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No. 80, July 14, 2010

OPENINGS

WHAT’S HOT AND WHAT’S NOT?

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Paris champion in

unconventional style

By IM Merijn van Delft & IM Robert Ris

Frequency

Two national leagues are typically being played in a

tournament format during summer time: the Turkish

League and the Greek League. The Paris Championship

was won by a young rising star you may not have

heard of yet: Sebastien Feller.

WHAT’S HOT?

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Ivanchuk was playing some sort of Berlin theme tournament in Greece and

he did well winning his two Whites and drawing with Black. In our Game of

the Week Ivanchuk-Hammer the Ukrainian genious showed that he can

still deal with the new generation. In the diagram position Hammer went

for 10...¢c8. Before this game Hammer had beaten three grandmasters

(Kempinski, Moradiabadi, Balogh) with White and in every game,

irrespective of the opening, the bishop pair was his main trump.

Furthermore our eye was caught by a couple of Ruy Lopez games (see

PGN file): Sjugirov-Kryvoruchko (Malakhov Variation), Kryvoruchko-Kritz

(Archangelsk), Berg-Hector (Jänisch). We also have some interesting

news on the Sicilian Rauzer with Solak-Miroshnichenko (below) and

Kasimdzhanov-Sanikidze (in the PGN). Ninov-Ragger very much

reminded us of the recent book review at ChessVibes.com.

Young French grandmaster Sebastien Feller won the Paris Open with

incredibly sharp and unconventional (opening) play. Below we'll have a

closer look at the game Feller-Sethuraman, we made an excercize out of

his attack against David and the other games can be found in the PGN file.

Source: Megabase + TWIC, 2500+ only

Kasimdzhanov was not in great shape in Konya, but since he is one of the best theoreticians in the world, his games are always of interest.

In fact with Black against 1.e4 his Sicilian was powerful and against 1.d4 he was flexible with solid Slav and Catalan games and a nice KID

win. But with White his performance was way below par including Meran and Catalan losses

and a Slav draw. A few of these games you'll find below, the rest in the PGN file.

WHAT’S NOT?

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ChessVibes OPENINGS what’s hot and what’s not?

No. 80, July 14, 2010

Ivanchuk's theme tournament

As you know, Ivanchuk is capable of playing any opening with both colours and able to play

any position. One of our favourite moves in the current game is the controlled 24.f3!, only to

push the pawn one square further two moves later.

GAME OF THE WEEK

as his ¢ has been cut off. White will simply

advance his kingside majority.

19.¤h4 ¦ae8

Exchanging one pair of ¦s with 19...¦ad8 is

favorable for White, as in fact his ¦s can ’ t do

any harm on the d-file.

20.¦e1

Too hasty would be 20.f4? g5!

20...g6 21.¦e3 ¦hg8 22.g4 a5 23.¢g3

Obviously not 23.a4? c4.

23...a4 24.f3!

Ivanchuk correctly refrains from 24.f4?! g5

25.¤f5 ¦e6 when Black can still put up some

resistance against White ’ s kingside march.

24...¦d8 25.¦ee2 b5 26.f4 ¦xd2 27.¦xd2 ¥e4

However 27...g5 28.¤f5 is now far less effective,

after the exchange of ¦s.

28.¤g2 ¢c6 29.¤e3 Now White threatens to

make progress by 30.f5 gxf5 31.¢f4.

29...¦e8 30.c4!

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Stopping Black's expansion on the queenside

and securing a nice outpost for the ¤ on d5.

30...b4 31.¤d5 ¦a8 32.f5! ¥b1

32...gxf5 33.gxf5 only helps White, since

33...¥xf5? fails to 34.¤e7+.

33.e6 gxf5 34.e7!

Creating the threat of 35.¤f6. 34.gxf5? fxe6

35.fxe6 ¦e8 keeps Black in the game.

34...¦e8 35.¢f4 fxg4 36.hxg4 a3?

Losing on the spot, as it allows the ¢ to enter.

More stubborn would have been 36...axb3

37.axb3 f6 though after 38.¦b2 ¥g6 39.¦h2 ¥f7

40.¤xf6 ¦xe7 41.¦xh6 White should be winning.

37.¢e5 f6+ 38.¢e6 1–0

Ivanchuk, V (2739) - Hammer, JL (2636)

Greek Team Ch (Peristeri), 11.07.2010

C67, Ruy Lopez, Berlin Wall

More common is 10...h6 11.b3 ¢c8 12.¥b2 b6

13.¦fd1 which has been covered in Grischuk-

Jakovenko, see CVO 52.

11.b3 b6 12.¦d1 ¥e7?

Black better waits until White has decided what

to do with his own ¥. 12...a5 13.a4 ¥e7 14.¥b2

(14.¥g5 h6 15.¥xe7 ¤xe7 is not exactly similar

to the game, as the fixed pawn structure on the

queenside is valuable target for the ¥.) 14...

h5 15.¤e2 c5 16.¤f4 ¥c6 17.¤d5 ¢b7 18.c4

¦ae8 19.¦d3 ¥d8 with a roughly equal game in

McShane-Ivanchuk, Malmo 2003. White has a

comfortable space advantage, though it ’ s hard

for him to take concrete steps. 12...h6 13.¥b2 is

a transposition to 10...h6.

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13.¥g5!

Depriving Black of his pair of ¥s is a typical

way to proceed in the Berlin. Although it might

be hard to believe, Black has already some

serious problems as he is not able to generate

counterplay on the queenside.

13...h6

13...f6?! 14.exf6 gxf6 15.¥f4 is very ugly.

14.¥xe7 ¤xe7 15.¢h2

An useful prepatory move. White aims to expand

his kingside majority, but the immediate 15.g4

can be met by 15...h5 Now White has ¢g3 at his

disposal any moment.

15...c5 16.¤d5 ¤xd5 17.¦xd5 ¥c6 18.¦d2

¢b7

18...¥xf3 19.gxf3 is just very bad for Black,

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

One of the various possible setups. Black

aims to locate his ¢ on the queenside, but as

this game will prove this has clear strategical

drawbacks. Other options were tried in the

same event as well:

a) 9...¢e8 10.h3 ¥e6 (10...h6 11.b3 a5 12.¥b2

h5 13.¦ad1 h4 14.¤e2 ¥e7 15.¤f4 ¦h6 16.¦fe1

a4 17.c4 g5 18.¤e2 ¤g7 with a complicated

struggle in Ivanchuk-Balogh, Peristeri 2010.)

11.b3 (11.g4!? ¤e7 12.¤d4 is a more critical

test.) 11...¦d8 (11...¥b4!? with the idea to reach

an opposite colour ¥ ending.) 12.¥g5 ¥e7

13.¦ad1 ¥xg5 14.¤xg5 and Naiditsch went

for 14...¤d4 which led to an interesting fight

after 15.¦d2 ¥f5 16.¦fd1 c5 17.¤b5 h6 18.c3

¤e2+ 19.¢f1 ¦xd2 20.¦xd2 ¤f4 21.¤xc7+ ¢e7

22.¤f3 ¥e4 Negi-Naiditsch, Peristeri 2010.

However, 14...¢e7 would have kept the game

more clean.

b) 9...¤e7 10.¤e4 ¤g6 11.b3 a5 12.¥b2

a4 13.¦fe1 h6 14.¦ad1+ ¢e8 15.¤d4

¤f4 16.¦d2 axb3 17.axb3 ¦a2 Black

generated

sufficient

counterplay

Kryvoruchko-Ivanchuk,

Peristeri

2010.

10.h3

In earlier rounds Hammer didn't face any

problems after the alternatives:

a) 10.¦d1 ¢c8 11.¤g5 ¥e8 12.b3 b6 13.¥b2

¥e7 14.¤ge4 ¢b7 15.¦d3 ¦d8 16.¦xd8 ¥xd8

17.¦d1 ¢c8 18.g4 ¤h4 19.f4 h5 20.h3 hxg4

21.hxg4 ¥d7 22.¤f2 f5 23.g5 ¤g6 24.¤e2 ¤f8

25.¢g2 ¤e6 with a comfortable position for

Black in Bologan-Hammer, Peristeri 2010.

b) 10.¥f4 ¢c8 11.¤g5?! h6! 12.¤xf7 ¦g8

13.¦ad1 ¥b4 14.¤e4 ¥e6 15.g4 ¤h4 16.¥g3

¤g6 17.¦d4 ¥e7 and Black easily won after

picking up the ¤ in Naiditsch-Hammer, Peristeri

2010.

10...¢c8

IVANCHUK - HAMMER

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ChessVibes OPENINGS what’s hot and what’s not?

No. 80, July 14, 2010

THIS WEEK’S HARVEST

Sicilian, Rauzer

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1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 ¤c6 6.¥g5 ¥d7

7.£d2 ¦c8 8.f4 ¤g4 9.h3 £b6 10.¤xc6 ¦xc6 11.¥b5 ¤e3 12.¥xc6 ¥xc6

In CVO 45 we spoke about the possible refutation of the 6...¥d7 Rauzer based on the game Alsina Leal-Dreev,

Barcelona 2009. Time and again it is shown though that in chess one can't speak of refutations - temporary

refutations at best. In the follow-up game Alsina Leal-Fluvia Poyatos, Sabadell 2010 Black's play was improved

with the novelty 20...¥xc2! and the second player even went on to win the game (better was the spectacular

22.¦xe6! which seems to lead to a draw). Furthermore, this week in Solak-Miroshnichenko Black came up with

the brilliant novelty 8...¤g4!? which comes down to a deep positional exchange sacrifice. We have been searching

for a while, but couldn't find anything for White so far. An important variantion is 13.¦b1 ¤c4 14.£f2 £xf2 15.¢xf2

h6 16.¥h4 g5! 17.fxg7 ¥g7 and Black keeps a nice initiative. While both players seemed to have committed an

inaccuracy along the way, generally speaking both players were up to the task and played a good game.

Nimzo-Indian, 4.£c2

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1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.£c2 0–0 5.e4 d5 6.e5 ¤e4 7.a3 ¥xc3+ 8.bxc3 c5 9.¥b2

¤c6 10.0–0–0 cxd4 11.cxd4 f5 12.f3 ¤g5 13.h4 ¤f7 14.¢b1 ¤a5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.¤h3

Sebastian Feller convincingly won the Championat de Paris with 8 out of 9 and a monster performance. The

common theme in his four white games was a dynamic (one could also say shaky) king position. Feller's

interpretation of 1.d4 is an extremely active/aggressive one, without any signs of fear. In his first white game he

even went for a Reversed Dutch starting with 1.f4. With Black Feller's choice of the Najdorf is quite understandable,

but the Stonewall is a very unconventional choice of opening these days. Then again, it keeps all the pieces on

the board and goes for an all out fight. The diagram position from the 6th round game Feller-Sethuraman shows

a typical picture: White's positional trumps prevent Black from taking advantage of White's shaky king position.

We feel that 9...cxd4 10.cxd4 ¥d7! (not 10...£a5?! 11.¢e2 and ¤e4 is in trouble) is the critical course of action -

Black should be able to generate enough counterplay. We'll keep on following this young French GM.

Open Catalan

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1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.¤f3 dxc4 5.¥g2 a6 6.¤e5 ¥b4+ 7.¤c3 ¤d5 8.0–0 ¤xc3 9.bxc3

¥xc3 10.¦b1 £xd4 11.£a4+ b5 12.£a3 £xe5 13.¥f4 £f6 14.¥xc7 b4 15.¦xb4 ¥xb4 16.£xb4 a5

Kasimdzhanov has thoroughly studied the ins and outs, as the line with 8.0–0!? has only been seen in two games

of Morozevich, his former employee. Moro didn't accept the challenge by taking on c3, which is of course the

critical test of Kramnik's idea. Black's last move is a very accurate one and holds the balance for Black. The a6

square is highly needed to complete development and after 22...¥a4! it's evident Black has solved all his opening

problems. For further investigation, I (RR) believe White should look at 11.£xd4, 13.¥xa8 or 15.£a5!?. In various

lines White remains an exchange up, but Black's pawn chain is very impressive and restricts the White pieces to

enter in Black's camp. Therefore it wouldn't come as a surprise to me if Black is fine after all these continuations

anyway, as Miroshnichenko's moves were identical to Rybka's preference. All this may explain the currently higher

popularity of 6.0–0 (which is covered in Avrukh's book) and the more solid 8.¥d2, keeping stability in the centre.

Slav, 4...dxc4, 6.¤e5

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.¤c3 dxc4 5.a4 ¥f5 6.¤e5 e6 7.f3 ¥b4 8.e4 ¥xe4 9.¤xf7 ¢xf7 10.fxe4 c5

11.d5 exd5 12.exd5 ¦e8+ 13.¥e2 £e7 14.0–0 ¥xc3 15.¥h5+ ¢g8 16.bxc3 ¤xh5 17.£xh5 ¤d7 18.¥g5

The piece sacrifice in the 4...dxc4 Slav leads to a complicated ending with mutual chances. Since these resources

have been worked out very deeply, time has come to find new ideas earlier on. The countersacrifice with 9.¤xf7!?

has only seen once before and might be a perfect way to catch your opponent in the opening. Although there

remain some pitfalls for Black, the diagram is reached by a more or less forced sequence. In his game with Solak,

Kasimdzhanov allowed Black to regroupe his pieces by 20...£e3 and 21...£g5. Instead, 20.¦f3!? deserves a

closer look, since Black has to deal with his weakened kingside. Hence, only a few hours later, Vallejo improved

play with 18...£d6, not fearing the £ entering on f7. Black's pieces are working harmoniously together which

explains White can't crush Black's defence. As you will find in the analysis the ¤ is an excellent blockading piece

and therefore Black doesn't need to fear the exchange of £s. In the game White had to watch out a little, though

a draw seemed inevitable.

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ChessVibes OPENINGS what’s hot and what’s not?

No. 80, July 14, 2010

IT'S YOUR MOVE

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LAST WEEK'S SOLUTIONS

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Hou Yifan-Chiburdanidze, FIDE Women Grand Prix (Jermuk) 2010

After four moves an entirely new position was reached and after White had just played 7.cxd4 it was time for

Black to find a very thematic move: 7...¤c6! A very dynamic move and something to remember: always be on

the look-out for moves that accelerate your piece development. Suddenly the ¤ on f4 feels very stupid and the

weakness of square d4 hurts White. 7...cxd4 is also perfectly fine, but not as powerful as the text move. 8.dxc5

and now 8...¤d4! would have been the most straightforward way of keeping the initiative.

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D.Fridman-Markowski, Wroclaw Open 2010

The easiest way to reach equality is by simplifying the position with 21...£d4! after which the exchange of £s

is unavoidable. 22.¢f2 After 22.¥xd4 ¥xd4 23.¢f2 ¦d7 Black keeps some chances to generate play along the

d-file. 22...c6 23.h3 ¥h5 24.¥xd4 ¥xd4 25.¦c3 f6 26.c5 g5 27.¦d3 ¥xe3+ 28.¢xe3 ¦xd3+ 29.¢xd3 ¦d8+

30.¢e3 ¢g7 31.f5 ¢f8 32.¦c1 ¥f7 ½–½

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