📘 13...Qd7!
Forcing white to trade the queens, for instance if: 14.Qc2 Q.d5 or 14.Qd1 b6, Black reaches the balance.
Forcing white to trade the queens, for instance if: 14.Qc2 Q.d5 or 14.Qd1 b6, Black reaches the balance.
📘 7.Qf3!?
A new and interesting idea which many of top players such as Grischuk, Caruana, Nepo, Radjabov have empoyed it. Karjakin has also defeated Giri with this line.
The idea behind the move is: castling queenside and transferring the white queen to active g3 square.
A new and interesting idea which many of top players such as Grischuk, Caruana, Nepo, Radjabov have empoyed it. Karjakin has also defeated Giri with this line.
The idea behind the move is: castling queenside and transferring the white queen to active g3 square.
📘 7.Qf3 Ne5 8.Qg3 h5
The idea of Ne5 and then h5 to fend the Queen off the active position of g3 has been introduced by Anish Giri.
The idea of Ne5 and then h5 to fend the Queen off the active position of g3 has been introduced by Anish Giri.
📘 13.Rhe1
One of the interesting games in this line has been played between Radjabov - Giri in Wijk aan Zee 2015,
13.f5 Bb7 14.Rhf1 Rc8 15.f.e6 d.e6 16.R.f7 k.f7 =
The Radjabov's sacrifice rook reached the game eventually to a draw.
One of the interesting games in this line has been played between Radjabov - Giri in Wijk aan Zee 2015,
13.f5 Bb7 14.Rhf1 Rc8 15.f.e6 d.e6 16.R.f7 k.f7 =
The Radjabov's sacrifice rook reached the game eventually to a draw.
📘** 12.Bd5!+** Kh8 13.B.c6
This intermediate check forces black king to move to an inferior square in the upcoming endgame.
This intermediate check forces black king to move to an inferior square in the upcoming endgame.
📘 Qf3
The active knight on e5 outpost, along with two active bishops calls for a kingside attack! Maneuvering the queen to h3 via the third rank is a powerful plan.
The active knight on e5 outpost, along with two active bishops calls for a kingside attack! Maneuvering the queen to h3 via the third rank is a powerful plan.
📘 An interesting idea is
9...Nb6. Now:
If 10.Ba2 Nfd7 with the idea of e.d4 and Nc5 to attack a4.
If 10.Bf1 e.d4 11.N.d4 d5
with an acceptable position for black.
9...Nb6. Now:
If 10.Ba2 Nfd7 with the idea of e.d4 and Nc5 to attack a4.
If 10.Bf1 e.d4 11.N.d4 d5
with an acceptable position for black.