Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 – Masters Rd5
Bryant,R-Lochte,S
Closed Sicilian
After 26.Bd2(Diagram)
Black controls the c-file but all the entry points are protected.
What do you recommend for Black?
After 26.Bd2
Makka,I-Gara,A
Sicilian Dragon
After 45.f3(Diagram)
Black is now a pawn and could use a plan or at least an idea.
White do you recommend for Black now?
After 45.f3
Rank after Round 5
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | 3 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2781 | 5,0 | 3361 |
| 2 | 38 | GM | Antipov Mikhail Al. | RUS | 2588 | 4,5 | 2878 |
| 3 | 16 | GM | Howell David W L | ENG | 2682 | 4,5 | 2870 |
| 4 | 30 | GM | Gledura Benjamin | HUN | 2612 | 4,0 | 2797 |
| 5 | 82 | GM | Gagare Shardul | IND | 2494 | 4,0 | 2772 |
| 6 | 2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2793 | 4,0 | 2741 |
| 7 | 12 | GM | Rapport Richard | HUN | 2700 | 4,0 | 2730 |
| 8 | 78 | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | GEO | 2504 | 4,0 | 2719 |
| 9 | 8 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | 2726 | 4,0 | 2711 |
| 10 | 4 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2749 | 4,0 | 2695 |
| 11 | 21 | GM | Saric Ivan | CRO | 2664 | 4,0 | 2689 |
| 12 | 7 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2732 | 4,0 | 2688 |
| 13 | 47 | GM | Moussard Jules | FRA | 2571 | 4,0 | 2687 |
| 14 | 10 | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2711 | 4,0 | 2682 |
| 15 | 31 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2610 | 4,0 | 2669 |
| 16 | 5 | GM | Harikrishna P. | IND | 2745 | 4,0 | 2658 |
| 17 | 13 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2699 | 4,0 | 2640 |
| 45 | GM | Narayanan S. L. | IND | 2573 | 4,0 | 2640 | |
| 19 | 15 | GM | Dubov Daniil | RUS | 2694 | 4,0 | 2634 |
| 20 | 32 | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | ITA | 2609 | 4,0 | 2628 |
| 21 | 116 | Henderson De La Fuente Lance | ESP | 2429 | 4,0 | 2605 | |
| 22 | 46 | GM | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2572 | 4,0 | 2575 |
| 23 | 42 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | IND | 2579 | 4,0 | 2571 |
Posted on January 28, 2018, in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
BudapestChessNews 
1. position i would advise h4 or Knight c4.
..Nc4! hope u followed the game link to see the
game
Sorry, not exactly, maybe there was a rook-move…? and later unfortunately the Hun. lady lost..?