Daniel King

Daniel King (born 1963) is a Grandmaster, has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years and has represented his country in numerous competitions, amongst others in the historic win by the English over the Soviet Union in 1990 in Reykjavik. King is the author of more than 15 chess books and has wealth of experience as a trainer, assisting many of England’s leading players. He is also well known for his broadcasting on TV, radio and the internet, commentating major chess events. To the delight of chess fans worldwide, he hosts his monthly "Powerplay" show on the world's largest chess server, Playchess.com. He contributes to ChessBase Magazine, with the popular column "Move by Move". King has also produced the highly praised PowerPlay DVD series for ChessBase. King lives in London.

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Daniel King’s Power Play Show: A nasty pin

9/22/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King continues to examine a painful kingside pin that arises from many different openings. Instructive material! | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: Pragg knows the secret too

9/15/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King shares his insights on Praggnanandhaa’s ability to use one of Magnus Carlsen’s favourite strategies: playing an early Bg5 to provoke ...g5. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: Learn from Carlsen

9/8/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King focuses on one of Magnus Carlsen's favourite strategies, which he has used with great success throughout his career: asking his opponents uncomfortable questions while remaining safe himself. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: Nepo strikes with the King’s Gambit

9/1/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King, an expert on the King’s Gambit, looks at the exciting opening by analysing Ian Nepomniachtchi’s recent victory over Peter Svidler from the World Rapid Team Championship in Düsseldorf. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: World Cup checkmates

8/18/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King jumps on the World Cup wagon, as he shares a selection of entertaining yet very instructive tactical patterns from the event in Baku. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: Attacking with Mickey Adams

7/28/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King goes over a brilliant attacking game played by Michael Adams at the British Championship. Extreme precision was shown by the English star! | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: Essential positional classics

7/14/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King uses a positional victory by Lei Tingjie in the Women’s World Championship as the starting point to explore essential strategic masterpieces from the past. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: Ju and Lei’s tense struggle

7/7/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks at the first game from the Women’s World Championship match between Ju Wenjun and Lei Tingjie. It was a tense struggle, with a number of instructive positions to learn from! | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: A wild Two Knights opening

7/3/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looking at another wild Two Knights opening with 4.Ng5: a game from 2021 between Wesley So and Magnus Carlsen. If one plays this position, one needs to be keenly aware of how to fight against the opponent’s initative, and not be too greedy! | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: Test your killer instincts

6/23/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King tests the viewers’ killer instincts. In the last-round game from Norway Chess between Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, a position arose which was highly tactical and could have led to a swift conclusion! | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: Action on the g-file

6/16/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks at the remarkable move ...Rg8 played in the game between Aryan Tari and Nodirbek Abdusattorov at the Norway Chess super-tournament. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: New ideas in the Najdorf

6/9/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks at a strategically complex line in the Najdorf that surfaced in a recent game in Norway Chess. And Daniel knows what he is talking about! | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: The dangerous h-pawn

6/2/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King discusses a tricky question: what to do when your opponent advances his or her h-pawn early in the game? Block, restrain or ignore? | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: The Schmid Benoni exchange sac

5/26/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks at a trendy exchange sacrifice in the Schmid Benoni that was featured in two games played at the SuperBet tournament in Warsaw. When Rapport and Duda employ it, you should sit up and take notes! | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: Ding the merciless

5/5/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King celebrates the victory of Ding Liren by looking at a particular aspect of his style: his ability to whip up an unexpected attack and spot a checkmating pattern. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: Masterful strategy in the London

4/21/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King examines the London System, inspired by Ding Liren’s masterful strategic win in game 6 of the World Championship match in Astana. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: G-file attacks, with Nepo and Anand

4/14/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King uses game 2 of the World Championship match in Astana as a starting point, and compares it with two games from a previous match for the title, the 2008 confrontation between Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King’s Power Play Show: King’s Indian brilliance

3/17/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King shares more King’s Indian brilliances with us. Vasyl Ivanchuk played the black side in the recent European Championship and his young opponent chose a line where White looks to take over the initiative on the kingside. This was a highly instructive game where one side's strategy triumphed. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.
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