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

White takes advantage of this by launching an attack against the kingside with the moves: 15. I am hoping that if you see a real game played out by grandmasters, instead of being scared and going on the defense, you might look to make your pieces active and counter balance the weakness in your camp. Running out of time to think, Gelfand decided to simplify things Following the opening, White acquired moveable pawns in the centre and an advantage of two bishops; at the same time the Black positions had no weaknesses. The Spanish Torture In the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, there are two games in the Spanish Opening, or Ruy Lopez, in the Grandmaster A Group today. When he's not lost in introspection. The opening strategy by White to simplify by QxQ worked. On move 10, Krush suggested a completely novel move that Kasparov called “A great move, an important contribution to chess”, and which all expert analysts agree blew the game wide open, taking it into uncharted chess territory. Veggie monster, it doesn' t necessarily mean that the advantage is minimal, it just means that the nature of the position is different, modern Grandmasters on average may prefer more dynamic openings instead of aiming for a slower positional game. Bd3, 9.Bd2, 9.h3 and lord knows what else. He recommended Black activates his (a8) rook to the open (c) file. I find this statement very doubtful, partly because the moves in the game were all purposeful. White's got a big choice: 9.a3, 9.Qe2, 9. On the twentieth move, the Indian grandmaster launched tactical operations in the centre, preventing his opponent from stabilising the situation and strengthening his advantage. The best way to read Shipov's commentary (which first appeared in Russian at Crestbook) is in the game viewer at the bottom of the following page, where you can click on the moves and analysis to see the position on the board: It's time to play chess. In modern chess, the bishop is not weighed down to defense but takes up an active post on (f4) or (g5). I suspect Gelfand is choosing between the first two options. Http://www.chess.com/article/view/playing-in-your-opponents-backyard The explanation is pretty simple: the Ne5 move prepares the kingside attack, except Black hasn't castled there and White had nothing to attack! Carlsen -- Sokolov, Tata Steel 2013.