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Aug-13-22 Caruana vs N Abdusattorov, 2022    xanadu: Yes,I agree, White does not reach an advantage in any line. However, the problem with the line followed by Caruana is that White got a disadvantage! After the opening, Caruana has an isolated pawn, while Black´s structure is fine. I guess Caruana should play BxN at c6, just earlier ...      Aug-11-22 Chennai Olympiad (2022)    xanadu: Why Aronian left the Armenia team ?      Jan-11-22 A Esipenko vs N Grandelius, 2021    xanadu: Hi Douglas. I guess I see the point you mention: to pin/attack the White´s Knight and Bishop on the e-line. In any case, Black got a nice position.      Jan-11-22 Andersson vs K Langeweg, 1981   xanadu: The mystake was to open the position with 22...d5, destroying the pawn structure.      Feb-03-21 Giri vs N Grandelius, 2021    xanadu: I guess one central issue in Najdorf-Oppocensky-like opennings is the break f4 by White. If Black takes (...e5xf4) then it gets nice diagonal for its two Bishops...but it gets a weak pawn structure also. If White neutralizes the Bishops, then goes to an advantageous final, like in ...      Nov-06-20 So vs A Liang, 2020    xanadu: Yes, the final position seems very even !      Sep-20-20 Dominguez Perez vs Carlsen, 2020    xanadu: By moves 10-11 it looks like a Caro Kan or a Sicilian game.      May-23-20 Nakamura vs Aronian, 2020   xanadu: Very interesting was the manoeuvre by White of moving the Queen-Knight to e2 in order to hold the Bishop on f4 and exchange it for the Black Bishop. In this way White starts the attempts for dominating the central black squares.      Sep-21-17 World Cup (2017)    xanadu: World Cup 2018 could be based on 4 Armageddon games at first. If they are still even then play four Blitz, then 2 Rapids. If they are still even, then play one Classic in Armageddon format.      Jan-19-17 So vs Harikrishna, 2017    xanadu: Positions in the English or QGD where Black opens the center at the very beginning (5...d5) are easy to play for White. Then Black uses to be under time pressure...not a good prospect if you are playing against Wesley So.

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