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CVO #129: the return of the Sveshnikov

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CVO #129: Anand's handling of the Caro-Kann Advance VariationOne of the most annoying lines these days against the Sveshnikov is 11.c4, where White gains a firm grip on the centre without giving Black a real chance to employ the dynamic play he's looking for. However, one of the biggest experts in this field, Ukrainian GM Moiseenko, has come up with a new approach to deal with this solid line. Find all about it in ChessVibes Openings #129 and regain confidence in paying that wonderful Svesh!


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What is ChessVibes Openings?

ChessVibes Openings - What's hot and what's not?Every issue consists of a PDF Magazine and the accompanying PGN file. The PDF consists of four pages (A4 size) with the following contents:
  • What's hot? A round-up of this week's important opening developments, with statistics about the frequence and score of the week's most important opening novelty (page 1)
  • What's not? Which openings are not recommended at the moment, according to the top players? And why not? (page 1)
  • Game of the week Each week you'll find the theoretically most important game analysed by our two IMs, with a detailed survey of the opening phase (page 2).
  • This week's harvest Four more new important opening ideas from this week (page 3) revealed and described with explanation of the opening and early middlegame (page 3).
  • It's Your Move An interactive element: every week two exercises, of which the solutions/explanations will follow one week later. This will improve your understanding of certain opening, middlegame or even endgame themes even further.


This week's issue: #129, June 22, 2011

ChessVibes Openings no. 129ChessVibes Openings #129 In this issue of CVO we check out rounds 4-9 of the Kings Tournament, with Carlsen and Karjakin 1.5 points ahead of the rest of the field. We also take a look at the Russian Higher League and the Gyorgy Marx Memorial. All about the Queen's Gambit Accepted (7.dxc5) was covered in our Game of the week Carlsen-Nisipeanu, Medias 2011.

Other lines that are covered:
  • Ruy Lopez, Jaenisch
  • Sicilian, Sveshnikov
  • QGD, Exchange
  • Gruenfeld, Exchange



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Last week's issue: #128, June 15, 2011

ChessVibes Openings no. 128ChessVibes Openings #128 At the Kings Tournament in Bazna (where Carlsen leads), Sigeman (where Tikkanen was the surprise package) and the Ukrainian Championship (where Ponomariov leads) the Queen's Gambit Declined was still the hit of the day. All about the Nimzo-Indian (4.Qc2 d5) which was covered in our Game of the week So-Grandelius, Malmö 2011.

Other lines that are covered:
  • Caro-Kann, main line
  • QGD, Lasker
  • QGD, Exchange, 5.Bf4
  • King's Indian, Averbakh



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Ehm... can I have a look?

Here's what ChessVibes Openings #16 (April 22, 2009) looks like:



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  • What's hot? A round-up of the most important opening developments of mid-April, including statistics about the frequence and score of the Chebanenko position after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6
  • What's not? This week 1.e4 e5 was hot, as the top players categorically avoided the Semi-Open Games. Interestingly, the classical 1...d5 was also much more popular than the more modern answers to 1.d4, at the FIDE Grand Prix in Nalchik.
  • Game of the week "I didn't spend much time on it before the game, but I prepared seriously for this tournament and we did investigate this line", Peter Leko said at the press conference in Nalchik, after his game against Sergei Karjakin. Page two has a closer look at this highly interesting draw in the Chebanenko.
  • This week's harvest For more opening ideas from the Ruy Lopez Marshall, Sicilian Taimanov, Queen's Indian and Ragozin Defence.
  • Opening expert This week Rustam Kasimdzhanov is highlighted. The former FIDE World Champion and current second of Anand has a broad repertoire, switching from hypersharp openings like Dragon and Anti-Moscow to positional Queen‚Äôs Gambit lines.


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July 1, 2009: Eugene Manchester reviews ChessVibes Openings for ChessCafe

In the July 1 issue of ChessCafe's Book Review (mirror here) ChessVibes Openings was reviewed by Eugene Manchester. Some quotes: CVO in ChessCafe"So, who-ya-gonna-call? Opening busters? Not quite. For the reasonable price of 25 euros per year [now 28 - CV] , once a week you can receive intelligent, interesting opening surveys and analysis presented by a team lead by Dutch IMs Merijn van Delft & Robert Ris."

"The format and presentation are consistently of high quality, with variety of coverage and opening analysis."

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May 7, 2009: GM Hedinn Steingrimsson reviews ChessVibes Openings for Chess Today

In issues 3103 (Thursday, May 7) of Chess Today, the daily chess newspaper which also comes into your inbox by email in PDF, ChessVibes Openings was reviewed by GM Hedinn Steingrimsson from Iceland. Some quotes: CVO in CT"What I like about ChessVibes Openings is their focus on the trend and discoveries that are revealed in super tournaments and by very strong players. It makes sense for all tournament chess players and opening theoreticians to follow these developments and getting an overview from ChessVibes Openings definitely saves time."

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