Game of the Week #457
The Hamburger Schachklub von 1830 (HSK) is performing extraordinary well in the European Online Club Cup, and managed to qualify for the round of the final 10.
Nils Grandelius, Rasmus Svane, Sune Berg Hansen, Luis Engel and Thies Heinemann are all grandmasters, but man of the match on more than one occasion was Hamburg's last board Julian Kramer. Julian's rating of 2419 is relatively low and he currently focuses on his studies, he is young and talented. Moreover, being a member of the new generation certainly helps in playing online events. We will take a close look how a very clever opening choice helped him to beat Ivan Cheparinov.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with Black?
J. Kramer - I. Cheparinov, European Online Club Cup 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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