Game of the Week #460
The Candidates are as exciting as always, with Nepomniachtchi in the lead after nine rounds, while Caruana, Giri and MVL follow half a point behind.
Caruana did a huge job in round eight, closing the gap to the leaders by beating MVL in a heavyweight theoretical Najdorf battle.
On the very next day Giri showed his best chess against Wang Hao, a lovely strategical performance which we will study in this week's Game of the Week show.
Most likely the Candidates will be a very tense affair until the very last day.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with White?
A. Giri vs Wang Hao, 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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