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//-->Editorial PrefaceTable of ContentsEditorial Prefacebest games of the past weekPuzzle sectionEndgame sectionClash of the TitansSurprise section / studySolutionsCarlsen made one of this dreams come true, to become atriple World Champion in the same year! With his convincingvictories in the World Championship in Rapid and in Blitz,which were held in Dubai, Carlsen proved once again to bequite unreachable in all the di erent time controls. Thefinal standings in rapid saw Carlsen on top with . / andthe nd place was shared by Caruana, Anand, Aronian andMorozevich, all with . / . The final standings in blitz onceagain saw Carlsen on top with /and the nd and rdplaces were shared by Nepomniachtchi and Nakamura, bothwith / .The women’s Grand Prix in Georgia has begun with a goodstart for the two main contenders, Hou Yifan and Koneru, whohave / and . / .We hope you enjoy the analysed games from the World Rapidand Blitz Championship!Arkadij Naiditsch & Csaba Baloghwww.chess-newsletter.combest games of the past week( ) Karjakin, Sergey()- Anand, Viswanathan(FIDE World Rapid. .) [A ]( . ),GM Arkadij NaiditschBest rating:.Nxc[ .Bxc + ...bxc .NxcQd i;.Ba ...Qd(...Bxa .Nxa O-O .Nxc bxc.QxaRb.QaQeThe black pieces are better coordinated and thesimple plan c -e -e gives Black a good initiative.) .Nda.Bxb axb.cQe.NxbBd.Bxc bxc.NaRb.Qxd e.QcBe.Qc O-OC / - /Landa,K-Mista,A/Bochum GER( )]...bxc.QxaRb.QaThe white queen needs toescape from this unsafe place....O-O .O-O e.dBg.QcQeWhite getsa better structure but Black has a big advantage indevelopment. The black initiative is very strong..h.Nf d .c e .gNf.BgThe idea of this move orderis to play a Catalan structure but not hurry with d ....d[ ...dxc.Qa + leads to the main lines.].b ?!A typical idea in this kind of the structures. Whiteis going to take space on the queenside but unfortunatelyfor him this move is not accurate. White should play [ .O-O...c .dNc.eBe.exd cxd with typical play for theBenoni.]...Bxb !The best and most concrete reaction..Qa +Nc.NeRbThe only strong move. The rookescapes from the long diagonal and will also protect thebishop on b a er the exchange on c ....Bh !Anand doesn’t let Karjakin develop the knight tod . This way he provokes the g move which weakens White’sposition. [ ...Bf Preparing a break over e . .Bg (.Nd) ...Rfb.NdBc.RabRb.Qc h.BxfQxf.RxbRxb.NeBxe.Bxe And it is not clear ifBlack should hurry to capture on e...Rxe becasue a er(...c) .Qa the white pieces will be activated.].BgRfb.gBg.NdBxd.Qxd h[ ...Rb.Qd h.a ! The only chance to get rid of the blackpieces’ activity is to advance a pawn! ...hxg.hxgQewww.chess-newsletter.com.Bxf gxf.fKg k].BxfQxf.Rfc[ .a...Rb.Qd c.aQa.Re And it is not easy to improve Black’s postion.]...hpieces..a hxg.hxg eThis move activates the black...Qxe.QdQxg+ .Kf[d.a diBlack is faster.]...Qh.KgQg+.Kf.Qg...Qxe.a.dxeRb.Qd[ .Rc ?!...Rxc.Qxc d !.Qc d.QdQcAnd the d-pawn will be decisive.]...Qe.Rcb[ .f This move doesn’t look nice. Thebishop on g is very limited but the one on g is not activeeither. The most important thing is that at least the white kingis safe.]...Bxe.RxbRxb...Qh ?Anand repeats the moves. He overlooked a goodpossibilty to continue the game a er [ ...Qh Compared tothe move in the game the e pawn will be hanging. .Qf(.Kg...Rxe.aRe i)...Qxf.exf c.aRb.aRa.Ke f.KdKf.KeKeWith theplan c -Kd -Kc -Kb .].KgQg+ / - /.Bxe ?White’s position is very unpleasant becasue ofthe very active black pieces and weak white king. The onlycounterplay chance for White is the a-pawn. [ .a ! Whiteneeds to hurry! ...Bxg.a (.Kxg...QfA)...Be.aKh.a =QQg.RaQh.Rf (.f...Qg +.KfQh+=)...d ! .Qe f ! A strong move which closesthe diagonal and makes it possible to take on f . (...Bxf ?.Qxd +; ...Qxg + .Rg dxe.QeQh.RhQxh.Qxe +Kg.Qe +Kh.Qec).gxfBxf.Qg +Kg.Qe + With perpetual check.]www.chess-newsletter.com( ) Riazantsev, Alexander()- Harikrishna, Pentala() [E ]FIDE World Rapid( . ),. .GM Arkadij NaiditschBest rating:should have done. Now White’s position is getting clearlybetter. [A possible way of playing was ...Bxd .Qxd dand White is minimally better but nothing too important hashappened.].dA er the opening, White managed to get a solidadvantage which made him go for a very tempting sacrificewhich looked really promising. With a great defence andbecause of a miscalculation by White, Black managed todefend from all threats, which le him with extra material. Allin all a very interesting game....Nf .c e .NfRiazantsev has been a second of a lotof players and last year he was also the coach of the Russianwomen’s team. His theoretical knowledge is on a really highlevel, but somehow from time to time he misses very nicepractical chances....b .aThe idea of the a move is simple, not to allowBlack to play Bb on White’s Nc ....Bb .NcNeA rarely played move and to me it looksa bit strange because Black is just getting a bit worse straightfrom the opening. [ ...d is of course the main continuation.].NxeOf course White should not let Black play Nxc ....BxeThe most solid reply..e[ .Bg This move is really tempting, but it seems togive Black good play. ...Be .BxeQxe.NdBb.eWhite has covered the center but Black has the very strong...c ! and White doesn’t have .d because of exd .]...Be.BdBb?!This is already clearly not what Black.e !A strong move! White is immediately taking the center,which guarantees him better play....O-O.O-O dBlack is trying to be passive-solid..bWhite is preparing to put his bishop on b or to playd and c in the future. [ .d would also give White somepositional advantage and now it is easy to see that Black’sbishop on b is bad.]...cIt is hard to say if it is really a useful move for Black,maybe to continue being solid was a better choice with...Nd .www.chess-newsletter.com [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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