GM Cheparinov Ivan – GM Vladislav Artemiev, Blitz chess, Grunfeld defense

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European Individual Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2018, Skopje, Macedonia

Blitz chess (also known as speed or fast chess) is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than normal tournament time controls allow. Openings, tactics and strategy are same.

GM Cheparinov Ivan – GM Vladislav Artemiev, Blitz chess, Grunfeld defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 a5 8. cxd5 a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nxa4 Qa5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qa3 15. Qb3 Nc6 16. Bc3 Bf5 17. Bb2 Qxb3 18. axb3 Bc2 19. b4 Nxb4 20. Ne5 Be4 21. Rfc1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nc6 25. e3 Rb8 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. Rc5 Rd8 28. Rb5 Rd7 29. f4 Ke8 30. Kf3 Kd8 31. Ba3 d4 32. Ke2 Kc8 33. Bc5 dxe3 34. Bxe3 Rd4 35. h4 h5 36. e6 f5 37. g4 hxg4 38. h5 Re4 39. hxg6 Rxe6 40. g7 Rg6 41. Rxf5 Rxg7 42. Rg5 Rxg5 43. fxg5 Kd7 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Kg3 Kf5 46. Kh4 Ne5 47. Kg3 Ng6 48. Bd2 e5 49. Be3 b5 50. Bd2 Nf4 51. Kh4 Ng6+ 52. Kg3 e4 53. Kf2 Ne5 54. Kg3 Nf3 0-1

The Grünfeld Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 d5
Black offers White the possibility of cxd5, when after Nxd5 White further gets the opportunity to kick the Black Knight around with e4, leading to an imposing central pawn duo for White. If White does not take the d5 pawn, Black may eventually play dxc4, when a White response of e4 again leads to the same pawn structure. In classical opening theory this imposing pawn centre was held to give White a large advantage, but the hypermodern school, which was coming to the fore in the 1920s, held that a large pawn centre could be a liability rather than an asset. The Grünfeld is therefore a key hypermodern opening, showing in stark terms how a large pawn centre can either be a powerful battering ram or a target for attack.

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