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Magnus Carlsen won the FTX Crypto Cup, but the many quick draws spoilt the event a bit. The European Hybrid Qualification Tournament was an exciting event and hybrid means: it is played online, but from physical playing locations with real arbiters.
For Germany Rasmus Svane and Arik Braun managed to qualify from the impressive field. Vincent Keymer failed to qualify as he lost a creative and well-played game against Viktor Laznicka, which we will study as this week's Game of the Week.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with White?
Practical Chess Strategy: The Bishop
When it comes to strategy, one of the key things that chess professionals understand much better than amateur players is the role of the bishop which is the key theme on this video course.
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How to play the Sicilian Defence!
The continuous stream of new ideas in the Sicilian makes 1..c5 the most popular answer to 1.e4. On this DVD I do give an introduction to the most important Sicilian systems.
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