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Weekend Sale

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Weekend sale is back! All the material is in Fritz/ChessBase, pgn format and is sent by e-mail. It is possible to buy it using PayPal and sending payments to [email protected] (please, indicate your e-mail address, so I know whom to send it to). Here are the offers:

Openings

1.e4 repertoire (for the White side – ALL openings after 1.e4)- US$ 50 (instead of US$ 80)

Sicilian – US$ 20 (instead of US$ 30)

Middlegame (tactics & strategy)

5 examples on The weakness of the f6-square (for the Knight) – US$ 1

5 examples on Sacrifice of 2 Knights – US$ 1

5 examples on Opening the position up – US$ 1

5 examples on “Pawn sacrifice for initiative” – US$ 1

Endgame

10 examples on Rook stronger than minor piece – US$ 2

10 examples on Opposite color Bishops – US$ 2

10 examples on Knight endgame with Rooks – US$ 2

10 examples on Queen versus pawns – US$ 2

For questions about the material or anything else, please send an e-mail to [email protected] .

Wijk aan Zee A 2016

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Ding-Karjakin (Photo by Alina l'Ami)

Ding-Karjakin (Photo by Alina l’Ami)

Ding and Caruana lead with 3.5 points out of 5.

Results of the 5th round

Ding, L. – Karjakin, S. 1-0
Navara, D. – So, W. ½-½
Caruana, F. – Hou, Y. ½-½
Wei, Y. – Giri, A. ½-½
Mamedyarov, S. – Adams, M. 1-0
Van Wely, L. – Carlsen, M. 0-1
Tomashevsky, E. – Eljanov, P. ½-½

Standings after 5 rounds

1 Caruana, F. 3.5 / 5 2787
2 Ding, L. 3.5 / 5 2766
3 Hou, Y. 3.0 / 5 2673
4 So, W. 3.0 / 5 2773
5 Carlsen, M. 3.0 / 5 2844
6 Eljanov, P. 3.0 / 5 2760
7 Karjakin, S. 2.5 / 5 2769
8 Wei, Y. 2.5 / 5 2706
9 Mamedyarov, S. 2.5 / 5 2747
10 Giri, A. 2.0 / 5 2798
11 Tomashevsky, E. 2.0 / 5 2728
12 Navara, D. 2.0 / 5 2730
13 Van Wely, L. 1.5 / 5 2640
14 Adams, M. 1.0 / 5 2744

Games of the round

Pairings of the 6th round

Karjakin, S. – Eljanov, P.
Carlsen, M. – Tomashevsky, E.
Adams, M. – Van Wely, L.
Giri, A. – Mamedyarov, S.
Hou, Y. – Wei, Y.
So, W. – Caruana, F.
Ding, L. – Navara, D.

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