English Anti-Grunfeld[A16]-TWIC 977

GM Chirila enegetically negated the English Openning in Grunfeld style in the feature game from the Quebec Open.

More About Montreal
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Originally called Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, or Mont Réal as it was spelled in Middle French(Mont Royal in present French). 

The city is located on the Island of Montreal, which took its name from the same source as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard.

GM Chirila

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Oliva,Kevel (2423) - Chirila,Ioan-Cristian (2528)
English Anti-Grunfeld[A16]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.9), 28.07.2013

Position 1
White's central pawn chain restricts Bg7. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

17.0-0

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.

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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

English Opening Hedgehog 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Qf4[A30]-TWIC 960

From the e2e4 Dublin International 2012
The feature game was played in this year's edition of the tournament. Here's a look at last year's edition of the tournament.




TWIC 960
Hawkins tied for first with 7/9 in the e2e4 Dublin Masters. The feature game is  his key win over GM Gormally in rd8.

Hawkins,Jo (2503) - Gormally,D (2507) 
English Opening Hedgehog 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Qf4[A30] 
e2e4 Dublin Masters Dublin IRL (8), 01.04.2013

Position 1
White is trying to consolidate a P+ but must first save Nb5. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

18...c5

English Opening Hedgehog 7.Re1[A30]-TWIC 956

English Opening




More on the Cappelle La Grande Open 2013
The feature game was played in this famous tournament.




TWIC 956
GM Vazquez Igarza won with a long patient massage in textbook fashion in rd8 of the Cappelle la Grande Open.

Here is the feature game.

Vazquez Igarza,R (2565) - Danielian,E (2466)
English Opening Hedgehog 7.Re1[A30]
29th Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (8.16), 01.03.2013

Position 1
White is a pawn but black has a menacing array on the long diagonal aiming at e4 and Bg2. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

43...Rf7

English 1… c5 Botvinnik System-TWIC 963

TWIC 963
Veteran GM Ehlvest tried a bit too hard to make something happen on the kingside and met some tough resistance. Eventually black faltered, allowing Ehlvest to escape with a win.

Ehlvest,J (2611) - Salem,AR (2530)
English 1… c5 Botvinnik System[A36]
15th Dubai Open 2013 Dubai UAE (4.6), 10.04.2013

Position 1
Black has weathered the storm on the kingside with a strong defensive wall. What do you recommend for black now?

Black to Play

27.Rh1

English 1..e5 Karpov Variation

The Karpov Variation-1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 

Good Knight vs Bishop; Centralization and Attack

13...h6

GM Karpov played for the center and then the attack in this classic game with the Karpov variation.

More on Gelfand

Here is the feature game.

Gelfand,Boris (2700) - Karpov,Anatoly (2765)
English 1..e5 Karpov Variation[A29]
Candidates FIDE f1 Sanghi Nagar (9), 1995

Position 1

Both kings are exposed but black has the move. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

34.Qxf6