#chess #siliconroad #tatasteelchallengers A new video looking at the instructive and exciting game Roebers-L'Ami from the recent Tata Stell Challengers. Did Black make a typical positional blunder... or did Black play something very deep? Let's find out! https://youtu.be/66exRbGTTik

@erwinlami @erwinlami #chess #siliconroad #tatasteelchallengers All going a bit bananas as we hot the time control with little time for both players!

@erwinlami #chess #siliconroad #tatasteelchallengers The engine says equal but I'd so much rather be White! Look at that g-file!

@erwinlami #chess #siliconroad #tatasteelchallengers There it is! Slightly unusual problems for Black to solve now!

#chess #siliconroad #tatasteelchallengers Interesting idea from @erwinlami By delaying the development of the king's knight, WHite is able to clamp down on the ...e5 break with f4 on the next move. Looking for a huge bind across the board.

#chess #siliconroad #tatasteelchallengers Thomas Beerdsen playing a lovely Sicilian hack started with a decoy pawn sacrifce 15.a4!? while already castled queenside https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tata-steel-challengers-2023/7/1/4

#chess #siliconroad #tatasteelchallengers I have the recollection of having analysed this a lot in the past! 7...b6 was the move I wanted here. White has several replies but I thought 8.Qc2 Ba6 9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 Bxe2 11.Re1 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 critical and I played many practice rapid games against Smallfish (Stockfish on the iPhone) on the way to work!

#chess #siliconroad #tatasteelchallengers #roebersdonchenko Elijne sacrificing both a- and h-pawns! Black looking very conmfortable with the extra pawns I have to say.

#chess #siliconroad #tatasteelchallengers The AlphZero rook's pawn march well and truly alive in the Tata Steel Challengers!

#chess #siliconroad #tatasteelchallengers #roebersdonchenko 7.b4 is a recent Kramnik idea (as I've just discovered) and it looks frankly awful 😉 😱 🧐 but of course it's more complicated than that initial visual impression!

#chess #siliconroad #TataSteelChallengers #roeberslami A fantastic queen sacrifice from Eline and Erwin is in big trouble! I'd miscounted the number of pieces Eline was getting for the queen. It was really a lot and it proved enough for a maiden win in the Wijk Aan Zee Challengers!

#chess #siliconroad #TataSteelChallengers #roeberslami 27.f4 is a powerful move and Eline putting Erwin under huge pressure in subsequent moves. Very tense though with little time and White's king exposed!

#chess #siliconroad #TataSteelChallengers #roeberslami Tense game between Eline Roebers and @erwinlami. A Breyer system of the Ruy Lopez. I've never seen this ...a5-a4 plan before as Black. Keeps the knight super-solid on c5 and makes the queenside a safe place for the black king if it could run there, but there are many pitfalls along the way!

#chess #siliconroad #TataSteelChallengers Nice mate end to an all-round dashing game from Max Warmerdam!

#chess #siliconroad #TataSteelChallengers #mishraroebers Horrible position for Black 😢 Lovely white bishops a passive piece on a8 and some back-rank worries.

#chess #siliconroad #TataSteelChallengers Boldness pays off for Black as White with very little time takes a draw in what looked like a very promising situation!

#chess #siliconroad #TataSteelChallengers We've got some more rook's pawn marching from a young indian player! This one feels like it might have come from the creative brain of the British grandmaster Jon Speelman wo liked to throw his g- and h-pawns forwards in otherwise quiet French positions! I'm a touch nervous though!

#chess #siliconroad #TataSteelChallengers We have a another march of the rook's pawn and this one is looking really dangerous. White hasn't reacted but 13.cxd5 h3! looks really horrible. 13.Bxd5 played, but Black will exchange light-squared bishops with ...Bc6 and now even ...hxg3 opening the h-file is dangerous.

#chess #siliconroad #TataSteelChallengers #mishraroebers I once had a very similar position to this against the British GM Jon Levitt at the British Championships (second diagram) and I loved it as a White!

#chess #siliconroad #TataSteelChallengers Sharp play from Black saccing another pawn on b6 and played pretty fast (still preparation?)