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Naiditsch-Vallejo Annotated by GM Naiditsch

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Thursday, 19 September 2013
By GM Arkadij Naiditsch, #1 German chess player, FIDE 2710 Playing against Paco is always very interesting. He is a very creative player with a lot of original ideas. So for this game I was sure I would get a chaotic position on the board and it happened just as expected. Be first to comment this article
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Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Hracek (2635) - Rezan (2456), 2013 White to move This time we decided to modify the task to make it more challenging and entertaining. In the position on the diagram White played Qb8+. What happens: a) If Black goes with the king to g7? b) If Black replies with Kh7? The analysis (solution) is by no means exhaustive, but is still worth checking out. Comments (1)
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Wednesday, 18 September 2013

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Another stage of FIDE Women's Grand Prix has begun in Tashkent.

Round 1 results:

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Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Photo from the official website In game 6 Anna Ushenina suffered yet another defeat as White. In time trouble the Ukrainian GM played 33.Bd4?, missing an intermediary move 33...c3. Being unable to stop Hou Yifan's passed pawn, the reigning Women's World Chess Champion resigned on move 40. The match has been extremely one-sided so far and can (theoretically speaking) end after the very next game, if Anna loses again. The main question so far is: will GM Ushenina win at least one game or not? Current score: Hou Yifan - 4.5/6; Anna Ushenina - 1.5/6 View the game Expert opinions about the match Women's live chess ratings Comments (2)
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Wednesday, 18 September 2013
By GM Lars Bo Hansen, PhD, MBA In the most recent issue of New In Chess, Jan Timman notes an interesting observation he has made: “I have noticed that young top players make a habit these days of playing weakening pawn moves for no clear reason”. As examples he shows excerpts from the games Grischuk-Mamedyarov, Beijing 2013 (26…g5); Kamsky-Karjakin, Beijing 2013 (10…h5); and Kunin-Edouard, Helsingør 2013 (22 b5). I tend to agree with Timman; I too find these moves surprising or even doubtful. Take a look at these positions and make up your own mind (without computer analysis). Comments (1)
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Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Saric (2541) - Sulava (2481), 2013 White to move This is an instructive example of attacking chess. What line would you play? View the solution Comments (1)
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Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Photo from the official website In game 5 the same Najdorf line as in game 3 occurred on the board. Hou Yifan didn’t seem to have prepared any powerful ideas or novelties. As a result, in the middlegame Black has obtained more than sufficient compensation for a pawn in the form of a strong center and two bishops. However, later on Anna made some inaccuracies which have led to her rook getting stuck on f4. The Chinese GM decided to cut the knot and offered a rook exchange, activating her opponent’s pieces, but heading for an equal opposite-color bishop endgame. The duel ended in a draw on move 61. Interestingly, so far both competitors seem to be having more problems playing White than Black. Current score: Hou Yifan - 3.5/5; Anna Ushenina - 1.5/5 View the game Expert opinions about the match Women's live chess ratings Be first to comment this article
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Tuesday, 17 September 2013
By candidate master Peter Zhdanov, editor of Pogonina.com In this special weekly column we are looking at the most unexpected upsets that happened last week. Players usually face opponents of a similar level. Considerably less frequent are situations when a significantly lower-rated player succeeds in beating a much stronger adversary. Comments (2)
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Monday, 16 September 2013
Laurusus (2398) - Vidit (2565), 2013 Black to move Precise calculation required. How should Black proceed? Comments (1)
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Monday, 16 September 2013
Pogonina.com offers you a selection of some of the most informative chess tweets from last week. A digest of the most important chess news in one short post: Be first to comment this article
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