Petrov - Morozevich | Countering English opening with early h5!

Nikita Petrov opens up with c4 which is English opening. Morozevich counters with e5 and very rare h5 attacking g3 pawn immediately. Such line objectively can;t be good for black as their pieces are not developing. However in blitz you can't possibly be ready for this kind of side line and have to play common sense moves. It appears that Nikita's plan hasn't worked out really well for him.

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Petrov, Nikita - Morozevich, Alexander
World Blitz Championship 2019 round 07
1. c4 e5 2. g3 h5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nh4 Be7 5. Nf5 d5 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. cxd5 h4 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. d3 e3 10. Bxe3 hxg3 11. Bf4 gxf2+ 12. Kxf2 Nh5 13. Bg2 Nxf4 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. Qxf4 Ne5 16. h3 g5 17. Qe3 Rh4 18. d4 Nc4 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. e4 Nxb2 21. Ke3 Nc4+ 22. Kd3 Nd6 23. Rae1 b5 24. e5 Bf5+ 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Rh8 28. Ke3 Bxe4 29. Kxe4 Rh4+ 30. Ke3 g4 31. Rc1 gxh3 32. Rxc7+ Kd8 33. Rc1 h2 34. Rh1 b4 35. d6 a5 36. d5 Kd7 37. Kf3 a4 38. Kg3 Rh8 39. Rf1 h1=Q 40. Rxf7+ Kd8 0-1


2019 King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships
Moscow, 2019

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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 English Opening is a chess opening that begins with the move:

1. c4

A flank opening, it is the fourth most popular[1][2] and, according to various databases, anywhere from one of the two most successful[1] to the fourth most successful[3] of White's twenty possible first moves. White begins the fight for the centre by staking a claim to the d5-square from the wing, in hypermodern style. Although many lines of the English have a distinct character, the opening is often used as a transpositional device in much the same way as 1.Nf3 – to avoid such highly regarded responses to 1.d4 as the Nimzo-Indian and Grünfeld Defences, and is considered reliable and flexible.[4]

The English derives its name from the English (unofficial) world champion Howard Staunton, who played it during his 1843 match with Saint-Amant and at London 1851, the first international tournament.[5] It did not inspire Staunton's contemporaries and caught on only in the twentieth century.[5] It is now recognised as a solid opening that may be used to reach both classical and hypermodern positions. Mikhail Botvinnik, Tigran Petrosian, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, and Magnus Carlsen employed it during their world championship matches. Bobby Fischer created a stir when he switched to it from his customary 1.e4 late in his career, employing it against Lev Polugaevsky and Oscar Panno at the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal in 1970, and in his world championship match against Boris Spassky.