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Alexei Shirov and Evgeniy Najer have joined Alireza Firouzja as the leaders of the Open Event

Ian Nepomniachtchi: “The strategy was not to lose” The winner of the FIDE Candidates Tournament answered Eteri Kublashvili’s questions in great detail. We publish this interview, courtesy of the official website of the Chess Federation of Russia, with some minor edits. The video version is available here. - Ian, you won one of the most important events in every chess player’s career and qualified for the World Championship Match. It’s a great achievement, congratulations! So, how do you feel now?  - Thank you. I feel really exhausted because it was an incredible tournament in many,...

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 Here too White has made only normal moves and with two moves Black can fall into the trap. A) 4...h6? is played relatively infrequently and the refutation is also not seen so often: 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Bxf7+! Kxf7 7.Nxe5+ Kf6 8.Nc3!! (not 8.Qd4 c5) intending 8...Bb4 9.Qd4 c5 10.Qd6 mate. B) 4...Be7? is played incredibly often; after 5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 White wins a pawn with the double attack 7.Qh5. 2) Sicilian Defence - updating CBM 191 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Qf3 Anyone who does not know the theory will perhaps avoid 7....

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