Vincent Keymer wins the Hou Yifan Challenge

9/22/2021 – German prodigy Vincent Keymer obtained his second consecutive tournament victory at the Julius Baer Challengers Tour by winning the Hou Yifan Challenge, a 17-player single round-robin tournament that took place online on September 18-21. Christopher Yoo and Praggnanandhaa shared second place, finishing two points behind the winner. Keymer, Yoo and Pragg are 3 out of 8 players who qualified to the knockout final of the tour, set to start on October 14. | Photo: John Saunders

Young stars ready to battle at Hou Yifan Challenge

9/17/2021 – The Hou Yifan Challenge, the final regular event on the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour, will take place on September 18-21 in the chess24 Playzone. The prize fund is $15,000, with $3,000 for the winner, who also gets to play alongside Magnus Carlsen and co. in the next edition’s first event of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.

60m Beat the Slav the classical way

The Slav has become one of the most popular defences against the advance of the d-pawn on the first move, and every ambitious d4-player faces the question how to successfully tackle this opening in tournament practice. The strongest attempt is considered to be the move 4. Nf3, leading to interesting positions which promise White good chances to get an advantage. Black's main replies are 4. dxc4 and 4. e6. On this DVD Rustam Kasimdzhanov investigates in detail the line 4. dxc4, in which he has great experience. Showing selected grandmaster games, the ex-world champion shares his knowledge with the viewer to explain how White has to place his pieces and which plans he has at his disposal.Learn the secrets of the dxc4-line and improve your chances of success with 1.d4