Download PGN of July '12 1 d4 d5 games
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Slav Defence early ...d5xc4 ideas [D11]
Naumkin - Khenkin: Igor Khenkin increased his collection of scalps in his pet variation
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but yet again his position was rather shaky at some point...
Chebanenko System 5.Bg5 [D15]
Aronian - McShane: A rather strange game - Levon Aronian chose a line in which White can only get a headache if Black responds boldly. And that is exactly what happened!
Main Slav 5...Bf5, 9.Nxf7 [D17]
Brynell - Hector: A very rare and fairly unexpected idea, 9.Nxf7, brought White a quick success here:
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Black still looks fine but he should know what to do more precisely...
7.f3 Bb4 8.Nxc4 [D17]
Ding - Paragua: Ding Liren was successful with a rare but poisonous approach here. In fact it is not so clear how Black can equalise at the moment...
The Noteboom 7.Bd2 a5 8.Rb1 [D31]
Grandelius - Tikkanen: Hans Tikkanen managed to surprise his opponent in a rare line, 8...Qb6!?:
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and gained acceptable, perhaps even better play. The position was rather messy and it was impossible to play the most promising moves - Black tried hard to make things complicated but in the end he was happy to get half a point.
The Marshall Gambit 8.Be2 Na6 9.Ba5 Bd7 [D31]
Nakamura - Shulman: Yuri Shulman has successfully solved the problems in a rather important line but it seems that White's choice wasn't the most challenging...
The Moscow Variation 9.Be2, 11...h5 [D43]
Ding - Battulga: A novelty on move 17, 17.h3!? secured White's advantage:
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though he eventually spoiled it with a few inaccurate moves.
The Moscow Variation early 9.Ne5!?, 10.Qf3!? [D43]
Ding - Negi: Ding Liren came up with a rare idea and scored a full point but Black could certainly improve his play...
Till next month, Ruslan
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