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TABLE OF CONTENTS
KEY TO SYMBOLS
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EDITORIAL PREFACE
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CONTRIBUTORS
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Game 1. Nakamura — Wang Game �. Kramnik — Bartel Game �. Wang — Bologan Game �. Carlsen — Bologan B
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Game 1. Karja kin — Fridman Game �. E�menko — Moiseenko Game �. Grischuk — Radjabov Game �. Volok itin — Eljanov Game �. Svidler — Dubov Game �. Bacrot — Giri Game �. Wang — Nakamura C
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Game 1. Naiditsch — So Game �. Caruana — Naiditsch Game �. Movsesian — Avruk h Game �. Saric — Pavlovic Game �. Carlsen — Bacrot Game �. Carlsen — Aronian Game �. Karjak in — Naiditsch
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Game �. Morozevich — Radjabov Game �. Carlsen — Grischuk D
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Game 1. Moiseenko — Kuzubov Game �. Morozevich — Nakamura Game �. Rodshtein — Panomariov Game �. Bacrot — Morozevich Game �. Sjugirov — Vitiugov Game �. Bacrot — Na kamura Game �. Korobov — Kuzubov Game �. Kramnik — omashevsky Game �. Laznicka — Shirov Game 10. Moiseenko — Ponomariov Game 11. Eljanov — Arshchenko Game 1�. Melkumyan — Kurnosov Game 1�. Grischuk — Caruana Game 1�. Miton — Vachier E
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Game 1. Kramnik — Leko Game �. Leko — Karja kin Game �. Aronian — Grischuk Game �. Morozevich — Carlsen Game �. Ponomariov — Volok itin Game �. Moiseenko — Vovk Game �. Giri — Bacrot Game �. Kramnik — Grischuk Game �. Wang — Bacrot
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ENDGAMES
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PUZZLES
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KEY TO SYMBOLS
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Equality or equal chances White has a slight advantage
Black has a slight advantage
White is better
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White has Whi has a de decisive ad advan anttage Black has has a de decisive ad advan anttage unclear
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novelty a good move an excellent move a wea k move a blunder an interesing move a dubious move check mate
EDITORIAL PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
A great �-month period o chess has passed, p assed, and a nd we bring You You the new CE SepS eptember �01� issue. We worked hard to collect the best theoretical moments in this period, selecting games rom tournaments like the Dortmund Super ournament, the t he Biel Super ournament, ournament, the t he al al Memo Memorial… rial… Our goal goa l is to give you theoretical knowledge k nowledge that takes you rom a basic level to a level where only very ew players in the world would have a chance to compete with You! (I you do remember the lines, o course).
ON THE COVER
We are in the game Volokitin–Eljanov rom Ukraine Championship �01� in Sveshnikov opening, where White does �nd a new way with w ith 11.c�!? to complicate things in a position, which already almost been analyzed till completely “dry” “dr y”.. We We can be sure to see very soon more games on this topic.
CONTENT OF CE SEPTEMBER 2012
Te content o the CE Septermber �01� issue remains as usual: commented games (Kamil (Kami l Miton, Borki Predojevic, Predojevic, Arkadij Arkad ij Naiditsch) Naiditsch) + an endgame section (by Etienne Bacrot) Bacrot) + a puzzle puz zle section (by Csaba Balogh) Ba logh).. From the openings point o view: Finally, the King’s Indian ans will have a blast because we analyzed analy zed quite a ew important games played on this opening. O course, we didn’t miss the main topics in openings like the Sicilian, Slav or Catalan (with a very important game rom Dortmund Dort mund �01�, KramnikKramni kLeko).
A FEW GENERAL WORDS TO THE CE READERS
Sometimes it’ it ’s hard to see and a nd we might orget the hundreds o hours o preparation that the t he op op players spend beore beore playing each game. ga me. A short and “boring” draw can ofen contain a lot o new inormation and great play. Tat’s why the most beautiu beautiull and spectacular spectacu lar analyses ana lyses are lef in the shadow or or the usual spectator spectator.. With deep opening analysis, ana lysis, we are trying try ing to show You You the “behind “beh ind the scenes” o the novelty, give You our opinion about it, and what’s most important, give You directions or urther home analysis -where the right path is usually not an easy one to �nd. FUTURE
Already now we can announce that the next CE issue, “CE January �01�”, is going to probably be one o the most interesting ones we have ever published chess-wise. Events Events like the t he Chess Olympiad, the Fide Grand Prix, Bilbao a nd the London Super ournament, ournament, with al alll the best players o the world participating, give g ive a huge load o new new chess material rom which we can har vest the best theoretical moments and analyze them in the book. Arkadij Naiditsch
CONTRIBUTORS
Etienne Bacrot: France, �� years old, GM ��1�, number �� in the world. Became GM at the age o 1�, a record at the time. Six times French Champion starting rom 1���. Winner o many international events including: �00�: 1st place in Poikovsky, �rd in Dortmund and �rd o the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. Kha nty-Mansiysk. �00�: 1st in i n Aero�ot Open, second in Montreal and Antwerp. �010: First equal in Gibraltar, �rd in Nanjing and winner o Geneva Open. �011: First equal in Basel, Geneva (rap (rapid) id) and Rabat (blitz). ( blitz).
Csaba Balogh: Hungary, �� years old, GM ����. Grandmaster since �00�. Won the U-1� section o the �00� European Eu ropean Youth Youth Chess Championship. Championship. Member o the Hungarian national team since �00�. Best tournament tourna ment result: winner o the Fischer memorial Supertournament in �00�, Héviz.
Kamil Miton: Poland, �� years old, GM ����. World Junior U-1� Champion in i n 1���. Number � at the World Junior Champion (U-�0).
wice the winner (�00� and �00�) o one o the world’s biggest tournaments, the World Open in Philadelphia, USA.
Arkadij Naiditsch: Germany, �� years old, GM ��1�, number �1 in the world. Became International Master at the t he age o 1�, Grandmaster at 1�. Winner o �00� Super-tournament in Dortmund and since �00� the top-rated German player. In �00� was German Champion Cha mpion and won won the Baku Open. In �010 Arkadij won a match against E�menko in Mukachevo and was 1st equal in the European Rapid Championship in Warsaw.
Borki Predojevic: Bosnia and Herzegovina, �� years old, GM ����. Gained the GM title at the Calvia Olympiad in �00� when he was 1�. 1�. Best Elo was wa s ���� in September Septemb er �00�. Joined the top 100 in �00�; highest place so ar was ��th on the October �00� list. Winner o several international open tournaments including: Open Metalis in Bizovac, Croatia in �00�, Zagreb Open, Croatia in �00�, Hit Open in Nova Gorica, Slovenia Slov enia in �00�, Acropolis Open in Greece �00�. in �00�, Acropolis Open in Greece �00�.
—A—
GAME 1
Nakamura — Wang
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GAME 2
Kramnik — Bartel
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GAME 3
Wang — Bologan
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GAME 4
Carlsen — Bologan
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GAME 4 ▷ Magnus Carlsen (����) ▶ Viktor Bologan (����)
��th Biel GM Biel, SUI Round �, �1.0�.�01� [A��] Annotated by Arkadij Naiditsch Another game on the Benko Gambit. Tis time we’ll analyze the main line with �.e� and not �.g�. �.g�. It seems like li ke in both lines White achieves some ad vantage, and probably 1�. e� is the saest way or White to play.
(1�... a� 1�. d1 d� 1� 1�.. e� ad� 1�.a� (��. f� c� ��. e� xd� ��. xd� xd� ��. xd� xd� ��.. xd� xd� M. Carlsen–D. �� Andreikin �01�.) ) 1�. xe� xd� 1�. xd� xd� 1�. e1 c�=) 1�... b� 1�. a� (�� ��.. d� xb� ��. d� xd� ��. xd� xe� ��. c� e�–+ –+ b� ��. db� c� ��.xe� e� A. Ramirez–M. Leon Hoyos, �01�.) 1�... b� (��... b� ��. e� e� ��. d� c� ��. e�) 1�.b�
�.d� � �.c� c� �.d� b� �.cxb� a� �.bxa� g� �. c� xa� �.e� x� �. x� d� �. � g� ��.g� �–� ��. g� bd�
1�... e� (��... ab� ��. d� e� ��.. b� b� ��. a� c� ��. xc� �� xc� ��.bxc� xa� ��. xa� xa� ��.. e� ) 1�. d1 b� (��...a� �� ��..xa� xa� ��. d�) 1� �� 1�..d�
��. e�! b� Another try or Black could be 1�... a� 1�.a�
(1�.e� dxe� 1�. xe� xe� 1�.xe� d�
(1�. c� c� 1�.bxc� a� 1�. b� xb� (��... (��... c� ��. d� xa� ��.. d� bb� ��.c�) �0. xb� �� xc� �1. e� b� (��... xa� ��. xa� xa� ��. a�+a�+-)) ��. c� e� ��. e1 c� (��... c� ��.e� xd� ��.exd� exd� ��.a� ) ��. c� xc� ��. xc� c� ��.e� xd� ��.. d� d�=) �� 1�... b� 1�. b� xb� 1�. xb�.
CHESS EVOLUTION
��.a� f� White has a lot o options here and all o them seem to give a small ad vantage. 1�...e� 1�. g�.
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xb� �1. xb� xb� ��.axb� xa� ��.c� a� ��. c1 � ��.b�.
��...e� ��. g� d� ��. a� 1�. hb1 h� (…��... (…��... c� ��. xe� xe� ��. xc� ). ��... b� 1�...h� 1�. � c� 1�. c� b� (��... a� ��. ha� a� ��. d� b� ��. c�) 1�.a� b� �0. a� b� (��... (��... b� ��.e�) �1. d� . ��.b�
��. b� 1�.e� dxe� 1�. xe� xe� 1�. xe� b�; 1�.d�!? e� 1�. a� (��. c� a� ��. a� b�) 1�... c� 1�. c� a� 1�. d� e� (��... (��... e� ��.b� xc� ��.bxc� b� ��. b� xb� ��.cxb� xb� ��. xb� xb� ��.axb� xa� ��.. b� a� ��.b� b� ��. f� f� �� ��.. e� e� ��. d� d� ��. c� ) �� 1�.dxe� xe� 1�. b�
��... d� 1�...c� 1�. xc� xc� 1�. c�. ��. a� �?! Tis move makes things th ings go aster or White, but Black’s position is clearly worse anyway. ��. c� � ��.ex� gx� �0... x� �1. d1 xd� ��. c� e� ��.g� � ��. g�.
1�... xb� (��... (��... d� ��.d� xb� ��.axb� xb� ��. xa� xa� ��.d� ��... ...c� f� ��. xd� xb� ��. e� ; �� ��. bxd� e� ��. c� ) �0. xb�
��. d� � ��. e�+ xe� ��.dxe� e�
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��...c� ��.bxc� xc� (��... (��... e� ��. e�+e�+-)) ��. bd� e� ��. e1+-. ��. h�
��...c� Bologan looks or chances in the complications, complicatio ns, but these things t hings don’t work with the World’s Number 1 player. White controls the game and �nishes it easily easily.. ��.bxc� ��. x� cxb� ��. xe�+ � �� ��.. e� xe� ��. xe� xa� ��. g�+ � �0. x�+ x� �1. e� b� ��.d�+-. ��... xc� ��. c� c� ��. xa� xa� ��. c� c� ��. d� c� ��. b� xb� ��.axb� c� �1... e� ��. d1 � ��. x� c� ��.b� b� ��.e� xb� ��.d� b1 ��.. x�+ ex� ��. xd�+-. �� ��. b� a� ��. b� d� ��.b� b� ��. b� x� ��. x� c�+ ��. � xc� ��. x� �+ ��. g� c� ��.b�
Afer such a game, maybe it’s time to reconsider the opening choice. I’m not sure i Black can improve somewhere, but I am quite sure that White is doing slightly better and that 1�. e� is really a strong idea to accommodate White’s pieces. �–�
—B—
GAME 1
Karjakin — Fridman
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GAME 2
E�menko — Moiseenko
[B��]
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GAME 3
Grischuk — Radjabov R adjabov
[B��]
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GAME 4
Volokitin — Eljanov
[B��]
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GAME 5
Svidler — Dubov
[B��]
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GAME 6
Bacrot — Giri
[B��]
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GAME 7
Wang — Nakamura
[B��]
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—C—
GAME 1
Naiditsch — So
[C��]
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GAME 2
Caruana — Naidi Naiditsch tsch
[C��]
10�
GAME 3
Movsesian — Avrukh
[C��]
11�
GAME 4
Saric — Pavlovic
[C��]
1�1
GAME 5
Carlsen — Bacrot
[C��]
1��
GAME 6
Carlsen — Aronian
[C��]
1��
GAME 7
Karjakin — Naiditsch Naiditsch
[C��]
1��
GAME 8
Morozevich Moro zevich — Radjabov
[C��]
1��
GAME 9
Carlsen — Grischuk
[C��]
1��
—D—
GAME 1
Moiseenko — Kuzubov
[D��]
1��
GAME 2
Morozevich — Nakamura
[D��]
1��
GAME 3
Rodshtein Rodshte in — Panomariov
[D��]
1��
GAME 4
Bacrot — Morozevich
[D��]
1��
GAME 5
Sjugirov — Vitiugo Vitiugov v
[D��]
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GAME 6
Bacrot — Nakamura
[D��]
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GAME 7
Korobov — Kuzubov
[D��]
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GAME 8
Kramnik — omashevsky
[D��]
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GAME 9
Laznicka — Shirov
[D��]
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GAME 10
Moiseenko — Ponomariov
[D��]
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GAME 11
Eljanov — Arshchenko
[D��]
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GAME 12
Melkumyan — Kurnosov
[D��]
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GAME 13
Grischuk Grisc huk — Caruana Car uana
[D��]
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GAME 14
Miton — Vachier
[D��]
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—E—
GAME 1
Kramnik — Leko
[E��]
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GAME 2
Leko — Karjakin
[E��]
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GAME 3
Aronian — Grischuk
[E��]
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GAME 4
Morozevich Moro zevich — Carlsen C arlsen
[E��]
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GAME 5
Ponomariov — Volokitin
[E��]
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GAME 6
Moiseenko — Vovk
[E��]
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GAME 7
Giri — Bacrot
[E��]
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GAME 8
Kramnik — Grischuk Grischuk
[E��]
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GAME 9
Wang — Bacrot
[E��]
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ENDGAMES
GAME 1
Giri — Bacrot
[E��]
GAME 2
Bacrot — Carlsen
[A��]
GAME 3
Wang — Carlsen
[E��]
GAME 4
Bacrot — Istratescu
[D��]
GAME 5
Lagarde — Bacrot
[C��]
Arkadij Naidisc GMI ELO 2702
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