Game of the Week #463
The Russian Team Championship was won by the St Petersburg team Bronze Horseman and was played in Sochi in the past week.
19-year old Andrey Esipenko, who also did very well in Wijk aan Zee in the beginning of this year, jumped 11 spots in the word rankings with his performance and is now the world's number 26. We will have a look at his spectacular attacking game against Kobalia.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with White?
A. Esipenko vs M. Kobalia, Sochi 2021
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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The continuous stream of new ideas in the Sicilian makes 1..c5 the most popular answer to 1.e4. On this DVD I do give an introduction to the most important Sicilian systems.
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