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The latest issue of TWIC is now available

selected games

 

Here is my favorite game so far

Yakubboev-Vignesh

Bogo-Catalan

18th Asian Continental rd5

After 29..Qxc8(Diagram)

White has a knight on an outpost and passive bishops while Black has a no visible weaknesses to attack

What do you recommend for White?

 

 

 

 

selected games

Avrukh’s GM1A(Quality Chess 2015) is still the standard reference on the Catalan

 

Donchenko-Song

Open Catalan 7.Qc2 b6

13th BPB Limburg Open

After 24.Rbc3(Diagram)

The position looks level but Black lost a long game

What do you recommend for Black?

 

Gupta-Firouzja

Open Catalan with ..c6,b5,a6

18th Asian Continental

After 16.Qc1(Diagram)

Both sides lag in development but Black has the nice c3-passer

What do you recommend for Black?

 

Jumabayev-Bersamina

Open Catalan 5..Bb4+

18th Asian Continental rd1

After 18.e3(Diagram)

Both sides have oddly played queens in a sharp position

What do you recommend for Black?

selected games

 

Sielecki advocates the Bb5(+) Sicilian . Here are some interesting games from TWIC 1283.

 

Xu,Yi-Aravindh

Sicilian 3.Bb5 e6

18th Asian Continental rd3

 

After 19..Rg7(Diagram)

The Nc4 is under attack

What do you recommend for White?

 

Nozdrachev-Frolyanov

41st Nezhmetdinov Mem rd8

Sicilian 3.Bb5 g6

 

After 31.Nce3(Diagram)

Black has three pawns for a knight but for now White is shielding his king with a knight chain

What do you recommend for Black?

 

Yudin-Pridorozhni

Sicilian 3.Bb5+ Nc6

41st Nezhmetdinov Mem rd7

After 16.Bg2(Diagram)

 

The Nf6 is attacked

What do you recommend for Black? 16..Rxe5,16..dxe5 or maybe something else?

 

 

Selected games

The Najdorf has been getting a lot of coverage lately in repertoire books

 

Here is a nice positional game that I do not fully understand yet

 

Battulga-Narayanan

18th Asian Continental rd1

Najdorf 6.Be2 e5

 

After 30.Be3(Diagram)

Black is a bit more active but White has no glaring weaknesses

What do you recommend for Black?

 

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selected games

 

Gazik-Mihok,O

Sicilian 4..Qb6

Mitropa Cup 2019 rd9

After 30.Ba2(Diagram)

Black is looking to consolidate his extra pawn but must ensure the safety of Kg8

What do you recommend for Black?

Now available from New in Chess

Seems to be raining new books. These are just some notable ones that caught my attention

The Sicilian Taimanov

480pp

 

 

Understanding Maroczy Structures

 

Monster Planning

 

Say What?

I was doing a bit of work on GM2B and on when digging through ch8 I found something interesting and odd at the same time

 

Dutch Defence ch8

After 9..Qa5(Diagram)

What do you recommend for White?

Check out the note to move 10-Those guys seemed rather familiar to me

 

Openings work is very hard, as you can see

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Mitropa Cup Open

Rank table

The Hungarian team turned in an excellent result finishing well above their initial seeding, led by GM Mihok,O

Rk.	SNo	Team	Games	+	=	–	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	Czech Republic	8	5	1	2	11	18,5	0
2	9	Austria	8	4	3	1	11	18,0	0
3	10	Hungary	8	4	2	2	10	19,0	0
4	5	Slovakia	8	5	0	3	10	17,0	0
5	1	Germany	8	2	3	3	7	16,0	0
6	7	Switzerland	8	3	1	4	7	15,0	0
7	4	France	8	3	1	4	7	13,0	0
8	3	Italy	8	2	2	4	6	15,0	0
9	8	Slovenia	8	2	2	4	6	14,0	0
10	6	Croatia	8	2	1	5	5	14,5	0

IM Kozak Adam had a good tournament with 5.5/8

1. Czech Republic (RtgAvg:2497, Captain: GM Haba Petr / TB1: 11 / TB2: 18,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	GM	Nguyen Thai Dai Van	2548	CZE	358878	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½		5,0	8	2512	8	0,60	10	6,0
2	IM	Vykouk Jan	2451	CZE	349658	½	½	0	1	1	½		0		3,5	7	2482	7	0,28	10	2,8
3	IM	Kraus Tomas	2463	CZE	331708	1	½	½	½	½		1	0		4,0	7	2451	7	0,39	10	3,9
4	GM	Zilka Stepan	2527	CZE	315303				½		1	1			2,5	3	2444	3	0,66	10	6,6
5	FM	Miesbauer Jan	2407	CZE	367222	0	½	½		1	1	½	0		3,5	7	2390	7	-0,17	10	-1,7
2. Austria (RtgAvg:2490, Captain: IM Schneider-Zinner Harald / TB1: 11 / TB2: 18)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	GM	Dragnev Valentin	2521	AUT	1634852	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	½		5,0	8	2514	8	0,93	10	9,3
3	IM	Blohberger Felix	2475	AUT	1632051	½	0	1	½	½	½	1	½		4,5	8	2459	8	0,33	10	3,3
4	IM	Mesaros Florian	2439	AUT	1629220	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		2,0	8	2447	8	-1,91	10	-19,1
5	IM	Horvath Dominik	2406	AUT	1642561	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	½		6,5	8	2384	8	2,26	10	22,6
3. Hungary (RtgAvg:2484, Captain: GM Ribli Zoltan / TB1: 10 / TB2: 19)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	GM	Mihok Oliver	2541	HUN	728012	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½		5,0	8	2513	8	0,69	10	6,9
2	IM	Nagy Gabor	2471	HUN	737119	½	½	1	0	1	0				3,0	6	2468	6	-0,03	10	-0,3
3	IM	Kozak Adam	2458	HUN	753246	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	½		5,5	8	2431	8	1,18	10	11,8
4	IM	Csonka Balazs	2466	HUN	742910		0			1	½	1	1		3,5	5	2412	5	0,62	10	6,2
5	FM	Csiki Endre	2362	HUN	775126	0		½	0			1	½		2,0	5	2356	5	-0,54	20	-10,8
4. Slovakia (RtgAvg:2481, Captain: GM Plachetka Jan / TB1: 10 / TB2: 17)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	IM	Gazik Viktor	2520	SVK	14928752	½	1	½	0	1	½	1	½		5,0	8	2513	8	0,93	10	9,3
2	IM	Druska Juraj	2460	SVK	14915650	0	½			½	½	½	½		2,5	6	2479	6	-0,35	10	-3,5
3	GM	Repka Christopher	2482	SVK	14918781	1	1	1	½			½	½		4,5	6	2437	6	1,13	10	11,3
4	IM	Pechac Jergus	2461	SVK	14926970			1	1	½	0	½	0		3,0	6	2413	6	-0,40	10	-4,0
5	FM	Sahidi Samir	2400	SVK	14936372	1	½	0	0	½	0				2,0	6	2393	6	-1,06	10	-10,6
5. Germany (RtgAvg:2448, Captain: IM Voekler Bernd / TB1: 7 / TB2: 16)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	IM	Perske Thore	2456	GER	12902195	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	1		2,5	8	2518	8	-0,81	10	-8,1
2	GM	Kunin Vitaly	2518	GER	4128737		½	1	½	½	½	1	1		5,0	7	2461	7	0,94	10	9,4
3	IM	Lagunow Raphael	2420	GER	24652644	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	0		4,5	8	2437	8	0,70	10	7,0
4	FM	Schmidek Emil	2396	GER	12908150	0	½	0	0	½	1	1	0		3,0	8	2390	8	-1,05	10	-10,5
5	IM	Voekler Bernd	2354	GER	4611616	1									1,0	1	2362	1	0,51	10	5,1
6. Switzerland (RtgAvg:2523, Captain: IM Novkovic Milan / TB1: 7 / TB2: 15)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	GM	Bogner Sebastian	2597	SUI	4692055	1	0	0	½	½	½		½		3,0	7	2515	7	-1,29	10	-12,9
2	GM	Pelletier Yannick	2547	SUI	1301837		½	½	1	1	½	½	1		5,0	7	2450	7	0,59	10	5,9
3	GM	Studer Noel	2517	SUI	1319620	½	0	0		1	1	0	1		3,5	7	2447	7	-0,69	10	-6,9
4	IM	Gaehwiler Gabriel	2431	SUI	1314530	0		0	0			0	1		1,0	5	2419	5	-1,58	10	-15,8
5	FM	Stijve Theo	2310	SUI	1331132	0	½		1	1	0	0			2,5	6	2379	6	0,06	20	1,2
7. France (RtgAvg:2427, Captain: GM Guidarelli Laurent / TB1: 7 / TB2: 13)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	FM	Travadon Loic	2441	FRA	26092131	0	½	½	1	0	0	0	½		2,5	8	2527	8	-0,55	10	-5,5
2	IM	Joie Sebastien	2425	FRA	650420	½	1	0	½	0	½	0	½		3,0	8	2474	8	-0,44	10	-4,4
4	FM	Di Nicolantonio Lucas	2379	FRA	680460	1	½	1	½	½	½	0	½		4,5	8	2447	8	1,25	10	12,5
5	FM	Eugene Floryan	2303	FRA	20694784	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		3,0	8	2400	8	0,05	10	0,5
8. Italy (RtgAvg:2482, Captain: GM Kogan Arthur / TB1: 6 / TB2: 15)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	GM	Stella Andrea	2511	ITA	827061	½	0	1	½	½	1	0	½		4,0	8	2508	8	-0,05	10	-0,5
2	IM	Sonis Francesco	2475	ITA	895733	1	1	0	0		½	½	0		3,0	7	2461	7	-0,64	10	-6,4
3	GM	Shytaj Luca	2490	ITA	812633		0	0	½	0	½		1		2,0	6	2432	6	-1,49	10	-14,9
4	IM	Lodici Lorenzo	2453	ITA	884189	1	1		½	½	1	½	0		4,5	7	2426	7	0,75	10	7,5
5	FM	Di Benedetto Edoardo	2404	ITA	875740	0		1		0		½			1,5	4	2433	4	-0,34	10	-3,4
9. Slovenia (RtgAvg:2439, Captain: IM Mikac Matjaž / TB1: 6 / TB2: 14)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	GM	Sebenik Matej	2522	SLO	14602296	½	½	½	½	½	½		0		3,0	7	2511	7	-0,61	10	-6,1
2	IM	Markoja Boris	2441	SLO	14608502	0	0		0		1	½	0		1,5	6	2478	6	-1,19	10	-11,9
3	IM	Tomazini Zan	2378	SLO	14608162	0		0		0		0			0,0	4	2489	4	-1,41	10	-14,1
4		Janzelj Tim	2384	SLO	14607913		½	0	1	0	½	1	1		4,0	7	2442	7	1,06	10	10,6
5	FM	Subelj Jan	2407	SLO	14618583	1	1	1	1	0	½	0	1		5,5	8	2389	8	1,31	10	13,1
10. Croatia (RtgAvg:2495, Captain: GM Kožul Zdenko / TB1: 5 / TB2: 14,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	GM	Jovanic Ognjen	2511	CRO	14504081	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	½		4,0	8	2527	8	0,17	10	1,7
2	GM	Kovacevic Blazimir	2456	CRO	14502712	1	½	½	1	½	½	0	1		5,0	8	2481	8	1,29	10	12,9
3	IM	Tica Sven	2417	CRO	14526948	0	½	1	0	0	½	0	0		2,0	8	2465	8	-1,48	10	-14,8
4	FM	Srbis Jurica	2429	CRO	14515555	0	1	1	0	0	0	½	1		3,5	8	2421	8	-0,60	10	-6,0

 

Mitropa Cup 2019 – Women

Rank table

Rk.	SNo	Team	Games	+	=	–	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5	France	8	5	1	2	11	18,0	0
2	4	Croatia	7	4	3	0	11	17,5	0
3	1	Hungary	7	4	1	2	9	15,5	0
4	9	Italy	7	3	2	2	8	16,0	0
5	6	Slovenia	7	3	2	2	8	15,0	0
6	3	Czech Republic	7	3	2	2	8	14,5	0
7	7	Austria	7	2	2	3	6	13,0	0
8	8	Switzerland	7	0	2	5	2	9,5	0
9	2	Slovakia	7	0	1	6	1	9,0	0

 

Team-Composition with round-results

WIM Havanecz Bianka had a good result with 5/8

1. France (RtgAvg:2107, Captain: WFM Choisy Mathilde / TB1: 11 / TB2: 18)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	WIM	Navrotescu Andreea-Cristiana	2233	FRA	675946	½	½	1	1	½	1	0	1		5,5	8	2228	8	1,45	20	29,0
2	WFM	Afraoui Anaelle	2068	FRA	20654383	1	1	1	½	½	½	0	0		4,5	8	2115	8	1,02	20	20,4
3	WFM	Choisy Mathilde	2113	FRA	634565	½	½	½	½	1	0	½	½		4,0	8	2065	8	-0,52	20	-10,4
4		Djidjeli Sarah	2012	FRA	36067474	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	0		4,0	8	2016	8	0,06	40	2,4
2. Croatia (RtgAvg:2126, Captain: GM Jovanović Zoran / TB1: 11 / TB2: 17,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	WGM	Medic Mirjana	2244	CRO	14501619	½	0	½	½	½	½		0		2,5	7	2221	7	-1,22	20	-24,4
2	FM	Cvitan Ena	2132	CRO	14534215	1	1	1	½	0	1		1		5,5	7	2084	7	1,55	40	62,0
3	WFM	Blazeka Mihaela	2118	CRO	14528576	1	0	1	1	1	½		½		5,0	7	2043	7	0,79	20	15,8
4		Spiranec Noemi	2009	CRO	14538210	½	1	½	1	½	0		1		4,5	7	2038	7	1,27	20	25,4
3. Hungary (RtgAvg:2169, Captain: GM Ribli Zoltan / TB1: 9 / TB2: 15,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	WIM	Havanecz Bianka	2279	HUN	704814		1	1	½	½	½	1	½		5,0	7	2218	7	0,93	20	18,6
2	WIM	Juhasz Barbara	2207	HUN	743585		0			½	0	½	½		1,5	5	2128	5	-1,53	20	-30,6
3	WIM	Varga Klara	2146	HUN	733210			1	½	0		½	½		2,5	5	2090	5	-0,38	20	-7,6
4	WFM	Gaal Zsoka	2044	HUN	777765		1	½	0		½	1	1		4,0	6	2031	6	0,90	40	36,0
5		Kovacs Judit	2025	HUN	769215		½	1	0	1	0				2,5	5	2049	5	0,16	40	6,4
4. Italy (RtgAvg:2096, Captain: GM Kogan Arthur / TB1: 8 / TB2: 16)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	WFM	Gueci Tea	2251	ITA	872342	1	0	½	0	½	0	0			2,0	7	2218	7	-1,82	20	-36,4
2	WFM	Santeramo Alessia	2074	ITA	850810	1		0	½	1	1	1			4,5	6	2118	6	1,86	20	37,2
3	WFM	Palma Maria	2018	ITA	898481		1	0	½		1	1			3,5	5	2088	5	1,48	40	59,2
4		Andolfatto Maria	2041	ITA	2800476	1	1	½		½	0				3,0	5	2037	5	0,48	40	19,2
5		Raccanello Marianna	2019	ITA	897558	1	0		0	1		1			3,0	5	2024	5	0,54	40	21,6
5. Slovenia (RtgAvg:2157, Captain: IM Mikac Matjaž / TB1: 8 / TB2: 15)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/–
1	WGM	Unuk Laura	2265	SLO	14609215	½		½	1	½	½	1	½		4,5	7	2221	7	0,59	20	11,8
2	WIM	Janzelj Lara	2203	SLO	14608391	0		½	1	0	1	1	1		4,5	7	2095	7	0,03	20	0,6
3	WFM	Urh Zala	2099	SLO	14611481	½		0		½	½	½	0		2,0	6	2051	6	-1,40	40	-56,0
4		Hercog Nusa	2062	SLO	14614324			1	0		1		1		3,0	4	2050	4	0,94	40	37,6
5		Kuhar Larisa	1930	SLO	14625504	½			0	0		½			1,0	4	2004	4	-0,60	40	-24,0
6. Czech Republic (RtgAvg:2041, Captain: GM Haba Petr / TB1: 8 / TB2: 14,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	WFM	Pychova Nela	2174	CZE	351369	1	1	0	½		½	1	½		4,5	7	2230	7	1,54	20	30,8
2		Nemcova Karin	1947	CZE	360821	½	0	0	1		0	1	0		2,5	7	2104	7	0,43	40	17,2
3		Koubova Anna Marie	1975	CZE	381470	½	0	½	½		½	½	1		3,5	7	2063	7	0,85	40	34,0
4	WCM	Pribylova Sofie	2069	CZE	371726	1	1	0	½		1	½	0		4,0	7	2016	7	0,00	40	0,0
7. Austria (RtgAvg:2179, Captain: IM Schneider-Zinner Harald / TB1: 6 / TB2: 13)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	FM	Ragger Anna-Christina	2272	AUT	1614142	½	½	½		½	1	0	0		3,0	7	2230	7	-0,90	20	-18,0
2	WIM	Newrkla Katharina	2190	AUT	1621629	0	0	½		½		½			1,5	5	2151	5	-1,28	20	-25,6
3	WFM	Hapala Elisabeth	2122	AUT	1622080	0		1		1	0		1		3,0	5	2069	5	0,13	20	2,6
4	WFM	Schloffer Jasmin-Denise	2133	AUT	1631209	½	½			1	0	½	1		3,5	6	2032	6	-0,30	20	-6,0
5	WFM	Froewis Annika	2089	AUT	1621432		½	0			1	0	½		2,0	5	2050	5	-0,77	20	-15,4
8. Switzerland (RtgAvg:2119, Captain: IM Novkovic Milan / TB1: 2 / TB2: 9,5)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	WFM	Georgescu Lena	2191	SUI	1331973	0	1	0	0	½		1	½		3,0	7	2245	7	0,02	20	0,4
2	WFM	De Seroux Camille	2143	SUI	1305620				0	½		0	½		1,0	4	2169	4	-0,86	20	-17,2
3	WGM	Hund Barbara	2127	SUI	1301446	½	0	0				0	½		1,0	5	2062	5	-1,93	20	-38,6
4		Hund Sarah	2016	SUI	12923338	½	1	½	1	0		0			3,0	6	2068	6	0,41	20	8,2
5		Pellicoro Nathalie	1893	SUI	1332350	0	0	½	1	0			0		1,5	6	2033	6	-0,40	40	-16,0
9. Slovakia (RtgAvg:2073, Captain: GM Plachetka Jan / TB1: 1 / TB2: 9)
Bo.		Name	RtgI	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	WFM	Motycakova Monika	2150	SVK	14909626	0	0		½	½	0	0	1		2,0	7	2245	7	-0,59	20	-11,8
2	WFM	Ferkova Dominika	2037	SVK	14933071	0	1		0	1	½	0	0		2,5	7	2108	7	-0,34	40	-13,6
3	WFM	Sankova Stella	2013	SVK	14944200	0	0		½	0	1	½	0		2,0	7	2075	7	-0,91	40	-36,4
4	WFM	Milcova Zuzana	2093	SVK	14920026	0	½		½	½	0	½	½		2,5	7	2022	7	-1,68	20	-33,6

 

Here is a nice endgame by GM Mihok

Mihok,O-Jovanic

Petroff 3.d4

Mitropa Cup 2019 rd2

After 29..Kd4(Digram)

White is ready to regain the exchange and has two kingside passers ready to run. The black king is quite active though, in a good position to help the queenside majority advance

What do you recommend for White?

 

Everyone has their own ideas on what they like and find effective. Here are my choices on best books

Self-Training

100 Endgame You Must Know has 300 exercises with solutions that refer back to the original textbook.

 

 

Chess Toolbox

10 chapters on basic topics with good exercises. Excellent explanations on topics that I thought I knew

 

Crucial Chess Skills for the Club Player vols 1+2

Excellent examples with good practical advice. Vol 2(40 exercises) was great and I just started vol 1(30 exercises)

 

Game Collections

Kamsky is a fanatic at analyzing and explaining his games. 22 games in this volume.

 

Openings

GM2B 

Some book you have to have and this is one of them

 

Dismantling the Sicilian

A bit old but very detailed with nice illustrative games. I don’t play 1.e4 but still this is an interesting book that summarizes a big chunk of theory into one book

 

The Chigorin Bible

Sokolov covered the plans with classical games and Salgado Lopez did the theory section

 

 

I just installed CB15

Trying to figure out what is new and different (Background story Chessbase India on CB15)

All the menus look the same

The help file does not summarize what is new

One new feature is the ability to make movies from games-not sure how this affects web publishing

 

Test game

Grischuk-Nakamura

Catalan

Moscow FIDE Grand Prix 2019

After 34..Nxd7(diagram)

 

I will keep using the game player and normal diagram function

 

The Animated GIF

This feature does not really help the blog