CLEARANCE - Chess Informant - ISSUE 126 on CD

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Chess Informant 126  Hand-Knitted  proudly presents: In his well-known and unique style,  GM   Alexander Morozevich  draws reader's attention to the necessity of a modern approach in studying openings. This time he brings us the position that can arise either from the Benoni or the Saemisch Variation of the King's Indian Defence trying to answer a very important question "In whose favor is a2-a4 and...a7-a6?". And just like it happened in Chess Informant 124, again we're having the move …h7-h5 as one of the most significant ideas. Only this time, Mighty Moro chooses Black's side and offers a whole new set of ideas based on "absence of moves a2-a4 and...a7-a6" explaining the difference between the classical and the modern approach with all the fine nuances. The remaining part of CI 126 focuses the FIDE World Cup 2015 to a large extent. Indian  Top GM Pentala Harikrishna  takes the reader to the world of imaginative calculation having presented four highly interesting games: one from Baku, two from "the great rivalry series"; first of which is Kramnik-Topalov played at ETCC in Skopje, followed by a curtain-raiser for next year ladies' world title match between Hou Yifan and  Mariya Muzychuk;  while the last game is a fine author's win from the Isle of Man where he eventually managed to win a very strong event. GM Ernesto Inarkiev  invites you to join him step-by-step on his one-month chess adventure! Find out how it feels to have only 3 days off throughout 29 days filled with different chess events and travelling, but also how to adopt to various rates of play, keep your composure and what is the satisfying result of this chess-marathon. Presented total of 10 games and game fragments prove that Ernesto had enough energy to annotate his own games even after such a heavy schedule - a true pro! The familiar "Old Wine in New Bottles" of  GM Mihail Marin  is a study of exploiting the Achilles heel of f7 or f2 (the wea