4/21/2024 – Tan Zhongyi only needs a draw in the final round of the Women’s Candidates Tournament to become Ju Wenjun’s challenger in the next match for the world title. In the penultimate round, Tan drew Aleksandra Goryachkina and saw Lei Tingjie, the only other contender for first place, losing to Vaishali Rameshbabu. This was Vaishali’s fourth consecutive victory! | Photo: FIDE / Michal Walusza
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In this video course experts examine the games of Steinitz. Let them show you which openings Steinitz chose, where his strength in middlegames were, how he outplayed his opponents in the endgame & you’ll get a glimpse of his tactical abilities!
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Vaishali’s astounding comeback
Tan Zhongyi is a half point away from becoming the next challenger for the Women’s World Championship title. Besides getting an early lead and showing strong and consistent play throughout the event, Tan was helped in the last four rounds by Vaishali R’s incredible comeback. The Indian GM-elect had a fifty-percent score after round 5; she then lost four games in a row; only to bounce back with four consecutive wins in rounds 10-13, including victories over Aleksandra Goryachkina and Lei Tingjie.
Vaishali’s win over Lei on Saturday allowed Tan to go into the final round with a full-point lead over her compatriot. Vaishali v. Lei was the one game that ended decisively in round 13, with Lei faltering in a drawn queen endgame, as she allowed Vaishali to simplify into a winning king and pawn endgame.
In the final round, Tan will play black against Anna Muzychuk. Muzychuk is tied for last place and is the only player who has remained winless throughout the event. However, the Ukrainian grandmaster more than once obtained clearly superior positions which she failed to convert into full points.
Lei, on her part, will face Humpy Koneru with the white pieces. Of course, Lei needs to go all out for the win, as it is her only chance of catching up with her compatriot in the final standings and setting up a playoff to decide the tournament winner.
In this video course, experts (Pelletier, Marin, Müller and Reeh) examine the games of Judit Polgar. Let them show you which openings Polgar chose to play, where her strength in middlegames were, or how she outplayed her opponents in the endgame.
With the queens still on the board | Photo: FIDE / Michal Walusza
A painful loss for Lei Tingjie | Photo: FIDE / Michal Walusza
Glorious sacrifices, unexpected tactics and checkmating attacks. The King's Gambit is one of the oldest and most romantic openings in the game of chess. These DVDs contain all you need to know to play the King's Gambit.
The Indian chess grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi with an ELO of over 2700 (June 2023) is one of the best 20 players in the world. For the first time, the sympathetic top player presents himself in a video course. Let a world-class player show you tactical moti
Carlos Alberto ColodroCarlos Colodro is a Hispanic Philologist from Bolivia. He works as a freelance translator and writer since 2012. A lot of his work is done in chess-related texts, as the game is one of his biggest interests, along with literature and music.
In this course, you’ll learn how to take the initiative against the London and prevent White from comfortably playing their usual system by playing 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 Nh5.
London System Powerbase 2026 is a database and contains in all 11 285 games from Mega 2026 and the Correspondence Database 2026, of which 282 are annotated.
The London System Powerbook 2026 is based on more than 410 000 games or game fragments from different opening moves and ECO codes; what they all have in common is that White plays d4 and Bf4 but does not play c4.
In this course, Grandmaster Elisabeth Pähtz presents the London System, a structured and ambitious approach based on the immediate Bf4, leading to rich and dynamic positions.
Opening videos: Open Spanish (Sipke Ernst) and Classical Sicilian (Nico Zwirs). Endgame Special by Igor Stohl: ‘Short or long side’ – where should the defending king be placed in rook endgames? ‘Lucky bag’ with 35 master analyses.
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The Queen’s Gambit Declined Exchange Variation with 5.Bf4 has a great balance between positional play and sharp pawn pushes; and will be a surprise for your opponents while being easy to learn for you, as the key patterns are familiar.
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