Winning starts with what you know
The new version 18 offers completely new possibilities for chess training and analysis: playing style analysis, search for strategic themes, access to 6 billion Lichess games, player preparation by matching Lichess games, download Chess.com games with built-in API, built-in cloud engine and much more.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda had a better structure and more active pieces in his first-round game against Richard Rapport. But how to make progress here? Where should the light-squared bishop go to maximize the pressure?
The Polish grandmaster went for 22.Be2 instead of 22.Bb3, which would have given him better winning chances going forward.
In the only decisive game from round 2, Hikaru Nakamura beat Teimour Radjabov after making the most of his extra pawn in a double-edged endgame.
It turns out that Black’s counterplay here is just enough for a draw! But here Radjabov needed to play 61...Rb1 instead of 61...Rc1.
Find analyses for these two positions and two more endgames in the replayer below.
Magical Chess Endgames Vol. 1 & 2 + The magic of chess tactics
In over 4 hours in front of the camera, Karsten Müller presents to you sensations from the world of endgames - partly reaching far beyond standard techniques and rules of thumb - and rounds off with some cases of with own examples.
