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TP Chess Puzzle Book 2016
I started to work my way through TP Chess Puzzle Book 2016 a few days ago. One of the names in Ch5 seemed very familiar and turned out to be one of my teammates.
Ch5 Winning the Isolani
Example 21: Jovanovic-Terbe,Julianna
White to Play
The Ne4 is attacked and the kingside seems quite solid.
What should White do with the knight?
White to Play
PS: Julie Terbe is my MTK teammate.
TWIC 1187-Closed Games
Keeping up with Avrukh
Game 1: Nepomniachtchi-Nakamura
5.Bf4 Queen’s Gambit Declined(D37)
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017
After 21..g6(Diagram)
The solid Queen’s Gambit turned out to be not so solid.
Black has too many weaknesses.
After 21..g6
Game 2: Morozevich-Studer
QGA 3.e4 Nf6(D20)
50th Biel GM 2017
White controls the entire board. How to continue though?
After 18..Qb5
Game 3: Banusz-Bartel
Queen’s Gambit Accepted(D26)
50th Biel Master Open
After 29.Qc2(Diagram)
White committed no big crime but got completely dominated.
Black is clearly better/winning but how to actually win the game?
After 29.Qc2
I was taking a little break and found this…
Dimash Kudaibergenov
Thinkers Publishing-New Books 2017
411 pages.
Twelve chapters with a mix of classics and modern games. Lots of text explanations.
No Indexes. Seriously you can’f find anything!
p.244 has an incorrect starting diagram
Nakamura-Carlsen, Moscow 2011
The bishop is on e3.(not f4 in the book)
Start position
This is the first example in the book which gets repeated in many books so you get no real idea of what is in the book. This is too bad.
After 20.a4(Diagram)
I found an improvement for Black(with computer assistance) in this classic game.
After 20.a4
The TP Puzzle Book 2016
13 Chapters, 312 pages.
I solved up to chapter 4 so far. The level is quite challenging for me. The solutions have good text explanations.
Books and friend
TWIC 1187-Grunfeld Defence
Game 1: Meier-Heimann
4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0-0(D84)
German Masters 2017
After 24..a4(Diagram)
Black made an odd decision earlier in the game to give up the bishop pair but remain with an awful structure to defend. Now the c-file pin is asking for troube.
How should White continue?
After 24..a4
Final Ranking crosstable after 7 Rounds
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | GM | Bindrich Falko | 2585 | GER | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4,5 | 2 | 0,5 | 4 |
| 2 | GM | Buhmann Rainer | 2580 | GER | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4,5 | 2 | 0,5 | 3 |
| 3 | GM | Meier Georg | 2644 | GER | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4,0 | 3 | 0,0 | 3 |
| 4 | GM | Huschenbeth Niclas | 2585 | GER | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4,0 | 2 | 0,0 | 4 |
| 5 | GM | Svane Rasmus | 2583 | GER | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3,5 | 2 | 0,0 | 3 |
| 6 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | 2683 | GER | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 3,0 | 0 | 0,0 | 3 |
| 7 | GM | Blübaum Matthias | 2642 | GER | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 2,5 | 0 | 0,0 | 4 |
| 8 | GM | Heimann Andreas | 2591 | GER | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 2,0 | 0 | 0,0 | 4 |
Photo from Official site gallery
Game 2: Bellaiche–Shankland
Be3 Exchange Variation(D85)
50th Biel Master Open
After 21..Bc6(Diagram)
Black has the bishop pair and the queenside majority but White is on the move.
After 24..Bc6
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
IM Bellaiche had a good result finishing with 6/9.
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | Rp | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | 10 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | POL | 2608 | 7,0 | 45,0 | 426,0 | 2709 | 10 | 11,7 | |
| 2 | 12 | GM | Baklan Vladimir | UKR | 2600 | 7,0 | 44,0 | 413,0 | 2646 | 10 | 7,4 | |
| 3 | 3 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | IND | 2658 | 6,5 | 45,5 | 422,0 | 2676 | 10 | 3,2 | |
| 4 | 23 | GM | Kuljasevic Davorin | CRO | 2546 | 6,5 | 45,5 | 420,0 | 2637 | 10 | 13,6 | |
| 5 | 4 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2638 | 6,5 | 45,0 | 426,5 | 2665 | 10 | 4,3 | |
| 6 | 14 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2593 | 6,5 | 43,5 | 429,0 | 2653 | 10 | 8,4 | |
| 7 | 16 | GM | Antipov Mikhail Al. | RUS | 2580 | 6,5 | 42,0 | 412,5 | 2627 | 10 | 7,1 | |
| 8 | 11 | GM | Perunovic Milos | SRB | 2606 | 6,5 | 41,5 | 403,5 | 2606 | 10 | 1,3 | |
| 9 | 8 | GM | Hera Imre (junior) | HUN | 2611 | Gonzen | 6,0 | 48,5 | 420,5 | 2668 | 10 | 8,0 |
| 10 | 35 | IM | Bellaiche Anthony | FRA | 2463 | 6,0 | 47,5 | 405,5 | 2670 | 10 | 26,0 | |
| 11 | 25 | IM | Ali Marandi Cemil Can | TUR | 2515 | 6,0 | 46,5 | 416,5 | 2649 | 10 | 17,5 | |
| 12 | 17 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | IND | 2579 | 6,0 | 44,5 | 406,5 | 2587 | 10 | 2,3 | |
| 13 | 13 | GM | Banusz Tamas | HUN | 2600 | 6,0 | 44,0 | 420,5 | 2630 | 10 | 5,0 | |
| 14 | 5 | GM | Erdos Viktor | HUN | 2628 | 6,0 | 44,0 | 411,5 | 2600 | 10 | -2,3 | |
| 15 | 19 | GM | Rambaldi Francesco | ITA | 2568 | 6,0 | 43,5 | 399,0 | 2602 | 10 | 5,7 | |
| 16 | 20 | GM | Demuth Adrien | FRA | 2558 | Nyon | 6,0 | 43,5 | 392,5 | 2536 | 10 | -0,9 |
| 17 | 26 | GM | Al-Sayed Mohammed | QAT | 2508 | 6,0 | 41,0 | 396,5 | 2494 | 10 | 2,2 | |
| 18 | 9 | GM | Lagarde Maxime | FRA | 2609 | 6,0 | 39,0 | 395,5 |
TWIC 1187-The Nimzo-Indian
Game 1: Kulaots-Thybo
Rubinstein Main Line 10..Qc7(E59)
CellaVision Cup 2017
After 25..Rdd8(Diagram)
Black’s kingside dark squares look very inviting.
After 25..Rdd8
Game 2: Leenhouts-Iturrizaga
4.Qc2 c5(E39)
21st HZ Open 2017
After 13..Ne5(Diagram)
Black entered double-edged complications and eventually won but the game was certainly not one-sided.
White has two hanging bishops.
What do you recommend?
After 13..Ne5
Game 3: Zhou Jianchao-Wang Yue
4.Qc2 0-0: 6..d5(E32)
Huocheng Xinjiang Rapid
After 28..Rc7(Diagram)
White played a nice position endgame. How should White continue?
After 28..Rc7
TWIC 1187-Bogo-Indian and Queen’s Indian
Bogo-Indian and Queen’s Indian Games
Game 1: Ward-Howell
Queen’s Indian Hybrid(E13)
104th ch-GBR 2017
After 23.Be2(Diagram)
Black has the better structure but White is clearly up to something on the h-file. How should Black continue? Howell came up with quite an original solution.
After 23.Be2
Game 2: Arkell-Howell
Queen’s Indian/Closed Catalan(E15)
104th ch-GBR 2017
After 29.Ngf4(Diagram)
White is passive considering the Qa2 and Be1. How should Black continue?
After 29.Ngf4
Game 3: Yilmaz-Paichadze
Bogo-Indian 4.Bd2 Qe7(E11)
TCh-TUR Super League 2017
After 38.Nd5(Diagram)
White has a horrible kingside structure but the Nd5 is well placed.
No hints!
After 38.Nd5
TWIC 1187-The Catalan
Keeping up with Avrukh is a lot of work!
Avrukh’s repertoire work(Quality Chess 2015)
Game 1: Markus-Erdogu
Open Catalan(E05) 8.a4
TCh-TUR Super League 2017
After 25..cb(Diagram)
White has the c-file and has a chance for a big finish.
After 25..ab
Game 2: Ahlander-Sumets
Closed Catalan with ..Na6
CellaVision Cup 2017
After 20..Qb7(Diagram)
White has a chance to apply some pressure. In the game, Black escaped by making something out of nothing in a simple looking endgame.
This was the least spectacular and most impressive of the Catalan games I looked at this week.
After 20..Qb7
Later in the game
After 30.Rd3(Diagram)
Black ground out a win from this position.
After 30.Rd3
Game 3: Brunello-Das
Closed Catalan 9.e4
After 22.Bb2(Diagram)
CellaVision Cup 2017
Black chose the wrong way to set White problems. Can you do better?
After 22.Bb2
TWIC 1187-King’s Indian Defence
The King’s Indian suffered in this week’s games. There is a ton of theory and my memory was never that good.
Game 1: Krasenkow-Erdogdu
Petrosian/Krasenkow System(E92)
TCh-TUR Super League 2017
After 17..Nb4(Diagram)
There is something wrong with Black’s position.
After 17..Nb4
Game 2: Sandipan-Hasrauth
Averbakh 6..h6(E73)
Dutch Open 2017
After 26..Kg7(Diagram)
What should White do about his attacked queen?
After 26..Kg7
Game 3: Dziuba-Wan Yunguo
Saemisch 6.Nge2 c5(E81)
CellaVision Cup 2017
Black hung tough until deep into the endgame.
After 48..Nxd5(Diagram)
After 48..Nxd5
TWIC 1187-Aug 8,2017
It was a bad week for the in the games featured. I was looking for a shortcut to looking at the 5-volume set of Kotronias on the King’s Indian. The Benoni seemed like a decent idea but the last book is now quite dated and there are many memory heavy variations.
Game 1: L’Ami-Butkiewicz
7.Bf4(A61)
Dutch Open 2017
After 42..Kh6(Diagram)
Black was slowly ground down in a long endgame.
After 42..Kh6
Game 2: Leenhouts-Iturrizaga
7.Nge2(A60)
After 15..de(Diagram)
Black fell too far behind in development and was punished severely.
After 15..de
More on the King’s Indian-TWIC 1186
More King’s Indian Games
I looked a bit deeper into this dynamic opening this fine Sunday afternoon.
Game 1: Bocharov-Shimanov
Benoni via Saemisch 6..c5 7.d5(A65)
After 21.g4(Diagram)
The kingside looks loose. How should Black continue?
After 21.g4
Game 2: Yu Yangyi-Zeng
6.h3 Classical(E90)
After 21..Rg8(Diagram)
How does White make progress?
After 21..Rg8
Game 3: Edouard-Iniyan
Classical 9.a4 a5(E97)
After 18..c6(Diagram)
What should White do about the attacked Nb5?
I found an plausible improvement over the game continuation
After 18..c6
Game 4: Ding Liren-Lin Chen
g3 Panno 7..Bg4(E62)
After 20..Ne8(Diagram)
The opening went badly for Black, who got nothing for giving up the bishop pair after making the planned ..Bxf3 exchange.
How should White continue?
After 20..Ne8
Game 5: Flom-Ganguly
Saemisch 6.Be3 c5 7.dc(E81)
Kotronias recommends the 6..c5 approach in Vol5 of his series on the King’s Indian. White has various way to enter a Benoni or can take the offered c-pawn.
After 19.Nxd4(Diagram)
Both sides have yet to complete their development. How should Black justify the pawn gambit?
After 19.Nxd4
After 39..Ke5(Diagram)
White had played well to keep the balance but unfortunately blundered now. What should White play here?
After 39..Ke5
Game 6: Pakhomov-Popov
g3 Panno 7..Bf5
After 18.g4(Diagram)
White weakened his kingside to chase off the annoying Black queen. White should Black do about this?
After 18.g4?
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