Today we had two interesting games, which one do you like the chef to prepare?! :)
📗13.Bf4 And now this modern theoretical battle is a result of first ever Kasparov-Karpov battle!!
📗17...a5?! It is harmless but I do not like this move! Another pawn on dark square is too much agony for the bishop on d8!
📗29.b4! So plays it like Capablanca! He opens the second frontier to make black's defensive task even more difficult!
📗40...Rd6 Fedoseev is defending with tooth and nail but the position is essentially lost!
📗5.e4 Svidler chooses the same line in which he had MVL at the brink of losing. However, it is clear that MVL might have figured things out in the past two days! I think by choosing this line, Svidler is already making a huge mistake in terms of 'match strategy'.
📗11...a6! White's developmental advantage comes to nothing with this move. Now he has to deal with his awkward king and bad pawn structure.
📗17.f4 It is a MUST and not an attacking move. Otherwise black could open up the game on f-file.