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Game of the Week LI: Kollars, Dmitrij (2622) – Safarli, Eltaj (2579)

Game of the Week LI- Kollars,Dmitrij (2622) - Safarli,Eltaj (2579)

This week’s Game of the Week will clearly demonstrate the following principles:

  1. In the opening, fight for the center. Although hypermodernists described the possibility of doing this with pieces only, it is better to combine both pawns and pieces in most cases.
  2. Don’t trade your most active pieces without any need if you don’t gain another advantage from doing this. The game Fischer, R – Petrosian, T (1-0) is a good example of this.

3. Don’t play on the side where you are weaker unless necessary.

4. Symmetrical positions can hide a lot of possibilities and troubles for both players.

The Game of the Week LI is – Kollars vs. Safarli

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Contributors:

Grandmaster Ulvi Bajarani

Edited by Della Almind

Vasif

Vasif Durarbayli is a highly accomplished Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster. He was born on February 24, 1992, in Sumgait, Azerbaijan, and began playing chess at the age of six. Durarbayli quickly showed a talent for the game, winning several national and international chess competitions as a young player. He holds the record for being the youngest player ever to represent the Azerbaijani Olympic chess team, achieving this feat at just 14 years old. To this day, his record has yet to be broken or renewed. He also won the World Youth Chess Championship U14 and the European Youth Chess Championship U18. He was awarded the title of International Master in 2007 at the age of 15 and became a Grandmaster in 2010, at the age of 18. Throughout his career, Durarbayli has competed in and won numerous prestigious chess tournaments, including the Azerbaijani Chess Championship twice (in 2021 and 2023). He was also ranked among the top 16 players in the World Cup in 2021. Durarbayli has represented Azerbaijan in several Chess Olympiads. Currently, he resides in St. Louis, MO.

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