| Oct-20-13 | | Kikoman: First! |
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| Oct-20-13 | | whiteshark: Winner of the second prize! |
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| Oct-20-13 | | bubuli55: Complicated meddle gaym :) |
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| Oct-20-13 | | The Last Straw: Ouch! But nice game by So. |
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| Oct-20-13 | | lakers4sho: wisli bletz his wey out to a win agen |
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| Oct-20-13 | | cro777: Was this part of Wesley's preparations for the Tata Steel 2014 as well? At the Tata Steel 2013, Van Wely was successful in this line of the Nimzo Indian Rubinstein with an anti-Nimzo move 5.Ne2, defeating GM Ivan Sokolov with the black pieces. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5
click for larger viewThere is a wide choice of moves here. 8.g3 (Janssen - Van Wely) and 8.b4 (Aronian - Van Wely) are the most popular. Sokolov against Van Wely at the Tata Steel 2013 chose 8.h3. Wesley prepared for this game 8.Nf4 and after 8...a5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 introduced a novelty 12. Bd2 (the main move here is 12.Bc2).
click for larger viewWhite aims for a very solid position out of the opening, hoping to outplay the opponent in the rest of the game (it is not easy for Black to settle on a concrete plan). Very well played game by Wesley. |
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| Oct-20-13 | | Mudphudder: Wow. Pure finesse. |
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| Oct-20-13 | | iking: both blundered at crunch time last night .... but it was Wesley who found the better move, and wins in blitzing style of play. Wesley slays VanVely. ~ |
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| Oct-21-13 | | bubuli55: It was only after 40... Bxf3 that the game cleared up who's winning. Whey! 2Complicated meddle game for me. Congratulations on the win, Wesley |
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| Oct-21-13 | | whiteshark: cb coverage with game annotations (in German) http://www.chessbase.de/Home/TabId/... |
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| Oct-21-13 | | SugarDom: Nice novelty by wesly |
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| Oct-21-13 | | cro777: "So held a slight edge through most of the game but it was really a blunder by Van Wely that allowed the Filipino to capitalize." (ChessBase News) This is typical for the anti-Nimzo line (5.Ne2, the play reverts to a Queen's Gambit structure) prepared by Wesley. White has a slight but stable advantage. Loek Van Wely: "I guess I underestimated his chances. I could have made a draw in timetrouble but my plan b7-b5-b4 only helped him." Position after 29.Qd3
click for larger view29...b5?! This plan with the b-pawn advance was wrong (Black should have played 29...Nc6). Wesley reacted well. After 30. Ba2 b4 31. Bb1 Bb5? (Better was 31...f5) 32. Qe3 Ne6 33. Nd6!
click for larger viewWesley has reached a winning position. 33...Ba4 34. Nexf7! http://www.chessvibes.com/sites/def... |
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| Oct-21-13 | | iking: http://www.chessvibes.com/hoogeveen... 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 a5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7
11... Re8 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ncxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. Nf4 Qb6 17. Qd3 g6 Nguyen,N (2625)-Ponomariov,R (2743)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2013
12. Bd2
12. Bc2 c5 13. Na4 Na6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nd4 Ne6 18. Nfe2 Qc7 Bernadskiy,V (2527) -Sjugirov,S (2635)/St Petersburg 2013
12... c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Kh1 Ne6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bd4
Black is OK.
17. Qc2 h6 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Ne2 Rc8 20. Qb1 Be5 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. N2xc3 Bc6 23. Nd6 Rc7 24. Rfe1 Nd4 25. Nc4 Qa8 26. Ne5 Rd8 27. Bc4 Be8 28. Ne4 Nh5 29. Qd3 b5?!
29... Nc6! is still fine for Black.
30. Ba2 b4 31. Bb1 Bb5 32. Qe3 Ne6 33. Nd6!
Suddenly, with a few powerful moves, White has reached a winning position.
33... Ba4
33... Be8 can also be met by 34. Nexf7! e.g. 34... Bxf7 35. Nxf7 Rxd1 36. Nxh6+!
34. Nexf7! Nhf4 35. Nxd8 Qxd8 36. Rd2 bxa3 37. Ba2 Qf6 38. Qxa3 Bc6 39. Bxe6+ Nxe6 40. Qa2 Bxf3 41. gxf3 Qxf3+ 42. Rg2 1-0 |
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| Oct-21-13 | | naufallabs: Good game wesley so |
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Oct-26-13
 | | piltdown man: So? Another pampered goldfish. |
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| Oct-26-13 | | iking: "Say It Ain't So!" who might have suggested this? |
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| Oct-26-13 | | iking: when he gets the 2750 Elo .. he might swim with the pampered goldfishes |
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| Oct-26-13 | | kellmano: Great tune:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENXv...
Good start to a Saturday. |
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| Oct-26-13 | | Kikoman: <iking: "Say It Ain't So!" who might suggested this?> an anonymous cg member :D |
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| Oct-26-13 | | iking: thanks <kikoman> ... |
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| Oct-26-13 | | kevin86: White ends a rook to the good. |
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| Oct-26-13 | | DavidD: They chose my pun for this game not so much for originality as for the fact it was about the only pun on "So" that had not been suggested before. |
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| Oct-26-13 | | iking: <DavidD: They chose my pun for this game not so much for originality as for the fact it was about the only pun on "So" that had not been suggested before.> ahh ... then it was DavidD's pun ... nice pun after all |
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| Oct-26-13 | | iking: beating Van Wely in his fav Nimzo is an achievement |
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Kibitzing
