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: Test your Calculation

11/25/2025 – In the latest episode of his Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks at the technique and calculation from recent FIDE World Cup Goa 2025 games.| Watch Power Play on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King's Power Play Show: Knight against Bishop

10/17/2025 – In the latest episode of his Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks at the important topic of knight against bishop.| Watch Power Play on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King's Power Play Show: An important defensive technique

9/25/2025 – In the latest episode of his Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks at an important defensive technique that arose in the game Praggnanandhaa-Mishra from the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025. | Watch Power Play on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King's Power Play Show: Two wins by Michael Adams, nine-time British champion

8/23/2025 – In the latest episode of his Power Play Show, GM Daniel King analyses two wins by Michael Adams, which helped him to become British Champion for the ninth time - an extraordinary achievement for the 53-year-old. | Watch Power Play on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King's Power Play Show: Divya Deshmukh vs Humpy Koneru

8/1/2025 – In the latest episode of the Power Play Show, GM Daniel King examines the final of the Women's World Cup between Divya Deshmukh and Humpy Koneru. In the positions attached, the challenge is to find the best defensive moves. | Watch Power Play 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 power of opposite-coloured bishops

6/21/2025 – In the latest episode of the Power Play Show, GM Daniel King explores one of the most instructive themes in chess theory: opposite-coloured bishops in the middlegame. To do so, he goes over a couple of games from the Norway Chess super-tournament. | Watch Power Play on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King's Power Play Show: Nakamura with the squeeze

5/30/2025 – In the latest episode of the Power Play Show, GM Daniel King goes through a game from the Norway Chess super-tournament that caught his attention - Hikaru Nakamura's remarkable victory over Fabiano Caruana out of an Exchange Slav. Unmissable! | Watch Power Play 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 Wenjun strikes

5/8/2025 – In the latest episode of the Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks at some of the highlights from the Women's World Championship match between defending champion Ju Wenjun and her challenger Tan Zhongyi. After a shaky start, Ju Wenjun defended her title with a clear 6.5-2.5 victory. | Watch Power Play on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Daniel King's Power Play Show: Spassky the attacking genius

3/26/2025 – In the new instalment of the Power Play Show, GM Daniel King explores Boris Spassky's attacking skills. A classical game from the Candidates 1977 is explored - specifically the ninth game of the semifinal match between Spassky and Lajos Portisch. | 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 daring of Arjun Erigaisi

11/15/2024 – In the latest instalment of the Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks at a game by Arjun Erigaisi from the Chennai Grand Masters, a game which illustrates his aggressive style very well. | 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 US Championship

11/8/2024 – In the latest instalment of the Power Play Show, GM Daniel King explored a number of themes by analysing games from the US Championship: attacking ideas, remarkable endgame technique and marvellous saves are all included. | 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: How Carlsen demolishes the King's Indian

10/5/2024 – For his new Power Play Show GM, Daniel King analysed games which saw Magnus Carlsen taking down Alireza Firouzja's King's Indian Defence. The world number one provided us with a tremendous lesson in how to quell Black's activity. | 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: 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.
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