Game of the Week #461
Ian Nepomniachtchi won the Candidates and turned out to have the best tournament strategy in the end: don't lose. When he lost in the final round, the battle was already over.
Anish Giri came relatively close, but seems to have risked a bit too much in the penultimate round. Since Nepo's wins in the second half of the tournament were more or less the result of self-destructing opponents, we decided to study Giri-Ding Liren in this week's broadcast.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with White?
A. Giri vs Ding Liren, Candidates Tournament 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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