Daniel King’s Power Play Show: Tactics from the Chessable Masters and the genius of Magnus Carlsen

by Daniel King
8/6/2021 – In this Power Play Show, GM Daniel King takes a look at games from the Chessable Masters Tournament and enjoys and admires the genius of Magnus Carlsen. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.
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Tactics from the Chessable Masters Tournament

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 0-0 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.0-0 c5 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Qc2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 cxd4 16.cxd4 Qh5 17.Kg2 Rad8 18.Rfd1 f5 19.Qxc6 f4 20.Qe6+ Kh8 21.Bd2 Rxd4 22.Be1 Qg5+ 23.Kh1 Qh5 24.Qb3 Qh3 25.Kg1 Rxe4 26.Bc3 h5 27.Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.Rc5 Re2 29.Qd3 Rxa2 30.Re1 Qh4 31.Qd4+ Kh6 32.Rd5 Rc8 33.Rd7 e5 33...Qg5+ 34.Kf1 Qf6-+ 34.Rxe5 Rc1+ 35.Kg2 Rcc2       What had Tari overlooked? 1–0
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Nakamura,H2736Tari,A26391–02021D85Chessable Masters Prelim12.4
 
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1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.d5 Bg7 6.Nd4 Bd7 7.e4 0-0 8.Be2 c5 9.Nf3 e6 10.0-0 exd5 11.exd5 a6 12.Bf4 Bg4 13.Qd2 Re8 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Qc7 16.Rae1 Nbd7 17.g4 Nf8 18.b3 N6d7 19.g5 f5 20.gxf6 Nxf6 21.Bg4 Nxg4 22.hxg4 Qd7 23.f3 h5 24.gxh5 Bd4+ 25.Kg2 gxh5 26.Ne4 Ng6 27.Bg3 Qg7 28.Qg5 Rf8 29.Kh1 Ne5 30.Qxg7+ Kxg7 31.Nxd6 Nxf3 32.Re7+ Kg6 33.Re6+ Kg7 34.Kg2 h4 35.Re7+ Kg6 36.Be1 Nxe1+ 37.Rexe1 b5 38.Re6+ Kh5 39.Nf5 Kg5 40.Ne3 bxc4 41.bxc4 Rxf1 42.Nxf1 Rf8 43.Nh2 Rf2+ 44.Kh3 Kf5 45.Re8 Rxa2 46.Ng4 Rc2 47.d6 Rc3+ 48.Kxh4 Rxc4 49.Kh5 Rc1 50.Nh6+ Kf4 51.Rf8+ Ke4 52.d7 Rh1+ 53.Kg4 Rg1+ 54.Kh3 Bf6 55.Rxf6 Rd1 56.Rf7 c4 57.Re7+ Kf3 58.Ng4 c3 59.Rf7+ Ke2       The youngest Grandmaster in the world managed to win this. How would you go about it? There is more than one way. White to play and win. 1–0
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Mishra,A2504Harikrishna,P27301–02021A41Chessable Masters Prelim14.1

And here's another entertaining mate in two:

 
Eustace King, Philadelphia Times, 30.05.1897
White to play and mate in two

Daniel King presents 50 puzzle positions in video format, all arising from the King's Gambit. They feature typical tactics from the opening, so this is a great way of becoming familiar with the tricks and traps that you can set your opponent.

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You’ll find older broadcasts in the Power Play category. To watch these you'll need a ChessBase Premium Account.

Daniel King is the prolific author of the Power Play series which numbers 28 volumes to date.  The Tactic Turbo for the King’s Gambit is the subject of his most recent DVD.

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Daniel King presents 50 puzzle positions in video format, all arising from the King's Gambit. They feature typical tactics from the opening, so this is a great way of becoming familiar with the tricks and traps that you can set your opponent.

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Daniel King is a regular on playchess.com. Commentating on live events such as the World Championship or analysing themes for his monthly Power Play Show. He also produces a DVD series called Power Play for ChessBase in the Fritztrainer format.

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