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At this year’s Reykjavik Open in March, GM Eugene Perelshteyn finished in fourth place! In this video, part two of three, Eugene will be taking a look at his best chess games from the tournament. It’s a perfect opportunity to jump into the mind of a grandmaster and explore how the top players think when they are playing a game.
At the Reykjavik Open 2018, 15 players finished joint fourth with 6.5 points each. Some of these players included not only GM Eugene Perelshteyn, but Gata Kamsky, Pavel Eljanov, and Richard Rapport.
In Round 5 of the Reykjavik Open GM Eugene Perelshteyn was paired against the talented Ukrainian Woman Grandmaster Evgeniya Doluhanva. Although rated more than 200 Elo below him, Eugene had to take her really serious.
In the previous round, WGM Doluhanova bet a 2600+ rated Grandmaster by launching a strong mating attack in the middlegame. That said, Eugene still managed to play one of his best chess games in this tournament against her.
This video shows one of Eugene Perelshteyn’s best chess games.This game is highly instructive for several reasons. First of all, Eugene went for a cool trick in the opening which he picked up from none other than World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Thus, GM Perelshteyn, playing Black, managed to catch WGM Doluhanova off guard as early as move 3 in the Ruy Lopez.
The game started 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5. Here almost every player either plays 3…Nf6, opting for the Berlin Wall, or 3…a6, going for one of the main lines of the Ruy Lopez. However, GM Perelshteyn went for the interesting move 3…Bb4!?
This move is extremely rare and there are only a few Grandmaster games in which this move was played. At first glance, the move 3…Bb4 looks dubious. In most lines of the Ruy Lopez, White wants to play the move c2-c3 anyway. Now, White can play it with the gain of a tempo.
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