SI Sveshnikov 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 [B33]-TWIC 951

The feature game was played in the HIT Open held in Nova Gorica SLO. GM Korneev played a nice positional game against the highly popular Sveshnikov Sicilian.

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GM Sveshnikov at the World Seniors Ch 2013

WGM Margarita Voiska (BUL) and GM Mark Tseitlin (ISR) are the new European senior chess champions. The two winners in the 13th European Individual Senior Chess Championship, GM Mark Tseitlin (ISR) and WGM Margarita Voiska
finished with 7.5 and 7 points respectively. 

The final ranking in the men' section was not clear until the last moment.
GM Mark Tseitlin (ISR) drew quickly against GM Nikolai Pushkov (RUS). With a grandmaster technique in the endgame GM Evgeny Sveshnikov (LAT) squeezed the win against Anatoli Shvedchikov and got the silver medal with 7.0 points. 

TWIC 951

GM Korneev played the whole board nicely and converted steady pressure into a winning attack.

Korneev,O (2610) - Jelen,Ig (2375) 
SI Sveshnikov 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 [B33]
18th HIT Open A 2013 Nova Gorica SLO (5.1), 27.01.2013

Position 1

White has the better structure and more useful minor pieces. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

32...Rd7