In this article, we would proceed with our series of opening novelties analyses for the month of March 2021. So far, we have already looked at lots of interesting games in the  January edition and 2nd January edition of opening novelties. We would continue from the February edition of opening novelties to carry out analyses on games from tournaments such as the Cerrado GM 16 Febrero 2021, Barcelona, ARM-ch Rapid 2021, Yerevan, and 1st FIDE OWCCCC Pools-East 2021 tournament.

1.Carlsen, Magnus – Zakharov, Alexander S.

What could be better than starting out with a game by the world champion, … Read more

January 2021 – Opening Novelties 2nd

Today we continue analyzing interesting Opening Novelties that were played during January 2021. Many tournaments were analyzed, but the most amazing games (the ones that made this list of four Opening Novelties) are from the Top Level Tournament 83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021 Wijk aan Zee.

Opening Novelties Game 1

[Event “83rd Tata Steel Masters 2021”]
[Site “Wijk aan Zee”]
[Date “2021.01.18”]
[Round “3.4”]

[White “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Black “Duda, Jan-Krzysztof”]

[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C42”]
[WhiteElo “2823”]
[BlackElo “2743”]
[PlyCount “101”]
[EventDate “2021.01.16”]
[EventCountry “NED”]
[Source “ChessBase”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 … Read more

January 2021 – Opening Novelties

In January 2021 there were some very interesting Opening Novelties. Today we analyze 4 interesting and beautiful new moves in the opening, which have been played by top masters. There were novelties in some high-level competitions, and we considered all of them. However, the four moves/games we found most amazing for this post are taken from the super-strong Tata Steel.

For the selection, we thought of the strength of the master who played it, the beauty of the move and the game, and how early in the game it was played (since it is … Read more