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This time I looked through a number of different openings and found some interesting ideas.

Black was suffering in the Chebanenko system - even one of its main heroes, Sergei Volkov, comfortably beat it from the opposite side by using his favourite, if modest-looking, set-up! Another idea worth mentioning is the strong novelty from Baadur Jobava on move 20 which helped him to score another convincing victory with his pet line against the Morozevich Variation. Finally, two interesting games in the QGA - Alexander Beliavsky struck a heavy blow to the rare 7...Ne4 line in the early ...c7-c5 set-up, while Sergei Rublevsky crushed White's 7. a4 line in a wonderful game with many sacrifices!


Download PGN of September '05 1 d4 d5 games


Chebanenko System [D10 & D15]

Korotylev - Volkov: Sergei Volkov found himself under pressure in his favourite Chebanenko but White's mistaken plan allowed him to take full control of the position and collect everything that was badly placed.

Volkov - Kornev: This time Volkov found himself playing against his favourite system but it did not prevent him from eliminating his opponent with very energetic and masterful play. It is not even clear when Black played a decisive mistake - perhaps he has to look at some other way to counter White's simple-looking approach?!

Granda Zuniga - Leitao: A rather unusual set-up, and at first sight harmless for Black, suddenly brought White a quick success:

Black should have been more cautious but White's idea is still worth studying.

Najer - Kobalia: Here White achieved success in a line where Black had been comfortably equalising during the last year. The brave march of White's king completely disorganized Black's defence in the endgame - it seems that Black should not completely restrict himself to passive defence but his prospects in this line are already restricted to just half a point.



Mainline Slav [D17]

Jobava - Carlsen: Baadur Jobava is known for his very deep theoretical preparation and this game is another example of his excellent work. An improvement on the game Gelfand - Morozevich/Monte Carlo (blindfold) 2005 on move 20:

and then a surprising decision on the very next move gave young Magnus Carlsen serious problems which he failed to solve over the board. More thorough analysis shows that Black could defend by a brave king advance but it seems that White can still look for more attacking chances. By the way, it is already the third important victory for Jobava in this set-up (see also Jobava - Kulaots/WUCC Istanbul 2004 and Jobava - Grischuk/Calvia (ol) 2004) - is it time for Morozevich to come forward and defend his line?!

Trofimov - Andriasian: Here Black achieved a good position in a principal line of Morozevich's Variation but then a series of 'safe', planless moves led him into difficulties.



QGA [D20 - D29]

Beliavsky - Borisek: Here, in the rare 7...Ne4 line:

White usually preferred to get the pawn back by simplifying into a better looking endgame but Alexander Beliavsky was more ambitious and kept his queen on the board, temporarily playing without a pawn. The idea quickly brought him a great success and it is not so clear how Black could solve his problems - this game looks like a heavy blow to Black's set-up.

Last but definitely not least:

Riazantsev - Rublevsky One of the principal Black reactions to White's set-up with 7. a4. Sergei Rublevsky did not waste time on capturing the pawn on c5 and began active play first. Then a series of beautiful and very deep sacrifices totally crushed White's position - what a wonderful game!

Ruslan

 

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