Position
arising from 2 knights opening. White to play. Other than 4.d4 and 4.Bb5 what
else comes to your mind?
This position
has arisen from topical line of scotch variation. White to play. What would you
play here?
White to
play.what will you play?
This has
arisen from 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4.Black’s last move was Bb4-e7.What would you
play here as white?
Black’s
last move was Ne4-d2.How will you recapture the knight?
Quite a
famous and ever trending opening. Black has many moves here.Which crazy move
comes to your mind?
This is
from topical line of catalan variation.What will you play here as white?
We shall
now look at the solutions and which among these has certain resemblance of
classical players.
Carlsen
played h3 here.I didn’t know much about this move and then when I looked at the
database,I found that few top level players like Short,Giri,Yu yangyi has
already played it in rapid/Blitz. This move has a good surprise value
especially in shorter time controls as white doesn’t commit anything and just
plays a useful move. White can continue accordingly by seeing how black
responds.My 5 candidate choices of former greats
who could have played this move.
World
champions: Lasker,capablanca,Smyslov,Euwe,Spassky
Other
Top players: Schlechter,Zukertort,Rubinstein,Sultan Khan,Reti
Position
after 9.0-0-0. Between Carlsen-Nakamura. If Black plays Bc3 then 10.bc3 Qc3
11.Bd4 Qf3 12.gf3 f6 13.Rg1 followed by 14.f4 with an initiative.
My top 5 candidate choices
World
champions:
Alekhine,Botvinnik,Tal,Fischer,Spassky
Other top players: Morphy,Spielmann,Bogoljubow,Polugaevsky,Keres
Position
after 4.h4 between carlsen-Svidler. Many might wonder how did this position
occur with white to play. Well, Carlsen played 1.c3 and then got this position!
In general pushing the ‘h’pawn is in the spirit of ‘Alpha Zero’. However even
computers may not play this here unless they are programmed to play!
Difficult to guess who could
have played like this. However I will try guessing .
My top 5
candidate choices.
World champions: Steinitz,Alekhine,Tal,Fischer,Spassky
Other greats: Paulsen,Blackburne,
Speelman,Tartokower, Larsen
Position
after 7.Ng1 between Carlsen-Xiong.White’s idea is to place his Bishop on d3 and postpone
the development of the knight so that he keeps the option open for playing g4.
My 5
candidate choices
World champions: Steinitz,Alekhine,Capablanca,Smyslov,Petrosian
Other greats: Nimzowitsch,Bronstein,Gligoric,Reti,Flohr
Position
after 12.Qd2 between Carlsen-Xiong.White now transfers the queen to ‘g’ file to
create attacking chances.
My top 5
candidate choices
World champions: Alekhine,Tal,Botvinnik,Fischer,Spassky
Other greats: Chigorin,Marshall,Nezhmetdinov,Stein,Keres
Position
after 3..h5 between Ding Liren-CarlsenMy
candidate choices will be same as diagram 3
Position
after 8.h4 between Dubov-Ding Liren. White basically waits to see how black
continues.After 8..Nbd7,Dubov played 9.Nc3 and later went on to win the game.
My 5
candidate choices
World champions: Botvinnik,Alekhine,Tal,Spassky,Fischer
Other greats: Blackburne,Stein,Larsen,Keres, Nezhmetdinov
I had
doubts about the style of few players and I immediately Without any hesitations
clarified with Kidambi Anna and would like to thank him for sharing his
thoughts
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