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//-->Editorial PrefaceTable of ContentsEditorial PrefaceTwo best games of the past weekPuzzle sectionEndgame sectionGolden knowledgeChess and the City.Li La LueneburgClash of the TitansSurprise section / studySolutionsThe main event of the week is clearly the Russian ChessChampionship. A er rounds there are leaders: Vitiugov,Tomashevsky and very surprisingly the young Artemiev.These three players all have / . In the women’s sectionGoryachkina and Kosteniuk are leading with . / .In the mini match out of games between Li Chao and Lekoin Leko’s hometown Szeged, the first game ended in a draw.There is also a surprising leader in the French Championship(that takes place without the participation of Fressinet andVachier-Lagrave) and this is Jean-Marc Degraeve with . / .The Turkish team Championship is still under way, withrounds to go (out of a total of rounds).Already very soon we can expect the publication of thepairings for the World Cup in Baku, which starts on the thSeptember. It seems like almost every top player in theworld is going to participate in this event and the fight will beextremely tough for the golden tickets which qualify to theCandidates tournament.That’s it from the main events of the current week. Enjoy thematerial and the analyses from the recent tournaments!Arkadij Naiditsch & Csaba Baloghwww.chess-newsletter.comChess Evolution BooksFrom the creators of the ”Top GM Secrets” newsletter:Please click on the images of the covers or visitChess-Evolution.comfor a detailed description of the products and prices in $.www.chess-newsletter.comTwo best games of the past week( ) So, Wesley ()- Volkov, Sergey (...Bxc) [C ]( . ),GM Csaba BaloghBest rating:TCh-TUR Super League. .It is quite unusal that a top player appears in a league, but aTurkish team invited Wesley So to show his class. He beats hisexperienced GM opponent in style..e eVolkov only plays the French defense, so it is not sodi icult to prepare against him..d d .NcNf.eWesley So follows a good practicalstrategy, that he goes for the recently most popular andsharpest line, where a dubious old line might be refuted withthe strongest computer analysis....Nfd .f c .NfNc.BeThe initial position of thisline. Black has various options here. Volkov chooses one ofthe main lines....a... cxd , ...Qb and ...Be are the alternatives..Qd b .dxc[ .a is the other option.; A well-knownmistake is .O-O-O? because Black closes the queenside with...c and launches a terrible attack with b !].Bd !The new direction! All the top players are going forthis line recently. White plays for the ideal arrangement ofthe pieces with Ne -d . [The old theory went with .Bxc...Nxc .QfQb.Bd b ! .Ne a followed by Ba ,trading the bad french bishop. Hundreds of games have beenplayed, but the latest theory considers it to be equal.]...Qb[The tactical justification of the line is.Nxd !Nxd.Ne ! and Black is in trouble.]...d.Bf !White wants to keep the option of castling kingside,which would not be possible a er taking on c ....Bb[ ...b.NaBxf+ .QxfQxf+ .Kxf +=White opens the queenside with Rhc and c and theendgame with the d square is typically better for him.].O-ORc.RaeWhite activates his last unemployedpiece! At the same time he protects the e pawn and preparesfor an attack with f !...gThis is the novelty. Hardly a prepared one. The moveitself is logical, an attempt to avoid f , but it runs into tacticalproblems.www.chess-newsletter.com.RxfNaBlack tries to strengthen his d square againstthe potential knight sacrifices..Qh !A er White has found .f , the moves are alreadysuggesting themselves. White does not count the hangingpiece, but focuses all his forces on the attack!...d[ ...exf.e !h is still devastating!].Ne exfBlack knows that he cannot survive, so he trieshis best practical chance to accept the material and hopefor a blunder a er which he might preserve it in the future.However Wesley So leads the attack precisely and collects thefull point. [ ...Bxe.Bxehis also hopeless. Ng or Qgis coming next.].Nd +Kdover.][ ...Ke.Qg +Kf.Qxfhis also.f !!A beautiful move! The breakthrough is cominganyway! The black king stands in the center, therefore Whiteopens the files in front of it even at the cost of a piece! Animportant detail is that Black has just played Rc , whichprevents him from castling queenside, which could solve hisproblems a er accepting the sacrifice on f ....gxf.Bxf !Bxf+[Black cannot accept the piece,because the attack becomes too strong a er ...exf.e !(.Nxdlooks even stronger, however Black has the brilliant.Nxf +KcBlack wants to run away, but he misses onemove to get to b -a ....Nd !!with the idea of.Nxb ?Nxf+ .gxfRg+.KhBxf#)...Nf (...fxeis even worse, Blackloses a er.Rxe +Kd.Qg +Kc.Nxd +hwinsthe queen.).NxdBxf+ .RxfNxd.exf +Kxf.Qxd +h White is crushing!].e !Attacking the knight and creating the more importantthreat of Qf against which Black has no adequate defense!...Bxf.Qf +Kb.exdhBlack resigned as all hispieces are hanging. White takes on f with check and thengrabs one of the rooks, followed by promoting his d-pawnsoon.-www.chess-newsletter.com [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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