New: CBM Extra #220

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7/29/2024 – ChessBase Magazine Extra is the perfect complement to ChessBase Magazine. In the new CBM Extra #220: Videos by Felix Blohberger: Repertoire idea against the Reti Opening and Mihail Marin: Nepo’s Petroff. "Lucky bag" with 36 analyses by Bogdan Deac, Shreyas Royal, Samuel Shankland, Vaibhav Suri and many more. Update Service with over 55,000 new games!

ChessBase Magazine Extra - the perfect complement to your ChessBase magazine subscription! ChessBase Magazine Extra - the perfect complement to your ChessBase magazine subscription!

ChessBase Magazine Extra is the perfect complement to ChessBase Magazine. Two opening videos with current repertoire ideas await you in each Extra. In addition, the "Lucky bag" provides a collection of high-class annotated games. And the Update Service regularly updates your ChessBase database with 50,000 new games!

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Opening videos

Felix Blohberger: Reti Opening

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 d4 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.0-0 Nh6

Felix Blohberger presents a repertoire idea against the Reti Opening, in which you can determine the game early on with two unusual knight moves: with 4...Nc6 and 5...Nh6 Black indicates that they want to see their advanced pawn firmly anchored on d4. This set-up poses some practical problems for White. Blohberger first analyses the continuations 6.d3 Nf5 7.Na3 and 6.e4 f6 7.d3 Nf7, which are not critical for Black. The critical variation goes like this: 6.e3 Nf5 7.e4 Ne7 8.e5! - a novelty and the only move that complicates Black's plan with 8...Ng6.

Marin: Petroff

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.Re1 Bf5

Mihail Marin analyses a line that Ian Nepomniachtchi likes to play with Black, including against Hikaru Nakamura in the 2024 Candidates Tournament: After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 he continued with 6...Bd6, followed by 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.Re1 Bf5 10.Qb3 Qd7. In his analysis of the game, Marin discusses the different ideas in this position that the Russian has already had to defend against, e.g. against Carlsen, Vachier-Lagrave and others. "The Petroff Defence can be a very entertaining opening!"

Analyses by Emanuel Berg, Bogdan Deac, Lubomir Ftacnik, Shreyas Royal, Yago Santiago, Samuel Shankland, Vaibhav Suri and many more

The "Lucky bag" of this CBM Extra includes 36 detailed analyses.

Sam Shankland finished in a tie for first place at the Sharjah Masters in May this year. The young Iranian Bardiya Daneshvar was declared was declared the winner on tiebreak criteria. For Shankland, it still felt like a tournament victory - as he describes it in the detailed and entertaining analysis of his games against Aditya Mittal. It's "The brilliancy" of this issue!

The Update Service once again provides over 55,000 new games for your database!


The games from the Update Service are also included in the Mega Update Service 2024, which you can use with the ChessBase 16/17 programs (and a corresponding subscription).

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New in CBM: "The fortress"

7/15/2024 – In chess literature, there is one topic - and a very attractive one - that has surprisingly never been dealt with systematically: Fortresses! Dorian Rogozenco sets out to fill this gap with his new column in ChessBase Magazine. In each issue, Rogozenco will introduce you to a fortress in a video. "There are fortresses that are important to know. In my new column, I will start with the simplest ones," says the former coach of the German national team. The presentation of the fortress is followed by a series of interactive videos to help you memorise the motif in a fun way. Do you know the fortress with knight and bishop against queen? Take a look at our first sample of the new ChessBase Magazine #220! Simply load it with your web browser in the ChessBase Books format. Have fun!
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New: ChessBase Magazine #219

4/30/2024 – Prague Masters 2024: analyses by tournament winner Nodirbek Abdusattorov as well as Erwin l'Ami, David Navara, Thai Dai Van Nguyen, Praggnanandhaa and many more. - "Special" on Fabiano Caruana: CBM authors show their favourite games of the world no. 2 - exclusive collection of 26 annotated games from 2007 to 2023 – A fresh English repertoire: Felix Blohberger presents an idea based on the game Gukesh-Navara from the Prague Masters 2024 with 3.e3 and 4.Qb3 (video) – Everything okay for Black: Sergey Grigoriants updates 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5!? – Active defence: Jan Markos shows in his series "Practical tips for the tournament player" which strategy you should pursue in a pressure situation – Endgames with knight versus pawn(s): "Knight check shadow", "Karpov distance" and what else you need to know, part #9 of Dr Karsten Mueller’s video course and much more.
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60m English A solid scandinavian surprise

On this 60 mins video we are going to concentrate on a simple, very solid idea in the main line Scandinavian, which even Magnus Carlsen has used to win games. Black focusses on making his life easy in the opening and forces White to work very hard to get advantage – but it is doubtful if White can get an advantage. Club players are always on the lookout for effective, time-saving solutions and here we have just that. Accompany FIDE Senior Trainer and IM Andrew Martin on this 60 mins video. You can learn a new opening system in 60 mins and start to play it with confidence on the very same day!