King's Tournament 2013 Round 1: Grunfeld Fights Back!

Updated: Oct 7, 2013, 7:28 PM | 1

Hello all! Here is a game from round 1 of the King's Tournament which is currently active where Caruana starts off with a win as black in the Grunfeld. He takes on the 5.h4 topic variation with a very principled approach, perhaps inventing a novelty in the process. Is this one step closer to a refutation of white's coffee-house style play? Only time will tell. I hope you enjoy the game with my very brief analysis.

Thanks for following this blog post and I hope to look into more interesting games from this tournament as they develop.

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Originally, this was labeled 'Road to 2000,' but that's already been achieved. In this blog, I will do write-ups on my tournaments, including games I felt were instructive. I will also cover some of my training methods and track my progress over time as I try to become a USCF National Master. You will also find some of my analytical work here (on endgames, important historical or modern games, etc). Ideally I would like to hit my goal before the end of 2019 (which is not so much time given the amount of work to do). I hope you enjoy following along.