Overview
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Analyze a 23-minute chess video featuring the game between Fabiano Caruana and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from the 2015 Tata Steel Masters. Observe how MVL counters Caruana's Adams Attack in the Sicilian Najdorf with a middlegame pawn sacrifice, gaining a powerful bishop pair and kingside pawn majority. Focus on MVL's strategic pawn advances that transform his dark-squared bishop into a formidable weapon. Study this model game to understand effective play against the Adams Attack, with particular emphasis on bishop utilization and pawn structure manipulation. Examine the provided PGN to follow the game's progression and key moments that led to MVL's dominant position.
Syllabus
MVL's killer bishops swarm Caruana's Adams Attack
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