Today's Round 1 action: 27th North American Masters
Black against Grandmaster Mesgen Amanov is the second-toughest pairing possible in Illinois! FIDE Master Gauri Shankar almost made it to a tenable endgame. But not quite....
Round 2 is wrapping up right now; Round 3 begins at 1 p.m. tomorrow.
Correct is 4...d5! 5.a3 Be7! with a QGD where White's QN is misplaced.
ReplyDeleteBut isn't 5.a3 too accommodating?
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