Daniel King's Power Play Show: Test your Calculation

by Daniel King
11/25/2025 – In the latest episode of his Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks at the technique and calculation from recent FIDE World Cup Goa 2025 games.| Watch Power Play on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.
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In these three recent games from the 2025 FIDE World Cup in Goa, India technique and calculation are demanded can you find the correct moves?

Here Zemlyanskii has a very instructive way to close out this game.

White is on the verge of victory. How to finish the Attack?

Here precise technique can do miracles, but it is a small path to a draw.

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.

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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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Daniel King's Power Play Show: An important defensive technique

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60m The Two Knights

This entry into the 60 minutes series concentrates on the Modern variation of the Italian game where White opens the centre early : 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 d4 exd4 5 e5!. This line can be reached by various move orders, most frequently from the Scotch 3 d4 exd4 4 Bc4. It's a sharp variation and Grandmasters such as Evgeny Sveshnikov have used it frequently,with very good results. It's a perfect line for club players to adopt which is relatively easy to learn and which contains many traps. All the main responses are covered here, including 5...d5, 5...Ng4 and 5...Ne4 and the conclusion is that is is difficult for Black to equalize in a straightforward way. Problems are being posed, which over the board might prove tough to solve.

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