Karpos Open 2013 Rd3,GM Kozul Z-TWIC 958

Mar 24

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TWIC 958

The 5.Qc2 has exploded in popularity in recent years and remains a hot topic. After reaching the position after 14…Nd8(diagram), GM Kozul played the thematic square clearing pawn sacrifice 15.e6!? at the Karpos Open and won a tense game.

14…Nd8

Here is the feature game.

Kozul,Z (2608) – Tesik,C (2366) 
Queen’s Indian 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2[E15]
Karpos Open 2013 Skopje MKD (3.29), 10.03.2013


Position 1
White sacrificed a pawn early in the game and obtained some pressure. What do you recommend for white now?

White to Play

22…Rc8

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