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This month's update covers the Catalan again - this opening is becoming really huge, though, of course, still not quite as big as the Sicilian... :)

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Catalan 4...dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 [E04]

Ganguly - Panarin: Here White quickly exploited his opponent's mistakes, but the line still looks playable for Black:











though he certainly has to do some homework.

Fridman - Ernst: Provoking White's bishop to d2 has its points but it does not completely equalise:











even though Black eventually managed to hold the balance here.

Papaioannou - Moiseenko: Ioannis Papaioannou came up with a good novelty, 11.Qb5:











and showed excellent technique to exploit his opponent's inaccuracies.


4...dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 [E04]

Avrukh - Naiditsch: A rather risky-looking approach brought total success for Arkady Naiditsch:











who first solved his problems and then cleverly put his opponent under pressure.

Ju - Koneru: White chose a rather harmless line in this game and wasn't even able to hold the balance.



6...dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 [E05]

Leko - Aronian: Peter Leko came up with a rare old line:











but Levon Aronian had no problems equalising.


6...dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 [E05]

Carlsen - Aronian: Levon Aronian had no problems equalising against Magnus Carlsen here











- this approach has recently helped Black solve his problems in most cases.



Till next month, Ruslan

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