Game Of the Week

One thing that separates strong players from ordinary ones is the knowledge that material is not everything. Most players will automatically reject variations in which they lose a pawn or an exchange if they do not see a short-term benefit. In our feature game from the World Open, young Indian star Parimarjan Negi had a very nice looking position in the middlegame. Israeli grandmaster Victor Mikhalevski needed to somehow change the course of the game, and he found a positional sacrifice to keep the position on edge throughout.

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