12/16/2023 – For the first time, the eight-player Champions Chess Tour Finals is taking place fully in person and over the board from December 9 to 16 in Toronto, Canada. Magnus Carlsen, the reigning Tour champion, and Hikaru Nakamura, the world’s top chess streamer, face stiff competition from a world-class field. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 18.00 CET (12.00 ET, 22.30 IST)
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Title match - Set 2
The Finals start on December 9 with an eight-player round-robin lasting three days. Matches will be played over a best of three sets format, with each set consisting of four games, with Armageddon if needed.
All games except Armageddon games will be played using the 15+3 rapid chess time control and will be FIDE-rated. Following the conclusion of the round-robin, the top two players will advance to the knockout stage, while the bottom two will be eliminated.
The remaining six placed 3 to 6 will battle it out for the two remaining spots in the semis in a double-elimination “Survival Stage” on December 12. The single-elimination knockout played over a best-of-three sets format begins with the semis scheduled for December 13 and 14.
The winners will face each other in the two-day grand final starting on December 15.
The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super GM Fabiano Caruana, talking to IM Oliver Reeh, presents a complete repertoire for White.
Commentary by David Howell, Tania Sachdev and Robert Hess
Game analysis by Robert Ris
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nf63.Nxe5Nxe44.Qe24.d31-0 (51) Carlsen,M (2830)
-Nakamura,H (2788) Toronto CAN 20234...Qe75.Qxe4d66.f4!?6.d46...dxe57.fxe5f57...f68.Qe38.exf6Qxe4+8...Nc69.Nc3Nb49...Qxe510.Qxe5+Nxe511.d49...Qh4+10.g3Qd410.Kd1Be611.a3Nc611...Nd5?!12.Nxd5Bxd513.c4Be614.Kc2±12.Bb5g513.d3f414.Qe40-0-015.Bxc6bxc616.Qxc6?16.Bd2!±16...Bg4+17.Kd2Qxe518.Re118.Qa8+Kd719.Qxa7Ra820.Qxa820.Qf2Bc5-+21.Re1Qxc3+22.bxc3Bxf220...Qe3#18...Qc519.Qa6+?!19.Qxc5Bxc519...Kb820.Ne4Qd521.a4c622.b3Bg722...Bb4+!23.c323.Nc3Qxg2+23...Qxb324.cxb4Bc8‼25.Qxc625.Qc4Qxc425...Qxd3#23.Rb123.c3∞Qxb3?24.Ba323...Rhe824.Qc4Qa5+?24...Qxc4?25.bxc4+±24...Bd4!25.Qxd5cxd526.Nxg5Rc8!27.Bb227.Rxe8Bc3#27...Be3+25.b4Qxa426.Bb226.Qf7!Bd427.Nd6Be3+28.Rxe3fxe3+29.Kc3Rxd630.Qxe8++-26...Bxb227.Rxb2Qb528.Qc328.Qc528.Qxb5+cxb528...Qe528...Qd529.b5cxb529...Qxc3+!30.Kxc3Bf531.bxc6+Kc730.Ra1?30.Qxe5+Rxe531.Nf6!Rxe132.Rxb5+Kc733.Kxe1+-30...Rd530...Qxe431.Rxb5+Ka832.Rxa7+Kxa733.Qa5#31.Qa5??Re731...Rxd3+‼32.Kxd332.cxd3Qxb2+33.Ke1Qe2#32...Qxe4+33.Kc3Qc4+34.Kd2Qd4+35.Kc1Qd1#32.Rab1Rb733.Rb4f334.gxf3?34.Nc3!Rc535.Re434...Bxf335.Nc3Rc536.Qd8+36.Rxb5Qxh2+-+36...Rc837.Qd4Qxh2+38.Kc1a6!-+39.Kb2Qc740.Rc1Qc541.Qxc5Rxc542.Nb1h543.Nd2Rf544.Re1Rbf745.c4Bc646.Nb3Rd747.Re6Kc748.d4bxc449.Rxc4Rd650.Re7+Kd851.Rh7Rb552.Rc5h453.Kc3Rxc5+54.dxc5Rg655.Nd4g455...Bd5-+56.Rxh4g357.Nxc6+Rxc658.Rg4Rxc5+59.Kb2Rb5+½–½
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
Throughout the video course, Sasikran shows various examples from his career to explain sacrifices for initiative, an attack, a better pawn structure and much more.
In this insightful video course, Grandmaster David Navara shares practical advice on when to calculate deeply in a position — and just as importantly, when not to.
The Trompowsky is especially suited for faster time controls as you don‘t have to memorise endless lines of theory, and you push your opponent out of their comfort zone after your second move.
Trompowsky Powerbook 2025 is based on 53,000 computer games from the engine room of playchess.com as well as 49,000 games from Mega and correspondence chess.
Trompowsky Powerbase 2025 is a database and contains a total of 8727 games from Mega 2025 and the Correspondence Database 2024, of which 316 are annotated.
2025 European Championship with a German double victory and analyses by Bluebaum, Svane, Rodshtein, Yuffa, Navara and many more. Opening videos by Engel, King and Marin. Training sections “The Fortress”, “The Trap” and “Fundamental Endgame Knowledge" etc.
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