Featured is an instructive chess miniature between Loek van Wely and Peter Svidler from the 2007 Corus A tournament held in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. Loek van Wely’s setup in respond to Svidler’s Grünfeld is to exchange, deploy his bishop on c4, and knight on e2 to sidestep any Bg4 pin. Svidler’s decision to welcome van Wely’s queen into his house on h6 is objectively sound, but he’s walking somewhat on thin ice. Loek needs to only find a way to connect with his invasion queen. With good board vision and some attention to a tactical liability in Svidler’s camp, Loek van Wely cracks the Grunfeld Defense in only 22 moves.
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Image of Loek van Wely by Lennart Ootes
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Qd2 b5 15. Bd3 Qb7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb6 19. Rc5 Bg4 20. Nf4 Nxd4 21. Rg5 Bf3 22. Rg3