Leko vs Anand : Italian Game - White wins in 22 moves !

Game was played as part of chess24.com Legends Online tournament.

Leko( White) against Anand(Black).

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1

White has expanded with 7 a4. apart from that classic c3,d3,0-0 and Re1. White will prepare d3-d4.

Leko does not play h2-h3 as he will have Nbd2-f1-g3 and Black doesn't have Nd4 to take advantage of the pin.

 8...O-O 9.Nbd2 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5!

Anand played 10..Be6 and was ok to take with f pawn on 11Bxe6. instead Leko plays 11 Bb5!
leading the diagram above.
The point is not only to double the pawns via Bxc6 but to weaken d4 to play d3-d4  and control the center.

11..Na7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxb5 14. axb5 Re8 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. h3

Black to play in diagram above. Maxime Vacher-Lagrave had the same position in 2018 against Karjakin who chose 16..c6!? and after exchanging on c6, white played against the d6 pawn with Bf5 and black against the b2 pawn with Qb6 and Rab8.

Anand chose 16..Re5. a move the engines like, was it preparation ? it took me a while to understand that Black wants to take on d4 and then capture the b5 pawn with the rook via Re5xb5.

Anand could also play 16..Bd4 17 cd4 Bxb5 capturing the pawn with the bishop in d7.

lets see what happens next.

17. f4 Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 Rxb5

Anand has executed his rook Manoeuvre and won the b5 pawn. White to play. What would you play with white here ?


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 19e4-e5 comes to mind : however  Black would reply 19..Nh7.
 Leko found a stronger move.
He played in the diagram above 19 Ra3!. The "Rover" also known as Rook Over Manoeuvre. 
White brings his second rook to the kingside via Ra3-f3 or Ra3-g3.


 19. Ra3! d5? ( 19..Nh7 or 19..Ne8 were better) 20. e5 Ne4

White to play
Here Leko found the best move again, 21 f4-f5!. He is not interested in exchanging on e4 regaining the pawn. He is clearly playing for the king's side attack. Anand did not find the best move 21..Qh4 and lost very quickly.

21. f5 Nxg3? (21..Qh4) 22.Rxg3 Bc8? 1-0

Anand resigned in the final diagram above after playing 22..Bc8? without waiting for white's move ! Leko would play 23 Bh6 or 23 f6 winning easily.

Maybe Anand intended 22..Bxf5 on which 23 Bxh6 Bg6 24 e5-e6! gives a large advantage to White.


Here's the animated replay

full game here

Carlsen miniatures in bullet chess

Hello Magnus Carlsen won yesterday  the monthly bullet tournament on lichess


I thought I would showcase 2 super quick wins ( miniatures) against GMs.

First, Andrew Tang (US GM-penguingm1 on lichess! ) plays 1 d4 d5 2Bf4 which is a sideline -Queen's Pawn Game or London-

Here's how Black won this game Magnus, playing under DrNykterstein username

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Titled Arena July '20 (lichess.org) D00 2020.07.25

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 cxd4 4.exd4 Nc6 5.c3 Bf5 6.Nf3 e6 7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.Bxd6 + 8. Bg3 − [ 8.Bg3 Bxg3 9.hxg3 ] 8...Qxd6 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.h3 g5 12.Be2 + 12. Qg4 − [ 12.Qg4 f6 ] 12...Nf6 13.O-O O-O-O sharp 14.b4 Kb8 15.b5 Ne7 16.Re1 Ng6! 17.Nf1 Nf4 18.Ne3?? + 18. Bf3 − [ 18.Bf3 ] 18...Ne4! 19.Rc1 Nxh3+ -+ 20 gh3 Rh3 21.Ng4 Nf2! 22Nf2 Qg3+ wins

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Sicilian Grand Prix and Closed Sicilian: a black repertoire with analysis

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my lichess game against GM Akobian

Here's the game played on lichess.org server

GM Var Akobian was streaming and he picked up my challenge.

Yes I lost the game, but not without a fight!

on move 30, he blundered and 31 Rxc4! would have turned tables around. later on rook ending could have been saved. He played the opening very quickly and first 16 moves were following his game against J. Ehlvest in 2009. I was out of book earlier and had to figure out a way to play the position

opening is French Defense Nd2  : 1e4 e6 2d4 d5 3Nd2 Nf6. This is GM Akobian main opening

opening is French Defense Nd2  : 1e4 e6 2d4 d5 3Nd2 Nf6. This is GM Akobian main opening

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Tactics positions to solve

5 tactical positions to solve today


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1. Naroditsky-White to play vs Hansen 1-0 Live Chess Chess.com 2020.07.212. Carlsen-White to play, Magnus vs Giri, Anish 1-0 Chess24 Legends of Chess Rnd:1.2 Online 2020.07.183. Zaven_ChessMood- WhitetoPlay vs tieckl 1-0 Rated Blitz lichess.org 2020.07.184. Study-White to play vs and win 1-0 2020.07.245. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Peter Svidler-BlacktoPlay 0-1 Donostia Chess Festival Rnd:4 Donostia ESP 2009.07.11

solutions



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1. Bd3+! Kg4 2. Ne5+ ( 2. Rh3! cxd4 ( 2... f6 3. Nh2# ) 3. Nh2# ) 2...  Kxg3 3. Rh3+ Kf2 ( 3... Kxg2 4. Rh2+ ( 4. Be4+ Kf1 5. Ng4 Bd6 6. Rf3+ Ke1 7. Rh1+ Ke2 8. Rf2# ) 4... Kg3 5. R7h3+ Kf4 6. Rf3# ) 4. Ng4+ Kg1 ( 4... Kxg2 5. Be4+ Kf1 6. Rh1+ Ke2 7. R7h2# ) 5. Be4 Kf1 6. Rh1+ Ke2 7. Bf3# 1-0

more h7-h5 games with Black

Animated game with e6-d6 combined with early h7-h5 for Black

e6-d6 and g7-g5 & h7-h5 early on: how to surprise your opponent with Black

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we want show here a game with Black where 

-Black doesnt castle early
-develop along e6-d6, Nf6 and Nbd7, Be7,Bb7 
-decides to strike with h7-h5 launching an attack. 
 

1. e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Re1 d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 continuing with a hedgehog set-up. controlling center from white (maroczy bind). 11. f4 g6 12. Qf3 h5 the start of the plan described in the introduction    

1. Tomczak, Jacek vs Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 0-12. Lumiste, Rene vs Andreikin, Dmitry 0-1

Tomczak, Jacek (2457) - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (2637) 0-1

POL-ch 64th (Opole) [6] B40 2007.02.14

13.h3 Be7 14.Nb3 h4! with idea Nh5 15.Be3 g5!? 16.Nd2 + 16. fxg5 − [ 16.fxg5 Ne5 17.Qe2 Nfd7 18.g6 + 18. Rad1 − ( 18.Rad1 Rg8 19.Qh5 O-O-O ) 18...Nxg6 ] 16...gxf4 17.Qxf4 Ne5 18.Be2 Nfd7 19.Rad1 Rg8! black is not in a hurry to castle and instead threatens whites king. 20.Qf2 Rg3 21.Kh1 Nc5 22.Nf1 Rg7 23.Rd4 O-O-O Blacks attack is further along 24.b4! definitely the best chance for white 24...Ncd7 25.Bf4 f5! Black would like top en b7-g2 26.Nd5!? exd5 27.cxd5 Bg5 28.Bxg5 Rxg5 29.Qf4 Rdg8 30.Rc1 Nc5 giving back the piece to close the c-column 31.Ne3 Kb8 32.bxc5 bxc5 33.exf5 Qg7 34.f6 Qg6 35.Rdd1 + 35. f7 − [ 35.f7! Nxf7 36.Rd2 ] 35...Rxg2! 36.Bg4 Rg3 37.f7?? + 37. Rg1 − [ 37.Rg1! ] 37...Rf8 38.Bf5 Rxf7 Black is winning here 39.Qxh4 Rxf5 40.Nxf5 Rg1+! a neat finish + 40... Rg1+ − [ 40...Rg1+! 41.Rxg1 Bxd5+ 42.Kh2 Nf3+ 43.Kh1 Nxg1+ 44.Qe4 Bxe4+ 45.Kh2 Qg2# ]

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e6-d6 hedgehog model game for Black : Wojtasjek (2637)

Hedgehog play with White

We will study how to play against Hedgehog formation with White Pieces.

 1e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. c4 d6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Be3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qd2 Be7 



  


We reached a standard position.

Black has a6,b6, and d6,e6 structure. Knights on d7 and f6, Bishops on B7 and e7.

White has Nb3,Nc3,Be3,Bd3,Rc1 and Qd2. pawns on e4 and c4. f3 to support e4 Maroczy bind.

What is next for White ?  Play on the queen side. Bring the queen to f2, with Be3-Qf2 targetting b6.
bring Rf1 to d1, bishop to f1, play h3 to avoid Ng4. Then push pawns.

Black adopts Fischer plan with Bishop on d8-c7.

13. Rfd1 O-O 14. f3 Rac8 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. Qf2 Bd8 17. h3 Qb8 

Now White wants to move Nb3 here to d4 and activate b2-b4,then Nb3-a4

18. Nd4 Bc7 19. Kh1 Ne5 20. b4 Ba8 21. Nb3 Ned7 22. Na4 Bc6

We reach another key moment after 22..Bc6.

Game 1: Na4-b2 followed by a4-a5

Game 2:Na4-c3 followed by b4-b5 and e4-e5

1. Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier vs Svidler, Peter 1-0 Wch Blitz Rnd:1 Moscow 2019.12.292. Malakhov, Vladimir vs Erdos, Viktor 1-0 extract Rnd:3.3 2014.10.06

23. Nb2 Qa8 ( 23... Bb7 24. a4 d5 25. exd5 exd5 26. c5 bxc5 27. Nxc5 Nxc5 28. Bxc5 Nh5 ) 24. a4! classic plan a4-a5 24...  a5 ( 24... d5 ) 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Nd4 heading for b5 26...  Nc5?! ( 26... Bb6 ) 27. Nb5 Qb8 ( 27... Nfxe4 28. fxe4 Nxe4 29. Qh4 f5 ) 28. e5! Nfe4 ( 28... Nfd7 29. exd6 Bxd6 30. Nxd6 Nxa4 31. Nxc8 ) 29. fxe4 Nxe4 30. Qe1 +- White is up a piece 30...  dxe5 31. Na7 Qxb2 ( 31... Qb7 32. Nxc6 Qxc6 33. c5 ) 32. Nxc6 f5 33. Bd3 Nf6 34. Rb1 Qa3 35. Na7 e4 36. Bf1 Nh5 37. Nxc8 Rxc8 38. Bf2 Bf4 39. c5 e3 40. Qe2 exf2 41. Rd3 Qxc5 42. Qxh5 Bd6 43. Rbd1 Be7 44. Rd7 g6 45. Qe2 Rc6 46. Qb5 Bg5 47. Qxc5 Rxc5 48. Rb1 Re5 49. Rb8+ 1-0

Hedgehog themes and games

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Games featuring hedgehog formation for Black
First we show games with Kh8,Rg8,g7-g5 and Bc7 which Fischer used Then we look at d6-d5 breakthrough After this, we show games with e4-f4 structure for white Then, b3,Bb2 structure for white and a few games with White's plans being succesful

1. Taimanov, Mark E vs Jussupow, Artur 0-1 URS-g7g5attack Soviet Union 1982.??.??2. Strauss, D.. vs Gurevich, D.. 0-1 USA ch-d6d5 plan 1985.??.??3. Berthelot vs Belkhodja 0-1 Cannes-d6d5plan 1992.??.??4. GM_Dominguez vs GM_Andreikin 0-1 Light-h5h4h3 plan 2011.05.145. Lagarde, Maxime vs Shchekachev, Andrei 0-1 GUESSMOVE-againstf4 Rnd:2.3 Brest FRA 2018.05.276. Kveinys, Aloyzas vs Smirin, Ilia 0-1 Bled ol (Men) Rnd:11.2 Bled 2002.11.067. Stockfish 8 vs AlphaZero 1/2-1/2 extract-againstb3Bb2-b6b5Plan Rnd:255 London, UK 2018.01.188. Charbonneau vs Anand 1-0 37th Chess Olympiad Rnd:12 Turin ITA 2006.06.039. Anand vs Illescas 1-0 Linares 1992.??.??

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 e6 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 a6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7 Typical hedhehog position 14. Bf1 Rfe8 15. Kh1 Qb8 16. Qf2 ( 16. b4 probably better than the move played in the game. Whites plan is to attack by c4-c5 at some point. ) 16...  Bd8 17. Nb3 This move is a mistake. The knight on b3 is on the way of the B pawn and whites attack becomes too slow now. ( 17. b4 again ) 17...  Bc7 18. Qg1 Kh8! [%cal Ye8g8,Yg7g5] Here this plan isvery strong, considering that white has no threat or pressure on the queensideblack has enough time to carry along with Fischers plan. 19. Rc2 Rg8 20. Rcd2 g5! 21. Bd4 Rg6 22. Nc1 Rcg8 [%cal Yg5g4] ( 22... g4! ) 23. Nd3 Qf8 [%cal Yf8h6] Black brings all his pieces to the kingside where the action willstart after g5-g4 24. Re1? ( 24. g4! h6 ( 24... R6g7 25. Rg2 h5 26. gxh5 e5 ) 25. Bg2 Kh7 26. Qf2 h5 27. h3 Rh6 ) 24...  g4 25. fxg4 e5! 26. Be3 Nxg4 [%csl Re3] 27. Nd5 Bd8 ( 27... Bxd5 28. cxd5 b5 [%cal Yc7a5] ) 28. Nf2 Bh4 [%cal Yh4e1] White is all tied up now. Black has ideas like f7-f5. 29. Ree2 ( 29. Rde2 f5! ) 29...  Nxe3 30. Nxe3 Bxf2 31. Qxf2 Bxe4 [%cal Ye4g2] 32. Nf5 Nc5 33. Ng3 Ba8 ( 33... Bd3 34. Re1 Bxf1 35. Nxf1 Rxg2 ) 34. Rd1? ( 34. Kg1 ) 34...  Ne6! [%cal Ye6f4] 35. Qxb6 Nf4 36. Rf2 Qh6 [%csl Rh2][%cal Yh6h2] 37. Kg1 ( 37. b4 Rxg3 ) 37...  Qh4? ( 37... d5 38. Qc7 f6 39. Rd3 Nxd3 40. Bxd3 Qc1+ ) 38. Qb3?? ( 38. Rxd6! Qg5 39. Rxg6 Rxg6 40. Qb8+ Rg8 41. Qb6 ) 38...  Rh6 -+ [%csl Rg3,Rh2][%cal Yh4h2] 39. Rxf4 exf4 40. Qc3+ f6 41. Nf5 ( 41. Rxd6 Qxh2+ 42. Kf2 f3 ) 41...  Rxg2+! 42. Bxg2 Qxh2+ followed by Qg2+ and Rh1# 0-1

Tactics/Tactics calculating exercizes

Position 1(easy) : black to play and win

Position 2(easy): Black to play and give checkmate

Position 3 medium: Black to play and win: spot the winning move

Position 4-Difficult : choose between two moves listed below the diagram. Black to play

Position 5-Difficult : choose between two moves listed below the diagram. Black to play

Owen defense ..b6,..Bb7 with Nc3 white

The main position to analyze is after the moves

1 e4 b6 2 d4 Bb7 3 Nc3 e6 4 Nf3 Bb4 5Bd3 Nf6

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Owen Defense B00. Nc3,Nf3,Bd3 lines for white , ..b6,..Bb7,e6,Bb4 for Black


Nc3 gives more options to Black versus quick Bd3,Qe2 with c3/Nd2 options

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 [#] 6. Qe2!? ( 6. Bg5!? d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd2 [#] to play f2-f4 10... e5 ( 10... g5 11. Qe2 e5 12. Qe3 Nd7 13. Bb5 O-O-O 14. a4 a5 ½- (17) ½ (60) Konstantinos Nikolaidis-Artashes Minasian Panormo GRE 1998 ) 11. f4 [#] ( 11. Bb5+!? c6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Nc4 Rd8 14. Qc1 O-O 15. Qa3 ) 11... exf4!? ( 11... Qe7 12. Qg4 O-O 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nf6 15. Qxg7+ Kxg7 16. Nf5+ Kh8 17. Nxe7 exd4 18. e5 David-Bauer 2005 ) 12. Bb5+ ( 12. g3 g5 13. a4 Nc6 14. Qe2 O-O-O Black is doing well here 15. a5 ( 15. Ba6 Na5 ) 15... Nxa5 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6+ Kd7 18. Nc4 Spassky-Miles 1983 ) 12... Kf8 13. g3 g5 ) ( 6. Nd2!? interesting sideline for white 6... d5 ( 6... d6 7. Ncb1!? Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. c4 Nbd7 Bellaiche-Short 2018 11. b3 O-O 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bc2 cxd5 14. exd5 b5 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Kh1 ) ( 6... c5!? 7. a3 cxd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. c4 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 Ding-Nepo 2019 ) 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qg4!? Kf8 9. Ncxe4 dxe4 10. Bc4 ) 6...  d5 7. exd5 ( 7. e5?! Ne4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 pawn sacrifice 10... Nc6 11. Ba3 ( 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. Qf4 h6 13. Bb5 Be7 14. Qg4 g6 15. c3 Nakamura-Gareev 2015 ) 11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Rfd1 a6 14. c4 Qg5 ( 14... c5! ) 15. c5 Qxe5 16. Qc2 b5 -/+ 1-0 (29) Kurt Pommerening-Gerd Matrisch Germany 1980 [thechesscorner,@gmail.com] ) 7...  Qxd5 ( 7... Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. a4 Nd7 11. a5!? ( 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 ) 11... c5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4 bxa5 14. Rfd1 Bd5 15. Nd2 h6 16. c4 Bc6 17. c3 ) 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bf4 with chances for both sides 10...  Rc8 11. Rfe1 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. c4 Nbd7 [#] 14. a4 Re8 15. a5 e5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bf5 1-0 (37) Bareev (2709)- Bauer (2612) 2001 *

1..b6,..Bb7 Owen Defense: White repertoire

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Quick repertoire against b6,Bb7,e6 plans for Black. Owen Defense B00


Main idea is Nf3,Bd3,Qe2 and not playing e4-e5 too quickly.
Another tip is not committing to Nc3 early: maybe c3,Nd2 are needed. No Bb4 for Black

Main Game is Dorfman-Miles 1992 where I am giving improvements for white - Black ended up winning that game. Also C. Bauer move order 6 d5!? with e4,d4,Bd3,Qe2,Nf3 is worth noting

1. d4 e6 2. e4 b6 in these lines, White plays Nf3,Bd3,Qe2 and at times c3,Nd2 but no early Nc3 3. Nf3 ( 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5!? exd5 7. exd5+ Qe7 8. c4 b5 9. b3 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 b4 11. Re1 d6 12. Kf1+ Be7 13. Bf4 Kd8 14. Nbd2 h6 15. Nh4! Bauer-Minasian 2000 15... Bf8 16. Bg6 fxg6 17. Nxg6 Rg8 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Bxd6 ) ( 3. Nd2 Bb7 4. Ngf3 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Qc7 9. a3 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. b4 c4 12. Bc2 O-O-O 13. Nf1 Rdg8 similar to french defence with opposite side castling 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Nf8 16. f4 h6 17. Bh4 Kb8 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. f5 Qg5 21. Qg4 Qxg4 22. Nxg4 exf5 23. Bxf5 Ne6 24. Rf1 Nd8 25. Ne3 Re8 26. Rae1 Rhf8 27. Bg4 Ne6 28. Nf5 Rd8 29. Nd6 Ng5 30. h4 Rxd6 31. exd6 Ne4 32. Be6 f6 33. d7 Rd8 34. Re3 Kc7 35. Bf5 Bc6 36. b5 Bxb5 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxd7 39. Rfe1 Ba4 40. Kf2 a5 41. Re7 h5 42. R1e6 g5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Rxd7+ Bxd7 45. Re5 h4 46. Rxg5 h3 47. g4 Bc6 48. Kg3 Bg2 49. Re5 1-0 (49) Eugenio Torre-Bent Larsen Geneva SUI 1977 [thechesscorner,@gmail.com] ) 3...  Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 ( 6. e5 Nd5 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 ( 8. Be4! Qc8 ( 8... c4 9. b3 ) ) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4?! ( 9. Nxd4 ) 9... Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Nac7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Ne4 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bd2 Kh8 16. Rac1 Qc8 17. Rc2 Qb7 18. Rfc1 Rg8 19. Ng3 Rg4 20. Ne5 fxe5 21. Qf3 Rxg3 22. hxg3 Nb5 23. Bh6 Nxd4 24. Qf7 Nf5 0-1 (24) Jens-Uwe Maiwald-Anthony Miles Ostend BEL 1991 [thechesscorner,@gmail.com] ) 6...  Be7 ( 6... d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5 Qc8 ( 8... Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rfe1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Bb1 Ba6 15. Qe3 Rac8 ) 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qa6 14. Qc3 Nc6 15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. Rc2 Be7 17. Rac1 O-O 18. a3 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bxh6! Ng4 ( 20... gxh6 21. Qe3 ) 21. Be3 Bf6 22. h3 Nxd4 23. Qxc8 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Kh7 26. hxg4 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 Qa4 28. Ng5+ Kg6 29. Nxe6 Bxb2 30. Rc8 d4 31. Bf4 Bxa3 32. Nf3 d3 33. Rc7 Kf6 34. Ned4 Bf8 35. Be5+ Kg6 36. Ne6 Qe8 37. Nxf8+ Qxf8 38. Rxg7+ Kh6 39. g5+ 1-0 (39) Alexander Grischuk (2490)-Artashes Minasian (2620) Linares ESP 1999 [thechesscorner,@gmail.com] ) 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Na5 9. Nbd2 c4 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. Ne5 ( 11. Re1 O-O 12. Rb1 ( 12. Nf1 Nb3 13. Bxb3 cxb3 14. N1d2 a5 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxb3 a4 17. Nbd2 Nf4 18. Qe3 Nd5 19. Qd3 Nf4 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Nd5 ) 12... d6 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. h3 Rac8 15. Bf4 b5 16. Ng3 Bf8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qe7 19. Ng5 g6 20. N5e4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qd7 23. h4 Nc6 24. Bg3 Ne7 25. h5 Analysis ) 11...  b5 12. f4 ( 12. Ng4 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 g6 ( 13... O-O 14. Nf3 f6 ) 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. e5 h5 16. Qe2 ) 12...  O-O 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 [#] 14...  Nb3! 15. Bxb3 ( 15. Rb1 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 f5! 18. Qf3 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Rae8 Georgiev,Kiril-Miles 1992 1/2 1/2 ) 15...  cxb3 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5?! ( 17. Qxf5 Bd6 ( 17... Rae8 18. Nxb3 ) 18. e5 ( 18. Nf3 f6 19. Bd2 Rae8 20. Rae1 ) 18... Be7 19. Nxb3 Bd5 ) 17...  Bd6 18. Ne4? ( 18. Nf3 f6 ) ( 18. Nxb3 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Rfe8 ) 18...  Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Rae8 -/+ 21. Qf3 Qg3 22. a4 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Bd6 24. Be3 g5 25. g4 Re4 26. axb5 Rfe8 27. Bxg5 Re2 28. Kg1 Rxb2 29. Rf2 Ree2 30. b6 Rxf2 31. bxa7 Rg2+ 32. Kf1 Rbf2+ 33. Ke1 Rg1+ 0-1

Carlsen-Giri Game Analysis with Variations and PGN

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Brilliant attack by Carlsen against Giri , using his prep in semi-tarrasch.
Carlsen-Giri 2020

Carlsen-Giri 2020
chess24.com chessable final

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 ( 12... Nf6 ) 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 ( 15... Qf6 ) 16. Re3!? ( Relevant: 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Ne5 Re7 19. Qh4 0-1 (73) Aronian-Grischuk ) ( 16. d5!? exd5 17. exd5 ( 17. e5 Rc5 ) 17... Nc5 18. d6 complex position with Black playing 18..Bf3 but White has a strong passed pawn in d6. Navara-So 2019 ) 16...  Nf6 [#] 17. d5!? Novelty prepared by Magnus ( Predecessor: 17. Qd3 b5 18. d5 exd5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Qxb5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. h4 1/2-1/2 (35) So,W (2788)-Dominguez Perez,L(2739) Saint Louis 2017 ) ( 17. Qe1!? Qc7 ) 17...  exd5 18. e5 Ne4 ( 18... Nd7 19. Ba4 ( 19. Qe1 Nc5 20. Nd4 Qg5 21. h4 Qxh4 22. Nf5 ) 19... a6 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Nd4 ) 19. Qe1 Qc7 ( 19... Nc5 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. f4 ) ( 19... f5!? 20. Nd4 g6 unclear position 21. f3!? Nc5 ) 20. Nd4 a6 ( 20... Rcd8 21. f3 ) ( 20... Rxe5 21. f3 ) 21. h4!? takes away the g5 square for the knight on e4. white threatens f3 ( 21. f3 Nc5 22. Nf5 ) 21...  Rcd8?! ( 21... b5 22. Rxe4!? dxe4 23. e6 fxe6 24. Nxe6 seems to lead to a draw ) ( 21... Nc5 22. Nf5 ) 22. f3 Nc5 23. h5 h2-h4-h5 alphazero style ! 23...  Ne6? ( 23... Nxb3 24. axb3 h6 25. f4 with attack for white ) ( 23... Qe7 24. Qg3 Qf8 ) 24. Nf5! Knight cannot be removed and Nd6 is a serious threat. 24...  d4 25. Red3 Nc5 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Nxb3 28. Qg3! intermediary move with obvious threat Qg7#. White is already winning 28...  g6 29. axb3 Rd8 [#] ( 29... Bc8 30. Nd6 Rf8 31. Kh2 Be6 32. Ne4 +- ) 30. e6! Qc1+ ( 30... Qxg3 31. Rxd8# ) ( 30... Qc5 31. Qe5 gxf5 32. Qxc5 ) 31. Kh2 Rxd4 32. e7 ( 32. Qe5?? Qf4+ ) 32...  Qc8 33. Qe5! Rh4+ ( 33... gxf5 34. e8=Q+ ) ( 33... f6 34. e8=Q+ ) 34. Kg3 1-0

Magnus Carlsen Against Anish Giri 2020 win

 

Can you guess the winning move for White(Carlsen) against Black(Giri) in their rapid game chessable final 07/04/2020.

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Caro Kan Repertoire : Panov Ending Line 1

Caro Kan Line 1: Panov attack ending

Opening repertoire for White : Caro Kan Panov

1. caro-kann vs Line1 Ending Qd7 1/2-1/2 2020.05.302. ending_deep_analysis vs B13 ending * Rilton Cup 31st Rnd:5 Stockholm 2002.12.313. B13 full sidelines vs opening lab * 2020.07.05

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 ( 12... Qd7?? 13. Qxa8+ Ke7 14. Nxd5+ exd5 ( 14... Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Be3 ) 15. Be3 ) 13. Qxb5 Qd7 ( 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 ( 14... Qd7 15. Rb1! ) 15. Qc5+ Ke8 16. Qxa7 Bd6 17. O-O ) 14. Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Bg5+ [#] 15...  f6 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Be3 [#] 17...  Ke6 ( 17... Kf7 18. O-O-O Rd8 19. Rd3 Rd7 20. Rhd1 [#] 20... Ke6 21. Re1 Kf5 22. Red1 = ) 18. O-O-O Bb4 ( 18... Rc8+ 19. Kb1 Bc5 20. Rhe1 ) 19. a3 ( 19. Rd3!? Rhd8 20. Kb1 a5 ( 20... Rd7 21. Rc1 Rad8 Andreikin-Popov ) 21. a3 Be7 22. Re1! Marin-Engqvist 2020 22... Kf7 23. Rc1 Rd7 24. Rc6 a4 25. Kc2 f5 26. Bd4 ) 19...  Rhc8+ ( 19... Rac8+ 20. Kb1 Bc5 21. Rhe1 Bxe3 22. Rxe3+ Kd6 23. Rde1 Rhd8 ( 23... Rc4 24. Re6+ ) 24. Re6+ Kc7 25. Rc1+ Kd7 26. Ra6 Schneider-Allen 2004 ) 20. Kb1 [#] 20...  Bc5 ( 20... Ba5 21. b4 Dolmatov, Sveshnikov ( 21. Rhg1 g5 22. f4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Rc4 ) 21... Bb6 22. Rhe1 Kd6 23. Rd3 ) 21. Rhe1 [#] 21...  Bxe3 22. Rxe3+ Kd6 23. Rde1! Rc4! 24. Re7 [#] ( 24. Re6+ Kc5 25. Re7 Sveshnikov 2013 25... Rf4 ) 24...  Rf4 ( 24... Rh4 25. R1e6+ ) 25. R1e6+ Kc5 26. Rc7+ Kd4 Nijboer-Hort 1997 27. Rxg7 Rxf3 28. Re2 Kd3 29. Rc2 d4 1/2-1/2