Classical position to be played at least once in a lifetime: Predke - Guseinov

Mikhail Tal Rapid chess memorial, Riga, 2019
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Predke, Alexandr (RUS) - Guseinov, Gadir (AZE)
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qd2 d6 7. f3 Bd7 8. O-O-O Rc8 9. Nge2 Ne5 10. Nd4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Rxc4 12. g4 Bg7 13. h4 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Nde2 Qa5 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 O-O 19. Kb1 Rfe8 20. Rhf1 Nf8 21. Qe3 Qc5 22. Qd2 b5 23. Nd5 Bh3 24. Rfe1 Be6 25. Nef4 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Nd7 27. f4 Nb6 28. Nxb6 Qxb6 29. f5 Rc5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Rf1 Qd8 32. Rf2 Rf8 33. Rdf1 Rxf2 34. Qxf2 Qe8 35. Qd4 a5 36. a3 Re5 37. Rf4 a4 38. Rf3 Kg7 39. Rf4 Qc8 40. Qf2 Qe6 41. Qd4 Qc8 42. Qf2 Qc4 43. Qf3 Qe6 44. Qc3 Qd7 45. Qf3 Qe8 46. Qc3 Qd8 47. Rf1 Qd7 48. Qf3 Qe8 49. Qc3 Qg8 50. Rf4 Qe6 51. Qf3 Rc5 52. Qf2 Rc4 53. Qf3 ½-½
The Sicilian Defense is the most popular defense for black against the e4 push from white. The Dragon Variation is the most aggressive and sharpest line that black has in the Siclian Defense.

White has many options that he can respond with. The most common is the Yugoslav Attack but this is a double edge sword. White will castle on the queen side, black will castle on the king side and both will have very sharp options to attack their opponents king. This is one of Magnus Carlsen’s favorite lines and has had much success playing as black, opening up the defense white has on the queen side.

Some of the other options white has are the Classical Variation, the Levenfish and the Harrington-Glek.

My personally favorite line is the Levenfish. With the idea in mind to attack the king side of black, white makes an early aggressive push with his f pawn to f4. This poses many problems for black and is forced to mix up his normal developement to defend the e pawn from white pushing forward.

There are so many exciting lines in the Dragon Variation of the Siclian Defense, it is a must study for any chess player. (Chesswebsite)
Blitz chess (also known as speed or fast chess) is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than normal tournament time controls allow. Openings, tactics and strategy are same.

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