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No. 10, March 11, 2009
OPENINGS
WHAT’S HOT AND WHAT’S NOT?
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6.¥e2 is still critical
against the Najdorf
By IM Merijn van Delft & IM Robert Ris
Frequency
This week we bring you the inal part of Linares,
which was won by Grischuk, and the European
Championship in Budva. 1.e4 is back, with special
attention to the Najdorf Sicilian.
WHAT’S HOT?
1.e4 e5 stayed rocky solid for Black until the very end in Linares: all
eight games played with it ended in a draw. The Sicilian is slightly
less solid on the highest level (of course for us mere mortals it is
arguably the best opening there is!). 6.¥e3 is not the only critical
move against the Najdorf. In our
Game of the Week
Carlsen played
6.¥e2 and produced a marvellous game against tournament winner
Grischuk. In the diagram position (a Scheveningen) Carlsen played
14.¦ad1 and after 14...e5 he came up with the novelty 15.fxe5!?.
More on 6.¥g5 can be found below as well. The Poisoned Pawn
Variation seems to be fine for Black at the moment (after being in a
crisis for the last few years) but it is not quite clear whether the same
can be said about the Gelfand Variation (delaying ¥e7).
Score
Moving on to 1.d4, the Indian openings also remained untouchable
in Linares until the very end, with the King’s Indian being the biggest
revelation since Wijk aan Zee. When Grischuk needed a draw in
the last round this was exactly his choice as Black! 3.f3 as an Anti-
Grünfeld weapon fails to impress; Anand tried it twice without much
success. Carlsen for example replied with the interesting 3...¤c6.
Some words on the Semi-Slav: Ivanchuk managed to beat Aronian
with nice positional play, and last week’s novelty 15...0-0!? by
Aronian was repeated successfully by Van Wely in Budva.
Source: Megabase + TWIC, 2500+ only
Not all Sicilians are doing equally well theoretically speaking (even when they keep scoring in practice). The Taimanov Sicilian for one
remains under pressure because of the English Attack. Cheparinov-Maletin was a one-
sided affair and below you’ll find Ragger-Navara. The Rauzer is always complicated, but
Vallejo Pons-Jankovic and Inarkiev-Kozul show some good ways for White.
WHAT’S NOT?
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No. 10, March 11, 2009
A wonderful Scheveningen Sicilian
The classical 6.
¥
e2 is still a very interesting option against the Najdorf. Against Carlsen, Grischuk
decided to transpose into a Scheveningen but as it turned out the Norwegian felt very much at
home in the type of positions that were often fought out in World Championship matches.
GAME OF THE WEEK
Carlsen, M (2776) - Grischuk,A (2733)
Linares, 5 March 2009
B85 Classical Scheveningen, main line
on a8 and without losing a tempo White forces
it to go there.
17...¦a8 18.¥b6 £e7
18...£c6 19.¤a5 £e6 20.¦ad1 and White
’
s
forces
Alternatives:
a) 14.¦ad1
e5 15.¤de2 b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.f5
b4 18.¤d5 ¤xd5 19.£xd5 ¥a6 20.£d2 ¤d4!
gave Black enough counterplay in Grischuk-
Rublevsky, Elista 2007.
b) 14.g4
¤d7 15.g5 ¤xd4 16.¥xd4 b6 17.¥g2
¥b7 18.¦f2 e5 19.¥e3 exf4 20.¥xf4 ¤e5„
Wang Hao-Van Wely, Dagomys 2008.
c) 14.¦fd1
¤a5 15.£f2 ¤c4 16.¥c1 e5 17.¤de2
exf4 18.¤xf4 ¥e6 19.b3 ¤e5 20.¥b2 g6
21.¤cd5 ¥xd5 22.¤xd5 ¤xd5 23.¦xd5 ¥g7=
Ivanchuk-Van Wely, Dortmund 2008.
14...e5
One year ago Anand played a bit inaccurately
against Carlsen: 14...¥d7 15.g4 e5 16.¤f5
exf4 17.¥xf4 ¥e6 18.¦ad1 ¤e5 19.¥xe5 dxe5
20.g5 ¤d7 21.¤d5, which gave the Norwegian
prodigy some initiative. By the way, 14...¤a5?
is a bad blunder, because of 15.¤xe6 ¥xe6
16.¥b6 winning a pawn.
15.fxe5!?N
The first new move. In previous games, White
went for 15.¤de2 b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.f5 ¤b4
18.¤g3 and now for example 18...¤xc2 19.¥g5
¤xa1 20.¥xf6 £c5 21.£d2 ¤b3 22.£g5 h6
23.£g4 g6 24.¤d5 and White
’
s initiative for the
exchange is probably not enough; Jakovenko-
Rublevsky, Poikovsky 2008. Of course this
line was not forced and there is lot of scope to
improve for both sides.
15...dxe5
15...¤xe5 is possible too, but the text is more
consistent.
16.¤b3 ¤b4?!
16...¥e6 looks more accurate: 17.¥b6 £c8
18.¤d5 (after the more restrained 18.a5 Black
has 18...¤b4) 18...¥xd5 19.exd5 ¤b4 (a huge
blunder would be 19...e4? 20.dxc6 exf3 21.c7!)
20.c3 e4! 21.cxb4 exf3 22.£xf3 £d7 23.¥d4
£xd5 24.¥xf6 £xf3 25.¦xf3 gxf6 with equality.
17.¥a7
A typical manoeuvre; the rook is placed worse
are
dominating
the
centre,
since
20...¤xc2? fails to 21.¤d5!.
19.¦ad1 ¥e6?!
Now 19...¥g4 would have been the best way
to develop the bishop and relieve some of the
pressure.
20.¤d5 ¥xd5 21.exd5 e4 22.d6 £e6?!
22...£e5 23.d7 ¤xd7 24.¦xd7 exf3 25.£xf3
f6 would have still given Black some hopes of
surviving.
23.¤c5 £f5 24.¥e2 £xf2 25.¦xf2 ¤bd5
26.a5?
After the straightforward 26.d7 ¦eb8 27.d8£
¦xd8 28.¥xd8 ¦xd8 29.¦f5 it is Black who has
nice positional compensation for the exchange
after 29...¥xc5 30.c4 ¦c8 31.cxd5 ¥d6. Strong
would have been the immediate 26.¦xf6! ¤xf6
(26...¤xb6 27.¦ff1) 27.a5! ¦ec8 28.b4+- and
Black can
’
t get free himself.
26...¤xb6 27.axb6 ¦ab8?
The decisive error. 27...¦ec8! 28.b4 ¦c6 29.d7
¥xc5 30.d8£+ (30.bxc5 ¦d8 31.¥xa6 ¦xc5
32.¥xb7 ¦b5 and Black is still alive.) 30...¦xd8
31.¦xd8+ ¥f8 and Black is OK.
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28.¦xf6! gxf6 29.¤d7 f5 30.c4!
Positional play.
30...a5 31.c5 ¥g7 32.¤xb8 ¦xb8 33.¥a6!
The final point of a wonderful game.
33...¥f6 34.¥xb7 ¦xb7 35.c6 ¦xb6 36.¦c1
¥xb2 37.d7 1–0
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3
a6 6.¥e2 e6
Of course 6...e5 is more in the spirit of the
Najdorf, but on the other hand less flexible than
the Scheveningen.
7.0–0 ¥e7 8.a4 ¤c6 9.¥e3 0–0 10.f4 £c7
11.¢h1 ¦e8
This is the most important tabiya in the classical
Scheveningen. One only has to think about the
matches Kasparov played with Karpov and
Anand, and many great games will immediately
come back to life.
12.¥f3
This is the main line. Other important moves are
12.¥d3, 12.¥g1 and the tricky pawn sacrifice
12.a5. The latter especially is a move that Black
players need to be well prepared for.
12...¥f8
A useful waiting move, with Black being ready to
counter in the centre with ...e5 at any moment.
Nowadays, Black players prefer to keep the d7-
square available for the knight. After 12...¥d7
13.¤b3 (threatening to fix the queenside with
14.a5) 13...b6 14.g4 the bishop has to return to
c8.
13.£d2 ¦b8
13...¤a5 14.b3 ¦b8 15.¦ad1 ¤c6 16.¥f2 ¤d7
17.¥g3 ¤xd4 18.£xd4 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.b4!
with a typical edge for White in Adams-Topalov
Wijk aan Zee 2006.
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THIS WEEK’S HARVEST
Najdorf, Poisened Pawn
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1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 e6 7.f4 £b6
8.£d2 £xb2 9.¦b1 £a3 10.f5 ¤c6
11.fxe6 fxe6 12.¤xc6 bxc6 13.e5 dxe5
14.¥xf6 gxf6 15.¤e4 £xa2 16.¦d1
¥e7 17.¥e2 0–0 18.0–0 ¦a7 19.¦f3
Najdorf, Gelfand Variation
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1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 e6 7.f4 ¤bd7
8.¥c4
Sicilian Taimanov, 6.¥e3
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1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
¤c6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e3 ¤f6 7.£d2 ¥b4
8.f3 d5 9.0–0–0
Caro-Kann, main line
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 dxe4 4.¤xe4
¥f5 5.¤g3 ¥g6 6.h4 h6 7.¤f3 ¤d7 8.h5
¥h7 9.¥d3 ¥xd3 10.£xd3 e6 11.¥f4
£a5+ 12.¥d2 ¥b4 13.c3 ¥e7 14.c4 £c7
15.0–0–0 ¤gf6 16.¢b1 0–0 17.£c2
Another tough nut to crack for White
players is the Gelfand Variation
(in which Black delays ¥e7). The
classical continuation 8.£f3 seems
to be virtually a forced draw, but
lately White has been succesful with
other moves, for instance 8.£e2!?
which was tried by Naiditsch. Young
star and tournament leader after
five rounds Sjugirov beat Van Wely
with 8.¥c4!? followed by sacrificing
on e6 when the White pawns looked
stronger than the Black piece. In
this line, 8...£b6 is the other critical
move.
Black's move order with 5...a6
(delaying £c7) is designed to
prevent the fearsome English
Attack (normally White settles for
6.¤xc6 bxc6 7.¥d3) but Ragger
has put this idea into question by
convincingly beating Navara at
the Europeran Championship. In a
previous game against Kabatianski,
Ragger had uncorked the novelty
9...£a5 10.¤b3 ¥xc3 11.¤xa5
¥xd2+ 12.¥xd2 dxe4 13.¤c4!? and
after 13...0–0 14.¤b6 ¦b8 15.¥e3
Black should have limited the
damage with 15...¤d5.
The status of the Caro-Kann main
line has been quite solid in recent
years thanks to 12...¥b4, provoking
the white c-pawn to move forward.
Kotronias is single-handedly fighting
back for White though and with his
pet move 17.£c2!? he has now
beaten three young top GMs in a row:
Braun, Nakamura and Vallejo Pons.
Typical is the positional double pawn
sac d4-d5! to clear square f5 for a
White knight and g2-g4! to open the
g-file for the rooks.
In the Poisoned Pawn, 10.e5 has
been giving Black headaches
in recent years, but now Black's
problems seem to be finally solved
(all can be found in the Rybka book).
In Grischuk-Anand Black for some
reason didn't follow Kasparov's
19...¢h8 which still looks like a forced
draw. Black got into trouble after not
playing 21...¦f7! but when White
missed some chances like 29.Bxf5!
the game was drawn anyway.
OPENING EXPERT
Expertise:
White versus the Anti-Moscow,
Black playing the French Winawer
Why:
He has an aggresive and dynamic
style and accordingly prefers sharp
opening battles
Since 2001 (making his debut in Linares), Grischuk belongs to world
’
s elite players. In recent times, playing with
White he mostly goes for 1.d4 where he makes a huge contribution in the Slav. From Black
’
s side Grischuk tries
to bring less renowned openings back to life, like the French Winawer and the Yandemirov Variation of the Ruy
Lopez. Entertainment guaranteed!
Who:
Alexander Grischuk
Born:
October 31, 1983
Nationality:
Russia
Rating:
2733
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