Los 10 preferidos del editor
1. La Italiana ha vuelto: Peter Heine Nielsen explica la estrategia ganadora de su pupilo en Carlsen - Anand.
2. ¡Mate en 7! En flamante Campeón de Europa Ernesto Inarkiev comenta su partida más hermosa de camino al título: Inarkiev - Svetushkin
3. "Juegue como Viktor el Terrible". Encuentre, de la mano del GM Williams, jugadas brillantes de la leyenda del ajedrez recientemente fallecida (video, "Jugada a jugada")
4. Mamedyarov golpea primero: disfrute de una de las partidas más emocionantes del Memorial Gashimov con análisis de Valeri Bronznik.
5. ¡De eso trata la técnica! Claus-Dieter Meyer muestra como Giri pudo haber cambiado el rumbo del torneo en el final de torres contra Mamedyarov.
6. Sacrificios de pieza posicionales: el experto en estrategia Mihail Marin presenta en vídeo su sección.
7. Encuentro en la columna h: intente resolver la combinación favorita de Oliver Reeh en formato de vídeo interactivo.
8. ¡0-0 en la jugada 36! El que fue ayudante de Anand durante muchos años, Ganguly, muestra como se libró de la Sveshnikov de Shirov y triunfó con brillantez en el final.
9. Arma sorpresa en la Najdorf: deje que Andrew Martin le explique el potencial táctico y estratégico de las variantes tras 6.De2. (Vídeo sobre la Najdorf con 6.De2)
10. Gambito de Dama por excelencia: Robert Ris somete al banco de pruebas el sacrificio de peón 6.Axc4 contra la variante Vienesa.
Opening surveys
Havasi: Reti Opening A07
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5
| | In the second part of his suggested repertoire based on 3...Bf5 Gergö Havasi investigates white setups with d3. In the starting position White can prepare the advance e2-e4 or first play c4. Black generally equalises. |
Breutigam: Reti Opening A09
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 f6 4.Na3
| | Although Black should theoretically have no problems with the knight move, the statistics show a high success rate for White. In Martin Breutigam’s article the alternatives to 3...f6 are also looked at. |
Iotov: English Opening A21
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6
| | The move 2...d6 is linked to a simple plan: ...f5, ...Be7 and ...Nf6; as long as ...Nc6 has not been played, ...c6 (more rarely ...c5) also remains an option. White can play with or without d2-d4, but according to Valentin Iotov he should not be able to get much out of it. |
Postny: English Opening A29
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 e4 6.Nh4 0-0 7.Bg2 d6
| | With 5...e4 (instead of 5...Bc5) Black injects some sharpness into the opening. At the candidates tournament in Moscow there were successes for both sides. According to Evgeny Postny, however, the balance should not be disturbed. |
Terekhov: Sicilian Defence B48
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0-0-0 Be7 9.f3 b5 10.g4
| | From the diagram Black can play the “old variation” 10...0-0 or with 10...Nxd4 choose the “new variation”. In his very extensive article Andrey Terekhov examines both and also sets a few test exercises. |
Szabo: Sicilian Defence B76
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.0-0-0 Bd7 10.g4 Rc8
| | Anyone not wishing to play 9...d5, can choose the move order which leads to the diagram. As Krisztian Szabo shows in his article, by doing so Black takes a great risk. With best play on both sides White can certainly gain an advantage. |
Petrov: Sicilian Defence B82
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Bd3
| | Neither 6.f4 nor 7.Bd3 is very popular, but as Marian Petrov demonstrates in his contribution, Black needs to know what he is doing if he is not to rapidly fall behind. Probably 7...Nbd7 is the best reply. |
Gavrikov: Sicilian Defence B85
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Be7 8.f4 0-0 9.Be3 Qc7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Na5
| | According to Viktor Gavrikov Black can equalise with 12...Na5; he is planning ...Nc4 and ...e5. The knight move has been slightly less analysed to death than e.g.12...Rb8 and 12...Bf8, but nevertheless leads to typical Scheveningen positions. |
Bronznik: Chigorin Defence D07
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 e6
| | In the 3rd part of his series on the Chigorin Defence, Valeri Bronznik examines two queen moves which are intended to exploit the absence of the opposing light-squared bishop from the queenside: 5.Qa4 and 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qb3. Black needs to know what he is doing and play accurately. |
Ris: Queen's Gambit D24
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4 7.0-0
| | The main line of the Vienna Variation (6.Bg5) has been analysed to great depth; the gambit 6.Bxc4 is a viable alternative. Robert Ris cannot prove an advantage for White, but nor does he see how Black should safely equalise. |
Marin: Semi-Slav D45
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 0-0 8.Be2
| | This time Mihail Marin examines variations in which Black plays ...e5 – either immediately or after preparatory moves. The judgement of our Romanian author is a cautious one: he cannot say definitely that there is an advantage for White, but he would rather have the white pieces. |
Kuzmin: Queen's Gambit D63
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf3 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Nbd7 8.Rc1 c5
| | It is slightly surprising that Black is able to play 8...c5 at this juncture. Alexey Kuzmin calls it the Radulski Variation because the Bulgarian grandmaster who passed away at an early age (1972-2013) played this way. But in the meantime Kramnik too has adopted the variation in his repertoire. |
Krasenkow: Grünfeld Defence D85
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 0-0
| | Michal Krasenkow introduces an easy to learn plan against the early check by the white bishop. The Polish grandmaster bases this on typical Grünfeld moves, which can easily be assimilated |
