[Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2015.10.03"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2015.09.11"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.10"]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "The Most Beautiful Draw Ever"]
[Black "Constructed by Max Illingworth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
{Today I would like to share a game I constructed - usually I prefer to show
the games of top players in my writing, but this game sequence has everything[Event "Zalakaros op 34th"] [Site "Zalakaros"] [Date "2015.05.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Boruchovsky, Avital"] [Black "Kovalenko, Igor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2517"] [BlackElo "2650"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2015.05.14"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.05.29"]
[Event "3rd Norway Chess 2015"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2015.06.25"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Hammer, J."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2876"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2015.06.16"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2015.06.29"]
[Event "Norway Chess Blitz"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2015.06.15"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [Source "ChessPublishing"] [SourceDate "2013.03.07"] [WhiteTeam "Norway"] [BlackTeam "Armenia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[Event "TCh-RUS Men 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.05.04"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2015.05.01"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2015.05.04"] [WhiteTeam "Sibir (Novosibirsk)"]
[Event "Thailand op 15th"] [Site "Pattaya"] [Date "2015.04.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Puccini, Jack"] [Black "Gomez, John Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "2241"] [BlackElo "2524"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2015.04.12"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "THA"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.04.23"]
[Event "WCh Women 2015"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.17"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Yuan, Yuanling"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.03.17"]
[Source "ChessPublishing"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.07"]
{Many of you will know about the Women's World Championship taking place in[Event "16th ch-EUR Indiv 2015"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2015.02.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Damaso, Rui"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
{The recent European Championship in Jerusalem is one of the strongest open
tournaments of the year, despite the fact that the world top 20 tend to avoidLet’s see another game which gives a better indication of how to defend (along with an introduction to how the inclusion of minor pieces affects the queen vs. two rooks imbalance):
