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Baltic Defence 2...Bf5 [D06]
Bacrot - Chatalbashev: Etienne Bacrot met his opponent's rare system with a straightforward approach:
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and gained a huge advantage surprisingly easy.
Main Slav 5...e6 [D16]
Morozevich - Jakovenko: Alexander Morozevich once again outplayed Dmitry Jakovenko in a complex and recently popular line. This time he deviated from their previous encounter and came up with a rare idea, 9.h4!?:
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which deserves further investigation and practical tests.
6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 [D17]
Gretarsson - So: Wesley So tuned up Black's defence in a suspicious-looking line:
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and even got somewhat the better chances.
Edouard - Oleksienko: Romain Edouard skimmed the cream off as his opponent appeared unaware of the problems Black has recently begun to face in this line with 11.exf5:
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Queen's Gambit Accepted 3.e4 Nf6, 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 [D20]
Radjabov - Ponomariov: Teimour Radjabov came up with a rare approach, 10.a4!?:
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and gained a stable advantage in the ending. However, it seems that Black can solve his problems earlier in the opening.
Marshall Gambit 4.e4 Bb4 [D31]
Tomashevsky - Yudin: Here Black grabbed a central pawn and got a solid position but it was too passive and his lack of development quickly began to cause headaches.
Anti-Meran 5...a6 [D45]
Aleksandrov - Rublevsky: Sergey Rublevsky quickly responded to White's new idea and improved over a game played in the same tournament a few days before, here, after 15.Nb6:
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Till next month, Ruslan
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