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| Written by Yury Markushin |
| Saturday, 14 November 2009 22:19 |
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This was my last game in the Delaware Grand Prix Tournament Event #4 Round #5. The event was G29, which means 29 minutes per game for each player. Take a look at the game and I hope it will help you to avoid mistakes I have made. How to get the most from this game? First, go over the game moves by yourself and only after that read my comments going over the game 2nd time. I played White. Enjoy and learn! 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5 (Benoni Opening). 4...cxd4 5.exd4 Bb4 6.Qc2 (This is a good place for White's queen in this sort of positions because it's very multifunctional: does not allow to double queenside pawns in case of Bxc3, does not allow Black's knight to e4, preparing Bd3). 6…b6 (preparing to fiencetto queens bishop on b7 and take control over important a8-h1 diagonal. This is one of the negative sides of 6.Qc2: now it's not possible to play Nf3 immediately and to fiencetto bishop on g2 since Black would just exchange ..Bb7xf3 and white can only recapture with fxg3 opening up White kingside). 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Bb7 9.Nf3 (Now 9. Nf3 works fine since it's protected by the queen on c3) 9…h6 10.Be2 Nc6 11.O-O Ne7 (Black knights on e7 and f3 look strong since they can be easily moves to f5 and d2-d5 now strong). 12. Bd2 (12.Bf4 is somewhat better) |















