GM Vladislav Artemiev - GM Alonso Rosell Alvar, English opening, Blitz

2019 King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships
Moscow, 2019

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GM Vladislav Artemiev - GM Alonso Rosell Alvar, English opening
1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 d6 9. Bb2 Be6 10. d3 d5 11. e4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Rb1 Qd7 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Bc3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Qh5 Rf7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nxf4 Rb8 22. Rbe1 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Bd7 24. Bd5 Rf6 25. Re2 Rbf8 26. Rfe1 Kh8 27. Re7 Nxe7 28. Rxe7 Qa1+ 29. Kg2 Qb2+ 30. Kf3 h6 31. Ng6+ Rxg6 32. Qxg6 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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