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World Chess Championship 2024 - all games with analyses by Giri, Shankland, So and others. Kasimdzhanov, King and Ris show new opening ideas in the video. 10 repertoire articles from the English Opening to the King's Indian and much more.
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In this issue, Spyridon Kapnisis examines a wing gambit against the Sicilian/French, arising after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b4!? cxb4 4.d4 d5 5.e5 or 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4!? cxb4 5.d4:
“Let’s linger a bit to try to understand the pawn sacrifice b4. White’s main goal is to reduce the pressure against d4, which further stabilises their space advantage. A solid centre allows White to develop their kingside initiative, by placing their bishop on d3 and typically driving their h2-pawn to h5 or even h6. Apart from the kingside, White will play a3 and open lines on the queenside, which will lead to rapid development and activation of their pieces ...”
Kapnisis’ main line continues with 5...Ne7 (interesting is 5...Bd7!? to exchange the white-squared bishops with ...Qa5 and ...Bb5) 6.a3 Nec6 (6...bxa3 7.Nxa3! with the intention Nb5 accommodates White) 7.axb4 Bxb4+ 8.c3 Be7 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.0-0 Nb6 11.Re1 Bd7.
A typical position for the gambit, with clear French contours: White has a development advantage for the pawn, a space advantage, a strong centre and attacking chances on the kingside. Maier,C - Jankovic,A 1-0 now saw the interesting 12.Qd2!? (instead of the standard 12.h4) in order to bring the queen to the kingside via Qf4-g4, which worked excellently in the game!
Kapnisis’ conclusion: "The positions are double-edged with chances for both players. It's hard for me to recommend this repertoire for classical games at the highest level, but I think it can be quite dangerous for blitz/rapid games for Black. For classical games, I would recommend this variation for a level up to 2300-2400. I must also mention that Sicilian players will probably feel uncomfortable with Black in a position that clearly resembles the pawn structure of the French Defence!"
The start page of ChessBase Magazine #223 as a ChessBase Book. The menu on the right takes you to all the articles, analyses and videos of the issue.
Total playing time of the videos: Over 6 hours!
From the World Chess Championship 2024 to Oliver Reeh's ‘Olympic Combinations’ and Dorian Rogzenco's ‘The Fortress’ to ‘Fundamental Endgame Knowledge’ with Dr Karsten Mueller:
Over 6 hours of video playing time with Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Daniel King, Jan Markos, Karsten Müller, Oliver Reeh, Robert Ris and Dorian Rogozenco!
World Chess Championship 2024: All games with analyses by Giri, Howell, Shankland, So and others - ‘World Championship Special’: Dorian Rogozenco sheds light on the decisive moments of the match in his video analysis - ‘All in One’: A wing gambit against Sicilian and French! - ‘Show your inner Gukesh!’: Replay the victory of the new world champion against Fedoseev from the 2024 Chess Olympiad move by move with Robert Ris!- ‘Olympic Combinations’: Oliver Reeh's tactics column with 40 games and four interactive videos - ‘Black's Leverage on the Kingside’: In the French Steinitz Variation Christian Braun plays 7...h6!? and 8...g5 and much more.
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