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Jun 11
TWIC came out. A few hours later, I had a shortlist of 6 novelties in CheckMeta64. Not necessarily the best 6 of the week. Just a 5-minute first pass using filters and recipes. The goal: get to interesting ideas faster, then analyze deeper. Here are the 6 ideas ⬇️
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Jun 11
Gurel (2635) vs Malek (2533)
And then the ...Bg4 line still seems to be catching White players unprepared.
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Jun 11
@GMNeiksans (2555) vs @manyupuranik (2603)
And then Black can no longer meet h5 with ...h6 in time.
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Jun 8
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Jun 8
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Jun 7
From Norway Chess, only 6 days old. A fresh practical novelty in a line that had almost disappeared from top-level practice. After 8.Re1, you have to go back to 2010 to find 2500 games in this branch. Then @WesleySo_ played 12...Nb4.
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Jun 7
12...Nb4 was known from one correspondence game, but not from practical top-level play. Black had previously relied on 12...c6 in Marshall style, but after 13.Qf3!, that line fell out of favor.
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Jun 7
The Novelty was real — even if the follow-up was not fully clean: after 13.a3, ...Bd6 first and only then ...Nc6 was more precise than 13...Nc6?! CheckMeta64 had this surfaced just the day after the game.
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Jun 3
Anti-Marshall territory.
White has just played a waiting move.
The novelty in this position had already appeared in 13 correspondence games.
Still, it is not the move most players would immediately consider.
Can you find Black’s idea?
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Jun 3
9...Na5!
Black is ready sacrifice the e5-pawn.
If 10.Nxe5 → 10...Nxb3 11.cxb3 Bb7 — active pieces and pressure for the pawn.
In the game: 10.Ba2 d5 11.Bxd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Bb7. Black was already better.
Slagboom (2334) vs Van der Werf (2384) · ch-NED Qualification 2026
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Jun 3
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@WesleySo_ had a nice chance to play an idea I found a couple weeks ago using @CheckMeta64 the point is that after 14. ... Ba6 15. cxd5!? Bxf1 16. Qxe4 exd5 17. Qe3! White looks for Nf5 and the position is quite scary for Black and specially refreshing on a very dense line
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May 31
White plays 5.e3 — looks quiet. Then comes 7.f4!
A novelty that completely changes the character of the position.
From: Vogel vs Nemitz, Rudolf Teschner Mem 2026 🧵
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May 31
7...d6! 8.0-0 Be6?! 9.b3 Qc8 10.Ba3 Rd8 11.Kh1! Ng4 12.Ne4 Bc7 13.h3
Black's setup starts to fall apart.
White's space advantage becomes impossible to challenge.
White reached a winning position. ♟️
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May 31
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