Nepomniachtchi Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala

Author:Cyrus Lakdawala [Lakdawala,Cyrus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sports & Outdoors
ISBN: 9781781946312
Publisher: Eveyrman Chess

One of the major points of the Rubinstein is that Black gets a Caro-Kannish position, with one difference: In the Caro-Kann it always takes two moves to play the ... c5 freeing break, whereas in the Rubinstein it can be done in one go, as we see here.

11 Qe2

Question: Doesn’t this just give away the d4-pawn.

Answer: The d-pawn is sacrificed in the name of the attack. In any case, 11 c3? is unsound: 11 ... cxd4 12 cxd4 Qa5+ 13 Kf1 Bxe5 14 dxe5 Qxe5 and White doesn’t have anything for the pawn.

11 ... Qa5+!

Meier wants to make it more difficult for Nepo to castle queenside. After 11 ... cxd4 12 0-0-0 White has decent attacking chances and will continue with f2-f4 and g2-g4.

12 c3

If 12 Kf1!? cxd4 13 Nc4 Qd5 14 Nxd6 Qxd6 15 Bxf6 gxf6 16 Qg4+ Kh8 17 Qh4 Kg7, White has nothing better than to take the draw.

12 ... cxd4 13 Nc4 Qc5?!

This is the wrong square for the queen. 13 ... Qd5 was correct, when White has two tries:

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