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Master Class Vol.8: Magnus Carlsen
Scarcely any world champion has managed to captivate chess lovers to the extent Carlsen has. The enormously talented Norwegian hasn't been systematically trained within the structures of a major chess-playing nation such as Russia, the Ukraine or China.
In the past week the strong Gibraltar tournament was a rich source of creative chess. In the end first place was shared by seven strong grandmasters. For tonight, I've selected a game by good old Topalov, who is still playing with enormous flair.
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Warming-up question: What would you play here with White?
Merijn will explain in the show!
My Black Secrets in the Modern Italian
The Italian Game is considered a sound but quiet opening without early trades, giving rise to rich positions where plans are more important than forced variations. So shows black's plans on this DVD.
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