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Fianchetto Variation Irregular 4...Bf5 [E60]
We start off with Korobov, A - Bologan, V, 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bf5!? is highly unusual, and after 5.Bg2 Qc8 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.Nc3 0-0:
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8.Nh4! grabs the bishop pair and must be better for White, but Bologan turns the tables and wins a nice game.
Fianchetto early ...c5 [E61]
We recently looked at the new trend 3.g3 c5 4.dxc5!? Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.Qa4 Qxc5 8.Be3 Qc7:
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Here Avrukh gives 9.Nf3, while we saw 9.c5!? in So - Jones. In Vidit, S - Narayanan, S White prefered 9.Nh3!?, a very natural novelty as the knight can go to d5.
Simagin/Yugoslav Variation 7...Bg4 8.d5 [E62]
6...Nc6 7.0-0 Bg4 has been trending and Black has done quite ok, but lately 8.d5 looks like a good answer. After 8...Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.h3 Bd7 11.Qc2 a6 12.b3 b5 13.Bb2 Rb8 14.Rab1 Qc7 15.e4 e5 16.Ne2! I think White will keep an edge. See Krejci, J - Cvek, R.
King’s Indian Attack Reversed [E61]
In the Anti-Grünfeld move order, a reversed King’s Indian Attack setup is quite healthy. In Harutyunian, T - Gabuzyan, H White plays 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.Qc2 Re8 9.h3 which turns out to be a fatal weakness that Black latches onto.
‘Lesser Averbach’/Karpov Variation 5.Be2 0-0 6.Be3 [E73]
A few months ago we looked at this line with 6...c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.cxd5 Bg4 10.Nd2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Re8 12.0-0 Na6 in David - Fedorov:
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This month White opted for 13.Kh1 in Sokolov, I - Nijboer, F, but I do not think this will put Black off at all, despite his defeat in this game.
Four Pawns Attack 5...c5 6.d5 [E77]
4.e4 d6 5.f4 c5 6.d5 0-0 7.Nf3 e6:
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In this very well known position, the creative Ginger GM unleashed 8.e5!? in Williams, S - Jones, G. Honestly, I did not even know that this 'was a move'. I did not consider it in my second King's Indian Volume. However, after 8...dxe5 9.fxe5 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qa5 11.Be2 exd5 12.cxd5 Nxe5 13.0-0 Jones reacts well, and it still looks like White is walking a finer line.
Sämisch System - 6...c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5 9.Ng3 h5 [E81]
6...c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5 9.Ng3 h5 10.Be2 h4 11.Nf1 e6:
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This month we have another game with 12.Bg5, and another smashing White victory in Sethuraman, S - Aryan, C. Black players had better shape up!
Sämisch System - 6...a6 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.Nge2 b5! [E81]
6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.Nge2 b5! returns:
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and after 9.cxb5 axb5 10.Nxb5 c6 11.Na3 is probably no improvement in Yildiz, B - Czarnota, P. Black gets a crushing position, but a momentary lapse allows White to show her creativity and get right back in the game.
Until next month, David
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