[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Slav Endgames Intro"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
{For this blog post I'm going to examine a few endgames typically arising from
the Slav Defence. It is very easy to find opening theory on the Slav or a
collection of Slav games, but I don't know of any books that cover the key[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Source "ChessPublishing"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.07"]
{You probably already know that Viswanathan Anand won the FIDE Candidates with[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2014.03.18"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Svidler, P."] [Black "Topalov, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2014.03.13"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2014.03.24"]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Survey Introduction"]
[Black "4.exd5 Winawer"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
{In this week's post I'll survey a simple but in my view quite annoying
antidote to the Winawer French.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 {The starting
position of the Winawer.} ({If this post inspires you to start playing 3.Nc3[Event "15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014"] [Site "Yerevan ARM"] [Date "2014.03.03"] [Round "1.33"] [White "Ali Marandi, C."] [Black "Motylev, A."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2380"] [BlackElo "2656"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2014.03.03"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ARM"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2014.03.03"]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Slaughtering the Openings"]
[Black "Queen's Gambit Declined"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
{This week we will be continuing the 'Slaughtering the Chess Openings' series,
but contrary to last week, I will be providing more balanced coverage of our[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.02.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Slaughtering Chess Openings"]
[Black "The French"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
{Most instructional chess books are on the opening phase. Of these books, most
cover the best moves from the position, recommending variations and basing
their coverage on what the Grandmasters played in Tata Steel this year. These[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2014"] [Site "Caleta ENG"] [Date "2014.01.28"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Tomashevsky, E."] [Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2289"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2014.01.28"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2014.02.03"]
[Event "Wahroonga AUS U/18 Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.01.16"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Perera, Pasan"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.11"]
{In this week's post I will examine some more games from the Australian[Event "Zurich CC Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[Source "ChessPublishing"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.07"]
{Hello everyone! For this week we'll have a look at the games from the blitz