"Sorry" | Laznicka - Artemiev | Grunfeld defense

Viktor plays fianchetto variation of Gruenfeld defence not allowing black too much counterplay. Artemiev can;t really find weaknesses and have to defend a passive position



2019 King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships
Moscow, 2019
Laznicka, Viktor (2648)
Artemiev, Vladislav (2731)
Event: World Blitz 2019
Site: Moscow RUS Date: 12/29/2019
Round: 1.8 Score: ½-½
ECO: E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 a5 11.Qe2 a4 12.Rd1 Bg4 13.h3 Bd7 14.e4 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.f4 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qe7 19.Be3 Bc6 20.Rd4 Rad8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Bd4 Nd7 23.Re1 Re8 24.Qf2 Qe6 25.Re3 Qe7 26.g4 Bb5 27.Re1 c5 28.Be3 Bc6 29.e5 Bxg2 30.Kxg2 Qe6 31.Rd1 b6 32.Rd6 Qe7 33.Qd2 Nf8 34.Qd5 Qa7 35.f5 gxf5 36.gxf5 Qe7 37.Bf4 Qh4 38.Bg3 Qg5 39.Qe4 h5 40.Kh2 Nh7 41.Bf4 Qh4 42.Qe3 Kh8 43.e6 Nf6 44.Be5 Kh7 45.Bxf6 Qxf6 46.Rd7 Re7 47.Rxe7 ½-½
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The King's Indian Defence is a common chess opening. It arises after the moves:

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6

Black intends to follow up with 3...Bg7 and 4...d6 (the Grünfeld Defence arises when Black plays 3...d5 instead, and is considered a separate opening). White's major third move options are 3.Nc3, 3.Nf3 or 3.g3, with both the King's Indian and Grünfeld playable against these moves. The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings classifies the King's Indian Defence under the codes E60 through E99.

In the most critical lines of the King's Indian, White erects an imposing pawn centre with Nc3 followed by e4. Black stakes out his own claim to the centre with the Benoni-style ...c5, or ...e5. If White resolves the central pawn tension with d5, then Black follows with either ...b5 and queenside play, or ...f5 and an eventual kingside attack. Meanwhile, White attempts to expand on the opposite wing. The resulting unbalanced positions offer scope for both sides to play for a win.  Blitz chess and rapid chess video. Live blitz and rapid chess.
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