In today's round two of the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Fabiano Caruana handed Sergey Karjakin his second loss of the event. Caruana gained a material advantage that he was able to nurse to victory. The sequence of forcing moves that led to material advantage began with a relatively quiet strong move from the position here.
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Qd1!! -Ryan
ReplyDeleteI have seen this guy in person before at the national open I played at. He was talking about a Dvoresky book that he read.
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Dvoretsky's book on planning, perhaps? Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual (2008)
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