Endgame Magic #288: Endgame highlights from Wijk

by Karsten Müller
2/10/2025 – In his Endgame Magic Show #286, Karsten Müller looks at endgame highlights from the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, which Praggnanandhaa won after defeating World Champion Gukesh in a dramatic tiebreak. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

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Endgame Magic #288

The diagram shows a position from the game between Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Gukesh. Gukesh seems to be in trouble, but he found a way to draw. How can Black defend?

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2/3/2025 – The German "Bundesliga" is arguably the strongest national league in the world, and many top players regularly travel to Germany to support their teams. In his Endgame Magic Show #286, Karsten Müller looks at endgame highlights from the Bundesliga, which played again last weekend. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a <a href="https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/chessbase_account_premium_year_abo">ChessBase Premium account</a>.
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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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arzi arzi 2/11/2025 06:16
It seems a bit strange that even though Gukesh's tiebreak score was better than Praggna's, he had to decide the Tata Steel championship in a blitz. Gukesh's tiebreak score was 53 and Praggna's was 52.75. Why use the whole "tiebreak score" system, if the tournament of champions is ultimately decided by blitz games? The work of fools. In the group of challengers, the order was defined by "tiebreak score". Why wasn't there a blitz for the championship? Lucky gifts are not the same for everyone. Why do logical games use illogical rules and solutions? I know people's thinking is sometimes irrational, but too much is too much, even in chess.
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