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//-->Editorial PrefaceTable of ContentsEditorial Prefacebest games of the past weekPuzzle sectionEndgame sectionClash of the TitansSurprise section / studySolutionsA lot of big and small events are going on:Of course the main attention of the chess world is focusedon the nd Sinquefield Cup, with superstars playing adouble round robin: Carlsen, Aronian, Caruana, Nakamura,Topalov and Vachier-Lagrave.A er the first rounds we can already say that Caruanacontinues being in top shape, winning with Black againstTopalov and with the white pieces against Vachier-Lagrave.In the current week’s issue, we commented the crazy gamebetween Vachier-Lagrave and Magnus Carlsen from round .In Russia a new rapid tournament was organised between theRussian European Champions of the past years and it waswon easily by Nepomniachtchi with a score of . / .The Riga Technical University Open was won by Melkumyanand Rapport, both on . / .The st Abu Dhabi Masters also had winners as Kuzubovand Tigran Petrosian shared the first place with / .The French Championship had a convincing winner in theperson of Fressinet, who achieved a great score of . / . Thesecond place went to Etienne Bacrot with . / and RomainEdouard took bronze with / .The last stage of the Women’s Grand Prix is under way withoutbig surprises and it is hard to imagine somebody stoppingHou Yifan from complete domination in the women events.As usual we wish you a lot of fun with the current issue of ournewsletter and a great week.Arkadij Naiditsch & Csaba Baloghwww.chess-newsletter.comThere’s a wonderful children’s textbook, probably the best inhistory - ”Journey to the Chess Kingdom”- GM Boris Gelfand,World Chess Championship runner-up ()My first chess book was ”Journey to the Chess Kingdom” byAverbakh and Beilin- GM Vassily Ivanchuk, FIDE World ChessChampionship runner-up ()My first chess book was ”Journey to the Chess Kingdom”by Averbakh and Beilin. And it was a very good one!- GM Alexander Khalifman, FIDE World Chess Champion(-)I hope that the English version of ”Journey to the ChessKingdom” will introduce you and many other readers tothe fascinating world of chess. Good luck!- GM AdrianMikhalchishin, FIDE Trainers Commission ChairmanFor those of you who are making their first steps in chess,I recommend taking a look at the wonderful self-study book”Journey to the Chess Kingdom”- GM Alexandra Kosteniuk,Women’s World Chess Champion (-)Price: . $ / .eAvailable atChess-Evolution.comSpecial% discountfor ”Top GM Secrets” subscribers:) Log in (or create account first) into Chess-Evolution.com) Go to ’Account’ tab) In the Bonus code section enter promo code ”TopGM”) Enjoy your % discount!Please contact us atinfo@chess-evolution.com,if you have anyquestions.www.chess-newsletter.combest games of the past week( ) Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime(- Carlsen, Magnus() [C ]Sinquefield Cup. .( . ),GM Arkadij NaiditschBest rating:)We will see a very high level game with a lot of interestingtactical ideas and great fighting spirit. Already a er theopening things are getting very complicated and the positionbecomes totally unclear. At some moment when it seems adraw should be the outcome of the game, Carlsen tries tocomplicate things and the position becomes unclear again. Asmany fighting games, it all ends in a perpetual check..e e .NfNc.dIt seems like Maxime had enough ofthe Berlin and decided to check Carlsen in the Scotch....exd .NxdBcis not the main stream reply. [ ...Nfis clearly the move that currently questions the Scotch as anopening, with chances for an advantage.].Nbis clearly the best try for White, as all other moves leadto a comfortable position for Black....Bb .NcNfNow the game is becoming very sharp.[ ...Nge is the more solid reply, followed by - and f .].QeWhite’s idea is of course mainly to play e next, butBg - - - could be another possible option....aThis is not a novelty either and it was clearly analysedby Carlsen before..eThe fun is starting now!...O-OBlack didn’t have a choice..exfand here comes the key of the a move....a !Very nice. The white knight has no other moves fromb than to d and of course it doesn’t work because of Re ..Nd !is clearly the most dangerous move for Black.White gives back the piece, but is preparing to get dangerousattacking possibilities on the black king because of the fpawn....ReBefore taking the piece back on b , Black includesthe Re move because it is a very useful move for the futureanyway..Be axb.QgOf course White doesn’t miss the chanceof playing Qg ....gNow the question is what to play next?!.Bc !Excellent play by White! Who cares about a pawn in asuch a rough position. White is not only preparing to play -www.chess-newsletter.comand finally get the king out of the center, but Qf -Qh couldalso be a dangerous threat now. [White could go very wrongwith .cxb ? ...Ba + .KdReand there is no good wayto hold the knight on d . .Bc b Black is already winning.]very best players is..Qxcis the best again as Bxb was already a threat.[White doesn’t have any advantage a er .Ne + ...Kh.BxbRxb.Rac and now the most simple for Black is...Bf with an equal position.]...Bxe.fxeBlack’s position looks very dangerous. Neis a threat and the material is equal, so if Black doesn’t haveanything direct, things could go very well for White....Nb !What a fantastic move by Carlsen! [ ...bxc wouldlead to a dangerous position for Black. .O-OBxe.fxeNow of course Black has a couple of moves, but the idea ofplaying Ne is always very dangerous. ...d.QhKh.QhRg.Ne and White seems to be better.].NxbWhite had to take on b ....d.Qf dxcWhite only has one idea le , but a verypowerful one, to play Qh at a good moment..O-OThis move is simply the best. White needs to playfor the initiative. [ .Rd doesn’t work since a er ...bxc.Rxd the bishop on e is pinned. ...c =Q+]...bxc.NdThe only move for White, but a strong one!Of course Black can’t take the knight because of Qh ....Re !An excellent defensive move by Carlsen. While I waswatching the game live, it reminded me very much of a gameof computers, as all moves of both players were just perfect,which shows how precise and accurate the calculation of the...b !The only move for Black!.Qc[.Ne +?? of course loses to...Qxe ]...BbThe black bishop is out on b now, which givesBlack quite some counterplay..Ne +Now Black has to pick between...Rxe , which leads to a pretty obvious draw....Khand...KhWhat a fighting spirit by Carlsen who clearly choosesto play for a win. [ ...Rxe.fxe and now the move whichis hard to miss is ...Qd White doesn’t have anything betterthan to force a draw a er .Rf (.Qgis almost losinga er...Refollowed by Rxe .) ...Qd + .RfQdwitha draw.].QxcRaaBlack’s idea is sort of to go "around the whiteknight" with all the pieces but it is of course a very dangerouswww.chess-newsletter.com [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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