GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko comments on the games of the 8th round 23.09.2014Annotated gamesadmin Peter Svidler – Sergey Karjakin Reti Opening A05 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.0-0 Be7 5.d3 c5 6.e4. Continue reading →
GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko comments on the games of the 14th round 31.03.2014Annotated gamesPress Viswanathan Anand – Peter Svidler Ruy Lopez C89 The winner of the tournament did not spend too much energy in the final round Continue reading →
We worked for you 30.03.2014Annotated games, NewsPress The press-center of every tournament is a unique unit, and its staff becomes a family by the end of the event. Continue reading →
GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko comments on the games of the 13th round 30.03.2014Annotated gamesPress Sergey Karjakin – Viswanathan Anand English Opening А13 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3. A combative approach Continue reading →
GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko comments on the games of the 12th round 28.03.2014Annotated gamesPress Veselin Topalov – Peter Svidler Sicilian Defense B49 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 b5. The classical way of handling this position is 7…Nf6 Continue reading →
GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko comments on the games of the 11th round 27.03.2014Annotated gamesPress Peter Svidler – Levon Aronian Reti Opening A06 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 c6 5.cxd5 Bxf3. Black wants to play with a symmetrical pawn structure, and in this case taking on f3 is necessary Continue reading →
GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko comments on the games of the 10th round 26.03.2014Annotated gamesPress Sergey Karjakin – Dmitry Andreikin Sicilian Defense B46 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Qd3. A rare move first employed by Karjakin’s second Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Continue reading →
GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko comments on the games of the 9th round 24.03.2014Annotated gamesPress Sergey Karjakin – Vladimir Kramnik Queen’s Pawn Opening D02 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4. Sergey refuses to participate in a home analysis contest and shows his intention to compete at the board even without any opening advantage. Continue reading →
GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko comments on the games of the 7th round 22.03.2014Annotated gamesadmin Sergey Karjakin – Levon Aronian Ruy Lopez C65 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 0–0 6.0–0 Re8. Aronian already employed this not very popular, but quite logical move. Continue reading →
GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko comments on the games of the 6th round 20.03.2014Annotated gamesPress Detailed analysis of the FIDE Candidates tournament sixth round games by GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko. Continue reading →