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The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the Grandmasters Larry Kaufman
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games

The 12-year-old ICCF Sr IM Junior Tay: “Although Black gives up the double bishops, this idea is quite concrete as after Nd4, White most likely has to trade off the strong knight on d4 and Black gets a decent game with a spatial advantage.” 17.Bxf3 Nd4 18. When analyzing complicated chess variations in your head, try to examine each branch of candidate moves once and only once. Aronian and Carlsen trot out opening moves. Kramnik still has a plus score against Carlsen and looks to maintain his advantage. Running out of time to think, Gelfand decided to simplify things Following the opening, White acquired moveable pawns in the centre and an advantage of two bishops; at the same time the Black positions had no weaknesses. Here's a selection of the best chess books available. Make that winning move with the help of a chess book. On the twentieth move, the Indian grandmaster launched tactical operations in the centre, preventing his opponent from stabilising the situation and strengthening his advantage. It should be a simple, easy opening that does not require a lot of memorization (Tangborn recommends the King's Indian Attack for White and the King's Indian Defense as Black if your opponent plays 1.d4 and Sicialian You need to have a strong feel for where to put your pieces and how to take advantage of structural weaknesses. I suspect Gelfand is choosing between the first two options. The best way to read Shipov's commentary (which first appeared in Russian at Crestbook) is in the game viewer at the bottom of the following page, where you can click on the moves and analysis to see the position on the board: It's time to play chess. White's got a big choice: 9.a3, 9.Qe2, 9. When he's not lost in introspection. Bd3, 9.Bd2, 9.h3 and lord knows what else. Solve chess puzzles in the comfort of your armchair. The battle was Overview: There were four draws in the first round of the World Chess Candidates as it appeared that no one took any real risk this early in the tournament. The highest rated Singaporean player pitted against Hou Yifan today in her 46-board simultaneous exhibition is FIDE Master Tin Jingyao, the 2012 National Age-Group Chess Championships Champion (Open). However, black ended up playing for a queenside initiative that never materialized and white ended up on the stronger side of two minors against a rook.