Chess Evolution Weekly Newsletter - Issue 64

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Issue 6417thof May 2013

Weekly Newsleter


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Table of Contents

Editorial Preface 2

4 best games of the past week 3

Puzzle section 15

Endgame section 18

Clash of the Titans 23

Surprise section / study 25

Solutions 26

Editorial PrefaceIn the current issue of CEWN 64 (a chess number), indeed,a lot of chess was played.

The new European Champion is the Ukrainian GM Alex-ander Moiseenko. He played great chess and totally de-

served this victory. Second place went to Alekseev andthird to Romanov, all three obtained 8/11 points.

A very good result was showed by probably the oldestTop GM, Alexander Beliavsky, who was Worlds Nr 3 manymany years ago. He also got 8/11.

The Super Tournament in Norway is getting ruled by Ser-gey Karjakin with 5,5/7. Close behind is Magnus Carlsenwith 5/7 and there are two more rounds to go. It is goingto be a very exciting finish.

The FIDE Women Grand Prix was won by KhotenashvilliBella with a great 8/11. 2nd place went to Muzychuk Annawith 7.5/11 and 3rd to Kosintseva Tatiana with 6.5/11.

In the current issue, we analyze a lot of interesting gamesfrom the recent Top events!

We wish you a lot of chess joy with your new issue ofCEWN, the 64th.

Arkadij Naiditsch & Csaba Balogh


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 4 best games of the past week

(1) Karjakin,Sergey (2767) Radjabov,Teimour (2745) [B30]

Supreme Masters 2013 Sandnes NOR (1.5), 08.05.2013[Csaba Balogh]

An impressive positional performance by Karjakin.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3Nc6 3.Nc3 White tries to avoid the Svesh-nikov defense. Usually, he does this by playing 3.Bb5,but the text move is also possible.

3...g6 4.Bb5 White succeeded to avoid Radjabovs petline with 3.Bb5 e6, but of course, this g6 system is the

other huge main line.4...Bg7 5.00 Black has to decide how to finish the de-velopment. Radjabov chooses one of the most popularways with e5-Nge7, but it has a drawback, that it weak-ens the d5 square.

5...e5 6.d3Nge7

7.Bc4 White immediately focuses his pieces on the d5square. Usually, the Sveshnikov players are not impressedby this, since they are used to face this in many lines.

7...h6 Black prevents the potential plan of Bg5, tradingone of the defenders of the d5 square.

8.a3!This is a known plan in this kind of closed positions.White initiates by grabbing space on the queenside withb4. Black should not prevent it with a5 because the b5square gets crucially weakened.

8...00 9.b4! White could save a tempo by not playingRb1, since accepting the pawn sacrifice would lead tomore than enough compensation.

9...d6 [9...cxb4? 10.axb4 Nxb4 11.Ba3! Nbc6 12.Bd6Black is completely tied up!]

10.bxc5 White has achieved some positional trumps bytaking once towards to the center, forcing Black to takeoutwards. Also, the b-file will be an important factor inthe game later on.

10...dxc5

11.Re1! At first sight, a mysterious move, but actually, itis a very deep positional idea. Karjakin would like to set-tle his knight on d5 and he gets ready to take back with


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 exd5, after which the e5 pawn is hanging, thanks to Re1.

Black can hardly carry the d5 knight if he does not take it.

11...Kh7 Black would like to get counterplay by playingf5, so he left the pin. [11...Bg4 just gives temporary activ-ity. 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nd4 14.Qd1 White just got thebishop pair and the d4 knight will be kicked out soon af-terNd5 and c3.]

12.Nd5Be6 Black succeeded to get rid of the d5 knight,but another piece is replacing it there, which will also bevery annoying. [12...Nxd5 13.exd5 and e5 is hanging.; 12...f5 is premature at the moment. 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.exf5gxf5 15.Bb2 White quickly puts very strong pressure onthe e5 pawn. There is a direct threat with Bd5, winningthe e5 pawn.]

13.Nxe7Qxe7 14.Bd5! Whenever Black takes on d5, he

will create a very strong protected passed pawn (after c4)for White.

14...Nd4 [14...Bxd5 15.exd5 Nd4 16.c4 White takeson d4 next (or plays Nd2, Bb2-d4 as in the game) andthe structure is seemingly similar, but actually, White hasa large advantage because the d4 pawn is not a passedpawn.]

15.Nd2! Another stron g positional move to save theknight for the future. White sees the following position inhis eyes: he will play c4,Bb2 andBxd4 , when the knightdominates the g7 bishop. The game demonstrates thiswell.

15...Bxd5 [15...Rad8 would be met by 16.c3 Nc6 17.c4

Nd4 18.Bb2 and Bxd4 next, followed by queensideplay. White forces Black to play b6, which is going to becountered by a minority attack with a4-a5.]

16.exd5Rad8 17.c3Nb5 18.c4Nd4

19.a4! Another great move! Prophylaxis against Blacksidea to push b5 and bxc4, when he will also obtain a pro-tected passed pawn on d4. [19.Bb2 b5 20.Bxd4 cxd4 iswhat White cleverly prevented.]

19...Qd7 20.Rb1 Provoking the b6 move to make a5more effective.

20...b6 21.Bb2 White has a very easy game from nowon. All the moves on the queenside suggest themselves.

21...Rfe8 22.a5 Qc7 [22...bxa5 would just help White,since it weakens the c5 pawn. 23.Ne4 Rc8 24.Ba3]


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 23.Qa4 Focusing all the pieces on the queenside. Black

cannot create any serious counterplay.

23...f5 24.axb6 axb6 25.Bxd4 cxd4 White got what hewanted with the passed pawn on d5, the b6 weaknessand the superior knight. He has various ways to increasethe advantage. He could double his rooks on the b-file orprepare for an invasion on the a-file. Karjakin chooses themost direct way.

26.Qc6Qxc6 27.dxc6Rc8 [27...Rb8 was clearly a betterdefense for Black. White plays here again 28.f4! Rec8 (28...exf4 29.Rxe8Rxe8 30.Rxb6c6 is too strong. The knightis coming too support it with b3.)29.fxe5 Rxc6 30.Nf3Bf8 31.Ra1with a huge advantage for White.]

28.Rxb6 Re6 29.f4! White wins the e5 pawn.

29...e4The best chance to get rid of some material, asWhite has enough left to win the game. [29...Rcxc630.Rxc6Rxc6 31.fxe5+- followed byNf3 and d4 will alsofall soon.]

30.dxe4 fxe4 31.Rxe4 Rexc6 32.Rxc6 Rxc6 33.Re7Driving the rook to its most active place on d7, where it

disturbs the king and prevents all the Black ideas con-nected with the d-pawn as well.

33...Kg8 34.Rd7 Bf8 35.Ne4 Provoking the advanceof the d-pawn, when it becomes more vulnerable. Whitethreatens to take on d4 at the moment, because he pre-vented Bc5, and Rxc4 does not work because of the

mate afterNf6 and Rh7.

35...d3 36.Kf2 Ba3 Black already wants to take on c4,because Nf6 is not mate anymore after Kf8. White sim-ply protects his pawn and is going to take it with the king.

37.Rd4 Kf7 [37...Bb2 would be met by 38.Rd8+ Kg739.c5!Ba3 40.Rd5+- andKe3 next.]

38.Ke3 Bc1+ 39.Nd2 and the second pawn is lost,which is already too much for Black.

39...Bxd2+ 40.Kxd2Ra6 41.c5 [Black resigned in viewof 41.c5 Ra2+ 42.Kxd3 Rxg2 43.c6 The black king is cutfrom the c-pawn. A great game by Karjakin! It is very hardto win such a clear-cut game on the highest level.]

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Issue 6417thof May 2013 (2) Anand,Viswanathan (2783)

Topalov,Veselin (2793) [B90]

Supreme Masters 2013 Sandnes NOR (3.5), 10.05.2013

[Csaba Balogh]

A huge theoretical battle between two of the greatest

Najdorf players.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a66.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Black has various differentsetups here and Topalov has big experience in almost allof them. Recently, he played some games with the 8...h5line.

8...Be7 9.Qd2 00 10.000 Just a few weeks ago, To-palov beat Caruana in the 10. ..a5 line, but this time hewent for the most common continuation.

10...Nbd7 11.g4 b5

12.Rg1!This is a demonstration by the World Championto the Najdorf players, showing which line they shouldgo for. The main line is by far 12.g5, but the text move alsohas huge theory. Actually, this was introduced by Anandhimself back in 2006 against Morozevich.

12...Nb6 [12...b4 is the other option for Black. 13.Nd5Bxd5 14.exd5 a5 15.g5 Nh5 16.Kb1 a4 17.Nc1 withmany games in the database, but it is considered to beslightly better for White. Here we can see the main ideabehind the 12.Rg1 move, that the rook joins to the battlethrough g4!]

13.Na5! At the moment, White is threatening with Nc6and also preparing for a nice positional pawn sacrifice.

13...Rc8 [13...Qc7 is the other move which leads to a verysimilar position to the one in our game. 14.g5Nh5 15.Nd5Bxd5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qxa5 18.Kb1 White isaiming for this position in these lines. He has sacrificeda pawn, but the bishop pair gives huge compensation forthat. He is intending to bring the rook to the game withRg4, which could be followed by, for instance, c4, or just

Bd3-e4. From a practical point of view, White has a mucheasier game here. 18...Qc7 19.Rg4 g6 20.Rb4!White isready to open the position with c4!]

14.g5Nh5 15.Kb1Nf4 Black threatens to push b4 now,asNd5 is prevented. White makes a simple prophylacticmove against it. [Topalov deviates from the Anand-Kar-

jakin 2009 game, which continued with 15...g6 Recently,there was a strong novelty by White and probablyAnand wanted to play this too. 16.a3! and we will proba-bly transpose to the game.; It is important to mention that15...b4 is met by 16.Nd5! Nxd5 17.exd5 Qxa5 18.dxe6fxe6 19.Bh3Black cannot protect the e6 pawn.]

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17.h4! White protects the g5 pawn, which was not hang-ing at the moment, but White is preparing for the samepawn sacrifice that was seen in the 13...Qc7 line; there, atthe end, is very important to have the g5 pawn protected.

17...Qc7 Black is making some useful moves. He wants toplayRfd8 and is ready to push d5 then. White has to start

the action.18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Nd5! This is a standard method inthis line to facilitate the c6 square for the knight. Black isforced to accept the sacrifice.

19...Bxd5 20.exd5Nxd5! 21.Qxd5Qxa5[21...Qxc2+?is just a check. 22.Ka1 Another point of the 16.a3 moveto have the back-rank open. Otherwise,Qc1 mates.]

22.Rg4! And now comes the rook into the game. Whitewins back the pawn and the arising opposite-coloredbishops position is better for him, as he can create a muchmore dangerous attack against the black king, while theone on b1 is very safe. Here we can also see the point ofthe h4 move g5 is protected otherwise, Black would

simply win it after Rc5. It is slightly strange what Topalovhas prepared in this game, because all white ideas werealready well-known so far and he got an advantage.

22...Rc5 23.Qb3 d5 Black decided to close the a2-g8 di-agonal in order to reduce the pressure on the f7 pawn,but on the other hand, he creates a clear weakness forhimself on d5. [23...Rf5 would have been met by 24.Bd3and Rxf4 next.]

24.Rxf4Qc7 25.Rfd4Qh2 Black would like to trade his

d5 pawn for the one on h4, which would solve his prob-lems. [25...Rd8 is met by 26.f4! with two unpleasant ide-as. One is to destroy Blacks pawn structure with f5 andthe other is simplyBg2, taking on d5.]

26.c3! Very nice, cold-blooded reaction by Anand. Theidea can be seen in the next move.

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Issue 6417thof May 2013 27.Qc2! White brings back his queen to the game, using

the fact that the endgame is horrible for Black.

27...Qg3 [27...Qxc2+ 28.Kxc2 Black cannot prevent b4followed by Rxd5. After that, the a6-b5 would becomethe next targets, which are fixed on the bishops color.28...f6 29.f4]

28.f4! Black was ready to play Bf8-g7, so White had tohurry to improve his position. He wants to playBg2 now.

28...Bd6 [28...Qxh4 should hav e been played, althoughWhite has a clear plus here as well. The important thingis that after 29.Bg2 Black can get rid of a pair of rooks,which seriously eases his defense. 29...Rc4! 30.Bxd5Rxd4 31.Rxd4]

29.Bg2 Bxf4 30.Bxd5Both rooks are on the board

and the f7 pawn is extremely vulnerable after the whitebishop has occupied its ideal place. He immediatelythreatens to take it.

30...Kg7 31.Qe4! Anand protects his d5 bishop in orderto free his rook to go to f1, pressing the f7 pawn.

31...Qe3 Black obviously would like to exchange thequeens, but White is not forced to agree... [31...Be5 losesto 32.Rf1!Bxd4 33.Qxd4+ and mate to follow.]

32.Qh1! A spectacular move! The threat isQf1 or Rf1.

32...Rd7Topalov tries to guide the weakness, but it doesnot help anymore.

33.R1d3?This gives chances for salvation. [33.Qf1! wasthe right move. 33...Be5 Covering the f6 square, but it

blocks the queens route back to the e-file. White wins.(33...Rcxd5 does not work. 34.Rxd5Rxd5 35.Rxd5Qe4+36.Rd3+-)34.R4d3!Qf4 There is no other square to go...35.Rf3!+-]

33...Qe5? Spoiling the sudden chance. [33...Qf2! is noteasy, suddenly. The point is that after 34. Rf3 Qxd4!35.cxd4 Rc1+ 36.Qxc1 Bxc1 Black escapes into onlya slightly worse endgame. 37.Bc6 Rc7 38.d5Bd2]

34.Qf3Bh2

35.B

e6! A very nice winning move, although it was notthe only one. [The simple 35.Bb3 was also enough. 35...Re7 36.Re3! Qxe3 37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.Rd8+ Re8 Whitecan play for the spectators with 39.Qxf7+Kh8 40.Qg8+Rxg8 41.Rxg8#]

35...Re7 [35...Rxd4 36.Qxf7++-]


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 36.Re4! White wins the queen, because it cannot leave

the f6 square.

36...Rxe6 37.Rxe5 Rcxe5The rest is a matter of tech-nique, but of course, for the World Champion, it is nota difficult task.

38.R

d8ThreatingQ

a8.38...Re4 39.Ka2 Just to avoid all the checks. White hastime for everything.

39...Bf4 40.Rd7Kg8 41.Ra7 Creating a new threat ofRxa6, Black resigned the hopeless position.

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(3) Hammer,Jon Ludvig (2608) Wang,Hao (2743) [E60]

Supreme Masters 2013 Sandnes NOR (5.5), 13.05.2013

[Arkadij Naiditsch]

The first win of Hammer at the tournament, and in what

a fantastic fighting game! It is clear that Wang, with +140ELO points above his opponent, tried to complicatethings as much as he could, but lost the battle in a verycomplex position.

1.d4Nf6 2.c4 g6 After these two moves, we still do notknow whether the game is going to be a KID or a Gruen-feld.

3.f3 Lately, White started to choose this move order toavoid the main Gruenfeld.

3...Bg7 [3...d5 4.cxd5Nxd5 5.e4Nb6 6.Nc3Bg7 7.Be3is, of course, the other main line.]

4.e4 d6 and we are in the KID.

5.Ne2!? Hammer quickly forces things away from thetheory. This slightly strange-looking move is actually


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 quite logical. White wants to play Nec3-Be3-Nd2 in or-

der to get a very strong center.

5...a6!? Quite a creative move from Wang. Black is nottrying to act in the center by playing c5 or maybe atsome good moment e5, but preparing the c6-b5 idea.

6.N

ec3 c6 7.N

a3 To me, it looks a bit too creative.[7.Be3 b5 8.Nd2 looks more solid for White.; 7.a4?! wouldbe a typical inaccuracy here. 7...a5! and Black would con-tinue withNa6 winning control of the dark squares.]

7...b5 8.Nc2 00 9.Be3 Nbd7 All the standard movesare done. Now it is time to think about a future plan.

10.cxb5 After this move, Black should be doing fine.[But, what else to play for White?! In case of 10.Be2 bxc411.Bxc4 d5 Black is fine as well.]

10...axb5 11.Be2 Bb7To develop our pieces is neverwrong.

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12...e5! I think this was a good positional decision byBlack in a very complex position with a lot of differentideas. He realizes that he needs to attack the white center

and not allow his opponent to play Qd2, Rad1, a3, afterwhich, Whites advantage would grow.

13.Qd2 exd4 14.Bxd4 We have a typical position forthe KID structures. A lot of motives are based on tacti-cal possibilities. Black usually looks for active play whileWhite tries to keep things together. Objectively, I think

this position should be good for Black.

14...Qe7 Queen to e7, rook to d8, very logical. Anotherusual place for the black queen is c7, but now it wouldbe not optimal because ofRac1 and the queen could getquickly under attack.

15.a3 A risky move. Now the black knight gets the b3square. [15.Rfd1 would have been more solid.]

15...Nc5 16.Rad1 A tactical defense againstNb3.

16...Rfd8 Very solid [Maybe this pawn sacrifice wouldbe possible as well. 16...Nb3 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Qxd6Qxd6 19.Rxd6 Be5 Black is a pawn down, but the dark-squared bishop is a monster piece that clearly gives verygood compensation.]

17.Bf2Ne6?! A slightly strange decision. Probably Wangdid not want to exchange pieces and tried to keep theposition as complicated as possible. [17...d5! If Black canplay d5, he should definitely do it! In my opinion, Black isalready slightly better here.]

18.Bh4! A good place for the white bishop. No moreNh5 or d5 because of the pin, and a move like g5 is clear-ly not an option for Black.

18...Rd7 19.Qc1 Qe8 Black is moving his pieces awayfrom the nasty pin.


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 20.Rfe1 Nh5 21.Bf1 White consolidates in the center

as well. The position remains very complex.

21...Be5 I think Wang asks too much from his positionand provokes White into something that he might regret.[21...Qf8 would be a possible solid way to go on.]

22.g3! It might be that Wang blundered this very strongreply by White. The idea of playing f4-f5 next can be verydangerous for Black.

22...f6The beginning of some crazy complications.

23.f4 Hammer has no fear at all and he is right! Whitesplay is stronger here.

23...g5 Nothing else left for Black to do.

24.fxe5 gxh4 25.exd6? Quite a serious mistake. [25.Qh6!White should have continued in a dynamic way. 25...fxe5

Probably Black got a better option, but here Whites ideabecomes more visible. 26.Bh3! and Black would havetroubles to get his pieces together.]

25...hxg3 Now the white king gets seriously weakened.

26.hxg3Rg7 Suddenly, Whit e is under big pressure, butthe position remains very complicated.

27.Ne2! Good defense by Hammer. He needs to ex-change at least a couple of pieces to reduce the power ofBlacks attack.

27...Nxg3 28.Nxg3 Rxg3+ 29.Kf2 Rg7 We are infront of a very funny position. Who is better here? It ishard to say. At first sight, Whites king is very badly placed

on f2, but on the other hand, if White manages to playBd3-Rg1, suddenly, the black king would be in trouble.Whites ideaNe3-Nf5 next might be very dangerous aswell. Black needs to react very quickly.

30.Ne3The white knight is on a roll.

30...Qh5 31.Nf5 It is funny to see how just one knightholds Whites position together.

31...Rg5? In a very complex position, Black gives his op-ponent a break to consolidate. [First 31...Qh2+ to forcethe white king to a bad square on e3. 32.Ke3 Rg5 andonly nowRg5 would give Black a very dangerous attack.]

32.Re3! Now the White king is escaping to e1!

32...Qh2+ 33.Ke1 Suddenly, Black has no more threatsagainst the white king, and the d6 pawn is getting superstrong.


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 (4) Aronian,L (2813) Hammer,J (2608) [D85]

Supreme Masters 2013 Sandnes NOR (6), 14.05.2013

[Arkadij Naiditsch]

A great game on the topic: If you dont remember thelines, dont even try to play the Gruenfeld! In a more or

less well-known position, Hammer gets lost and tries toplay by himself. A big mistake! The Gruenfeld is one ofthe most attractive openings for Black right now, but itrequires very good memory and precision. Things can gowrong very quickly, as the next moves show.

1.d4Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5The very main Gruenfeld.

4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1At the moment, 8.Rb1 is one of the most popular moves.

The idea of this move is simple, to be ready to answer

with d5 against Blacks Nc6. On the other hand, Blackhas been showing great results here and it would be re-ally very interesting to know what Aronian had preparedhere, that is still not known to theory.

8...00 9.Be2 cxd4This move starts a very forced line.[9...b6 deserves attention here as well. A lot of free time isalso needed to memorize all the long lines!]

10.cxd4 Qa5+This is the key idea. Black is simply win-ning a pawn, but losing two very important tempos in

exchange.11.Bd2 [Of course, White should not try to protect thea-pawn by exchanging his queens. 11.Qd2?! Qxd2+12.Bxd2 b6 and as the well-known rule goes, in a Gru-enfeld, if Black reaches an endgame, a full point is closerthan ever :).]

11...Qxa2 12.00

12...Bg4The main move for Black. His idea is simple, toattack the white center and combine this with a quick ad-vancement of the a-pawn, which might become danger-ous very quickly. As for White, of course, to make use ofthe strong central pawns which always give some attack-

ing chances in the future. However, as I said before, theposition is very forced.

13.Rxb7 This logical move was not played very often.[13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3Nc6 is sort of the main line here.]

13...Nc6? This logical move, which, in most of the cas-es, is the correct one, is simply a big mistake! [13...Bxf314.Bxf3Bxd4 is the main move here, with an evaluationof equality. It would be great to see what kind of newhammer Aronian had prepared here. The number 2 in the

world is very well-known astonishing preparation.]14.d5! The punishment comes immediately. This verylogical move is just winning the e7 pawn.

14...Bxf3 15.Bxf3Nd4 16.Rxe7 White is a clear pawnup, but things are still not that easy. Black still has quite


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 a few drawing chances due to the strong a-pawn, which

can become very fast and difficult to stop.

16...a5!The last Black joker, and a very strong one.

17.d6 I am not sure whether this is the easiest way to go forWhite or not. [The simple 17.Be3Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 with-out destroying the structure 18...a4 19.e5 and I think

White has quite a solid advantage.]

17...a4 Blacks only hope moved one more square up.

18.e5 It is logical for White to try to close the bishop ong7, but only if he is on time to stop the a-pawn and keepthe pawn on e5 alive. We will see this during the nextmoves.

18...Nxf3+ 19.gxf3 Now Black can also hope for somekind of perpetual check.

19...Qb2 20.Be3! Very strong move by Aronian.20...a3 [It looks very tempting for Black to take on e5.20...Bxe5 White has a nice trick against this. 21.Qd5Bg7 22.Rxf7! and the rook on a8 is hanging. 22...Rxf723.Qxa8+ Bf8 24.Rd1 Also, it is very important, ofcourse, to keep the d6 pawn alive the d7 threat is justdeadly. 24...a3 25.d7+-]

21.Qd5

21...Rae8? and Black panics again, and this will be thelast time. [Of course 21...a2? is just losing to the alreadyknown idea 22.Rxf7+-; But 21...Rab8 would keep Black inthe game. Of course, White is doing better, but the posi-tion is still not that simple as it might look like. 22.f4 Black

wanted to play Rb5. 22...Rb5 23.Qc4 Now the pawn one5 is not hanging. 23...Rb4 24.Qa6Qb3 and it is not thateasy for White to improve his position.]

22.Rxe8 Simple and good.

22...Rxe8 23.d7 and Whites d-pawn is faster than Blackssoldier on the a-file.

23...Rd8 24.Bg5 A fast process by the number 2 in theworld against Mr. Hammer, whosepreparatio n did nothammer at all :).

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Issue 6417thof May 2013 Puzzle section

(5) Karjakin,S (2767) Carlsen,M (2868)

Supreme Masters, 13.05.2013

[CEWN]

1... +

(6) Fedorchuk,S (2660) Szwed,J (2354)

European Championship, 06.05.2013

[CEWN]

1. +-

(7) Khairullin,I (2657) Pashikian,A (2603)


[CEWN]

1.

(8) Papp,G (2570) Potkin,V (2666)


[CEWN]

1... =


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 (9) Socko,B (2647) Gritsak,O (2549)


[CEWN]

1. +-

(10) Danielian,E (2478) Fedorchuk,S (2660)


[CEWN]

1... +

(11) Kraemer,M (2544) Ernst,T (2387)


[CEWN]

1. +-

(12) Nepomniachtchi,I (2710) Shengelia,D (2546)


[CEWN]

1. +-


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 (13) Nakamura,H (2775) Topalov,V (2793)

Supreme Masters (blitz), 07.05.2013

[CEWN]

1. +-

(14) Shulman,Y (2570) Finegold,B (2505)

US Championship, 10.05.2013

[CEWN]

1... +


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 Endgame section

(15) Vachier Lagrave,M (2718) Balogh,Cs (2644)


[Chess Evolution]

I managed to get an endgame with an extra pawn, butto convert it should be extremely difficult because of thelimited material left on the board. Black can only createa passed pawn with the e5 break, but it leads to furtherexchanges.

48.Rxh5 White trades the rooks, as he does not see howcan Black break through. Although it is going to be muchmore difficult for him to defend as it looks, at first sight...

In my opinion, if White keeps the rooks on the board, thatshould hold as well, but of course, Black can try for verylong by going with the king to the queenside.

48...Kxh5 49.b3 A principled move to put the pawn ona light square, where the Black bishop cannot attack it.

49...Kg4 50.Bd2 Kf3 51.Be1 Blacks only chance towin the game is to get behind the b3 pawn. It looks im-possible to get there, but things are not so easy.

51...Kg2 The king is heading to the e1 square, but ofcourse, it will not be easy to get the bishop out from thediagonal.

52.Bd2 Kf2 53.Bb4 a6 I also put my pawn on a lightsquare to avoid getting attacked later on. [There wasa nice trick, for example, after 53...Kf1 White cannot trapthe bishop with 54.Bc5 with the idea of paralyzing Black,because of 54...e5! 55.Bxb6 e4+! This intermediate checkwins the game. 56.Ke3 axb6+]

54.Bd2Bc7 Black does not need to hurry to make pro-gress, since White can only pass with his bishop...

55.Bc3Bf4 56.Bb4

56...Kf1! Getting ready to drive the bishop to e1 to sendit away from the e1a5 diagonal.

57.Bc3Bg5 58.Bb4Bh4 59.Ba5Be1 60.Bd8 Whitetransfers his bishop to the h4e1 diagonal this time, butthis is one square shorter than e1a5, and it is enough forBlack to get him into zugzwang!


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 60...Bb4 61.Bh4 Ba3 62.Kd2! Good prophylaxis

against the Bc1 threat. [62.Bg3 would have been metby 62...Bc1 63.Bh4 Bf4! and White is in zugzwang. Ifthe king moves, Ke2 comes closer, while on any bishopmove,Ke1 is possible.]

62...Bd6 63.Ke3 Bh2 White is in zugzwang. He must

allow for Black to play Ke1!

64.Bg5 [64.Kd3 Bf4 and Ke1 next.; 64.Kd2 Bf4+65.Kd3Bh6 and again,Ke1 next.]

64...Ke1 65.Kd3

65...Kd1 I got closer to my aim of getting my king to b2,but this time I need to send away the bishop from thec1h6 diagonal. It can only be done if I transfer my bishopto c1.

66.Bd2Bd6 67.Bg5Ba3

68.Kc3!! Brilliant defense by my opponent! Only thishidden idea saves White from losing! [If White continueswaiting, then 68.Bf4Bc1 69.Bd6Bd2 70.Bc5Be1! Thisis the key and it wins for Black. Kc1 is threatened now,because afterBa3, Black hasKb1. White is forced to play71.Ba3 but Black can create a zugzwang with a triangu-lation! 71...Bf2 72.Kc3 Bg3 73.Kd3 (73.Bb2 loses to

73...e5!+ and e4 next, as the pawn cannot be taken.)73...Be1 Here we are! Only the bishop can move now. 74.Bb2(74.Bd6Kc1+ wins.)74...Bb4 and here is another zug-zwang. Black wins. 75.Ba1Kc1+]

68...a5 I was very unhappy to make this move, puttingby pawn on a dark square, but I could not make progress.[The point of the 68.Kc3 move is that after 68...Bc1White has 69.Bxc1!!Kxc1


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70.b4! and the pawn endgame is drawn. White holdsthe draw by keep the opposition with the king. 70...Kb1 71.Kb3 Ka1 72.Ka3 Kb1 73.Kb3 Kc1 74.Kc3Kd1 75.Kd3Ke1 76.Ke3Kf1 77.Kf3Kg1 78.Kg3Kh179.Kh3= Wherever the king goes, White just follows him.;68...Ke2 would have been another way to progress, butthis time White can trap the bishop by 69.b4! The only

move to rescue it from the threat of Kb3 is 69...Kd1 butnow 70.Kb3 Bc1 71.Bxc1 Kxc1 72.Kc3= and we havethe same draw.]

69.Kd3Bc1 With the pawn on a5, I already cannot winthe game, as White has a targetthere.

70.Bd8 Bd2 71.Be7! Another only move to have Ba3check onKc1.

71...Kc1 72.Ba3+Kd1 73.Be7Bb4 [73...Be1 The tri-angulation does not help anymore. 74.Bg5Bg3 75.Bd8White can force the bishop back to e1...]

74.Bg5 I had to admit that my opponent defended per-fectly and agreed to a draw.

(16) Khalifman,A (2614) Meier,Geo (2655) [A16]

14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL (4.16), 08.05.2013

[Chess Evolution]

At first sight, this position seems to be winning. In suchcases, many GMs use to say that, somehow, it should be

winning. But in fact, it is a draw! Blacks main idea is sim-ple, to give away the bishop for the c-pawn and arrive intime with the king to a8. Let us take a look at how GeorgMeier defended with Black.

52.Bxa5Kd7 Logical and good. The black king belongsto the squares c6-b7-a6.

53.Bb6 Kc6 54.a5 If White would not play a5, Blackwould just keep the king on c6.

54...Kb7The only way. White wants to play Be3 with

the threat of playing a6 next.

55.Ke4 Ka6 56.Kd5 Now the game is about equal ifWhite can push the c4 pawn to c6 somehow.

56...Bb4 57.Kc6 Bd2 58.Bd8 [Of course 58.c5? leadsto an immediate draw. 58...Bb4 59.Kd5Bxc5=]

58...Be1 59.Kd7


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59...Bb4! Good defense by Black! By no means, heshould allow White to play c5.

60.Bc7Bc5! Again, the right choice, preparing to coverthe c5 square from the diagonal a7-g1.

61.Bd6 Be3 62.Bb4 [62.Bc7 Bc5 This just brings usback to the main position.]

62...Kb7 No reason now to allow the White king on c6. Itseems like there is no breakthrough, or is there?!

63.Kd6Bf2 64.Kd5Be3 65.Bc3Bf2 Black just keepson waiting.

66.Bf6 Khalifman finds nothing better than to bring thebishop back to b6.

66...Be1! Meier keeps playing the exact moves! Blacksbishops best position is on b4!

67.Bd8 Bb4 68.Bb6 Be7 Strangely enough, Meierchanges his defense. [68...Ka6 would be, of course, pos-sible as well, and we would go back to the beginning ofthe game.]

69.Bc5 but also here, White cannot do any significantimprovement.

69...Bg5 70.Bd4 Bd2 71.Bb6 Bb4 and the bishop isback on b4.

72.Bd8Ba3 73.Ke6Bb4

74.a6+! After moving around for a long time, White trieshis last chance.

74...Kxa6 75.Be7 Finally, White gets rid of the black

bishop from b4 and advances the c-pawn, however, thea-pawn is gone, so the position is still a draw. What hap-pened now is just unbelievable! Meier simply resigns af-ter defending so well for over 20 moves! What a shock forboth players! The position is a draw, and actually, a drawthat is not that hard to find. 75...Ba5 76.c5 Kb5 77.Kd7Kc4! 78.c6Kd5! This is the trick, Black needs the king on


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 d5 and not on b5. The idea is that if White gets the bishop

to c7, Black would be forced to go to the b8-g1 diago-nal, and then White will have no chance to transport thebishop to d6 because the black king will be placed on d5!What a tragic loss for Georg Meier.

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Issue 6417thof May 2013 Clash of the Titans

(17) Lilienthal,Andor Capablanca,Jose Raul [E24]

Hastings 3435 Hastings (5), 01.01.1935

[Kamil Miton]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 b6A typical plan to create pressure against the weak c4pawn.

6.f3 d5

7.Bg5 I am not sure if this is the right decision. Whitecould play [7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 00 9.Bd3 c5 10.Ne2 Ba611.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.00 leads to other kind of structure.

The main plan for White is to push e4 afterNg3 Bb2

(or sometimes, the bishop on f2 is well placed as well),but in general, it is not an easy task becasue Black canlook for counterplay over the e-file with his heavy pieces.Besides, h5h4 is and idea to kick the knight out from g3.I recommend you to look at one of the most famous clas-sical games Botvinnik Capablanca.]

7...h6 8.Bh4 Ba6 9.e4? To look for active play withtwo bishops seems to be logical, but it was too optimis-tic. White should play [9.cxd5 exd5 10.e3 Bxf1 11.Kxf1Nbd7 12.Ne2 00 13.g4 Re8 14.Bf2 c5 15.Kg2 andWhite is better.]

9...Bxc4? Capablanca took the wrong pawn. He could

have played [9...dxe4 10.fxe4 (10.Nh3 Nbd7 11.Nf2 g512.Bg3 e3)

10...g5! Black is winning the pawn and White will not beable to get the initiative because of his inferior develop-ment. 11.Bg3 (11.e5 gxh4 12.Qf3 Nbd7 13.exf6 c5) 11...Nxe4 12.Be5 f6 13.Qh5+Kd7 14.Bd3Bb7]

10.Bxc4 dxc4 11.Qa4+Qd7 [11...Nbd7 12.Qxc4 (12.e5g5) 12...c5 13.Ne2 00 (13...cxd4 14.cxd4 Qc8 15.Qb4;13...Qc7 14.00 00 15.a4Qb7 16.Rfd1Thanks to his bet-

ter center, White has a typical slightly better position.)14.e5!? At this moment, this idea is interesting, becauseWhite can try to create an attack against the king. 14...g515.Bf2Nd5 16.h4!Rc8 17.Qd3]

12.Qxc4Qc6 13.Qd3 Of course, White keeps the queenon the board as he will need it to support the initiativeon the kingside. [13.Qxc6+Nxc6 14.Ke2!? With the idea


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 not to allow the black knight to take the good c4 square.

(14.Ne2Na5)14...Na5 15.Kd3 c5 16.Ne2 00]

13...Nbd7 14.Ne2 Rd8 Capablanca ut the rook here inorder to have some tricks with Ne5, but the rook on d8has disadvantages as well: White will have some threatswith e5 later.

15.00

15...a5 Strange decision. This move weakens the posi-tion and loses time. Maybe the Cuban player was afraid ofsomeQa6 idea, but we will see below that it is not dan-gerous. [15...00 The most logical. 16.Qa6Nb8! 17.Qxa7Qc4 18.Bxf6 Rd7 and the white queen is in a trap.; 15...Ne5 The idea of gaining control over the c4 square doesnot work because of 16.Qc2 Nc4 and now 17.d5! exd518.Nd4 with a decisive attack.]

16.Qc2 [16.c4 e5 (16...Ne5 17.Qc3 Nxc4 18.Rfc1 b519.a4)17.d5Qc5+ 18.Bf2Qe7 19.Nc3Nc5 20.Qc2 0021.Rab1Nfd7 22.Na4 Black is not able to create a block-ade on the queenside. White is going to play Rb5 nextand push c5 later, which should give him good play.]

16...Qc4 17.f4Rc8 because of the e5 threat.

18.f5 e5 Logical. Black is trying to close the position toavoid falling under pressure. Castling was very risky, let ussee why it is so. [18...00 19.e5 Nd5 20.f6 Blacks positionlooks very dangerous because all the white pieces arewell placed to attack the king. 20...gxf6 Only move. (20...g5 21.Bxg5 hxg5 22.Rf3 Rfd8 23.Rh3 Nf8 24.Rh5 Ng6

25.R

xg5K

f8 26.R

xg6 fxg6 27.Q

xg6R

d7 28.Q

h5K

g829.Rf1+-; 20...g6 21.Rf3 Kh7 22.Rh3 Rh8 23.Bg5 Kg824.Bxh6 c5 25.Rf1 cxd4 and now comes the nice

26.Qxg6+ fxg6 27.f7+ Kh7 28.Bf8#; 20...Ne3 21.Qd2Nxf1 22.Rxf1 c5 23.fxg7Kxg7 24.Bg5 with a decisive at-tack.)21.Bxf6 (21.exf6; 21.Qd2Kh7; 21.Rf3 fxe5 22.Rg3+Kh8 23.Qd2Kh7 24.Rh3Rg8 25.Bg5Rg6 26.Bxh6Kg8Now the king is safe, Black takes the initiative.) 21...N7xf622.exf6 Kh8! with the defensive idea Rg8-Rg6. Black ison time! The position is unclear.]

19.dxe5 [19.Bxf6 Nxf6 (19...gxf6 looks unclear as well.)20.dxe5 Qxe4 (20...Qc5+ 21.Nd4 Qxe5 22.Qa4+ Kf823.Rae1 and soon afterNf3, White will push e5 and crushhis opponent.)21.Qxe4 Nxe4 22.Rf4 Nc5 23.Nd4 00Black does not have any serious weakness, so the posi-tion should be fine.]


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 19...Qxe4?? A huge mistake by Capablanca. He over-

looked the nice tactical idea [19...Nxe5 20.Bxf6 gxf621.Nf4 Now the only chance for White is to create pressureagainst the f6 pawn. Otherwise, Black will be just better.21...Qc5+ (21...c6 22.Qf2 Attacking the b6 pawn and pre-paring Qh4-Nh5. 22...Qc5 23.Qxc5 bxc5 24.Rab1 White

is better here. Black cannot put the king on e7 because ofthe check on b7.)22.Kh1 Rd8 23.Nd5 c6 24.Nxf6+Ke725.Nh5Rd3 with good counterplay.]

20.exf6!! Fantastic! Now White is winning. All the piecescome with tempo to the final attack!

20...Qxc2 21.fxg7 Rg8 22.Nd4 Qe4 23.Rae1 Nc524.Rxe4+Nxe4 25.Re1Rxg7 26.Rxe4+ 10

Surprise section / study

(18) Troitzky

[CEWN]

1. +-


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 Solutions

(19) Matinian,N (2491) Jobava,B (2702)


[Solutions]

31...Rd1+! 32.Kh2Rh5!! 33.Rxf4 [33.axb3 Rxh4#]

33...Nxc5+

(20) Butkiewicz,L (2410) Shimanov,A (2639)


[Solutions]

28...Qe8!! 29.f5 [29.Qc5 Qxe6! 30.Rxe6 Rd1+ 31.Qg1Rxg1+ 32.Kxg1 fxe6+]

29...Nf8! 30.Qg4 fxe6+


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 (21) Hagen,A (2400) Lupulescu,C (2634)


[Solutions]

44.h4!!Be3 [44...Qxg4 45.Qf8+Kg6 46.Qg8+Kf6 (46...Kf5?? 47.Qc8+!+-) 47.Qf8+ Kg6 (47...Ke6?? 48.Qc8++-)

48.Qg8]45.Rg7! Qe4+ 46.Kh2 Qc2+ 47.Kh3 Qf5+ 48.Kh2Qf2+ 49.Kh3Qf5+ 50.Kh2Qf2+ 1/21/2

(22) Shimanov,A (2639) Prizant,J (2537)


[Solutions]

38.Nf5!!Nxf5 [38...gxf5 39.Rxd7Bxb2 40.Rxe7+-; 38...Rxd2 39.Nxe7+Kf8 40.Bxg7+!Kxg7 41.Rxd2+-]

39.Rxd7 Nxh4+ 40.Kg3 Bxb2 41.Rd8+ Rxd842.Rxd8+Kg7 43.bxc5 bxc5 44.Kxh4 10


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 (23) Djukic,N (2555) Khairullin,I (2657)


[Solutions]

37...Kc6!! [37...Rxa8? 38.Rb8]

38.Rxb3 [38.Rxc8Kxb7+]

38...cxb3 39.Rxc8 b2 40.Rb8Kxc7 41.Rb3 a4 01

(24) Arnold,M (2538) Gareev,T (2674)

USA Championship, 03.05.2013

[Solutions]

14...Nxc3? [14...Ng3+!! 15.hxg3 Qxg3 16.Bf3 Bd6!17.Kg1Bc5+ 18.Rf2 (18.Kh1Qh4#)18...Bxf3+]

15.bxc3


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 (25) Mchedlishvili,M (2640) Javakhadze,Z (2448)

Nakchivan Open, 30.04.2013

[Solutions]

24.Nf5!! [24.Rg1?Ng6; 24.Bxg7?Kxg7]

24...Bxh6 [24...exf5 25.Qg5Ng6 26.Qxg6+-]

25.Qxh6! exf5 26.Rh1! 10

(26) Haslinger,S (2535) Short,N (2692)

4NCL, 05.05.2013

[Solutions]

27...Rxe4! 28.Qxe4 Bf5 29.Qe7 [29.Qe1 Bxb130.Qxb1Qxc5 31.Qxb2 fxg3 32.hxg3Qxd5+]

29...Bxb1 30.Qxg5+Bg7+


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Issue 6417thof May 2013 (27) Lou Yiping (2482) Yu Yangyi (2675)

Chinese league, 30.04.2013

[Solutions]

26...Nd3+!! 27.Kd1 [27.exd3Re8+; 27.Kf1Nxc1+]

27...Nf2+ 28.Ke1Nxh3 01

(28) Jobava,B (2702) Lan,Z (2165)

Chinese league, 03.05.2013

[Solutions]

28.Rxd4! 10[28.Rxd4! cxd4 29.Bc2! g6 30.Qf6#]

(29) Sackmann

[Solutions]

1.c7 Nd6 [1...Nb6 2.Nd5!! Nbxd5 (2...Nfxd5 3.g8Q+-)3.c8Q+-]

2.Ne4!!Ndxe4+ 3.Kf4Nd6 4.Ke5!+-

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