Andrey's Selected Shorts

How NOT to play against Dragon

Here is the game from the latest Commercial Chess League of NYC match. We were playing NewYork Chess And Games team... Must win for us to keep in a contention for the 2nd place...

Again Najdorf

Here is my latest game from Commercial Chess League... First board - Team Wu vs Brooklyn Tea Lounge 1 Had to play for a win, so here is yet another Najdorf interpretation vs WIM Alena Kats.

Blast from the Past

Here is the interesting game I played in the Commercial Chess League of NewYork last week. I was playing on the first board against strong FM Rico Salimbagat. We have a long history - first time I've played him was in 1998 in Las Vegas. We were ...

Fun in Keres Attack

Scheveningen variation in Sicialian defence fell a little bit out of favor recently. Everybody plays Najdorf/Dragon/Chelyabin. Maybe it is because of Keres attack? Here is an interesting example from my recent game in Commercial Chess Leag...

Fancy Dragon

Dragon is still a powerful weapon for black, despite some latest theoretical advances. One bad move and you can finish up like white in following miniature.  

Neversimple Morra Gambit!

      My Smith-Morra gambit thematic tournament is chugging along. Here is yet another game, which I am publishing for the final position only! There are tons of inaccuracies... But alas - it is hard to survive the gambit by white otherwise :)    ...

Recent favorite in Morra's Gambit