Chess requires precision to the end | Le Quang Liem - Inarkiev | Catalan opening

Описание: Catalan opening was the variation chosen by Le. Ernesto played bb4+ which is not considered to be most principled line Black give up two bishops, however quickly castles and try to defend a worse position. Le played in the center and opened up his dark square bishop to create threats.


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Le, Quang Liem - Inarkiev, Ernesto
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. e3 Rfd8 12. Qe2 c5 13. a3 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 cxd4 15. exd4 Nf8 16. Rfd1 dxc4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. bxc4 Ng6 19. Nf1 Ne4 20. h4 h6 21. Ne3 Ne7 22. d5 exd5 23. Qg4 d4 24. Bxd4 f6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Qxe4 Qe7 27. Qg4 Nc7 28. c5 Nb5 29. Re1 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. Be3 bxc5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Bxc5 Rd5 34. Bb4 a5 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Bf8 Rd7 37. Ra8 Rf7 38. Rxa5 Rxf8 39. Rxb5 Ra8 40. Rb3 Kg6 41. Kf1 Kf5 42. Ke2 g5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. f3 h5 45. Kf2 Ra5 46. Re3 Kf6 47. Kg2 Kf5 48. Kf2 Ra4 49. Rc3 Ra5 50. Ke3 Ra4 51. Kd2 h4 52. gxh4 gxh4 53. Ke3 h3 54. Kf2 h2 55. Kg2 Rh4 56. Rc1 Ke6 57. Rh1 Ra4 58. Ra1 Rh4 59. Kh1 Rh3 60. Kg2 Rh4 61. Re1+ Kf6 62. Kh1 Ra4 63. Re3 Rh4 64. Re2 Kf5 65. Rxh2 Ra4 66. Ra2 Kf4 67. Kg2 Ke3 68. Ra1 Ra8 69. Re1+ Kd3 70. Kf2 Kd4 71. Re4+ Kd5 72. a4 Rb8 73. Kg3 Rb2 74. a5 Ra2 75. Rh4 Ke6 76. Rh6+ Kf5 77. a6 Ra1 78. Rb6 Ra2 79. Rc6 Kg5 80. Rb6 Kf5 81. Kh4 Rh2+ 82. Kg3 Ra2 83. Rb5+ Kf6 84. Rb6+ Kf5 85. Rh6 Kg5 86. Rd6 Kf5 87. Rc6 Kg5 88. f4+ Kf5 89. Rc5+ Kf6 90. Rh5 Kg6 91. Kg4 Rxa6 92. f5+ Kg7 93. Kg5 Ra1 94. f6+ Kg8 95. Kg6 Rg1+ 96. Rg5 Rxg5+ 97. Kxg5 Kf7 98. Kf5 Kf8 99. Ke6 Ke8 100. f7+ Kf8 101. Kf6 ½-½

The Catalan is a chess opening where White adopts a combination of the Queen's Gambit and Réti Opening: White plays d4 and c4 and fianchettoes the white bishop on g2. A common opening sequence is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3, although the opening can arise from various move orders (see transposition). Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) codes E01–E09 are for lines with 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2, and others are part of E00.

Black has two main approaches to choose between: in the Open Catalan he plays ...dxc4 and can either try to hold on to the pawn with ...b5 or give it back for extra time to free his game. In the Closed Catalan, Black does not capture on c4; his game can be somewhat cramped for a while, but is quite solid.

The Catalan is generally seen as a safe way for White to get a small advantage.

The Catalan derives its name from Catalonia, after tournament organisers at the 1929 Barcelona tournament asked Savielly Tartakower to create a new variation in homage to the area's chess history. It had been played a few times before Tartakower's usage in the tournament, however: Réti–Leonhardt, Berlin 1928, for instance, transposed into an Open Catalan.

The Catalan came to prominence at the top level when both Garry Kasparov and Viktor Korchnoi played it in their Candidates Semifinal match in London in 1983: five games of the eleven-game match were Catalans.

In 2004, Ruben Felgaer won a tournament celebrating the 75th anniversary of Barcelona 1929 and the birth of the Catalan Opening, ahead of Grandmasters (GMs) Viktor Korchnoi, Mihail Marin, Lluis Comas and Viktor Moskalenko and International Master Manel Granados. Each game in the tournament, which was also held in Barcelona, began with the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6.

With its use by Vladimir Kramnik, the Catalan has recently gained a good deal of attention by high-level GMs. Kramnik played the opening three times in the World Chess Championship 2006. The Catalan was also played four times by Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2010; in both instances the opponent was Veselin Topalov, and in each instance White scored two more points than Black.

Lê Quang Liêm (born 13 March 1991) is a Vietnamese chess player, the top-ranked of his country.[1] He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. Le is the current Asian champion and he was world champion in blitz chess in 2013.

He has competed for team Vietnam at the Chess Olympiad since 2006. The best result occurred in 2012, when he scored 8/10 points on board 1 and his team finished in 7th place, the highest ever for Vietnam

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