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: Tactical tales from the British Championship

8/16/2024 – For his new Power Play Show GM Daniel King selected a number of "tactical tales from the British Championship" which test the tactical imagination and help the ability to calculate. | 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: Oro strikes gold

7/24/2024 – This week GM Daniel King analyses a beautiful game played by 10-year-old Faustino Oro, the youngest International Master in the world. He outplays his Grandmaster opponent in grand strategic style, showing remarkable restraint along the way! | 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: Kingside hack

6/21/2024 – Along with the usual puzzles, this week GM Daniel King takes a look at a recent game from Tan Zhongyi - the winner of the women's candidates - who demonstrates remarkable confidence in going for a kingside attack right from the outset. The strategy works perfectly as she demolishes her experienced opponent in just 20 moves. But Tan Zhongyi wasn't the first to execute this plan. | 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: Niemann and his pawn endgames from Sharjah

5/31/2024 – Along with the usual puzzles, this week GM Daniel King takes a look at two pawn endgames played by Hans Niemann at the Sharjah Open. As ever in such cases, the only way through is to calculate. In one game he was successful, in the other... not so successful. | 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: Gukesh the classical maestro

4/26/2024 – This week GM Daniel King shares his thoughts on Gukesh’s style of play. The prodigious grandmaster is known for his maturity and level-headedness — and for his classical approach to chess. | 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 glorious Greek gift

3/23/2024 – This week GM Daniel King looks at archetypal Greek Gift positions in connection with a game played by one of his students. | 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: Freestyling Fischer Random

2/23/2024 – This week GM Daniel King analyses a few adventurous positions reached at the Freestyle G.O.A.T. Challenge in Germany, as he found a particular theme that kept appearing! | 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.

Tal took that pawn? Analysis by GM Daniel King

2/21/2024 – The 1959 Candidates Tournament saw an inspired Mikhail Tal emerging victorious with 20/28 points in a quadruple round-robin. On his way to victory, Tal, aged 22 at the time, defeated Bobby Fischer, aged 16, in all four of their confrontations. GM Daniel King analysed one of these games, where Tal fearlessly grabs material, allowing Fischer to create a dangerous attack. The game, along with Daniel King’s voice-over, was featured in an animation produced by Umang Mankodiya.
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Daniel King’s Power Play Show: Niemann on form

1/19/2024 – This week GM Daniel King presents two complex games played by Hans Niemann in the Tata Steel Challengers, which continue the Giuoco Piano theme. | 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 rich strategic battle

1/12/2024 – This week GM Daniel King, apart from the usual puzzles, presents a rich strategic battle played between Maksim Chigaev and Fabiano Caruana at the recent World Rapid Championship. | 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: Archetypal attacks

1/5/2024 – This week GM Daniel King presents archetypal attacks from the World Rapid Championship. A test of judgment and calculation. | 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: Firouzja on fire

12/15/2023 – This week GM Daniel King looks at a fine attack played by Alireza Firouzja. Apart from predicting some of his moves, he tests your defensive abilities! | 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: Magnus strikes twice

11/18/2023 – Does lightning strike twice? For some players, apparently so. But perhaps you need the aura of a chess legend to be able to achieve this. Magnus Carlsen plays another beautiful game and there is plenty of pattern recognition at work here, as well as some training in calculation! | 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 training

11/10/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King tests viewers’ tactical and calculating skills using games from the FIDE Grand Swiss. Some exercises are very easy, and some the opposite — and there is some real beauty here too! | 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: Yakubboev’s crafty 1.b3

10/27/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King focuses on a game by Uzbek grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev, who recently stunned the chess world by winning the strong Qatar Masters. Yakubboev completely outwits his opponent with a crafty 1.b3! | 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: Carlsen in trouble

10/20/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King takes some games from the Qatar Masters as his starting point, and then focuses on one of Carlsen’s games where he was outplayed. This takes him to a game of Boris Spassky, who played the same sideline of the Spanish back in the late 1980s! | 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: Caruana rocks the boat

10/15/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King features an extraordinary game played by Fabiano Caruana in the U.S. Championship. Andrew Tang, with White, plays a kind of Jobava London System, and Caruana makes an unusual sidestep that results in a highly unorthodox position. Yes, there are ways to upset your opponent if they play the London! | 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: Checkmating attacks from Mexico

9/29/2023 – In his new Power Play Show, GM Daniel King examines games from the World Under 20 Championship taking place in Mexico City. All of these games feature checkmating attacks — some were found, some were missed! | 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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