What's New - August 2003
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Today I am going to Krasnoyarsk to play in the Russian Championship - I'm a bit worried about my ability to play in such a strong tournament as I play serious chess very rarely! Ruslan Scherbakov |
Download PGN of August '03 1 d4 d5 games
Main line Slav [D16-D19]
Schenk,A - Gustafsson,J: A small innovation in Morozevich's line with 11...g5!? Black's prophylactic king move does not look too bad and it eventually brought him a nice victory but I feel that in some cases it may turn out to be a waste of time. Let's wait for future encounters.
Queen's Gambit Accepted [D20 to D29]
Onischuk,A - Rublevsky,S: Alexander Onischuk prepared a small innovation in Sergei Rublevsky's pet line. White gets a small advantage in the endgame but objectively Black should not face many problems on the way to scoring half a point - of course, if he plays precisely.
Lautier,J - Rublevsky,S: Joel Lautier has tried a new continuation in the principal line. Yet, Black's position still looks fine and full of resources...
Vera,R - Lesiege,A: In the game Radjabov - Kasparov/Linares 2003 Black introduced an important improvement, which helped him to convincingly solve the opening problems. Here Reynaldo Vera tried a new way to put problems before Black and eventually succeeded, but objectively his idea does not look that promising...
Moscow Variation [D43]
Schenk,A - Cyborowski,L: After the game Borovikov - Rogic/Bled 2000 I supposed that Black should stop playing this tricky line but perhaps it is not the whole truth. White gets a material advantage but then it is still not easy for him to neutralise Black's activity, as he has problems with development as well as with the safety of his king - and very precise play is required. In this game Black introduced a new idea:
            
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but objectively White still should be better. Yet, a computer's help is not allowed during the game and so mistakes are quite possible...
Botvinnik Variation [D44]
Sulypa,A - Korneev,O: Oleg Korneev introduced a new idea in the principal line. In a complicated struggle he slowly outplayed his opponent but later was in too much of a hurry to begin concrete actions...
Meran Defence [D47-49]
Lugovoi,A - Kallio,H: A rare idea in the deep line helped White to get a small advantage and convert it into the full point thanks to great help from his opponent.
Cambridge Springs [D52]
Khalifman,A - Gurevich,M: Alexander Khalifman draws our attention to this not very popular but fairly interesting approach.
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In this position White played 11 a3!?. Yet Mikhail Gurevich seemed to be well prepared and even introduced a good novelty but still found himself under a certain pressure... New problems for Black in this line.
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