Showing posts with label Kan Sicilian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kan Sicilian. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
A trap in the London System
In the game below, 4...e5!, forking White's knight and bishop, wins a piece since Black's pawn, seemingly hanging, is indirectly guarded by ...Qa5+. My inspiration for this trap was NN-Pandolfini, a Kan Sicilian with the same motif: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bf4?? e5! The concept was also seen in Zaitsik-Zichulidze, Tiflis 1976 , which is the same as my game, but with colors reversed and White having the extra move g3.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Round 6, Bilbao Masters: Ivanchuk 1 - Nakamura 0
Ivanchuk's opening lends credence to the credible rumors that he has been working with David Franklin.
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