Daniel King on the Candidates Tournament 2016

3/16/2016 – Four rounds are played at the Candidates Tournament 2016 in Moscow, Karjakin leads with 3.0/4 and a 2966 performance, Topalov is last with 1.0/4. Four of the 16 games played so far were decided, one in each round. And after each round Daniel King looks at the highlights and analyses them. Here are his videos from the first four rounds.

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The 2016 FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament is a 14-round event, which determines the next Challenger to Magnus Carlsen's title, is taking place in Moscow from March 10–30. Eight players, including six of the World’s top-ten rated grandmasters. The time control is 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move one. The guaranteed prize fund is US $420,000.

 

Candidates Tournament 2016 Round 4 Karjakin vs Anand and Caruana vs Topalov

Candidates Tournament 2016 Round 3 Giri vs Karjakin and Topalov vs Aronian

Candidates Tournament 2016 Round 2 Karjakin vs Nakamura

Candidates Tournament 2016 Round 1 Anand vs Topalov

 

Daniel King: Mr. Powerplay

Daniel King during a visit in Hamburg

Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years and has represented his country in numerous competitions, amongst others in the historic win by the English over the Soviet Union in 1990 in Reykjavik. He is the author of more than 15 chess books and has wealth of experience as a trainer, assisting many of England’s leading players. He is also well known for his broadcasting on TV, radio and the internet, commentating major chess events. To the delight of chess fans worldwide, the grandmasetr hosts his monthly "Powerplay" show on the world's largest chess server, Playchess.com. He contributes to ChessBase Magazine, with the popular column "Move by Move", and  has also produced the highly praised PowerPlay DVD series for ChessBase. Daniel King lives in London.

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Play the Exchange Variation against the Caro-Kann

The Exchange Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3) is a simple and easy to learn answer to the Caro-Kann. By clarifying the central tension White gives himself a clear plan of attack using the half open e-file and the e5 square. This is far from easy for Black to meet as Bobby Fischer, Jan Timman, Walter Browne and other leading Grandmasters have demonstrated in their games. Black too has his resources but he needs to know what he's doing. On this DVD you will find a clear explanation of the strategy for both sides as well as answers to popular treatments such as 4...Nc6 5.c3 Qc7. Whilst the main focus is on the White side of this opening you will also find ways for Black to defend.

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Beanie Beanie 3/16/2016 09:55
Poor Mr King often seems quite sick. I do hope he's ok.
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