Download PGN of February '06 1 d4 d5 games
Queen's Gambit Accepted [D20-29]
Roiz - Yakovich: One of the main QGA experts, Yury Yakovich, achieved comfortable play in a position where Black previously faced some problems. However, White may still try to find some improvement.
Marshall Gambit [D31]
Kagansky - Geller: Jakov Geller successfully defended a line which has been thought to be suspicious for Black. Perhaps it is actually the most reliable way to parry 9 Ba5!?:
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Anti-Meran [D45-46]
Shariyazdanov - Dreev: Alexei Dreev easily crushed 7 g4 which he also used to play with the white pieces:
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Here White's play was far from perfect but we must pay attention to Dreev's very interesting new idea, which helped him to avoid what happened in the game Krasenkow - Volkmann/Calvia (ol) 2004.
Volkov - Sedlak: Nikola Sedlak managed to set fire to White's K-side in a position in which White usually hopes for a small but stable advantage without taking much risk. Black's series of sacrifices certainly put pressure on Sergei Volkov, who found his king walking towards the center without a pawn shield. Yet, White could have defended better and perhaps could still have found a way to get better chances.
Meran Defence [D47-49]
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Bruzon Bautista - Dominguez: This game hasn't changed the assessment of this deep line as harmless for Black. Frankly speaking, it is unclear exactly what Lazaro Bruzon had in mind since almost everything was already known...
Dreev - Harikrishna: Alexei Dreev introduced a very interesting novelty in this line which has been almost ignored since it was supposed to be drawish! White gained an extra pawn in the endgame but failed to break Black's stubborn defence.
Dreev - Bareev: Here Alexei Dreev has given Black some problems in a line which was supposed to be fine for him. Curiously enough, it was his opponent, Evgeny Bareev, who had found new ideas for White and so has had to fight against himself... !
Frolyanov - Adly: Here Black improved upon the game above, which had actually been played just a day before - here he replied in a typical way but it still seems White can hope for some advantage after 15. a4:
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The March update will be on time - finally I am not going anywhere. :) Ruslan
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