, T. Lazov, O. Danchevski, K. Peev 6, etc.

VAUJANY, VII 2016

The 7th Vaujany Open
(63 players, 9 rounds)
1. J. van Foreest 8, 2. Chatalbashev 7, 3»6. Jó. Horvcth (700061), N. Brunner, Ka. Drozdowski,
Valles 6á, 7»13. Ch. Bauer, Joie, Di Nicolantonio, O. Mihók, D. Viennot, R. Skomorokhin, S.
Houard 6, etc.

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UPPSALA, VII 2016 cat. X (2498)
The Swedish Championship
1. E. Blomqvist 7á, 2. Grandelius 5á, 3»4. J. Westerberg, Ax. Smith 5, 5»8. J. Hector, H.
Tikkanen, Hillarp Persson, Semcesen 4á, 9. P. Cramling 3, 10. Rydstrom 1

KAMPALA, VII 2016

The African Championship
(30 players, 9 rounds)
The top three players qualified for the 2017 African Chess Confederation Grand Prix Circuit.
Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game
with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
1. Abde. Hesham (EGY) 7, 2»5. Kayonde (ZAM), Ah. Adly (EGY), A. Arab (ALG), El Gindy
(EGY) 6á, 6»7. S. Shoker (EGY), Cawdery (RSA) 6, 8. Ameir (EGY) 5á, 9»12. Ssegwanyi
(UGA), P. Kawuma (UGA), Wanyama (UGA), Bouah (RSA) 5, etc.

MARTUNI, VII 2016 cat. XVI (2629)

The Lake Sevan tournament
Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game
with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 S. VIDIT g 2658 ó á á 1 á á á á 1 1 6 1»2
2 V. ARTEMIEV g 2653 á ó 0 á á á 1 1 1 1 6 1»2
3 J.-K. DUDA g 2671 á 1 ó á á 1 1 0 0 1 5á 3
4 S. SEVIAN g 2595 0 á á ó 1 á 1 á 1 0 5 4»5
5 TER-SAHAKYAN g 2605 á á á 0 ó 1 á á á 1 5 4»5
6 ANTéN GUIJARRO g 2627 á á 0 á 0 ó á 1 á 1 4á 6
7 R. HOVHANNISYAN g 2640 á 0 0 0 á á ó á 1 1 4 7
8 PASHIKIAN g 2615 á 0 1 á á 0 á ó 0 á 3á 8
9 V. ONISCHUK g 2615 0 0 1 0 á á 0 1 ó 0 3 9
10 GABUZYAN g 2607 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 á 1 ó 2á 10

WENZHOU, VII 2016

Ding Liren vs Grischuk Match
Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game
with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

1 2 3 4
A. GRISCHUK g 2747 1 á á á 2á
DING LIREN g 2778 0 á á á 1á

PALEOCHORA, VII 2016

The 9th Paleochora Open
(228 players, 9 rounds)
1»4. S. Halkias, Bernadskiy, V. Nevednichii, Mo. Nikolov 7á, 5»10. Gharamian, An.
Rychagov, H. Banikas, V. Borovikov, Alexan. Kharitonov, Alb. David 7, 11»20. Kelires, Sivuk,
I. Bulmaga, Ed. Andreev (14103400), Nakar, Ar. Papadopoulos, A. Tomasi, I. Enchev, Th.
Kalogridakis, D. Pappelis 6á, 21»44. N. Theodorou, Mullon, Ja. Stopa, I. Stathopoulos, Alek.
Volodin, Frolyanov, Wirig, As. Eswaran, Tzouganakis, Enkhtuul, Naoum, Ad. Tukaeva, V.
Kotrotsos, M. Maki-Uuro, C. Adrian, K. Liodakis, Markidis, Azis, J. Erik, Le. Adrian, Tsekmes,
A. Jolovik, Mar. Gevorgyan, Ev. Petraki 6, etc.

ASTANA, VII 2016

The Astana Open
(72 players, 9 rounds)
1»3. Kuderinov, Al. Aleksandrov, A. Bezgodov 7, 4»6. S. Vokarev, Ar. Urazayev, Kozganbay,
Ay. Akhmetov 6á, 8»12. Utegaliyev, B. Assaubayeva, Alexa. Zubarev (14104385), Oshakbayev,
Demianjuk 6, etc.

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VLADIVOSTOK, VII 2016
The Primorsky Debut Open
(50 players, 9 rounds)
1. I. Rozum (24104272) 7, 2»5. G. Oparin, Pa. Smirnov (4123425), D. Bocharov, A. Goganov
6á, 6»11. Dm. Kokarev, Ts. Batchuluun, A. Emeliantsev, R. Yanchenko, Ra. Musaev, A.
Tugarin 6, 12»15. K. Sek, Obodenko, Val. Mironov, Vs. Ovchinnikov 5á, etc.

URMIA, VII 2016

The 5th Sardaran Open
(64 players, 9 rounds)
1»2. Amonatov, Ghaem Maghami 7, 3»6. Sumets, P. Darini, Idani, Mozharov 6á, 7»12. L.
Guliev, Tarlev, Ser. Klimov, Seyed Kh. Mousavi, E. Gasanov, A. Valizadeh 6, 13»17. M.
Gholami Orimi, Ma. Mosadeghpour, A. Omidi, Roozbayan, B. Razaghi 5á, etc.

PARDUBICE, VII 2016

The 27th Czech Open
(291 players, 9 rounds)
Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game
with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
1. S. Movsesian 7á, 2»10. Lcznijka, Visakh N R, Vetoshko, G. N. Gopal, Nabaty, J. êtojek,
Vi. Zakhartsov, Ph. Schlosser, And. Kovalev 7, 11»18. S. Ganguly, Yuffa, Kravtsiv, R.
Cvek, Dmitry Kononenko, Anton Smirnov (3208923), B. Belyakov, D. Pardo Simón 6á,
19»45. M. JervenÃ, Mh. Anurag, Konguvel, PontÕil, Da. Gurevich, A. Boruchovsky, V.
Babula (301264), G. Gutman, P. Potapov, Alsina Leal, T. Hirneise, M. Demidov, Abhim.
Puranik, Zumsande, Ladva, D. Lintchevski, V. Plct, S. Bilguun, I. Malakhov, Mads Hansen
(1401610), M. R. Venkatesh, Al. Gavrilov (4104358), Abergel, Pra. Roy, Gusain, Gcbor F.
Nagy, Ma. Petr 6, etc.

PORTOROë, VII 2016

The 10th Portoroz Open
(127 players, 9 rounds)
1»2. Al. Kovajevik, Zeljik 7á, 3»6. Marin Bosiojik, Naumkin, Jerez Pmrez, Ch. Sielecki 7, 7»8.
Ni. Lukik, M. Tratar 6á, 9»22. B. Debevec, Titan, P. Urbanc, J. Bulik, Skreno, Mencinger, Mil.
Kolesar, Jusik, Deglmann, Pregarac, Beletik, Kokol, V. Slamar, Pe. Petrcn 6, etc.

HELSINGâR, VII 2016

The Xtracon Chess Open
(398 players, 10 rounds)
1»7. M. Bl«baum, Shirov, B. Amin, Carlstedt, Mi. Marin, J. Hammer, J.-M. Degraeve 8, 8»22.
Dreev, S. Mazm, J. Timman, Al. Rasmussen, D. Naroditsky, Si. Agdestein, V. Burmakin, T.
Ringoir, Fressinet, E. Vorobiov, R. Svane, Mads Andersen, Leenhouts, J. McPhillips, Ax.
Delorme 7á, 23»42. A. Vovk, S. Brunello, Granda Zõyiga, J.-Ch. Schr}der, Schandorff, Hj.
Grmtarsson, Kr. Holm, V. Sipila, Tarjan, M. Colpe, Haria, Percivaldi, B. Ochsner, Sowray, Flick,
M. Haubro, A. Rosenkilde, J. Brorsen, D. Júrgensen, To. Ivarsson 7, etc.

DIEREN, VII–VIII 2016

The Dutch Open
(58 players, 9 rounds)
1. Ch. Sandipan 7, 2»3. E. L’Ami, Khenkin 7, 4»9. Csa. Horvcth (700118), Vy. Ikonnikov,
Pruijssers, D. Debashis, D. Hausrath, W. Hendriks 6, 10»18. Reinderman, Beerdsen, Ivo Maris,
Mi. De Jong, N. Zwirs, Sh. Sagar, L. Milov, Geurink, Kollen 5, etc.

BOURNEMOUTH, VII–VIII 2016

The 103rd British Chess Championships
(86 players, 11 rounds)
1. Mi. Adams 10, 2. D. Howell 8, 3»4. G. Jones, Tan Justin Hy 8, 5»8. Hebden, T. Fodor jr.,
Gormally, Emms 7, 9»15. N. Pert, Ch. Ward, Pe. Wells, Jo. Houska, Claridge-Hansen, Ch.

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Duncan, Mart. Brown 7, 16»23. K. Arkell, Palliser, D. Eggleston, Pe. Batchelor, Kolbus, Ch.
Storey, Stev. Jones, J. Moreby 6, etc.

POIKOVSKY, VII–VIII 2016 cat. XVIII (2680)

The 17th Karpov Poikovsky tournament
Time Control: 100 minutes/40 moves + 50 minutes/20 moves. Then 15 minutes for the remaining
moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 A. KOROBOV g 2656 ó á 0 á á 1 á 1 1 1 6 1
2 R. WOJTASZEK g 2733 á ó á á á á á 1 á 1 5á 2
3 ANDREIKIN g 2733 1 á ó á á á á á á á 5 3»5
4 MATLAKOV g 2684 á á á ó á á á á á 1 5 3»5
5 D. JAKOVENKO g 2712 á á á á ó á á 0 1 1 5 3»5
6 SMIRIN g 2676 0 á á á á ó 1 á 0 1 4á 6»7
7 MOTYLEV g 2660 á á á á á 0 ó á 1 á 4á 6»7
8 SUTOVSKY g 2622 0 0 á á 1 á á ó á 0 3á 8
9 IG. KOVALENKO g 2667 0 á á á 0 1 0 á ó 0 3 9»10
10 BOLOGAN g 2654 0 0 á 0 0 0 á 1 1 ó 3 9»10

BIEL, VII–VIII 2016

The 49th Biel Chess Festival
MASTERS CHALLENGE
Rapid:
Time Control: 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move

1 2 3 4
VACHIER-LAGRAVE g 2798 1 0 1 á 2á
SVIDLER g 2759 0 1 0 á 1á

Classical games:
Time Control: 100 minutes/40 moves + 50 minutes/20 moves. Then 15 minutes for the remaining
moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move. Draw
offer forbidden during the first 40th moves.

1 2 3 4
VACHIER-LAGRAVE g 2798 1 2 2 1 6*
SVIDLER g 2759 1 0 0 1 2

* Classical games are scored 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.
Overall Score: Vachier-Lagrave » Svidler 8á : 3á

JUNIORS CHALLENGE
Rapid:
Time Control: 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move

1 2 3 4
B. BOK g 2613 á á 1 á 2á
NICO GEORGIADIS m 2470 á á 0 á 1á

1 2 3 4
N. STUDER m 2462 0 1 á á 2
F. RAMBALDI g 2544 1 0 á á 2

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Classical games:
Time Control: 100 minutes/40 moves + 50 minutes/20 moves. Then 15 minutes for the remaining
moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move. Draw
offer forbidden during the first 40th moves.
* Classical games are scored 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.

1 2 3 4 5 6
B. BOK g 2613 2 2 1 1 0 2 8
NICO GEORGIADIS m 2470 0 0 1 1 2 0 4

Overall Score: B. Bok » Nico Georgiadis 10á : 5á

1 2 3 4 5 6
F. RAMBALDI g 2544 2 1 1 1 1 1 7
N. STUDER m 2462 0 1 1 1 1 1 5

Overall Score: F. Rambaldi » N. Studer 9 : 7

EXHIBITION BLITZ TOURNAMENT

Time Control: 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move

1 2 3 4 5 6
1 VACHIER-LAGRAVE g 2798 ó á 1 á 1 á 3á 1»2
2 SVIDLER g 2759 á ó 0 1 1 1 3á 1»2
3 F. RAMBALDI g 2544 0 1 ó 1 0 á 2á 3»4
4 B. BOK g 2613 á 0 0 ó 1 1 2á 3»4
5 N. STUDER m 2462 0 0 1 0 ó 1 2 5
6 NICO GEORGIADIS m 2470 á 0 á 0 0 ó 1 6

EXHIBITION BLITZ FINAL

Time Control: 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move

1 2
VACHIER-LAGRAVE g 2798 1 1 2
SVIDLER g 2759 0 0 0

MASTER TOURNAMENT
(112 players, 9 rounds)
Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game
with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
1. S. Shankland 7á, 2. E. Safarli 7, 3»8. Ch. Aravindh, Ax. Bachmann, A. R. Salem, Sasikiran,
Baklan, I. Khairullin 6á, 9»20. Iv. êarik, Kovchan, Vitiugov, Mart. Kramer, V. Erdñs, Th.
Henrichs, A. Brkik, Geo. Meier, Edouard, Alexa. Donchenko, Cs. Bclogh, M. Rodshtein 6,
21»34. Mat. Bartel, V. Kunin, Y. Gozzoli, B. Bellahcene, Mur. Karthikeyan, S. P. Sethuraman,
Jumabayev, Cd. Horvcth (708003), Swayams, Tal Baron, M. Tabatabaei, Aw. Liang, Siva
Mahadevan, J.-N. Riff 5á, etc.

CALGARY, VII–VIII 2016

The Calgary International
(31 players, 9 rounds)
1. Ra. Preotu 7, 2»4. G. Popilski, G. Kamsky, Troff 6, 5»9. Bodek, Panjwani, V. Mikhalevski,
Chiku-Ratte, Kazmaier 5, 10»12. Bruzón Batista, Kavutskiy, Haessel 5, etc.

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ERICE, VII–VIII 2016
The 7th Terre degli Elimi
(53 players, 9 rounds)
1»3. F. Levin, Jan Werle, T. Dijkhuis 6, 4»10. Gilevych, A. Rotstein, F. Sonis, S. Rocha, R.
Khusnutdinov, Shkapenko, Max. M«ller 6, 11»16. Nikolai Ninov, R. Chiaretti, Lagumina, Gae.
Grasso, A. Skurygin, M. Kovanova 5, etc.

KAVALA, VII–VIII 2016

The 25th International Tournament
(95 players, 9 rounds)
1»7. Z. Andriasian, Kelires, C. Lupulescu, K. H. Grigoryan, Mo. Nikolov, Codenotti, Ja. Geller
6, 8»13. Postny, Ant. Pavlidis, Predke, An. Tang (2059630), B.-D. Deac, I. Enchev 6, 14»25.
M.-E. Pfrligras, Kanakaris, Harutyunian, Osmak, I. Stathopoulos, N. Theodorou, Frolyanov, A.
Inlik, Charkhalashvili, Tsaknakis, I. Bulmaga, V. Minko 5, etc.

DRESDEN, VII–VIII 2016

The ZMDI Open
(67 players, 9 rounds)
1»2. An. Demchenko, Iturrizaga Bonelli 7, 3»4. Z. Medvegy, Du. Popovik 6, 5»10. An.
Heimann, Gleizerov, Jon. Lampert, Hann. Stefcnsson, I. Faragó, Kistella 6, 11»19. Kantans,
Neef, B. Lutz, Br. Thorfinnsson, R. R}semann, J.-U. Maiwald, C. Hecht, Mir. Lazik, F. Zeller
5, etc.

KIEL, VII–VIII 2016

The 29th Kiel Open
(84 players, 9 rounds)
1»2. Baramidze, Ar. Braun 8, 3»4. Z. Lanka, Pl«g 6, 5»11. Th. Ernst, Bene. Krause, Jahncke, J.
Krause, R. Junge, L. Voloshin, Th. Johansson (1708244) 6, etc.

CHARLEROI, VII–VIII 2016

The Pays de Charleroi Open
(61 players, 9 rounds)
1. Sumets 7, 2. G. van der Stricht 7, 3»6. Miezis, B. Carlier, Okhotnik, Naumkin 6, 7. M.
Gurevich 6, 8»17. N. Capone, J. Cappon, Q. Fontaine, De Villers, S. Hautot, Van Mechelen,
Boucquet, Le Quang Kim, Hoffmeister, Mart. M«ller (4649974) 5, etc.

FANO, VII–VIII 2016

The 5th Fano Summer Open
(56 players, 9 rounds)
1. A. Fier 8, 2. Urkedal 6, 3»10. Cuhendi, Romanishin, Mi. Nmmeth (720232), Klekowski, O.
Wieczorek, P. Weichhold, Pio. Nguyen, A. Kholopov 6, 11»18. Priasmoro, Lioe, L. Moroni jr.,
N. Getz, Szukics, M. Aulia, Ju. Gonzclez Dtaz, Villar Nieves 5, etc.

INDIANAPOLIS, VII–VIII 2016

The 117th US Open
(389 players, 9 rounds)
1»2. G. Popilski, Al. Shabalov 8, 3»4. Li Ruifeng, F. Corrales Jimmnez 7, 5»17. Nyzhnyk,
Durarbayli, Lenderman, Zherebukh, Troff, Joel Benjamin, A. Chandra, Javakhadze, Kiewra,
Mulyar, Fedorowicz, Hilby, A. Grabinsky 7, 18»32. Gorovets, John Bryant, A. Fishbein, Ro.
Feng, Tiglon, Monokroussos, G. Menon, Zhang Chao, Griggs, N. Korba, G. Sam, Bov. Liu, Ma.
Davidovich, Ab. Banerjee, Ji. Metzger 6, etc.
Armageddon playoff:
Time Control: White 5 minutes, Black 3 minutes and gets draw odds
Al. Shabalov » G. Popilski 1 : 0

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PLANCOOT, VII–VIII 2016
The 13th Plancoet Open
(85 players, 9 rounds)
1. S. Grishchenko 7, 2»6. N. Guliyev, J. Sprenger, S. Feller, Bailet, Ch. Monroy 6, 7»13. Luc.
Filip, E. Bogdanov, N. Maiorov (13501720), A. Mevel, H. Daurelle, Christophe Bernard
(600385), Najart 6, etc.

CRMON, VIII 2016

The 21st Creon Open
(67 players, 9 rounds)
1. S. Fedorchuk 7, 2»5. Satyapragyan, V. Burmakin, Konguvel, Vedmediuc 6, 6»12. A.
Dgebuadze, K. Sundararajan, A. Favarel, Fantinel, Ju. Song, D. Belenkaya, Boukhris-Ferrm 6, etc.

ESCALDES, VIII 2016

The 34th Andorra Open
(130 players, 9 rounds)
1. J. Cori Tello 7á, 2»5. Granda Zõyiga, Max. Lagarde, T. Bcnusz, Ar. Kogan 7, 6»13. A. Vovk,
A. Demuth, Aloma Vidal, Antolt Royo, S. Bekker-Jensen, Glud, J.-N. Riff, Y. Gozzoli 6á,
14»21. Pi. Barbot (663727), Jerez Pmrez, S. E. Collins, Adel Lahchaichi, P. Prohcszka (726265),
M. Bas Mas, M. Berkovich, Sowray 6, etc.

SAINT LOUIS, VIII 2016 cat. XXII (2779)

The 4th Sinquefield Cup
The third stage of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour
Time Control: 120 minutes for 40 moves + 60 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30 second
increment from move 41.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 GCT
1 W. SO g 2771 ó á á á 1 á 1 á á á 5á 13
2 V. ANAND g 2770 á ó á á á 1 á á á á 5 7.75
3 ARONIAN g 2792 á á ó á á 0 1 á 1 á 5 7.75
4 F. CARUANA g 2807 á á á ó á á á á á 1 5 7.75
5 V. TOPALOV g 2761 0 á á á ó á á 1 1 á 5 7.75
6 VACHIER-LAGRAVE g 2819 á 0 1 á á ó á á á á 4á 4.5
7 HI. NAKAMURA g 2791 0 á 0 á á á ó 1 á 1 4á 4.5
8 DING LIREN g 2755 á á á á 0 á 0 ó 1 á 4 3
9 SVIDLER g 2751 á á 0 á 0 á á 0 ó 1 3á 2
10 A. GIRI g 2769 á á á 0 á á 0 á 0 ó 3 1

* GCT » Grand Chess Tour Points

ARAD, VIII 2016

The 9th Arad Open
(245 players, 9 rounds)
1. A. Istrg¡escu 7á, 2»9. V.-C. Jianu, I. Balog (728446), Costachi, T.-M. Georgescu, L.-C.
Miron, T.-K. Balla, Cioarg, R.-C. Toma 7, 10»23. M.-E. Bida, Radosl. Dimitrov, B. Abramovik,
I. Ionescu, Posedaru, Petriªor, S. Bargan, Y. Samani, Miroiu, J. Sohier, A. Ardeleanu, D.-D. Mar-
tian, D. Baratosi, Vrencian 6á, etc.

BUENOS AIRES, VIII 2016 cat. X (2485)

The 20th Copa Mercosur
1»2. Pmrez Ponsa, Salinas Herrera 6á, 3. Quintiliano Pinto 6, 4. Iermito 5, 5»6. Slipak, A. Pichot
4, 7»8. Krysa, Y. Santiago 3á, 9»10. Valerga, Rodrtguez Vila 3, etc.

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VLISSINGEN, VIII 2016
The 20th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament
(262 players, 9 rounds)
1. Van Wely 8, 2»4. Alb. David, S. Ernst, Zeng Chongsheng 7á, 5»7. Sasikiran, Oleksiyenko, Mu
Ke 7, 8»26. K. Landa, Wan Yunguo, Vy. Ikonnikov, D. Debashis, Aw. Liang, Berchtenbreiter,
M. R. Venkatesh, J. van Foreest, Sukandar, M. Timmermans, Leenhouts, D. Hausrath, S. Nitin,
Kabos, R. Kevlishvili, M. Bosboom, Praveen Kumar Chandrasekar, Perske, Breukelman 6á, etc.

RIGA, VIII 2016

The Riga Technical University Open
(184 players, 9 rounds)
1»5. Kravtsiv, H. Melkumyan, Neik¿ans, A. Goganov, J. êtojek (304760) 7, 6»13. Chigaev, D.
Naroditsky, D. Fridman, Mo. Ly, Ladva, Yuffa, Kantans, A. Mastrovasilis 6á, 14»33. Dastan, J.
Krupenski, Vladis. Kovalev, R. Hovhannisyan, Miezis, Bernadskiy, Mikh. Popov, Niki. Petrov,
D. Kollars, V. Korchmar, T. Kriebel, Va. Moiseenko, Ant. Smirnov (3208923), Aryan Chopra,
Uksini, Kveinys, Sw. Soumya, Me. Erdogdu, Alexei Saveliev, êtojkovc 6, etc.

PONTEVEDRA, VIII 2016

The 4th Pontevedra Open
(159 players, 9 rounds)
1»5. E. Vorobiov, K. H. Grigoryan, Andrei Maksimenko, Konguvel, A. Hoffman 7, 6»18.
Santos Latasa, Manolache, Vl. Petkov (2901188), Oratovsky, K. Sundararajan, Satyapragyan, D.
Ccmpora, E. Reinhart, Garcta Trobat, D. Espiyeira Gonzalez, Calzetta Ruiz, Estremera Payos,
Cabezas Ayala 6á, etc.

BHUBANESWAR, VIII 2016

The 55th World Junior & 34th Under 20 Girls Chess Championships
Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game
with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
Open

1. Jef. Xiong (USA) 10, 2. V. Artemiev (RUS) 9, 3»4. Sunilduth Lyna (IND), Xu Yi (CHN) 9,
5»9. Mur. Karthikeyan (IND), Ma. Mosadeghpour (IRI), Xu Yinglun (CHN), G. Nasuta (POL),
R. Svane (GER) 8, 10»13. Ch. Aravindh (IND), Maghsoodloo (IRI), Bo. Ivekovik (CRO),
Lorparizangeneh (IRI) 8, 14»27. Chr. Menezes (AUT), Shar. Gagare (IND), Praggnanandhaa
(IND), Yuan Qingyu (CHN), Srijit Paul (IND), Bersamina (PHI), Tran Tuan Minh (VIE), C.
Henriquez Villagra (CHI), De. Wagner (GER), Akash G (IND), S. Kh. Mousavi (IRI), Arjun
Kalyan (IND), Ary. Gholami (IRI), Dav. Martins (POR) 7, etc.
Girls

1. Saduakassova (KAZ) 9, 2»3. Nandhidhaa (IND), D. Dordzhieva (RUS) 9, 4»8. Rodrtguez

Rueda (COL), Frayna (PHI), Vaishali R (IND), Uuriintuya (MGL), Parnali (IND) 8, 9»13. Bivol
(RUS), Michelle Catherina (IND), M. Mahalakshmi (IND), Styazhkina (RUS), Du Yuxin (CHN)
8, 14»19. N. Buksa (UKR), K. Ivanova (RUS), Gu Tianlu (CHN), Alinasab (IRI), K. Priyanka
(IND), J. Gómez Barrera (CHI) 7, etc.

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‘I have sometimes
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learn more about the
Short Stories King’s Indian from
S trange as it may sound, it took many years before metic deficiencies aside, it has remained my favourite and gone – not always with a single Kramnik more awed than enam-
I realised that chess magazines could be collected.
Monthlies were ephemera – perishables, to be tossed
magazine ever since. For someone with such fond,
nostalgic yearnings, perusing the early issues, however,
regret – but I do sometimes
miss the quirky Tim Krabbé. game, effortlessly oured with his rows of
Deutsche Schachzei-
away like mouldy loaves of bread. As a consequence, I
can no longer recall with precision which publications
can be a slight disappointment. It is analogous to hear-
ing a popular tune from your youth on the radio and A t the risk of sounding
oleaginous, New In explained, than from tung, other obscurer
tomes piqued my inter-
comprised my formative reading. B.H. Wood’s Chess
was certainly among them, though, with its endless
suddenly realising it wasn’t quite as good as you had
remembered it. Perhaps I have become finicky in mid-
Chess is a superb chroni-
cle of an epoch – a vade an entire week of my est. I discovered that
Johannes Zukertort’s
adverts for books, sets and tawdry, acrylic ties. Little
did I know it had begun its life with highbrow anno-
dle-age. For example, while the quality of production
has never been shoddy, it was a far cry from today’s
mecum, if you will. It was
almost inevitable that your own study.’ analysis of the Italian
Game in – was it? – the
tations by the likes of Alekhine, and theoretical sur- slick professionalism. writer would hold a strongly Westminster Papers in
veys by Euwe. Later, when my team, Atherton, would
occasionally drive down to Wood’s veritable Aladdin’s
Cave of chess merchandise at Sutton Coldfield (a con-
T he contents have steadily improved too. I remem-
ber Bent Larsen, at my flat in London in 1991,
tossing away a copy of some short-lived publication,
personal identification with
it, because the lifespan of this Anglophone periodical,
with its emphasis on top international chess, more or
the 1870s was in some
respects superior to a certain well-known Yugoslav
encyclopaedia a century later. This came as a revela-
venient Midlands location) for matches in the National which had popped through my mailbox that morn- less coincides exactly with my time as a grandmaster. tion, for up until that point I had always assumed that
Club Championship, my emotional bond with his flag- ing, with the contemptuous remark ‘Another worth- Indeed, the very first issue contained a report by Ray chess knowledge invariably expanded. It usually does,
ship periodical strengthened. less magazine with unannotated games!’ The Dane was Keene on my victory in the British Championship. of course, but it can also occasionally contract.

I n comparison, the grand old dame, British Chess

Magazine, appeared a touch fusty.
far-sighted. Game-scores – once a prized commod-
ity – have fallen victim in the
And, for better or worse, I have rarely been out of the
pages for any prolonged period of time since. T hese days I could dispense with my entire pile
of openings monographs with barely a tinge of
However, with an acquisitiveness born era of gargantuan databases to
M y own literary contributions, though, were regret. They have about the same value as a sandwich,

DIRTY
of middle-age and increasing affluence, the economics of proliferation. initially brief and infrequent – an occasional but without the shelf-life. No – give me biographies,
I have since procured over a hundred Without lucid exposition to game annotation here or there – but under the benign games collections, histories, tournament books, but
volumes of this venerable journal, which accompany it, the naked record encouragement of the exalted editor, these gradually above all lovingly bound magazines. English is pre-

MAGS
perhaps allows a better appraisal of its of moves has almost zero value. expanded into lengthier tournament reports. Only ferred, but any language that I can stumble my way
merit. Sadly, this once esteemed gazette In general, New In Chess has with the arrival of the larger page format, in January through will suffice. Incidentally Schaakbulletin – the
has barely crawled into the 21st century, been rather successful in secur- 2011, did the free-ranging and oft-provocative ‘Short precursor of this esteemed publication – was well
on life-support and with reputation ing the authorship of top play- Stories’ become a regular feature. I was proud to dis- worth a glance.
threadbare, but, for much of its long
existence, with its donnish prose, historical articles and
news from distant dominions, it was a very fine read.
ers. I have sometimes felt that I
could learn more about the King’s Indian from a single
Kramnik game, effortlessly explained, than from an
cover, from a massive online survey a while back, that
I am simultaneously the most popular and unpopular
writer in the magazine – although how much of the
T he latest addition to my groaning bookcases is
Cecil Purdy’s Australasian Chess Review or Chess
World of which I picked up numerous volumes when

O ne oddity surfacing from this trip down memory

lane was that for a time – perhaps a year or two –
I received a subscription to a Russian newspaper, which
I guess must have been ‘64’, because it also contained
draughts. There is not a chance in a million that anyone
in my family would have thought of this, so I can only
assume it was either on the initiative of the left-leaning
Oxonian, Leonard Barden, who was in charge of junior
chess at that time, or, more likely, Bob Wade, who,
among countless other ill-paying jobs, had once written
the chess column for the Kremlin-backed Daily Worker
(taking over from the Communist former British
Champion, William Winter). Presumably, the gener-
ous idea was that when the inevitable dictatorship of the
proletariat came, my expert knowledge of the language
of Tolstoy would stand me in good stead. Regrettably,
possessing neither a dictionary nor linguistic talent, I
never progressed much beyond deciphering the names.
entire week of my own study. But in those early days
one could often find bland, Informator-style, wordless
scores and, worse still, even Larsen’s reviled ‘nudes’.
A s befitted a journal emanating from the Nether-
lands, it had (and to some degree retains) a Dutch
bias. This was, arguably, less a reflection of inherent
parochialism than recognition of the country’s deep
chess culture and status as the most important venue for
elite events. Both as a protagonist and a renowned ana-
lyst, Jan Timman was always worth reading, although
the harsh, cold scrutiny of engines inevitably takes the
gloss off the latter over time. I still especially enjoy his
explorations into the field of studies. Jan’s mantle as
player-author has, however, effectively been taken up
by Anish Giri, whose lighter, more humorous style cap-
tures the zeitgeist of the social-media generation. From
the stalwarts, the opinionated Hans Ree bristles with
erudition and self-assuredness, even if his polemical
latter is due to the multiple accounts/personalities of
Paul Truong I know not. Anyway, there are few things
worse than being ignored. Flatteringly, dozens of sub-
scribers, including not a few strong grandmasters, use
these two pages to diligently improve their English
vocabulary – a thorough, scholarly method of which
the quinquesyllabic Russian theoretician, Polugaevsky,
would undoubtedly have approved.
M agazines should be either fun or informative,
or preferably both – which is presumably why
Robert Hübner has a large collection of Asterix comics
in various languages. What better way to note the
nuances of a tongue than by following the exploits of
the plucky Gaul and his menhir-wielding chum? Actu-
ally, the German papyrologist is primarily responsi-
ble for instilling my love of chess periodicals. When
I played for Solingen in the Bundesliga back in the
1980s, I used to stay at his flat. What those weekends
I was in Melbourne last year. The first World Corre-
spondence Champion had such an admirable way of
explaining games and expressing ideas with great clar-
ity that it is no wonder that Bobby Fischer held him in
high regard. I was also amused to find two articles in
which, building upon Emanuel Lasker’s earlier criti-
cisms, he argued forcefully against the absurdity of
stalemate being a draw. I was unaware of this antipo-
dean antecedent when I proposed the identical rule
change in New In Chess 2012/6, page 75.
N ow that this column draws to an end, my appe-
tite has been whetted for a little reading. What
should it be? A bucolic stroll through the ovine pas-
tures of New Zealand Chess perhaps? No, I will save
that for late December, when I fly to Auckland. I want
something spicier for now. The International Chess
Magazine, maybe? Yes, the poison-tipped quill of
Wilhelm Steinitz should do just fine. Besides, I need to

I n the September of 1984, New In Chess presented

itself to the world. Yes, my dear innumerate employ-
manner tends to rub up a few people the wrong way. By
contrast, Genna Sosonko, with his mastery of the short,
ers, that was 31 years ago, and not 30. Anyway, arith- biographical portrait, is silky smooth. Others have come
36 A Short StorieS
lacked in culinary comfort were more than compen-
sated by witty conversation and earnest discussion. I
hone my skills for the next time I write about the dun-
derheads and buffoons who regrettably preside over
also had free run of his excellent library. While I was our game. ■
Short StorieS A 37

Sadler on Books

for a knight or bishop), the price from d2 and Black queen on b8, Black’s

Understand first,
day to day of the relative values. The The Art of dark-squared bishop was suddenly
absolute value forms the basis on Sacrifice in worth more to White than his own
which exchanges are made; the rela- Chess bishop – the relative value of the
tive value is the decisive factor for by Rudolf bishops had changed in this spe-

calculate later
positional play, for combinations and
especially for sacrifices. The simpler
the position, the more the absolute
New In Chess 2015#7
Spielmann cific position – and so White offered
Russell the exchange of bishops after acting
Enterprises 2015 to prevent it on the previous move.

‘It’s been raining books on me this past month!’, a series of forced moves, the player
either recovers the invested material
MATTHEW SADLER tells us. And our reviewer’s with advantage or else even mates his
opponent. The consequences of the
enthusiasm is not limited to the number of books sacrifice were foreseen from the first.
Properly speaking, there is no sacri-
that reached him.
value carries weight. The more com-
plicated the position, the more does
the relative value gain in importance.
In the original position, the absolute
value practically counts alone, the rel-
ative value only arises in the course
of the game. The lead is given by the
absolute value for it is enduring as
against the relative value which is var-
iable and transient.’ This is the most
25.♕xe3 ♕b8. He therefore decided
on a preliminary move to stop Black
from exchanging the dark-squared
bishops with ...♗g5
23.♕d2 ♕b8 24.♗g5
Sd._.tM_
Great positional awareness from
Vishy. Enjoy the rest of this stunning
game as well – Vishy’s been around
for so long, you forget sometimes
how good he is!
24...♗xg5 25.♘xg5 ♖c8 26.♖f1
h6 27.♘e6 ♔h7 28.f4 ♕a7+
29.♔h2 ♗e8 30.f5 gxf5 31.exf5
f6 32.♖e1 ♘c7 33.♖c1 ♗d7
34.♖c3 e4 35.♖g3 ♘xe6 36.dxe6

L
ots to get through
this time! We start
with Russell Enter-
prise’s reprint of the
classic work The
Art of Sacrifice by
Rudolf Spielmann. To my shame, it’s
a book I’ve never actually got around
to reading before so I was very happy
when this one landed on my door-
step! It’s also a classic Mark Dvoretsky
recommends in one of his articles in
his new book For Friends and Col-
leagues Volume II. Spielmann was
one of the strongest players in the
first half of the 20th century. Just like
Tartakower, he was a little too light-
weight to challenge the might of the
greats like Capablanca and Alekhine,
but he was an interesting and crea-
tive player who – particularly in his
youth – was famed for his bold attack-
ing play. The Art of Sacrifice is an
attempt to classify and categorise the
sacrifice in chess, using Spielmann’s
own games as examples.
I’ve read it through a couple of
times now and I love it. Spielmann’s
approach is sober and realistic – he
acknowledges that a number of sacri-
fices may not be sound while stress-
ing the practical difficulties that the
defender faces – and rings true to
these relatively modern ears. That’s
not a bad achievement for a book
written 80 years ago! Many of his
insights have stuck in my mind – I’ll
give a couple here.
The first and most important classi-
fication according to Spielmann is the
difference between ‘sham’ sacrifices
‘In such heated
situations, I make
an effort to take
a step back and
understand in
words - rather than
in variations - what
I’m planning.’
and ‘real’ sacrifices. Sham sacrifices
‘involve losses of material only for a
definable amount of time. In the case
of real sacrifices, the amount of time
required for recovering the material
is not clear. There a sham (tempo-
rary) sacrifice involves no risk. After
fice, only an advantageous business
deal.’
I like collecting such clear, succinct
explanations for use during games.
One of the biggest challenges dur-
ing practical play is to keep track of
your risk exposure. In the heat of the
moment – especially in tense, tight
situations when you are desperate to
make the most of your position – it’s
easy to start calculating sequences of
committal decisions without quite
appreciating what you would be tak-
ing on. In such situations, I make an
effort to take a step back and under-
stand in words – rather than in var-
iations – what I’m planning. For
example, am I making a sham sac-
rifice or a real sacrifice? If the latter
then I need to understand that I’m
raising the stakes, and that I’ll need
to raise my energy level to cope with
that. Am I ready for such a fight? The
more ready-made descriptions you
have at your fingertips, the easier it is
to describe your efforts in words and
thus understand what you are doing!
Another explanation that struck a
chord was Spielmann’s image for how
the value of pieces changes continu-
ally according to the position in front
of you: ‘All chess units have, in the
language of the stock exchange, two
prices, the par value and the quoted
rate. The par value represents the
absolute (1 point for a pawn, 3 points
evocative explanation I have read of
how sacrifices or unusual positional
decisions seek to exploit or create a
temporary disruption in the value of
pieces. It also underlines the risk that
such a decision entails: if the sacri-
fice achieves nothing, then the abso-
lute values of the pieces will reassert
themselves.
Funnily enough, the first things I
thought about when I read this were
a couple of examples quoted in Mark
Dvoretsky’s book For Friends and
Colleagues Volume II. First of all,
this position from the stunning game
Anand-Carlsen, Linares 2007.
S_.d.tM_
_._LlJ_J
J_.j._J_
_J_Ij._.
.i._I_._
_B_.bN_I
I_Q_.iI_
_.r._.k.
Anand-Carlsen
Morelia/Linares 2007
position after 22…♘a8
Anand considered 23.♘e1 here (with
the idea of ♘d3-c5, sacrificing the
knight for 2 enormous passed pawns)
but felt that 23...♗g5 would give
Black some relief after 24.♕d2 ♗xe3
_._LlJ_J
J_.j._J_
_J_Ij.b.
.i._I_._
_B_._N_I
I_.q.iI_
_.r._.k.
What?? Dvoretsky quotes Anand’s
annotations ‘This seems illogical. You
first avoid the bishop exchange and
then you force it yourself. There is no
grand reason I can give, it is purely
a tactical thing. It seems less effec-
tive to exchange the bishops with the
knight on e1. But here Black wants to
play ...♖c8 and once Black manages to
swap off the rooks or to defend him-
self against direct threats, the advan-
tage is gone and you can offer a draw.
So it is very important to act quickly.
24.♗g5 relies on two things. One is
that 24...f6 is impossible because of
25.♘xe5 and wins. The second is that
after swapping, there are some very
direct lines, as you will see, involving
♕h6.’
After having read Spielmann, you
would say that with the knight on
e1, Black’s dark-squared bishop
was worth less to White than his
own dark-squared bishop, so White
avoided the exchange. With the
White knight on f3, White queen on
♗e8 37.e7 ♗h5 38.♕xd6 1-0
The second game is also a game of
Anand’s.
.t._M_._
_._.lJ_.
J_.j.j._
_J_.j._.
._._I_I_
iI_.b._T
._Ir._.i
_K_._R_.
Ivanchuk-Anand
Linares 1992 (1st match game)
position after 22…♖h3
Again Dvoretsky quotes Anand’s
remarks: ‘Black appears to have
committed a whole list of positional
sins: allowing doubled f-pawns, giv-
ing White an outside passed h-pawn
and exchanging his good bishop with
...♗c4. Yet, he is better. Paradoxical?
Yes, but this does not mean that the
old positional rules have been sus-
pended for the course of this game.
Black’s play depends on two things:
First of all, his long-term aim is to
exchange his d-pawn for White’s
e-pawn by ...d5 and to exchange his
f6-pawn for White’s g-pawn either
by ...f5 or by forcing White to play
g5. Then, he will be left with two con-

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