[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: This Week's ChessBase Show: Svidler-Karjakin

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
This Week's ChessBase Show: Svidler-Karjakin
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1213724215.shtml


   While he has been somewhat overshadowed by another youngster (some
   player from Norway, I believe), Sergey Karjakin's career and
   developing talent would be the envy of almost any other chessplayer on
   the planet. He still has the record for being the youngest GM ever,
   achieving the title at the age of 12 and a half. He was a world
   championship second at 11 and a World Cup semi-finalist last year at
   the age of 17. Even now, still only 18 years old, his rating is well
   into the 2700s. Frightening!
   We'll look at one of his comparatively recent performances on this
   week's show, a 2007 victory over Peter Svidler on the black side of a
   6.Be3 Najdorf. Karjakin's play was quite smooth, combining positional
   and tactical motifs in what proved a decisive attack against Svidler's
   king. When we look at the game, it will all appear very smooth, but
   that's a byproduct of Karjakin's skill, not the simplicity of the
   position. Many of us are likely to have our mindset with an either/or
   "switch": either positional play or attacking mode. But part of the
   beauty of this game is the way Karjakin combines the two modes into a
   harmonious and attractive whole.
   Ok, if that's too flowery, then just tune in to see two super-GMs
   fighting it out in a sharp, popular opening and to see one of them win
   with brilliant attacking play! The show is free and begins Wednesday
   night at 9 p.m. ET, and you can find directions for viewing this or
   any of the archived shows [1]here.

References

   1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1114234449.shtml