Monthly Archives: June 2016
Edmonton International 2016
From TWIC 1129.
GM Shankland won with 8/9.
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GM Ganguly(right)
This was my favourite game(so far)
Valencia-Ganguly
Nimzo-Indian 5.Nge2
Black set up a solid structure and won the manoeuvring struggle.
After 22.g4(Diagram)
What do with the attacked Bf5?
After 22.g4
Berlin Defence 16.Kb1!?N-Doknjas,J(CAN)
Joshua Doknjas(BC, Canada) proposed 16.Kb1!? in a deep analysis of Wei Yi-Navara Wijk aan Zee 2016 which was published in the NIC Yearbook 119 letters to the editor.
Doknjas,Joshua(CAN)
He did a great job so I had to spend Sunday morning having a closer look.
After 16.Kb1
After 16.Kb1
Well it was Friday I tried to read…then it took Sunday to produce some output.
Everyone is working harder than me!
Edmonton International 2016
From TWIC 1128
Every Tuesday everyone gets the weekly dose of fresh games.
Edmonton International 2016 games
Shirov-Wang
French Advance
After 21..Qc3(Diagram)
Shirov found a big improvement in opening a tense game to reach the following postilion. The Na3 seems out of play but Shirov found a nice way to finish.
After 21..Qc3
St Louis Invitational GM 2016-IM Hambleton
From TWIC 1127
Some Hambleton games from the St Louis GM
Hambleton-Rosen Rd2
After 29..Nd6(Diagram)
White has the better structure and better minor piece. What did Hambleton do to convert?
After 29..Nd6
IM Hambleton,APhoto from Google pics
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