July Update: - What's New
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Both colours seem to be out for blood in this month's update. There must be something about the d-pawn specials that brings out the beast in people, or else there's something in the water! Aaron Summerscale aaron@chesspublishing.com
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All this month's new games are easily downloaded in PGN format using ChessPub.exe, but you can also download the July '02 d-pawn specials games directly in PGN form here: 
Trompowsky [A45]
Mamedyarov, S - Anastasian, A
We start with a heavyweight clash, in which Black pays the price for some over-cautious opening play.
Trent, L - Skjoldborg, J
For once, White fails to capitalise on the thematic sacrificed b-pawn, but if you look closer you will see that he certainly had his chances.
Llobel Cortell, E - Zapata, A
White is completely crushed after Black successfully complicates in the opening.
Torre Attack [A46 & D03]
Ipek, A - Duman, A
White successfully tries a new idea against the King's Indian: 10 0-0-0!?.
            
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This is well worth a look.
Argiroudis, S - Tsekouras, T
Move order is sometimes very important in the d-pawn specials and White pays a heavy price for getting his wrong.
Karadeniz, E - Izoria, Z
Plans with an early g5 against the Torre continues to be the the choice of many strong players.
Colle-Zukertort [D02 & D04-05]
Jussupow, A - Burnett, R
Jussupow (or Yusupov) is probably the strongest exponent of the Colle today. He prefers non-theoretical openings where he can exploit his great understanding, so the d-pawn specials are an ideal choice for him. Closely studying his games will certainly improve your own play.
London System [D00 & A46]
Parant, F - Hulin, J
When White plays the London system with creativity, it can pay dividends as shown here.
Barry Attack [D00]
Dudas, J - Predojevic, B
White dusts off an old line in the Barry and Black gets caught napping.
Other d-pawn specials
Feibert, F - Philippe, C [A46]
An early c5 is one of the most irritating ways for Black to meet the d-pawn specials. Here, we see that White fails to get to grips with the demands of his position.