Opera Euro Rapid – Games and results – Chessbase News

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The preliminary stage is a single round robin event. From Saturday until Monday, the participants will play five games per day to find out which eight players move onto the knockout stage.The tournament features a $100,000 prize fund, with $30,000 for first place.

The time control is 15 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment from move 1. No draw offers are allowed before move 40.

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The Fashionable Caro-Kann Vol.1 and 2

The Caro Kann is a very tricky opening. Blacks play is based on controlling and fighting for key light squares. It is a line which was very fashionable in late 90s and early 2000s due to the successes of greats like Karpov, Anand, Dreev etc. Recently due to strong engines lot of key developments have been made and some new lines have been introduced, while others have been refuted altogether. I have analyzed the new trends carefully and found some new ideas for Black.

Commentary by Amruta Mokal and Sagar Shah

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February 9th, 2021
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