Game of the Week #462
Today we'll have a final look at the Candidates, since it was such an important event. In the past two weeks we looked at two excellent wins by Giri, but of course we should complete the coverage of the Candidates with a win by Nepomniachtchi.
As we discussed before, he took a safety first approach in the second half of the tournament, but grabbed his chances very well. His win versus Alekseenko is instructive training material.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with White?
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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