18.08.2019
A rare type of four rook ending occurred in Peebo – Mishuchkov. With four pawns each on the kingside white is struggling, but it should be holdable. 31…Rfd8 32.Rhh4 The first idea to come to mind is 32.Reh4 Rd5 33.f4, and I believe 33…h5 34.gxh6 Kh7 is...
17.08.2019
In the junior group, Jens Ingebretsen decided the game against Casper Liu with a nice breakthrough. The game had been a fine slugfest all along, and black had allowed his winning position to slip away, and now the e4-pawn doesn’t look so dangerous at first sight. You...
17.08.2019
The sixth round featured games between numbers one and two on the leaderboard in all three groups. Anastasia Nazarova, as white, had had problems typical of a Sicilian gone wrong – bad harmony between pieces, worse pawn structure – when she let her rook be trapped in...
17.08.2019
Kjetil Strand – Yrjö Rantanen Rantanen tried an old, disputed favourite of many Finnish players. In the Sicilian accelerated Dragon, after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 a5 the main argument arises after the...
16.08.2019
Elokuun alussa 18 vuotta täyttänyt Anastasia Nazarova hankki itselleen hienon syntymäpäivälahjan Chess Day -turnauksessa Pietarissa. Anastasia sijoittui turnauksessa kolmanneksi tasapistein 5,5/9 voittajan kanssa, ja suoritusluku 2384 tietää toista kiinnistystä...
