IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

Interview with the new Women’s World Champion Anna Ushenina

By Yelena Dembo | December 4, 2012 - 10:31 |December 5, 2012 Interview

Listen and read the interview in Russian language on http://chess-news.ru/node/10371!

The interview in English language (translated by http://chess-news.ru) on http://chess-news.ru/node/10388

FIDE Grand Prix 2012 – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Round 11

By Yelena Dembo | December 4, 2012 - 10:23 |December 5, 2012 FIDE Grand Prix 2012

Today is the last round of this prestigious event! The leaders are Mamedyarov and Morozevich with 6 points. Behind there are Karjakin, Ponomariov, Wang Hao, Caruana and Kasimdzhanov with 5.5 which means that anything can happen!

Pairings

Wang Hao-Mamedyarov 1-0
Svidler-Morozevich 1/2
Karjakin-Ponomariov 1-0
Kasimdzhanov-Gelfand 1/2
Leko-Caruana 1/2
Dominguez-Kamsky 1/2

And indeed something happened! Mamedyarov lost, Morozevich “only” drew and Karjakin who played the longest game of the round won. This win determined the winner of the event.

: Karjakin

Final standings

1-3. Karjakin, Wang Hao, Morozevich 6.5 points.
4-6. Mamedyarov, Kasimdzhanov, Caruana 6.
7-9. Ponomariov, Svidler, Leko 5.5
10. Gelfand 4.5
11. Dominguez 4
12. Kamsky 3.5

Games of the last round

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.1"]  [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Black "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2726"]  [BlackElo "2762"]  [PlyCount "65"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:43:00"]  [BlackClock "0:12:35"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3  Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. d4  cxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Nxe5 dxe4 18. b3 Nc6 19. Bb2 Nb4 20. Bb1 Rc8 21. a3 Nc6  22. Nxe4 Nxe5 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. dxe5 Qe6 25. b4 Rc4 26. Qd3 g6 27. Ba2 a5 28.  bxa5 Bc5 29. Qg3 h5 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Rad1 Rc8 32. Bc3 Bxa3 33. Rd6 1-0

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.2"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2775"]  [BlackElo "2741"]  [PlyCount "155"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:04:04"]  [BlackClock "0:06:53"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.  Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Be6 14. Bg2 Bg5  15. O-O Qb8 16. b3 a5 17. f4 Bd8 18. Kh1 Ra7 19. Qh5 f6 20. Rad1 Ne7 21. Nce3  Bb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Rd3 Qc5 24. Qd1 Rd8 25. f5 Bf7 26. g4 a4 27. g5 axb3 28.  axb3 Kf8 29. Qg4 Rda8 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Qh4 Ng8 32. Ng4 Ke7 33. Qxh7 Ra1 34.  Ne3 Kf8 35. Qh4 R8a2 36. Qg3 Qc6 37. h3 Rxf1+ 38. Nxf1 Ra1 39. Kh2 Ra2 40. Qe1  Bh5 41. Ng3 Be8 42. Qxb4 Qc5 43. Qe1 Bc6 44. Nf1 Nh6 45. Qh4 Nf7 46. Qe1 Ke7  47. h4 Nh6 48. Rd2 Qa5 49. Kh3 Ra3 50. Qg3 Nf7 51. Rd3 Qa8 52. Ne3 Qh8 53. c5  Ra2 54. cxd6+ Nxd6 55. Nd5+ Bxd5 56. Rxd5 Qc8 57. b4 Rc2 58. Kh2 Qc4 59. Rc5  Qe2 60. Qg8 Nf7 61. Rxc2 Qxc2 62. Qb8 Qd2 63. Qa7+ Kf8 64. Qc5+ Kg7 65. b5 Nh6  66. Qe7+ Nf7 67. Qa3 Nd6 68. b6 Nxe4 69. Qf3 Nd6 70. b7 Qb4 71. Qh5 Nf7 72. Bd5  Nh8 73. Kh3 Qb1 74. Qg4+ Kh6 75. Qf3 Qb6 76. Qb3 Qf2 77. b8=Q Qxf5+ 78. Kh2 1-0

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.3"]  [White "Wang, Hao"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2737"]  [BlackElo "2764"]  [PlyCount "93"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:05:00"]  [BlackClock "1:38:00"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3  Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Qa4  a6 15. g4 Qc6 16. Qxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 e5 18. Be2 g5 19. Rc1 Rh6 20. Rxc6 Ne4 21.  Rxh6 Nxd2+ 22. Kc2 gxh6 23. Kxd2 exd4 24. exd4 Bd6 25. h4 Ke7 26. hxg5 Bf4+ 27.  Kc2 Bxg5 28. b4 a5 29. Bb5 Nf8 30. Nb6 Rb8 31. bxa5 Ne6 32. Kd3 Kd6 33. a4 Nf4+  34. Kc3 Ne6 35. Kd3 Nf4+ 36. Kc3 Ne6 37. Re1 Bf6 38. Rxe6+ fxe6 39. a6 Rh8 40.  a7 Kc7 41. a8=Q Rxa8 42. Nxa8+ Kb7 43. Bd7 e5 44. dxe5 Bxe5+ 45. Kd3 d4 46. a5  Kxa8 47. a6 1-0

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.4"]  [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2696"]  [BlackElo "2751"]  [PlyCount "82"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "2:11:00"]  [BlackClock "2:15:00"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.  Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5  15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. O-O f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nce3 Bg6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21.  Qxd3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Rxb3 24. Rc4 Rb5 25. Nc7 Rb6 26. Nd5 Rb5 27.  e4 Rc5 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Qf7 h6 30. Qe6 Qa8 31. Qd7 a4 32. Nb6 Qb8 33. Qxc6 a3  34. Qxc5 Qa7 35. Na4 Qxa4 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qf5+ Kg8  40. Qc8+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.5"]  [White "Leko, Peter"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2732"]  [BlackElo "2786"]  [PlyCount "119"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:04:55"]  [BlackClock "0:05:15"]   1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. Na3 c6 8.  Nc4 Qd8 9. g3 Be6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Qc8 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Bh3 Bxc4  15. Qxc4 Nbd7 16. Qe2 Qd8 17. c4 h6 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Rd1 e6 20. Bd2 a5 21. Bc3  Qc7 22. Rac1 a4 23. Bg2 Rad8 24. Rd3 Ng4 25. Re1 h5 26. h3 Nh6 27. Bd2 c5 28.  Bg5 Rc8 29. Bf4 Qa5 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Red8 33. Red1 Rxd2 34.  Rxd2 Ne4 35. Rc2 Nc5 36. Rd2 Ne4 37. Rd7 Nc5 38. Rd1 f6 39. Be3 Nf5 40. Bxc5  Rxc5 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Bf1 Rc7 43. Ra8 e5 44. Rxa4 e4 45. Nd2 Nd6 46. Ra5 f5 47.  Rd5 Nc8 48. b4 Bc3 49. a3 Ne7 50. Rd6 Bb2 51. Nb1 Nc6 52. c5 Re7 53. Kg2 h4 54.  b5 Nd4 55. Nd2 hxg3 56. Kxg3 Bc3 57. Nb1 Bb2 58. Nd2 Bc3 59. Nb1 Bb2 60. Nd2  1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.6"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2747"]  [BlackElo "2748"]  [PlyCount "77"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:49"]  [BlackClock "0:00:34"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O  Bd7 9. a4 Nf6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Re1 Be7 14. Ra3 Qc7 15.  Nd5 exd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Rae3 Ng8 18. Qe2 Qd8 19. c4 Kf8 20. c5 Bb5 21. Qh5 g6  22. Qd1 Bg5 23. c6 Bf6 24. Bh3 Kg7 25. Bd2 h5 26. Qc2 Qc7 27. Bc3 h4 28. g4 g5  29. Qf5 Rh6 30. Qxg5+ Rg6 31. Qf4 Kf8 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. g5 Nxd5 34. Qxh4 Nxe3  35. Qh8+ Rg8 36. Qh6+ Rg7 37. Qh8+ Rg8 38. Qh6+ Rg7 39. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

FIDE Grand Prix 2012 – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Round 10

By Yelena Dembo | December 3, 2012 - 15:42 |December 3, 2012 FIDE Grand Prix 2012

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Today’s pairings

Mamedyarov-Karjakin
Morozevich-Leko 1-0
Caruana-Kasimdzhanov 1/2
Gelfand-Wang Hao 1/2
Kamsky-Svidler 1/2
Ponomariov-Dominguez 1-0

Leaders have changed!

Morozevich now leads with Mamedyarov after the latter won against Karjakin. They both have 6 points, three players – Karjakin, Ponomariov, Wang Hao have 5.5.

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "10.3"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2696"]  [PlyCount "114"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:13:58"]  [BlackClock "0:25:00"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3  d6 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. h3 h6 15. Ne3  Be6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Re8 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Nfd2 d5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Qf3  Qxf3 22. Nxf3 Nd5 23. Bd2 f6 24. a5 Kf7 25. g4 Red8 26. Kf1 Rb7 27. Red1 Re7  28. Rac1 Re6 29. Re1 Nde7 30. Re3 Ng6 31. Re4 Rxd3 32. Be3 Rd5 33. h4 h5 34.  gxh5 Nf4 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Rxf4 Kg8 37. Kg2 Rxh5 38. Rd1 bxc3 39. bxc3 Ne7 40.  Rg4 Nd5 41. Ng5 fxg5 42. Rxd5 Rxh4 43. Rdxg5 Rxg4+ 44. Rxg4 Be7 45. Rg3 Bf6 46.  Rd3 Re4 47. Nb6 c4 48. Rd5 Bxc3 49. Rc5 Re2 50. Rc8+ Kh7 51. Nxc4 Bd4 52. Rf8  Rc2 53. Nb6 Bc5 54. Ra8 Rxf2+ 55. Kg3 Ra2 56. Rxa6 Bxb6 57. Rxb6 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "10.5"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2764"]  [BlackElo "2775"]  [PlyCount "105"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:34:00"]  [BlackClock "0:37:00"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O  Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 h6 13. Rad1 d6 14. Qb5 Ne8 15.  g4 Nd7 16. h4 a6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3 Bf6 19. Nb1 d5 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Be7  22. Ne5 Nd6 23. g6 f6 24. Nf7 e5 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Bg3 f5 27. Bxe5 Rxg6 28.  cxd5 c4 29. Bg3 Bb4 30. bxc4 Bxd2 31. Nxd2 Rc8 32. e3 a5 33. Rb1 Ba6 34. d6 Nd7  35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Bf3 Rf6 37. Kg2 g5 38. Bh2 Bxc4 39. Nxc4 Rxc4 40. Rb7 Ke8 41.  Be2 Rc8 42. Bb5 Rd8 43. Be5 Re6 44. f4 gxf4 45. Bxf4 Rg6+ 46. Kf3 Rg1 47. Be5  Rg6 48. Kf4 Rh6 49. a4 Re6 50. Rc7 Rh6 51. Kg5 Rh7 52. Bf6 Rb8 53. Bc6 1-0

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "10.1"]  [White "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2762"]  [BlackElo "2747"]  [PlyCount "75"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:14:09"]  [BlackClock "0:23:00"]   1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3  h6 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. d4 e4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Nfg4 14. dxe5 Qe6  15. Qd4 g5 16. Bd2 Qxe5 17. Bc3 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Re8 19. Rfc1 Ne5 20. Rc5 Nc6 21.  Rxd5 Be6 22. Rd6 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 f5 24. g4 fxg4 25. Bxe4 Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.  Bd3 Rc8 28. Kf1 Kg7 29. Ke1 Kf6 30. Kd2 h5 31. a3 Ke5 32. Rg1 Rc6 33. Rg3 Rb6  34. Re3+ Kf6 35. Kc3 Rc6+ 36. Kd2 Rb6 37. Kc3 Rc6+ 38. Kd2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "10.2"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Leko, Peter"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2748"]  [BlackElo "2732"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:55:00"]  [BlackClock "0:54:00"]   1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4  Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 a5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bg2 a4 14. Nd2 Bxc3 15.  bxc3 b6 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. O-O O-O 19. g4 Ba6 20. Qh4 Rfe8 21. Rf3 Nf8  22. Rh3 b5 23. e5 dxe5 24. Be4 h6 25. f5 f6 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. Qxh6 Qa7+ 28. Kg2  Qg7 29. Bxc6 Qxh6 30. Rxh6 Red8 31. Ne4 Kg7 32. Rxf6 Rdc8 33. cxb5 Rxc6 34.  bxc6 Rxb1 35. fxe6 Bd3 36. e7 Bxe4+ 37. Kg3 Ng6 38. e8=Q Kxf6 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40.  c7 Rb2 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. g5+ 1-0

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "10.4"]  [White "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Black "Wang, Hao"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2751"]  [BlackElo "2737"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:53:00"]  [BlackClock "0:59:00"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2  Bd6 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Rd1 Rb8 11. Nbd2 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Nc4 Rfd8  15. Bd2 Bd4 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Qe1 Bc5 18. a3 b5 19. Na5 Nxa5 20. Bxa5 Be4 21.  Qc3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Re8 23. Ng5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 h6 25. Nf3 Ne4 26. Qc2 Bd6 27. Nd4  c5 28. Nf5 Qf6 29. Nxd6 Nxd6 30. Qxc5 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Ne4+ 32. Kf3 Nxc5 33. Rd6  Re5 34. Bb4 Rf5+ 35. Kg4 g6 36. Bxc5 Rxc5 37. Rxa6 Rc2 38. b4 Rxh2 39. Ra5 Ra2  40. Kf3 h5 41. Rxb5 Rxa3 42. Ke4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "10.6"]  [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2741"]  [BlackElo "2726"]  [PlyCount "73"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:08:59"]  [BlackClock "0:00:11"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O  Rb8 9. f4 Nd7 10. a4 a6 11. f5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. g4 b4 14. Nd5 e6 15. Ne3  Nd4 16. Nf4 Nb6 17. Bd2 Nb5 18. Ra2 Re8 19. Qf3 d5 20. exd5 exf5 21. gxf5 Nd4  22. Qf2 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. c3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nd7 26. Nh5 Be5 27. d4 cxd4 28.  cxd4 Bd6 29. Ra7 Nb6 30. Bh6 Bf8 31. Bf4 Rc8 32. Qg3 Be7 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Bg5  Qe2 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nxe8+ Rxe8 37. Rxf5 1-0

Watch the games live on http://tashkent2012.fide.com/analysis/

London Chess Classic 2012 – round 3

By Yelena Dembo | December 3, 2012 - 15:37 |December 4, 2012 London Chess Classic

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Aronian-Anand 1/2
Kramnik-Carlsen 1/2 Carlsen managed to make a draw a pawn down due to his opponent’s bad Bishops and potential weaknesses had he played …d3-d4
Jones-Nakamura 1/2
Adams-Polgar 1-0

McShane had a rest day.

Standings after the 3rd round: Carlsen and Kramnik lead with 7 points, Adams is 3rd with 6.

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "3.1"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A37"]  [WhiteElo "2795"]  [BlackElo "2848"]  [PlyCount "124"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 a5 8. Ne1  d6 9. Nc2 O-O 10. d3 Rb8 11. Rb1 Be6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Nxb4 Nxb4  15. Rxb4 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rb5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd7 20. Qb3 Rfc8  21. Bb2 Qd6 22. Rb1 Rc5 23. Rb6 Rc6 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Qxb7 Rb6 26. Qc8+ Qf8 27.  Qd7 h5 28. e4 Qd6 29. Qe8+ Qf8 30. Qd7 Qd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Rd1 f5 33. f3 fxe4  34. fxe4 Rb6 35. Bc3 Rb3 36. Ba1 Kf7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. h3 Bh6 39. Ke2 Bg5 40. Rg1  Bh6 41. h4 Kd6 42. Rd1 Ke6 43. Rf1 Rb4 44. Rd1 Rb3 45. Rg1 Kf6 46. Rh1 Ke6 47.  Rd1 Kf6 48. d4 Re3+ 49. Kf2 Rxe4 50. dxe5+ Kf5 51. Rd7 Kg4 52. Rd6 Be3+ 53. Ke2  Bf4+ 54. Kd3 Re3+ 55. Kc4 Bxe5 56. Rxg6+ Kf3 57. Bxe5 Rxe5 58. Rg5 Re4+ 59. Kd5  Rg4 60. Ke5 Kxg3 61. Rxh5 Rxh4 62. Rxh4 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "3.2"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D10"]  [WhiteElo "2815"]  [BlackElo "2775"]  [PlyCount "102"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.  Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. h3 Nc4 12. Nf3 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qa5  15. O-O O-O 16. Rfb1 Ba4 17. Qe2 Qxc3 18. Bg5 Nd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ne1 f5 21.  Qf3 Qc7 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. g4 fxg4 24. hxg4 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Nxb5 26. Kg2 Nd6 27. Nd3  Ne4 28. Qf4 Qf6 29. Qxf6 Nxf6 30. Rab1 b6 31. f3 Kg7 32. a4 Nd7 33. Nb4 Nb8 34.  Kf2 Kf6 35. e4 dxe4 36. fxe4 Ke7 37. Ke3 Rg8 38. Kf4 Rgd8 39. d5 Rxc1 40. Rxc1  a5 41. Nc6+ Nxc6 42. Rxc6 exd5 43. exd5 Rxd5 44. Rxb6 Rd4+ 45. Kg5 Rxa4 46. Ra6  Ra1 47. Kh6 a4 48. Kxh7 a3 49. g5 a2 50. Kg7 Kd7 51. Kf8 Rg1 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "3.3"]  [White "Jones, Gawain C B"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D97"]  [WhiteElo "2644"]  [BlackElo "2760"]  [PlyCount "160"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.  Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. d6 Be6 14. Qh4 Qb4  15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Be7 Qxh4 17. Bxh4 Nb4 18. Rd2 a6 19. Ng5 Nd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21.  Nxd5 Rxe2 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. dxe7 Re8 24. Ne4 f6 25. Re1 Rxe7 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.  Rxe7 Bxe7 28. Bxe7 Kf7 29. Bg5 Ne5 30. Kf1 Nd3 31. b3 Nb4 32. a4 Ke6 33. Ke2  Kd5 34. Kd2 c4 35. Kc3 cxb3 36. Kxb3 Nd3 37. Be3 Ne1 38. g3 b5 39. axb5 axb5  40. Bb6 Kc6 41. Ba7 Nf3 42. h4 Ne5 43. Kb4 Ng4 44. Bc5 Nf6 45. Bd4 Nd5+ 46. Ka5  Nc7 47. Kb4 Na6+ 48. Ka5 Nc5 49. Kb4 Nd3+ 50. Kc3 Ne1 51. Ba7 Nf3 52. Kb3 h6  53. Be3 h5 54. Ba7 Ne5 55. Kb4 Ng4 56. Bc5 Kd5 57. Kxb5 Ke4 58. Kc6 Kf3 59. Kd5  Nxf2 60. Ke6 Ne4 61. Be7 Kg4 62. Bd8 Nxg3 63. Kf7 Kf5 64. Kg7 Ne4 65. Kh6 Nc5  66. Bg5 Ne6 67. Be7 Nd4 68. Bg5 Nc6 69. Kg7 Nd4 70. Kh6 Nf3 71. Bd8 Ne5 72. Kg7  Nf3 73. Kh6 Kg4 74. Kxg6 Nxh4+ 75. Kh6 Nf3 76. Bf6 Nd2 77. Kg6 Nc4 78. Kh6 Nd6  79. Kg6 h4 80. Bxh4 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "3.4"]  [White "Adams, Michael"]  [Black "Polgar, Judit"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B40"]  [WhiteElo "2710"]  [BlackElo "2705"]  [PlyCount "71"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8.  Rd1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Bf6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. c4 Nb4 14. Nc3 a6  15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bf5 19. d6 Qd7 20. Bb6 Rac8 21.  Bc7 Bg4 22. Bf3 h5 23. Rac1 Rfe8 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Qe4 Bg5 26. Rc5 Bd8 27. Qxb7  Re6 28. Rdd5 Rf6 29. Qxa6 Qf5 30. Qe2 Qb1+ 31. Rd1 Qxa2 32. Rxe5 Bxc7 33. Re8+  Rxe8 34. Qxe8+ Kh7 35. dxc7 Qa7 36. Qe4+ 1-0

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Beating 1.d4 Sidelines

By Yelena Dembo | December 2, 2012 - 18:52 |December 2, 2012 Books

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So, today I have finished working on the French book and started working on Beating 1.d4 Sidelines by Avrukh. Can definitely recommend the book to all the 1.d4 d5 players! Written in very clear, simple yet efficient way, not to mention lots of improvements!

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