Photo by Lars OA Hedlund. Svidler-Abdusattorov With the black pieces in the English opening, Abdusattorov played an ambitious variation. However, the balance was kept, and there was no decisive move do be found. When they reached an end game with opposite colored bishops, a draw was agreed upon. Grandelius-Ju Grandelius …
Photo: Lars OA Hedlund. Maurizzi-Korobov With the white pieces in the Catalan, Maurizzi played an ambitious pawn sacrifice, with the idea of getting positional compensation. It looked promising for quite a while, but when Korobov was allowed advance his a-pawn all the way to a3, it was clear that black …
Photo: Lars OA Hedlund. Maurizzi-Keymer Semi-Slav, Moscow variation. Maurizzi sacrificed a pawn and the game became very sharp, and Keymer used a lot of time. White then played 15.g4, which was a little over-optimistic. This allowed Keymer to open the long diagonal with 15.- c5. After this, black was clearly …
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