A knight off-sides
There are two winning moves to start, but one is better than the other.
Karsten Mueller in ChessBase Magazine
Chess Endgames 10: Rook and two minor pieces
Although the distribution of material with a rook and two minor pieces against a rook and two minor pieces is a very common one in practical play, there is very little literature on the subject apart from that dealing with questions relating to the bishop pair.
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ChessBase Magazine 191
Analyses by Caruana, Giri, So, Vidit, Wojtaszek, Gelfand, McShane, Yu Yangyi, Nielsen, the Muzychuk sisters and many more. Plus videos by King, Sokolov and Williams. 11 opening articles with new ideas for your repertoire plus lots of training sessions!
Highlights of this issue
- "I consider 3.Bb5+ a Najdorf!"
Anish Giri annotates his victory as Black over Ian Nepomniachtchi
- 2:0 with 1.e4!
Wesley So presents his current recipes for success vs. the Berlin and the Petroff
- "I had a strong feeling we were in for a big fight!"
Fabiano Caruana shows how he defeated MVL with the Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation
- Trendy and tricky
How Adhiban Baskaran came to like Najdorf with 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3
- "King's English"
Evgeny Postny checks 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 e5!?
- The structure of the champions
Robert Ris examines the very popular Rossolimo Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6
- Victory with prestige
Vidit Gujrathi analyzes his groundbreaking win against Peter Leko at the Chess Festival in Biel
- Similar but different
Trap expert Rainer Knaak shows a trick against the black stencil ...Nc6, ...Qb6 and...Bf5 in the London System
- A little new trend in the English
Renato Quintiliano takes control of the centre with 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 5.e4!?
- Brilliancy prize
Mariya Muzychuk annotates her victory over Aleksandra Goryachkina from the Women’s Candidates
- Mini shift
Manoeuvre the "Rook on the 3rd" to success – interactive video training with Oliver Reeh!
- Star analyses
Annotated games by McShane, Gelfand, Wojtaszek, Yu, Heine Nielsen, and many more…
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