King's fiancetto defense is not enough: Khismatullin - Skvortsov, Tal memorial blitz

Опубликовано: 24 Июль 2019
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Mikhail Tal blitz chess memorial, Riga, 2019
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Be2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 a5 11. b3 Be6 12. Rc1 Nh5 13. Be3 Be5 14. Qd2 Bg7 15. O-O Nf6 16. f4 Qd7 17. Bf3 Ra6 18. h3 h5 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Rxf5 Nd7 23. Nd5 Ne5 24. Bh6 Re8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxh5 Rh8 27. Qg5+ Ng6 28. Rf1 Qa7+ 29. Kh1 Rxh5 30. Qxh5 Qd4 31. Qf5 f6 32. Nc7 Qa7 33. Nxa6 Qxa6 34. Rf3 Ne5 35. Rg3+ Kf7 36. Qh7+ Ke6 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38. Qd5 Qa7 39. Kh2 Qf2 40. Qb5+ Ke6 41. Qxa5 f5 42. Qd5+ Kd7 43. Rg7 Qf4+ 44. Kh1 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Rg3 Qf2 47. c5 f4 48. Rg7 Qxc5 49. Qxc5 dxc5 50. h4 1-0

The English Opening is a perfect choice for aggressive players who prefer to play schemes and creative plans rather than memorizing heavy theory. Of course, there is a great deal of theory in the English Opening as well, but the character of the opening is a lot less forced.

White has many different ideas at his disposal on each line. The general opinion among club players is that the English is meant for positional and slow battles. While there is some true in that, historically, the English has been employed by players with a very aggressive style and has produced amazing masterpieces.

Garry Kasparov was a great specialist of the English and has played it several times in his career (even in his match against Karpov for the world crown). The Romanian Grandmaster Mihail Suba, famous for his excellent book “Dynamic Chess Strategy” (besides his extraordinary chess career as a player!), is also a great adept of the English Opening. Nowadays, Hikaru Nakamura, Mamedyarov, Aronian are among the highest rated players to use the English quite often.

The English has always been tricky and unpleasant for black. The positions arising from 1.c4 are often very closed and lead to very little simplifications. With these two ingredients, it is no surprise that the middlegames are complex and they demand good skills at strategy and understanding of the typical plans of each structure.

Blitz chess (also known as speed or fast chess) is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than normal tournament time controls allow. Openings, tactics and strategy are same.

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