Fast and Furious: Rockin' the Rauzer

Ris on the Rauzer

The Sicilian Rauzer is back at the top level! Are you looking for a sharp opening against 1.e4? The Rauzer is excellent weapon playing for a win with both colours. In this show we will discuss the latest games in this opening, including some spectacular games from the World Cup which is currently taking place in Khanty-Mansiysk. The focus will be mainly on the thematic ideas and tactical shots for both sides to make it an attractive opening choice for you!  

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A preview

Sicilian Sveshnikov Powerbook 2019

The greater part of the material on which the Sicilian Sveshnikov Powerbook 2019 is based, comes from the engine room in playchess.com: 193 000 games. This imposing number has been supplemented with another 12 000 games from the Mega Database and from cor

Exercise: Are you able to calculate Black's path to victory!

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This week's show

The Chess Player's Mating Guide Vol.1 and The Chess Player's Mating Guide Vol.2

The attention will be paid to the castled king and in particular on ways of exploiting the weakened kingside. Several well-known themes, pawnformations and other attacking weapons are covered in 8 chapters.

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Robert is live at 19:00 CEST

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Extreme Calculation Training

Special attention will be paid to Intermediate Moves, Quiet Moves, Sacrifices on Empty Squares, Mating Patterns, Ignoring Opponents Threat, Calculation in Defence and Method of Comparison. Plus 50 interactive examples to test your knowledge.

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