Game of the Week #501
It was unlikely that Jorden van Foreest was going to win the Tata Steel Chess Tournament for a second time in a row, but he had a good finish in Wijk aan Zee and played the most entertaining chess of everyone.
Magnus Carlsen did not just want to win the tournament, he wanted to win it as convincingly as possible. He finished in style by beating Fabiano Caruana, who is number three in the all time rankings. The World Champion did so with the black pieces in a true model game.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with Black?
F. Caruana - M. Carlsen, Wijk aan Zee 2022
When it comes to strategy, one of the key things that chess professionals understand much better than amateur players is the role of the bishop which is the key theme on this video course.
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In this opening Black opts for active piece play and is not afraid to fight for the initiative from an early stage. One of the many good features of this opening is that Black is often the side which controls the pace of the game.
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