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The World Championship match is always on the forefront of chess theory. The openings and variations played have been subjected to profound months-long study by teams of analysts supported by powerful hardware, meaning that they are of the highest quality. Â This is understandable because nobody wants to risk playing even a slightly dubious line on an occasion as a World Championship match!

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With all this in mind, I would like to take a closer look at the opening of the first game of the match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana.

Honestly speaking, I was very surprised by Carlsen’s choice of the Sicilian.

In all of his previous World Championship matches he has chosen the move 1…e5 as his mainstay defense and it served him exceptionally well. And yet, against Caruana, he went for the Sicilian in the very first game!

The next games will show (or not! My bet is the Sveshnikov Sicilian, but that remains to be seen) what Carlsen had in mind against the Open Sicilian since Caruana went for the ever-popular Rossolimo Variation with 3 Bb5. They have in fact played the Rossolimo against each other, back in 2015, a game beautifully won by Carlsen in a direct gung-ho attack on the kingside.

So Carlsen again went for the same choice of 3…g6.

You can see the rest of Game 1 from the World Chess Championship Match 2018 here.

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 g6 4 Bc6

This is the most popular move lately, mostly because it leads to easy play for White – he will develop smoothly after d3, h3, Nc3, Be3 and then will decide whether to castle short or long. His play is universal against all Black’s set-ups.

4…dc

The alternative is to take with the other pawn, 4…bc, and this has been played lately quite a lot. Carlsen opts for the more classical approach of better central control.

5 d3 Bg7 6 h3 Nf6 7 Nc3 Nd7

This is the first surprise in the chosen line with 4…dc. Only recently Carlsen played the main move here, 7…0-0, against Anand in the Saint Louis tournament and obtained a satisfactory game. However, it is important to take a look at his present choice because the move he chose has a very solid positional foundation.

Black’s general plan in this position is to establish a knight on d4 after playing the move …e5. So Carlsen does not waste a single move to achieve that aim. Additionally, he is keeping a lot of flexibility in his set-up, mainly concerning the position of his king. By not committing to the kingside he keeps the option to be more aggressive and castle queenside. All this unfolds nicely in the next several moves.

8 Be3 e5 9 0-0

The move 9 Qd2 would have been more flexible, keeping the option to castle queenside, but Caruana must have had his reasons for keeping the queen on d1.

9…b6

Another important moment. Carlsen follows the plan – he defends the pawn on c5 and liberates the knight for the …Nf8-e6 maneuver. The subtlety lies in not committing the queen to e7, something that will become important later.

10 Nh2

Caruana had already played this position before and then he chose the move 10 Qd2, a natural move that finishes development. It also introduces the threat of Bh6, exchanging the bishops, as the bishop on g7 is important for the defense of the kingside and also can have a big influence on the center after White plays f4 and Black takes ef. His opponent in that game, Nakamura, went for super-aggressive play after 10…h6 11 Nh2 g5. Was Carlsen basing his preparation on this game? Instead of 11…g5 it is entirely possible to play 11…Nf8 with a likely transposition to our game.

10…Nf8 11 f4

Caruana decides to keep the queen on d1 for the time being. The point is that after Qd2 usually Black replies with …h6 and this is generally a useful move for Black to make, preventing the exchange of bishops and covering the g5-square.

11… ef 12 Rf4

With whichever piece White takes on f4 that piece will have to retreat in order to open the f-file, so Caruana sort of wins a tempo because the rook will retreat to f2, allowing for a future doubling of the rooks.

12…Be6!

We see Caruana’s idea after 12…Ne6 13 Rf2, but Carlsen shows more ambition than just landing a knight on d4. He is now changing his plan and aims to castle queenside and use the fact that the knight from f8 and also go to g6 after …g5, thus creating an attack on the kingside. Carlsen uses the inherent flexibility of Black’s position in an impressive way!

13 Rf2 h6

Continuing the plan to push …g5 and continue with …Ng6.

14 Qd2 g5 15 Raf1 Qd6!

The final precise move before we can say that Black has the better position. The automatic 15…Ng6 would be met by 16 Ng4 and White has created the threat of Nf6+. Now after that same move Black can simply castle long.

16 Ng4 0-0-0

Black’s king is safe on the queenside and he keeps having options – in view of the threat of the knight jumping to f6 Black’s knight on f8 can also go back to d7 in order to exchange it.

17 Nf6 Nd7! 18 Nh5

If White exchanged the knights then Black would have had free hands to play …Be5, …Rdg8 and start pushing the kingside pawns while White would completely be devoid of counterplay. With the game move, White tries to stop Black’s kingside expansion.

18…Be5 19 g4

The only way to obtain some sort of stability on the kingside, but unfortunately for Caruana, it is only a temporary one.

19…f6 20 b3 Bf7

This is the point. Black can take the knight on h5 at any point (moving it allows …h5) and then he can open the g-file by pushing …g4. Black is definitely better here and he went on to obtain a winning position with further forcing play.

We are now deep into the middlegame and can draw conclusions about the opening. The line with 7…Nd7 seems to have a very bright future. Black’s plan is easy and straight-forward while it is not clear how White can prevent it or what he can do about it. For players needing a good repertoire against the Rossolimo with Black the World Champion’s choice seems like an excellent option.

Naturally, White other options like 4 0-0 need to be analyzed, but having a solid line against White’s most popular choice is already a big step towards creating a high-quality repertoire.

Good luck!

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2.c3 Sicilian 2...d5 - 5 Nf3 Bg4 6 Nbd2 [B22]

My strong teammate in the Bundesliga, Alexander Areshchenko, is usually an opening theory machine. But he went astray against the rare but tricky 6.Nbd2 sideline after 5...Bg4:

In Heberla - Areshchenko, White got the dream position against his higher-rated opponent and collected a big scalp. But as I show in the notes, Black can hope for a draw at best against this sideline, even with best play, so it's a very practical choice for White.

Universal Rossolimo (Moscow/Rossolimo Hybrid) 7.Bc4 [B51]

Fellow Chess Publishing associate Gawain Jones won the strong (and lucrative!) 2016 Dubai Open thanks to a smashing win in the last round against tournament leader Boris Savchenko. Please forgive me some final-column self-congratulation as I smugly report that it was thanks in part to my analysis of 7.Bc4 in past months:

This sideline really impresses me and yet for some reason, it still continues to fly under the radar for most players. Gawain got a winning position straight out of the opening in Jones - Savchenko and had no problems converting the point.

Rossolimo Variation 3...g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.Re1 [B31]

A special focus is on the 3...g6 variation of the Rossolimo. Following on from last week, Caruana - Kasparov (yes, THAT Kasparov!) looks at 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.0-0 again.

Ironically, the earliest game from the diagram in the ChessPublishing archives was Kasparov-Salov from 1992! I've analysed this position a few times and I think it gives White dangerous attacking chances. In this game it's Black who pulls out the big aggressive cards in a game reminiscent of many fine Kasparov attacks, but White didn't have to allow this. In particular, improvements on move 17 for White would have given Caruana a clear advantage after Kasparov's dubious novelty 15...g5?!. In fact, if you take the analysis to this game along with that of Naiditsch-Bu and Jakovenko-Cornette, you'll be very dangerous against anyone who tries 3...g6 against you!

Rossolimo Variation 3...g6 4.0-0 [B31]

On the other hand, White also has some neat ideas in the quieter 4.0-0 variation. This variation is more subtle in nature but you can get a good idea of the intricacies in Fenwick - Epure, a high-level correspondence game from last year with a rare decisive result! White won surprisingly easily after the rare but strong 7.h3!:

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In the notes, I explain how powerful this position can be if handled correctly, and also exactly why this little move is so important. But to really understand why the more popular 7.d4 isn't as good, you'll have to check out Nozdrachev - Motylev, our one black victory for this month. It's all about the rare 7...d5!, when White needs to think about equalizing.

Delayed Alapin 2...d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 [B50]

To fittingly hand over the column to Sam, I've decided to annotate a recent game of his. Not only is he a great analyst and writer but he also uses anti-Sicilians to potent effect in his games. In Collins - Palliser he lets yet another former Antis columnist for this site off the hook. (We really keep it in the family, huh?):

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But theoretically speaking, neither Sam nor I can understand why the popularity of this system for White has died down, as the first player has excellent attacking chances from the diagram.

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Moscow Variation 3...Nd7 4.0-0 a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 [B51]

Topalov, the Moscow, 3...Nd7 4.0-0 a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6... yeh, we've been here before. But no ...g5 novelty this time! On the white side, Topa cuts out this possibility straight away with the rare 6.a4!?:

It's not a bad little wrinkle to be honest, though it can't objectively promise an advantage. Still, it leads to a very playable position with more space and easy development, which White was able to cultivate to a win in Topalov - Vachier Lagrave.

Moscow Variation 3...Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 [B52]

Our final game for the month, and my final one as an analyst, is another correspondence game. I wanted to present the ultimate 'truth' of the Maroczy setup after 3.Bb5+ Bd7, and we see that in Serner - Batrakov.

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This recent game shows that while Black should equalize in the long run, White can - with keen accuracy - prevent Black from breaking out and immediately clarifying the centre. This is the main point for most 3.Bb5+ players: they just want a position with more space and most importantly control over their opponent's breaks so as to try and outplay them. A key resource to do this is the queen move Qd3, keeping an eye on b5 and d5. In the game White reaches a slightly more pleasant endgame that in correspondence chess wasn't enough for serious winning chances, but White's life is definitely more comfortable.

And with that, 'Smerdon out'. I wish you enjoyable reading, good fortune, and great victories! Dave

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