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172 | April 18 n 2012

what’s hot and what’s not?

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Exciting team chess

By IM Robert Ris

We take a look at the inal rounds of the two strongest team

events in the world. Tomsk-400 (Karjakin, Ponomariov etc.)

won the Russian League, while Anand played his last two

games before his match against Gelfand for Baden-Baden.

Frequency

what's hot?

Score

Our Game of the Week , Svidler-Morozevich, shows the richness of

the Queen's Gambit Declined (5.¥f4). Morozevich came up with an

amazing novelty in a well-known position. Two rounds earlier Svidler

had suffered a painful defeat against Jakovenko with the rarely seen

5.£c2. Jakovenko was in turn crushed by Morozevich in a topical line of

the Semi-Slav, which we discussed in CVO 168.

The tricky 8...£b6 9.£d2 £xb2 in the Steinitz Variation of the French

was seen twice this week in Dominguez-Nepomniachtchi and

Kurnosov-Andreikin (see below). Movsesian impressively demolished

Leko's Berlin Wall, and that game can also be found below. Karjakin-

Tregubov, Leko-Bocharov (both Taimanovs) and Karjakin-Kokarev

(Najdorf 6.¥g5, Poisoned Pawn) are worth studying for Sicilian adepts.

The Grünfeld was seen quite frequently in the Russian League.

Morozevich, Karjakin and Jakovenko all went for the Hungarian

Variation (5.£b3), but their opponents, Caruana, Svidler and Sutovsky

respectively, once again proved the soundness of the Russian System

(7...a6). Below we take a close look at Ragger-Vachier Lagrave, where

the Austrian theoretician introduced an interesting new idea in the g3-

Grünfeld.

Source: Megabase + TWIC, 2500+ only

The Sicilian with 3.¥b5 isn't as harmless as it's generally considered, and Black can't just play for a win with 3...¤d7 without knowing

what to do. Tiviakov easily outplayed World Champion Anand after the latter committed various mistakes at an early stage. 11...b6?

was heavily criticized by Tiviakov, as Black's dynamic potential could no longer compensate for the

structural weaknesses. A textbook win from White's perspective! (see below).

what’s not?

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Wild West QGD

The Queen’s Gambit Declined has been heavily analyzed over the last couple of years, but

that doesn’t mean there’s no longer any scope for creativity. Morozevich’s novelty ensured it

was a great spectacle.

game of the week

Svidler - Morozevich

Svidler,P (2744) - Morozevich,A (2765)

Russian Team Ch (Loo, Sochi), 13.04.2012

D37, Queen ' s Gambit Declined, 5.¥f4

11...dxe4!

A stunning novelty. Black correctly judges

that he ' ll obtain excellent play along the open

central files. Two earlier games went:

a) 11...¥b7 12.exd5 £xd5 13.¥c4 £h5 14.£b3

¥xf3 15.£xf3 £xf3 16.gxf3 ¤c6 and it was

about equal in Gyimesi-Naiditsch, Eppingen

2010.

b) 11...d4 12.¥d3 ¥a6 13.¥xa6 £a5+ 14.¤d2

£xa6 15.¥xb8 ¦axb8 16.¤c4 d3 17.£xd3

¦fd8 18.£e2 ¥g5 19.h4 ¦d4 20.hxg5 £xc4

and Black was doing OK in Wojtaszek-Roiz,

Lublin 2011. Although Black drew both games

easily, Morozevich ' s move seems better as an

immediate equalizer.

12.£xe4

The inclusion of 12.¦d1 doesn ' t really help

White: 12...£a5+ 13.¥d2 £c7 14.£xe4 ¥b7 is

absolutely fine for Black.

12...¦e8 13.¥d3

13.£xa8 ¥f6+ 14.¥e3 (14.¥e2 can be

answered with 14...¦xe2+! 15.¢xe2 ¥a6+

16.¢e1 £e8+ when Black seizes the initiative.)

14...£b6 15.£d5 £xb2 16.¦d1 ¥b7 17.£xc5

(17.£c4 ¥xf3 18.¥e2 ¥xg2 19.¦g1 ¥c6

gives Black at least sufficient compensation.)

17...¥xf3 18.¦c1 (18.gxf3? loses to 18...¥c3+!)

18...¥h4 19.¦c2 £b1+ 20.¦c1 £b2 21.¦c2

and a draw seems the most logical outcome.

13...¥f6

The expected follow-up. 13...¥f5?! doesn ' t

offer bright prospects after 14.£xf5 g6 15.£e4

¥f6 16.0–0–0 ¦xe4 17.¥xe4 £b6 18.¥e5 ¥xe5

19.¤xe5 £f6 20.¥xa8 £xe5 21.g3 and White ' s

chances are clearly preferable.

14.¤e5 ¤c6!

Another great move. Inaccurate is 14...¥f5?!

15.£xf5 g6 16.£e4 ¤d7 17.0–0 and White is

slightly better because of his favorable pawn

structure. 14...¤d7? is a terrible blunder,

because of 15.£xh7+ ¢f8 16.£h8+ ¢e7

17.¤c6+ and White wins.

15.£xh7+

15.0–0–0 leads to a draw after 15...¥xe5

16.¥xe5 ¤xe5 (16...¦xe5? 17.£xc6 ¥d7

18.£xd7 £xd7 19.¥xh7+ ¢xh7 20.¦xd7 and

White ' s just a § up.) 17.£xh7+ ¢f8 18.£h8+

¢e7 19.£h4+ ¢f8 (In case of 19...f6? 20.¦he1

Black succumbs to the pressure. ) 20.£h8+ and

neither side can avoid a repetition of moves.

15...¢f8 16.£h8+ ¢e7 17.¤xc6+ ¢d7+

18.¥e5

18.¢d2? is bad, in view of 18...¢xc6 19.£h5

¥a6 20.£f3+ ¢b6 21.¢c2 ¥xd3+ 22.£xd3

£xd3+ 23.¢xd3 ¦ad8+ and Black wins.

18...¢xc6

After 18...¦xh8? 19.¤xd8 ¥xe5 20.¤xf7 White

remains on top.

19.0–0–0!

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This wonderful resource had to be foreseen a

long time in advance, though it only leads to a

draw. Inferior is 19.¥e4+? ¢b6 and Black wins.

19...¥xe5

It doesn ' t really matter which piece Black takes

first: 19...¦xh8 20.¥e4+ ¢b6 21.¦xd8 ¥xe5

22.¦xh8 ¥f4+ 23.¢c2 (23.¢d1 ¥g4+ 24.f3

¥xf3+ 25.¥xf3 ¦xh8 with equality.) 23...¥b7

24.¥xb7 (24.¦xa8? ¥xe4+ favors Black.)

24...¦xh8 is very similar to the game.

20.¥e4+ ¢c7 21.¦xd8 ¦xh8 22.¦xh8 ¥f4+

23.¢c2 ¥b7 24.¥xb7 ¦xh8 25.¥d5 ¦d8!

More accurate than 25...¦xh2?! 26.¦xh2 ¥xh2

27.¥xf7 when Black still needs to work for the

half point.

26.¦d1 ¥xh2 27.¥xf7

27.g3 ¥g1 28.¦xg1 ¦xd5 would also lead to

a draw.

27...¦f8 28.¥d5 ¦xf2+ 29.¦d2 ¦xd2+

30.¢xd2 ¥e5 31.b3 ¥f6 ½–½

1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 d5 4.d4 ¥e7 5.¥f4

Two rounds prior to this game Svidler had

opted for 5.£c2 but suffered a quick and

painful defeat against Jakovenko.

5...0–0 6.a3

A fashionable idea. The main move is 6.e3

which has been covered several times in

CVOs 28, 49, 52, 88, 110, 125 and 135.

6...b6

Black ' s most reliable continuation. The point of

White ' s last move is that 6...c5 7.dxc5 ¥xc5

(7...¤e4 hasn ' t been tested since Vachier

Lagrave-Giri, see CVO 147.) 8.e3 transposes

to lines which usually arise from 6.e3 c5, which

is considered favorable for White. Another idea

behind 6.a3 is to meet 6...¤bd7?! with 7.¤b5

and compared to the variation with 6.e3 White

has prevented the annoying check on b4.

Black ' s main alternative to the text is 6...dxc4

which has been employed by Kramnik and

Anand and was covered in CVO 147.

7.cxd5

The alternative 7.£c2 c5! served Black well in

Topalov-Aronian (CVO 160).

7...¤xd5 8.¤xd5 exd5 9.£c2

9.e3 and 9.g3 have been seen a couple of

time in practice, but Black doesn ' t seem to

face any problems here either. In CVO 160 we

comprehensively analyzed these options. 9...

c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.e4

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this week’s harvest

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 ¤f6 4.0–0 ¤xe4 5.d4 ¤d6 6.¥xc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 ¤f5 8.£xd8+ ¢xd8

9.¤c3 ¥d7 10.h3 b6 11.b3 ¢c8 12.¥b2 h5 13.¦ad1 ¥e7 14.¥c1 a5 15.¥g5 ¥b4 16.¤e2 a4 17.c3

We rarely see Leko lose, which makes Movsesian's impressive win against the former prodigy from Hungary

even more noteworthy. Black's setup with ...¥d7 and transferring the ¢ to the queenside involves some strategic

risk, as White might be able to seize the initiative on the other part(s) of the board. However, practice has shown

that Black isn't without his chances either. In case you believe in Black's long term prospects, Harikrishna is your

man. The Indian GM has played some real model games from Black's perspective. Movsesian decided to deviate

from established theory with 14.¥c1!?, redirecting the ¥ to g5. Initially Leko reacted well by advancing his a-pawn

in order to generate some counterplay on the queenside, but he couldn't find a good square for his dark-squared

¥. In the diagram position Black might consider 17...¥a3!?, when the ¥ doesn't hinder any of his other pieces and

also threatens, under certain circumstances, to penetrate into White's camp from b2. After various inaccuracies

Movsesian expeditiously tackled Black's position and quickly converted his growing advantage.

Ruy Lopez, Berlin Wall

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Sicilian, 3.¥b5+

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1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.¥b5+ ¤d7 4.d4 cxd4 5.£xd4 a6 6.¥xd7+ ¥xd7 7.c4 e5 8.£d3 h6 9.¤c3 ¤f6 10.0–0 ¥e7 11.a4 b6 12.b3 ¦a7

13.¦d1 ¥c8 14.¥a3 ¦d7 15.¤d2 0–0 16.¤f1 ¥b7 17.¤e3 ¦e8 18.¤cd5 ¤xd5 19.¤xd5 ¥xd5 20.£xd5 £a8 21.£xa8 ¦xa8 22.¦d5

Taking a look at the diagram without knowing the names of the players you could hardly imagine the current

World Champion was sitting behind the black pieces. This is the kind of structure you teach kids to avoid

when employing the Sicilian. White has a firm grip over the d5–square, his ¥ is superior to its counterpart and

moreover Black is unable to generate counterplay either on the queen- or kingside. In CVO 148 and 152 we

showed that the Anti-Sicilian with 3.¥b5 ¤d7 contains more venom (for both sides!) than you might actually

expect. It's even more surprising for a player of Anand's caliber to go wrong quickly in the opening and fail to

strive for Black's usual activity. After several other inaccuracies Tiviakov easily converted his advantage. His

performance will undoubtedly feature in future books on middlegames and/or endgames. In the PGN-file you

can find a clear review of the current state of the variation with 7.c4.

French, Steinitz

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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.e5 ¤fd7 5.f4 c5 6.¤f3 ¤c6 7.¥e3 cxd4 8.¤xd4 £b6 9.£d2

£xb2 10.¦b1 £a3 11.¥b5 ¤xd4 12.¥xd4 a6 13.¥xd7+ ¥xd7 14.¦b3 £e7 15.¦xb7 £h4+

16.¥f2 £d8 17.¥b6 £c8 18.¦c7 £d8 19.£d4 ¦b8 20.0–0 ¦c8 21.¦xc8 £xc8 22.f5

Never take a poisoned pawn, even when it's good. For quite some time Black has been doing well in the tricky

line 7...cxd4 8.¤xd4 £b6 9.£d2 £xb2 against the Steinitz Variation of the French. In CVO 117 we covered

the spectacular Topalov-Nakamura game, where the Bulgarian revealed a nice piece of home preparation.

However, back then we suggested an improvement for Black which seems to allow him to hold, and no new

games can be found in that specific line. In Dominguez-Nepomniachtchi the players copied the game Shirov-

Morozevich with a quick draw the result. Critical is 16.¥f2! which was played one day later by Kurnosov in

his game against Andreikin. The latter deviated with 17...£c8 from the game Nijboer-Kuipers, where Black

didn't obtain sufficient compensation for the § after the forced sequence initiated by 18.g3 £h3 19.¦xd7! ¢xd7

20.¤xd5! Andreikin's innovation doesn't seem to solve the problems Black faces in this line and Kurnosov went

on to win the ensuing endgame convincingly.

Grünfeld, Fianchetto

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1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.cxd5 ¤xd5 5.g3 ¥g7 6.¥g2 0–0 7.0–0

¤c6 8.d4 ¥f5 9.¦e1 £d7 10.¤a4 ¥g4 11.¤c5 £c8 12.¤g5 ¦d8 13.h3

Black usually delays castling in the main line of the g3–Grünfeld. With the Anti-Grünfeld White can choose to

transpose to the g3–variation, where Black's options are limited. Indeed, after 8...¤b6 9.e3 we enter one of

the most fashionable lines of the Grünfeld, though 9.d5! is more critical when 9...¥xc3 can be met by 10.dxc6,

giving White the better prospects. In CVO 71 we covered Black's main alternative of 8...¥f5 which has recently

been adopted by Grünfeld expert Vachier-Lagrave. He's been doing reasonably well so far with Black, but this

week he suffered a painful defeat against Ragger. The Austrian GM introduced a very interesting novelty with

10.¤a4!?, whereas only 10.e4 had been tested prior to this game. The Frenchman couldn't find a good antidote

and in the diagram position he's already in serious trouble. Improvements therefore need to be found earlier on

and so 10...¤db4!? comes into consideration. In the PGN-file I've tried to make it work, though it certainly needs

careful checking. Otherwise Black might try the more cautious 12...¤b6, aiming to equalize.

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it’s your move

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last week’s solutions

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S.Kasparov-Andersson, Prinsenstad Open (Delft), 2012

White seems to have an edge thanks to his ¥ pair, but Andersson senses he's able to neutralize that edge with

a mysterious ¦ move. 15...¦g8! Protecting g7 and thus enabling the ¥ to develop. 16.b4 After 16.¥d3 g6 Black

also seems to be doing OK. 16...g6 17.¥e2 ¥g7 18.¥xg7 18.¥e3 ¤f6 followed by 19...¤d5 is unproblematic for

Black as well. 18...¦xg7 19.c4 ¦gg8 20.¦d2 ½–½

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Nepomniachtchi-Giri, Russian Team Championship (Loo, Sochi), 2012

White's mobile pawn structure and space advantage ensure him a pleasant edge. How should he proceed?

Nepomniachtchi comes up with an impressive plan, quickly seizing the initiative. 14.f5! Gaining space on the

kingside and restricting the options of Black ’ s light-squared ¥. 14...¤e5 15.¤e3 b6 16.g4 ¥b7 In case Black

tries to stop White ’ s actions on the kingside with 16...h6 17.h4 ¤h7 White seizes the initiative in the centre

with 18.d4! retaining a clear advantage. 17.¥xb7 ¦xb7 18.g5 ¤e8 19.h4 £d7 20.d4 ¤c6 21.¦b2! A nice

manoeuvre. The ¦ will be transferred via the 2nd rank, while the ¥ on c1 operates at long range. Black can

hardly do anything to prevent what White ’ s intending. 21...g6 22.¤g4 £c8 23.¦bf2 gxf5 24.¦xf5 ¢h8 25.¤h6

¤d8 26.d5 ¦e7 27.¥f4 f6 28.gxf6 ¦b7 29.f7 ¦bxf7 30.¤xf7+ ¤xf7 31.¥g5 ¦g8 32.¦xf7 1–0

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