Gibraltar: Masterclasses with Adhiban and more

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1/28/2019 – One of the most popular side-events of the Gibraltar Chess Festival is the evening "masterclass", in which top stars are invited to give a moderated lecture from the live webcast studio. It's a relaxed atmosphere and a lot of fun, but also instructive. This year's guests have been Hikaru Nakamura, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh and — on Monday evening — Indian GM Adhiban Baskaran.
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There's a wealth of entertaining and education video coming out of Gibraltar, and one of the returning traditions in 2019 is the "Masterclass" series, where players from the Masters group are invited for a Q&A and a look at one or more career highlights in front of a live audience.

This year's featured "Masters" are former US Champion Hikaru Nakamura, Iranian IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, and Indian number four Adhiban Baskaran.

Nakamura and Khademalsharieh are available on-demand, below. Adhiban's was the most recent, held on Monday evening in Gibraltar, following Round 7.

Masterclass with GM Adhiban Baskaran

Masterclass with GM Hikaru Nakamura

IM Tania Sachdev hosts the American number three for a look at one of his recent games and a Q&A session. 

Nakamura focuses on his 2018 game from Isle of Man against Pavel Eljanov

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.0-0 E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 c6 8.Bf4 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 Nxf4 12.gxf4 Nd7 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.e3 Rfd8 15.Rac1 Rac8 1-0 (39) Le,Q (2728)-Shankland,S (2727) Danzhou 2018 7...c6 8.Nc3 d5 9.Qb3 0-0 10.Rfd1 Nbd7 11.Rac1 LiveBook: 18 Games h6 12.Ne1N Predecessor: 12.Bf4 a5 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.cxd5 cxd5 1-0 (55) Xiang,Z (2402)-Chen,P (2311) Beijing 2017 12...c5 13.cxd5 cxd4
14.d6! Bxd6 15.Bxb7 Nc5 16.Qc4 Nxb7 17.Qxd4 Qe7 18.Qh4 a6 19.Nf3 Rac8 20.e4 e5 is the strong threat. Rc4 21.b3 Rc5 Strongly threatening ...Rh5. 22.e5 White is pushing. Bxe5 23.Ne4 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Bd6 24...Bb2= remains equal. 25.Bb4 Nc5 25.Nxf6+± Qxf6 26.Qxf6 gxf6 27.Rc6 27.Bxh6 Rd8 27...Bc5 27...Rd8± 28.b4!+- Don't do 28.Bxh6?! Rd8 28...Nd8 29.Rc7 29.Rc8+- Be7 30.Bxh6 29...Bd6± 30.Rd7 Bb8 31.Bxh6 Re8 32.Be3 Nc6 33.a3 b5 34.Rb7 Rc8 35.Rb6 Ba7 35...a5 36.Rxa6 Bxe3 37.fxe3 Endgame KRN-KRN Ne7 38.Nd4 Nd5 39.Kf2 Rc1 39...f5± was necessary. 40.h4 40.Nxb5 Rc2+ 41.Kf3 Rxh2± 40...Rc3 40.Rc6 Rh1 41.e4 Rxh2+ 42.Kf3 Ne7 43.Rc3 Ra2 43...f5± 44.Nxb5+- f5 45.Nc7 45.Nd6+- 45...Kf8 46.b5 Rb2 47.a4 Threatens to win with a5. fxe4+ 48.Kf4 aiming for a5. Kg7 49.a5 White should try 49.Rc4 49...Nd5+± 50.Nxd5 Black must now prevent Nc7. Rxb5 KRN-KR 51.Ne3 Rxa5 52.Rc7 Don't take 52.Kxe4?! f5+ 53.Kf3 Kf6+- 52...Kg6 53.Nc4 Rf5+ 54.Kxe4 f6? 54...Kg5± was called for. 55.Ne5 Rf1 56.Nf3+ Kg6 57.Ne5+ Kg5 58.Nf3+ Kf6 55.Rc6!+- Rg5 56.Kf3! Kf7 57.Nd6+! Kg6 57...Ke7 58.Ne4 Rf5+ 59.Ke3 Re5 58.Ne4 Rf5+ 59.Kg4 Re5 60.Nc5 Kf7 61.Rc7+ Kg6 62.Nd3 f5+ 63.Kf3 Re4 64.Rc6 Hoping for Nc5. Kf7 65.Rc7+ 65.Nc5± Re1 66.Rc7+ Kg6 67.Nd3 65...Kg6! 66.Nc5 Re1 67.Ra7 Kf6 68.Ra6 And now Kf2 would win. Kf7? 68...Ke7± 69.Nd3 Rf1+ 70.Ke2 Rg1 69.Kf2! Re5
70.Ra7+! Kg6
70...Ke8 71.Nd3 Rb5 71.Rc7! White is clearly winning. f4 71...Rd5 72.Nxe6 Rd6 73.Nf4+ Kf6 72.gxf4 Rd5 73.Ke3 Precision: White = 61%, Black = 53%. 1–0
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Nakamura,H2763Eljanov,P27031–02018IOM chesscom Masters 20189

This DVD is packed full of new, exciting and novel ideas; based on a repertoire starting with the moves 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 with g3! to follow.

Masterclass with IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh

GM Stuart Conquest moderates the 52-minute session with the up-and-coming Iranian star. She shows her two wins over grandmasters from earlier in the tournament.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Nd2 Nbd7 8.e4 Bg7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.a4 Ne5 12.Qc2 a6 13.Ra3 Bg4 A77: Modern Benoni: Classical: 9...Re8 10 Nd2: 10...a6 and 10...Nbd7 13...g5 14.Re1 g4 15.Nf1 Bd7 16.Ng3 Ng6 17.Bd2 Re5 18.Nd1 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Ne3 Re8 1/2-1/2 (45) Dragun,K (2586)-Donchenko,A (2567) Biel 2015 14.Bxg4 Nfxg4 15.h3 Nf6 White has an edge. 16.a5 Qe7N Predecessor: 16...Qc7 17.f4 Ned7 18.Nc4 b5 19.axb6 Nxb6 20.Na5 c4 21.Nc6 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 Nxd5 23.Na5 Nb4 24.Qa4 1/2-1/2 (24) Nestorovic,D (2402)-Dinev,D (2299) Kragujevac 2015 17.Na4 Ned7 18.Nc3 Ne5 19.Na4 Ned7 20.Nc3 Rac8 21.Nc4 Ne5 22.Nb6 Rc7 22...Rcd8= 23.Bg5± h6 24.Bh4 24.Bxf6!± Qxf6 25.f4 24...c4
24...g5 25.Bg3 Nh5 25.Ra4! Ned7 26.Nxc4 Rec8 27.Nb6 Better is 27.Qe2± 27...Nxb6! 28.axb6 Rc5 29.f4 Threatens to win with e5! Re8?
29...Qe8± 30.e5!+- dxe5 31.fxe5 Qxe5 32.Bxf6 Bxf6 33.Qf2 Double Attack Bg5 34.Re4 Be3 35.Qxe3! Double Attack Rxc3 36.Qf2 Weaker is 36.Rxe5 Rxe3 37.Rxe3 Rxe3 36...Qxe4 37.Qxf7+ Double Attack Kh8 38.bxc3 Endgame KQR-KQR Re7 39.Qf8+ Kh7 40.Rf7+ Rxf7 41.Qxf7+ Double Attack. KQ-KQ Kh8 42.d6 White wants to mate with Qf6+. Inferior is 42.Qxb7 Qe1+ 43.Kh2 Qe5+ 44.g3 Qe2+ 45.Kh1 45.Kg1 Qe1+ Double Attack 46.Kh2 Qf2+ 47.Kh1 Qe1+ 48.Kh2 Qf2+ 49.Kh1 Qe1+ 50.Kh2= 45...Qe1+ 46.Kh2 Qf2+ 47.Kh1 Qe1+ 48.Kh2 Qf2+ 49.Kh1 Qe1+= 42...Qe1+ 43.Qf1 Qxc3 44.Qf8+ Double Attack. White mates. Kh7 45.Qe7+ Kg8 46.Qd8+ Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 35%. 1–0
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Khademalsharieh,S2468Donchenko,A26041–02019Gibraltar Masters 20193
Khademalsharieh,S2468Moussard,J26051–02019Gibraltar Masters 20192

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The topic of this 60 minute video clip is the major idea of the 8.h3 0-0 9.Bd3 line. It has not won much love among defenders of the Benoni - White players are coming dangerously close to realising the dream of squeezing the opponent.

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