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French Defence Steinitz 7.Be3 cd Trends 2012
Mekhitarian,K (2503) – Matamoros Franco,C (2534)
Steinitz 7.Be3 cd-11.Nb3[C11]
7th Americas Continental 2012 Mar del Plata ARG (9.8), 19.10.2012
Position 1
Both sides have attacking plans. What do you suggest for white now?
White to Play
French McCutcheon Trends(TWIC 950) 2013
Volkov showed the typical themes at the Dvorkovich Memorial tournament in January.
Predke,A (2503) – Volkov,Sergey (2590)
French McCutcheon 8.Qg4 Kf8 [C12]
Dvorkovich Mem 2013 Taganrog RUS (4.8), 18.01.2013
Position 1
Both sides have made progress in the typical kingside vs. queenside strategic race. What do you suggest for black now?
Black to Play
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French Advance 5…Bd7 Trends(TWIC 951)
Black plays a repertoire idea also recommended by GM Williams in Attacking Chess The French(Everyman 2011).
Position 1
White has recaptured with 19.Rxb3 and now attacks Qb6. What do you suggest for black?
Black to Play
French Defence 6.a3 Nh6 Trends 2012
Black plays a line recommended by Vitiugov in The French Defence Reloaded(Chess Stars 2012).
Black has a very strong position. What do you recommend for black now?
Defend Against the London System
Here is a nice recent example of how to defend against the London System.
Telljohann,Sven (2423) – Adams,Michael (2725)
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 [D02]
Tradewise Gibratar Chess Festival 2013 (2.1), 23.01.2013
Position 1
White is nowhere close to organizing an attack on the kingside which gives black some freedom to choose plan. What do you suggest for black?
- ..Nf6 and then ..Ne4 if allowed.
- …f6 and prepare to break in the center with …e5
- ..h6 and wait to see what white is up to first
- Something else
Black to Play
Roeper Team at Michigan Scholastic Team Ch 2013
Full Story by Laura Houser Birmingham.patch State-champs
On Feb. 2, the Roeper chess team won multiple awards at the Michigan Scholastic Team Championship, most notably the K-3 team, which took home first place and was named state champions.
In addition, the K-5 team finished second in the state while the K-5 reserve teams received trophies for finishing in fifth and seventh place.
The Roeper chess team is made up of 26 players from the Roeper Lower School, located on Woodward Avenue in Bloomfield Hills, and is coached by Diallo Smith.
This isn’t the first big win for the Roeper chess team. In November, the K-3 team took home first place at the 2012 Michigan Scholastic Club Championship, which featured students competing as a team and individually.
The following students also received medals for individual achievement during the tournament:
Silver medal
•Blake Bottesi (West Bloomfield)
•Bryce Bottesi (West Bloomfield)
•Mack Burmeister (Bloomfield)
•Sam Kramer (Bloomfield)
•Kristian LaVeque (Bloomfield)
•Avery Long (Bloomfield)
•Max Morrow (Bloomfield)
•Toby Morrow (Bloomfield)
•Josiah Smith (Detroit)
•Aiden Song (Novi)
Bronze medal
•Kayden Pierre (Auburn Hills)
•Dylan Stafeil (Huntington Woods)
•Adam Levitt (Commerce Township)
French Winawer 6…b6 Trends(TWIC 952)
Here is a recent attacking effort from the Pan-Ams in Brazil played in January 2013.
Position 1
White is up a clear pawn and is pressing on both wings. What do you recommend for white now?
White to Play
French Winawer 7.h4(C19) Trends(TWIC 948)
Here is a recent effort by Smirin in the French Winawer played in early January 2013 in the Rilton Cup.
XLII Rilton Cup Stockholm SWE (8.1), 04.01.2013
Position 1
White obtained Q+P for RR and now has a strong opposite color bishop attack. How should white continue?
White to Play
Sicilian Najdorf 6.Be3 e5 Trends(TWIC 953)
Here is the latest news on the Najdorf English Attack 6.Be3 e5 played earlier this month.
Black defended with the …h5 kingside restraining method proposed by Georgiev and Kolev in The Sharpest Sicilian 2012(Chess Stars 2012).
Berescu,A (2495) – Cheparinov,I (2709)
Sicilian Najdorf 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3[B90]
35th Georgi Tringov Open Plovdiv BUL (8.3), 09.02.2013
Position 1
The position does not look so clear. What do you suggest for black?
-21…Ra8 Play for the attack starting with kicking the queen with tempo.
-Grab material with 21..Qxd5
-Something else
Black to Play
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