Nimzo Qc2

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

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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    
[Event "POL-ch 64th"] [Site "Opole"] [Date "2007.02.14"] [Round "6"] [White "Tomczak, Jacek"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2457"] [BlackElo "2637"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r3kb1r/1bqn1p2/pp1ppnp1/7p/2PNPP2/2NB1Q2/PP4PP/R1B1R1K1 w kq - 0 13"] 13. h3 Be7 14. Nb3 h4 $1 {[%cal Yf6h5] with idea Nh5} 15. Be3 g5 $5 16. Nd2 (16. fxg5 Ne5 17. Qe2 Nfd7 18. g6 (18. Rad1 Rg8 19. Qh5 O-O-O) 18... Nxg6) 16... gxf4 17. Qxf4 Ne5 18. Be2 Nfd7 19. Rad1 Rg8 $1 {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 $1 {definitely the best chance for white} Ncd7 25. Bf4 f5 $1 {[%cal Yb7g2] Black would like top en b7-g2} 26. Nd5 $5 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 $1 Nxf7 36. Rd2) 35... Rxg2 $1 36. Bg4 Rg3 37. f7 $4 (37. Rg1 $1) 37... Rf8 38. Bf5 Rxf7 {Black is winning here} 39. Qxh4 Rxf5 40. Nxf5 Rg1+ $1 {a neat finish} (40... Rg1+ $1 41. Rxg1 Bxd5+ 42. Kh2 Nf3+ 43. Kh1 Nxg1+ 44. Qe4 Bxe4+ 45. Kh2 Qg2#) 0-1 [Event "EU-ch blitz"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "2016.12.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Lumiste, Rene"] [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B43"] [WhiteElo "2055"] [BlackElo "2737"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2016.12.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Bb7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. O-O Nf6 10. a3 Be7 11. Kh1 d6 12. f4 Nbd7 13. Bg1 h5 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. f5 e5 16. Nf3 Qb8 17. Qe2 h4 18. Rad1 h3 19. g3 Qa8 20. Nd2 Rxc3 21. bxc3 d5 22. Be3 dxe4 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Qxb5 Bc6 25. Qc4 Ng4 0-1

Colle-Zukertort Yusupov style d4,b3,Bb2 and Ne5

Opening prep

Showing a few lines about the Yusupov pet line d4,b3,Bb2 set-up

The system looks like this for White

The idea is to develop along these lines for white and pretty much go for the attack.
Good repertoire for blitz/rapid or even bullet.

and this is what it leads to when played right

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Lets see 4 critical positions

POSITION 1

POSITION 2

POSITION 3

Position 4:

and now the 4 games in full

Sicilian Taimanov repertoire for Black against Be3,Qd2,0-0-0,g4 played by White (B48)

http://view.chessbase.com/cbreader/2018/7/12/Game26963484.html

Typical position Taimanov:
White played Be3,Qd2,f3,0-0-0
Black played Qc7,Ne5,b5 leaving king in the center.

Game can become quite sharp

B48 typical position

Full repertoire analyzed  and can be replayed in Chessbase interface  (B48 opening)

http://view.chessbase.com/cbreader/2018/7/12/Game26963484.html

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

Aronian-Grischuk round 5 Berlin 2018 1/2 1/2 annotated

Aronian Kramnik 2018 Chess Analysis

Replay game here
http://aronian-kramnik_2018-annotated.html

after 8..Rg8

after ..f5

after ..Qe2

Grischuk wins against So in Spanish Defense