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The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the Grandmasters Larry Kaufman
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games

Weighed up by a player to answer the question which is more true; will the more open position favor Black, or is there some very specific sequence of moves that can obtain a significant advantage by threatening the Black King? After 40…Nc3 (he should have played 40…Nb6) Black certainly was lost. This article attempts to follow that format, although it is accepted that the players involved are a very long way short of grandmaster standard and so our annotations won't contain anything like as much insight as Chernov's but somebody might find something . She quickly achieved an advantage with Black in a Sicilian Dragon, the same opening she lost to yesterday, and although Hou Yifan needed 85 moves to bring home her advantage, the full point was never really in doubt. After a strongly played opening he obtained a clear advantage and looking back he concluded that Black's position was difficult. Player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, took the sole lead for the first time. So, call it a blend of calculation and positional play if you like, but know that in strategy you can at times do poor seemingly positional decisions now to get a great positional advantage five moves down the line. There is a danger that if White spends too many moves trying to open up the board, Black will have finished development and his pieces may be as well placed as White's to take advantage of the open lines. The Grandmaster from Norway achieved little with White in a Ruy Lopez against Ivan Sokolov. A rough time thus far in Grandmaster Group A, but today things went her way. An oversight Kramnik struck back in the rapid game. So we start with our first basic multi-pawn position: king and six pawns against king and five. Therein lies one of the puzzles of chess; Black has the Bishop pair and he'd like to see more open lines, while White obviously thinks disturbing the defenders of the Black K-side may permit some sudden piece attack on the Black monarch. I usually have to open the book from somewhere in the middle, and then flap backwards or forwards for pages near the beginning or end of the book, but if you do that, the book will stay open without a problem. Ponomariov- He kept looking for his chances, but Ivanchuk remained fully concentrated and his advantage was such that at some point the white position should collapse.