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 satisfying conclusion

10/15/2021 – In this week’s show, GM Daniel King, following Magnus Carlsen’s brilliant win in a bishop endgame, looks at more of the same. Even at one of his own games... | 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: Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?

9/24/2021 – In this week’s show, GM Daniel King, following Magnus Carlsen's brilliant win in a bishop endgame, looks at more of the same. Even at one of his own games... | 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 Spanish

9/10/2021 – In this week’s show, GM Daniel King focuses on the Spanish Opening, using a game between Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen as his main example and going through some of his own games to explain his take on the popular setup. | 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: Chaos, but still classical

9/4/2021 – In this week’s show, GM Daniel King takes a look at a remarkable game from the Aimchess US Rapid, one in which Magnus Carlsen employed a modern approach right from the get go. | 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 h-pawn mating net

8/21/2021 – In this week's show, GM Daniel King takes a look at a fashionable move out of an Anti-Gruenfeld, 3.h4. That pawn plays a decisive role in the game Vachier-Lagrave vs Svidler from the Sinquefield Cup. | 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: Lightning strikes twice - a deadly sac you need to see

8/13/2021 – In this Power Play Show, GM Daniel King takes a look at two wins by Wesley So featuring the same crushing sacrifice, in the same opening, against the same opponent. Apparently lightning does strike twice. | 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: Tactics from the Chessable Masters and the genius of Magnus Carlsen

8/6/2021 – In this Power Play Show, GM Daniel King takes a look at games from the Chessable Masters Tournament and enjoys and admires the genius of Magnus Carlsen. | 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 action and an answer to the London System

7/30/2021 – In this Power Play Show, GM Daniel King takes a look at games from the World Cup, including a a decent answer to the London System, and offers tactics and endgames. | 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 Beast attacks

7/23/2021 – In this Power Play Show, GM Daniel King takes a look at tactics from the World Cup with the main feature a brilliant attack by Adhiban 'The Beast' Baskaran. | 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: Highlights from the World Cup

7/16/2021 – In this Power Play Show, GM Daniel King takes a look at highlights from the World Cup in Sochi and presents two interesting endgames and a brilliancy with echoes of a famous Fischer victory. | 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: Crucial rook and pawn technique

7/10/2021 – In this Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks at two games from the Goldmoney Asian Rapid tournament. Daniel did an excellent job commentating the games live, and uses two examples from the event to show how important it is to develop a good understanding of rook and pawn positions. | 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: Play like Bobby Fischer

6/25/2021 – In this Power Play Show GM Daniel King looks at the game Fischer-Gheorghiu - a beautiful and typical strategic squeeze from the American World Champion, played in his golden period in 1970. | 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 attacking play

6/18/2021 – In this Power Play Show GM Daniel King looks at some attacking games from the Gelfand Challenge, an online rapid round-robin tournament with 20 of the world's best juniors that was won by the Indian Gukesh D. | 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: Calculation and strategy

6/11/2021 – In this Power Play Show GM Daniel King features some complex calculation from the Superbet Chess Classic tournament in Bucharest, focusing in particular on the fine game Caruana-Lupulescu.| 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 Kalashnikov strikes

5/28/2021 – In this Power Play Show by GM Daniel King the Kalashnikov and a fine game from the FTX Crypto Cup are on the menu. | 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: Miniatures from the Russian Team Championships

5/21/2021 – In this Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks back to the Russian Team Championships in Sochi and presents interesting miniatures, games in which one side quickly collapsed. | 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 King's Gambit with 3.Bc4

5/14/2021 – In this Power Play Show, GM Daniel King takes a look at the Bishop's Gambit, 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4, an interesting and surprisingly tricky way to play the King's Gambit. | 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: Ian Nepomniachtchi wins the Candidates

4/30/2021 – In this Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks back to the Candidates and tries to find out how and why Ian Nepomniachtchi won the tournament and became World Championship challenger. | 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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