Grand Chess Tour 2022 in Romania

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Grand Chess Tour 2022 in Romania

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Hi,

Round 1:

Caruana-Firouzja

[fen]r1b1r1k1/pp1nqpp1/2p4p/P2p3n/3P4/2NBP3/1P2NPPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 13[/fen]

Black played 13 ... a6 , alternative is 13 ... Ndf6 .


[fen]1r2r1k1/1p1n1pn1/p1p3p1/P2p1bqp/N2P1N1P/R3PP2/BP3QP1/5RK1 b - h3 0 22[/fen]

Black played 22 ... Qf6 , alternative is 22 ... Qe7 .

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Re: Grand Chess Tour 2022 in Romania

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While the round 2 still on-going:

Firouzja - Nepomniachtchi:

[fen]r2q1rk1/1p1n1pp1/4bn1p/pN1p4/P2Ppb1B/1BP5/1P3PPP/R2QKN1R w KQ - 2 16[/fen]


The move 16. Ne3 is according to Nimzowitsch's "My System" book. Knight stopping the e4 pawn , threatening d5 pawn. Also preparing to castle. After securing the king , white may start the attack. Unfortunately Firouzja played weakening 16. h3 which delays the said plans too.
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Firouzja lost round 2 game. Round 3 game:

Aronian - Firouzja :

[fen]8/2k5/2p5/8/pb2NP2/1p2P3/1K3P1P/8 b - - 0 41[/fen]


Black played 41 ... c5 . Apparently the only move is 41 ... Kb6; White may eventually push pawns on king-side. The trick is to try to stop them using bishop. This would make room for black's king towards b4. After that a3 or c3 can be played and black is quicker to promote.

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Re: Grand Chess Tour 2022 in Romania

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Round 6:

Mamedyarov - Firouzja

[fen]2r3k1/pp3ppp/5n2/8/1q1N1B2/2nQ1BPb/P3PP1P/R5K1 b - - 8 23[/fen]


Firouzja played ...h6. Alternative is ... Nfd5. After it white may play 24.Bxd5 giving up bishops pair. Also after 24.Bd2 black may eventually get an extra pawn with ...Qb2. Still white has some compensation because of bishops pair.
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