2 GMs fell for this trap in the Reti| Expert Aleksander Delchev speaks about his favourite opening
91In the year 2012 Chess Stars came up with an exciting book - "The Modernized Reti and the Anti-Slav Systems" written by GM Aleksander Delchev. A lot of players studied it and essayed the recommendations with the white pieces getting excellent results. But the players were not the only ones to be benefitted. The author himself learnt a lot out of the book and used the analysis he had mentioned in the book to beat two strong GMs - Athanasios Mastrovasilis and Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu.
This interview with GM Aleksander Delchev was done at the 8th IBCA World Team Championship for the blind 2018 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Delchev was present at the tournament as a commentator for ChessBomb and did a fantastic job.
In the thumbnail picture Aleksander is with his wife WGM Emilia Djingarova.
PGN file:
[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 (1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 (2. c4 c6 (2... d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Bc4 (6.
Nxe5 fxe5 7. Qh5+ Kd7 (7... g6 8. Qxe5+ Qe7 9. Qxh8 Nf6) 8. Qf5+ Ke8) 6... axb4
) 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Rg1) 2... c6) (1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 (2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6) 2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 (4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O
(5... d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 (7. h3 h6 (7... Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. b4 Ba7 10. a4))
7... h6) 6. Bg5)) 1... e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 (5... Bd7
6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 (9... Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 (10...
Kxd7) 11. Bxc6)) 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 Qb6 11. d3
Rc8 (11... c5 12. axb5 (12. Qb3) 12... axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8) 12. e4 c5 13. axb5
axb5 14. h3 Be7 15. Be3 O-O 16. b4 Qc6 17. Qb1 e5 (17... cxb4 18. Nd4 Qb6 (
18... Qxc3 19. Rc1) 19. Nf5 Qd8 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Nxb5 Ne5 22. Bd2 Nc6 23. Na7
Rb8 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Bf4 Ra8 26. Nxc6 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Bxc6 28. Qb2 Qb7 29. Bd6 Rd8
30. Qxb4 Ne8 31. Qxb7 Bxb7 32. Bc5 Rxd3 33. Rb1 Rd7 34. e5 Bc8 (34... Bxg2 35.
Rb8) 35. Bc6 Rc7 36. Bxe8 Rxc5 37. Rb8 g6 38. Bd7 Rxe5 39. Rxc8+ Kg7 40. Rc7
Kf8 41. Rb7 h5 42. Rb5 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Rd1 44. Bc6 Rd2 45. Rc5 Rb2 46. Be4 Kg7 47.
Bc2 Rb4 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. Ke3 Rb7 50. Kd3 Ra7 51. Ke3 Ra3+ 52. Bd3 Ra7 53. g4
hxg4 54. hxg4 Ra3 55. g5+ Kg7 56. f3 Ra1 57. Kd4 Rg1 58. Bc4 Rg3 59. Ke3 Rg1
60. Bd3 Rg2 61. Bc4 Rg1 62. Kf2 Ra1 63. Rc7 Kf8 64. Rb7 Rc1 65. Bd3 Rc5 66. Rb5
Rc1 67. Ke3 Kg7 68. Ra5 Rg1 69. Kf2 Rc1 70. Bf1 Rd1 71. Ke2 Rc1 72. Bh3 Rc3 73.
Bg4 Kf8 74. Kd2 Rb3 75. Re5 Ra3 76. Ke2 Kg7 77. Kf2 Ra2+ 78. Ke3 Ra4 79. Kd3
Rb4 80. Ra5 Kf8 81. Kc3 Rf4 82. Kb3 Rd4 83. Re5 Kg7 84. Re4 Rd5 85. f4 Kf8 86.
Kc4 Ke7 87. Rd4 Ra5 88. Kb4 Ra2 89. Bd1 Ra1 90. Bc2 Rc1 91. Rc4 Re1 92. Re4 Rc1
93. Bb3 Rb1 94. Kc4 Rb2 95. Kc3 Rb1 96. Bc4 Rc1+ 97. Kd4 Rd1+ 98. Kc5 Rc1 99.
Kb6 Rb1+ 100. Bb5 Rb2 101. Kc6 Rc2+ 102. Rc4 Rxc4+ 103. Bxc4 f6 104. Bd3 e5
105. fxe5 {1-0 (105) Delchev,A (2643)-Nisipeanu,L (2674) Bad Wiessee 2013}) 18.
Rc1 cxb4 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qb2 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8
24. Bd2 Qd6 25. Bf1 Ne8 26. Bxb4 Qe6 27. Qc3 Bb7 28. h4 h6 29. h5 Nef6 30. Qc7
Qb6 31. Qxb6 Nxb6 32. Nxe5 Nxh5 33. Ba5 Nc8 34. Be2 Nf6 35. Bd1 Ne8 36. Bb3
Ncd6 37. f4 g5 38. f5 Kg7 39. Bc3 f6 40. Nd7 Bxe4 41. dxe4 Nxe4 42. Be1 N8d6
43. Bc2 h5 44. Kg2 g4 45. Bb4 Kf7 46. Nb6 Kg8 47. Nd5 Kg7 48. Nc7 Kh6 49. Nxb5
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