GM Bartosz Socko - GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, Grunfeld defense, Blitz chess

2019 King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships
Moscow, 2019

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GM Bartosz Socko - GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, Grunfeld defense, Blitz chess

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Be3 Nc4 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Rac1 Nb6 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Bf4 Nb6 18. Qe4 Qe8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Qh4 f6 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Rc5 24. b4 f5 25. Qe3 Re5 26. Qxb6 f4 27. gxf4 1-0

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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.

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.