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Thursday, July 4, 2013

English Opening-TWIC 963-973

TWIC 963-973
Here two interesting games illustrating some typical themes.

More About Serbia
One of the featured games was played in the ch-SRB so here is more on Serbia.

New President Tomislav Nikolic inherits a debt-ridden economy and will have to impose severe spending cuts, says Serbia's ambassador to the UK. The same is true for other European countries, even where the people are against austerity, he says.



Serbia hopes to receive EU approval later this year to open accession talks with the 27-nation bloc. RT spoke to the Serbian Ambassador to the UK, Dejan Popovic, about the possible turn in the country's policies after Nikolic, a nationalist right-wing politician, won Serbia's highest office.



Game 1
Black equalized easily with the ..c6-d5 expansion plan against white's small center.

Cvetkovic,Sr (2389) - Miladinovic,I (2569)
English Opening 1…e5[A25]
ch-SRB 2013
Vrnjacka Banja SRB (4.5), 18.04.2013

Position 1
White's modest formation allowed black to equalize easily with the ..c6-d5 expansion plan.

White to Play


10...c6

Position 2
Black is more active and is pressing the queenside. What do you recommend for black now?

Black to Play


23.b4


Game 2
GM Kokarev played a model attack using textbook centralization and the strong knight pair to overwhelm black.

Kokarev,Dm (2639) - Gordievsky,D (2474)
English Opening[A37]
66th ch-RUS HL
Yekaterinburg RUS (4.14), 23.06.2013

Position 1
Black's central break gave white access to the key c5/e5 outposts and allowed white's NN pair to dominate the position.


29...d5

Position 2
White is beautifully centralized and is looking to crown the kingside attack. What do you recommend for white?



35...Rfb6

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