9/13/2016 – Chessplayers from all over the world meet at the Chess Olympiad in Baku, super grandmasters and professionals, amateurs and casual players. This creates a unique atmosphere and lots of chances for a little chat. Which the ChessBase team in Baku likes to use for interviews with a variety of players. Fabiano Caruana and Robert Hess were both ready to answer a barrage of questions in 99 seconds.
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99 seconds, a lot of questions about various topics - that provokes honesty. Which is good to know when Fabiano Caruana revealed his "favorite website" - he gave the "right" answer! Which in turn gave Robert Hess a chance to add variety to the interviews by opting for a different website.
"99 Seconds" with Fabiano Caruana
"99 Seconds" with Robert Hess
Did you notice that both Hess and Caruana have the same "favorite chessbook"? Both were particularly impressed by "Zurich 1953". Admittedly, it is not entirely clear whether Caruana and Hess were talking about the same book. After all, Miguel Najdorf, Max Euwe and David Bronstein who all took part in Zürich, wrote books about this long and strong Candidates Tournament won by Vassily Smyslov. But as Bronstein's book is the most famous and best known Caruana and Hess probably had that in mind.
Bronstein's Zürich 1953 is indeed a real classic of chess literature and the fact that both Hess and Caruana are fond of it, a reminder how much fun and how rewarding it can be to study the classics. Which IM Sagar Shah does with enthusiasm.
Learn from the Classics
By IM Sagar Shah
Languages: English
ISBN: 978-3-86681-500-1
Delivery: Download, Post
Level: Tournament player, Professional
Price: €29.90 or €25.13 without VAT (for Customers outside the EU) $27.06 (without VAT)
Wise and successful players of the game have always told us to study the classics – games by the great masters of the past. But in this age of cutting-edge opening theory, preparation and engines, is studying the classics really that helpful?
On this DVD, Sagar Shah does'nt merely preach. First, he shows you classical games of great legends such as Petrosian, Botvinnik, Fischer, Korchnoi and Kasparov, looking at typical patterns and ideas from the middlegame. The author then goes on to explain how you can use these ideas in your own battles – by showing you examples of applied classical knowledge from his own games!
As well as looking at the middlegame, Sagar also focuses on the opening. The information explosion has ensured that opening theory continues to evolve at a rapid pace. The author shows that playing through the classics can help us establish a strong and stable feel for the initial phase of the game, and analyzes the opening duel between Botvinnik and Petrosian from their World Championship match in 1963. Going over these games will give you an excellent idea of how the classics can be used to prepare your own openings.
Johannes FischerJohannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".
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Learn from the Classics
