Waiting game suddenly ends with tactic | Kramnik - Donchenko | English opening

Описание: Vladimir Kramnik plays very modest variation of English which is basically a Sicilian scheveningen with extra tempo. Black's system is solid. In Sicilian Whit normally will be pressing Black's king whoever plays black. Donchenko seemingly hesitates to attack Kramnik and decides to play waiting game.



2019 King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships
Moscow, 2019


Kramnik, Vladimir (2753)
Donchenko, Alexander (2644)
Event: World Blitz 2019
Site: Moscow RUS Date: 12/29/2019
Round: 2.10 Score: 1-0
ECO: A20 English opening
1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Be6 7.Qc2 Be7 8.b4 a6 9.Bb2 f6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Nbd2 Qe8 12.O-O Qg6 13.Rfe1 Rad8 14.Rac1 Kh8 15.Ne4 Bc8 16.Ng3 Qh6 17.Qb1 Bd6 18.Rc4 f5 19.Bf1 f4 20.exf4 Nxf4 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Qf6 24.Qe1 Nxd3 25.Bxd3 Rxd3 26.Rxc7 Qd8 27.Rc1 Rxa3 28.h3 Rd3 29.Ne4 Rd4 30.Ng5 Qf6 31.Rxc8 1-0


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.



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