Sunday, April 29, 2018

Grand Prix Attack Themes

Here we are presenting useful themes for White.
 Also to note if you are playing these positions with Black, watch for the attacking theme. Main Theme for White against g6,Bg7 and ..d6 or ..c5 : White will try to play Qd1-e1, Kh1, then f4-f5 or Qe1-g3 with strong attack.
 This can arise from Pirc, Sicilian Kan-Taimanov or Grand Prix Attack (B23). Typically White's bishop goes on b3



example 1 : B23 Grand Prix



Example 2: Sicilian Kan



Full game analysis here

Qd1-e1, f4-f5 games opening analysis




 All analyzed

Friday, April 27, 2018

Grand Prix Attack : Black Repertoire based on rapid ..e6

1e4 c5 2Nc3 Nc6 3 f4 e6



2 model games analyzed here



Short-Topalov 1997 0-1
Cabrera-Shirov 2007 0-1


Tuesday, April 17, 2018

B23 Grand Prix Attack for Black

GAMES ANALYSIS WITH REPLAY HERE

How to play with Black against Popular Grand Prix Attack : Nc3, f4-f5, Bc4 Attack for White

[Date "2000.01.04"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
Position after 11..b5

[Date "2001.01.13"] [White "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"]

Position after 9..Na5!


Polgar-Gelfand 2000 0-1 Analyzed
Tiviakov-Kasparob 1999 0-1 Analyzed


Sunday, April 1, 2018

repertoire spanish game white 5 Qe2


Position after 9 Bg5!































[White "Tiviakov"] [Black "Almasi"] [Event "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "1995.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d3 0-0 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Bd5! Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. Ne4 Nbd7 14. Nh4! h6 15. Nf5 Qd8 16. Bh4 Kh7 17. Qf3 Rh8 18. g4! Kg8 19. Nxg7! Kxg7 20. Rg1 Nxe4 21. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 22. Ke2 Bxg1 23. dxe4 Bxh2 24. Bxc7 Bf4 25. Bxd6 f6 26. a4 Nb6 27. b3 bxa4 28. Bc7 *

Replay Game here