IM Malcolm Pein September 19, 2023   AN instructive and ultimately aesthetically pleasing game from the Spanish First Division that illustrates a couple of points that Black should note in the e4 e5 structure. Black may have been taken by surprise by White’s 10th move novelty, but it was not particularly good. Giving up the centre with 11...exd4?! also involved losing a tempo with 12...Bd7 and allowing the annoying pin 13.Bg5. As a general rule, Black can get away with g7-g5, even...Full Story

THE SWISS SYSTEM GM Yannick Pelletier - Photo: Niklesh Jain / chessbaseindia - Source: chessbase.com Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Yannick Pelletier, born in Biel, Switzerland, on September 22, 1976. Yannick is a six-time National Champion between 1995 and 2017. Pelletier has been the first Swiss to get a rating over 2600, with his best of 2624 elo points in January 2003. He is one of the most appreciated commentators, and Yannick obtained a prestigious victory over Magnus Carlsen in...Full Story