The 29th Weekend Sale

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All the material is in Fritz/ChessBase, pgn format and is sent by e-mail. Here are the offers:

Openings:

1.e4 repertoire (for the White side – ALL openings after 1.e4)- US$ 100

1.e4 e5 repertoire (for the Black side – ALL openings after 1.e4 e5) – US$ 100

1.d4 repertoire (for the White side – ALL openings after 1.d4) – US$ 100

Trompovsky – US$15

Benoni – US$20

All the openings I currently have – US$ 550

Middlegame:

10 examples of Pawn sacrifice for Initiative – US$ 5

10 examples of Positional cramping and space advantage – US$ 5

10 examples of Sacrificing the passed pawn for discoordination of opponent’s pieces – US$ 5

10 examples of Development advantage – US$ 5

10 examples of Exchanging with an extra material – US$ 5

Endgames:

10 examples of The advantage of two Bishops – US$ 5

10 examples of Same color Bishops – US$ 5

10 examples of Opposite color Bishops with Rooks – US$ 5

10 examples of Opposite color Bishops with Knights – US$ 5

10 examples of Rook stronger than minor piece – US$ 5

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

Wijk aan Zee – A, 2015

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Seirawan, Ivanchuk

Seirawan, Ivanchuk


(Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Ivanchuk is leading with 3.5 out of 4. Caruana and Ding Liren share 2nd-3rd places with 3.

Results of the 4th round

Van Wely, L. – Carlsen, M. 0-1
Aronian, L. – Wojtaszek, R. ½-½
Caruana, F. – So, W. ½-½
Hou, Y. – Giri, A. ½-½
Jobava, B. – Saric, I. 0-1
Radjabov, T. – Ding, L. 0-1
Ivanchuk, V. – Vachier-Lagrave, M. 1-0

Standings after 4 rounds

1 Ivanchuk, V. 3.5 / 4
2 Caruana, F. 3.0 / 4
3 Ding, L. 3.0 / 4
4 So, W. 2.5 / 4
5 Wojtaszek, R. 2.5 / 4
6 Giri, A. 2.0 / 4
7 Carlsen, M. 2.0 / 4
8 Vachier-Lagrave, M. 2.0 / 4
9 Saric, I. 2.0 / 4
10 Aronian, L. 1.5 / 4
11 Radjabov, T. 1.5 / 4
12 Van Wely, L. 1.0 / 4
13 Hou, Y. 1.0 / 4
14 Jobava, B. 0.5 / 4

Games of the round

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Pairings of the 5th round

Vachier-Lagrave, M. – Van Wely, L.
Ding, L. – Ivanchuk, V.
Saric, I. – Radjabov, T.
Giri, A. – Jobava, B.
So, W. – Hou, Y.
Wojtaszek, R. – Caruana, F.
Carlsen, M. – Aronian, L.

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