Tata Steel 2024 with analyses by Wei Yi, Firouzja, Giri, Pragg, Vidit and many more. Opening videos by Jan Werle, Daniel King and Mihail Marin. 11 repertoire articles from Alekhine to the King's Indian and much more.
In his video series, Dorian Rogozenco presents the encounter between Rashid Nezhmetdinov and Oleg Chernikov (Rostov-on-Don 1962), a game that had a prominent predecessor: a year earlier, the same variation in the Accelerated Dragon was played in Fischer-Reshevsky - but after his opponent's eleventh move (11...Bf6)...
... Fischer couldn't find a bright idea, the game continued 12.Qg4 d6 13.Qd1 Nc6 14.Qd3 b6 and the game ended in a draw a couple of moves later
Rashid Nezhmetdinov, on the other hand, thought for a long time and came up with a queen sacrifice that was very surprising - not just for his opponent: 12.Qxf6! White only gets two pieces for the queen after 12...Ne2+ 13.Nxe2 exf6 14.Nc3 Re8 15.Nd5. But thanks to his much better piece play and control over the black squares, he subsequently managed to mount a strong kingside attack: After 15...Re6 16.Bd4 Kg7 17.Rad1 it becomes clear that Black has big problems developing his queenside. White, on the other hand, has free play against his opponent's king and won a "totally impressive game" in 33 moves!
Nezhmetdinov's sacrifice was widely discussed and often questioned. He himself
always stood by his idea, and if you check the variation today with modern engines, you'll
realise that at the least, they don't see White at a disadvantage after the sacrifice!
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From the Tata Steel 2024 supertournament with analyses by Wei Yi, Firouzja, Giri, L'Ami Praggnanandhaa, Vidit and many more to Oliver Reeh's tactics article "Guided brilliance!" and Karsten Mueller's video course "Fundamental Endgame Knowledge" Part #8.
Over 6 hours of video playing time with Daniel King, Rainer Knaak, Jan Markos, Mihail Marin, Leon Mendonca, Karsten Müller, Oliver Reeh, Robert Ris, Dorian Rogozenco and Jan Werle!
After 13 hard-fought rounds, four players were tied on first place with 8.5 points. In the subsequent tiebreak, Wei Yi prevailed first against Abdusattorov and then against Gukesh. The tournament winner comments on his win against Vidit Gujrathi. In addition, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Alexander Donchenko, Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri, Erwin l'Ami, Praggnanandhaa, Eline Roebers and Vidit Gujrathi analyse their best games from Wijk aan Zee. Moreover, Leon Mendonca, the winner of the Challengers, presents two of his wins from Wijk aan Zee in the video!
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“The artist at the chessboard” - CBM authors present their favourite games by the creative top player. Exclusive collection of 28 annotated games from 2010 to 2023.
Everything you need to know about a variation in an extensively annotated game: Igor Stohl examines the Norwegian Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5 – the hunt for the Spanish bishop is on!
Jan Werle analyses a trendy line in the Nimzo- Indian - 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4 c5 - on the basis of the game Ding Liren - Vidit from Wijk aan Zee, among others. In his analysis of the game Yusupov-Kasparov (Linares 1992), Mihail Marin discovered an improvement for White in the King's Indian Fianchetto Variation that even the world champion had missed in his analysis at the time. And Daniel King presents a trend in the Open Sici¬lian - after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 White moves again with the queen: 5.Qe3 or 5.Qd3.
Jan Werle: Nimzo-Indian with 4.f3
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4 c5
Mihail Marin: King's Indian Fianchetto Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0–0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0–0 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3
Daniel King: Open Siclian
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qe3/5. Qd3
From the Alekhine Defence to the King's Indian - ChessBase Magazine #218 offers 11 opening articles with new ideas for every repertoire!
Martin Lorenzini: Alekhine Defence 4...dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6
Robert Ris: Sicilian Alapin 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 d4 5.d3
Christian Braun: Sicilian Richter-Rauzer 8.Nxc6 bxc6
Sergey Grigoriants: French Advance with 6...f6
Brian Escalante Ramirez: Petroff 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nxe5 8.dxe5
Lars Schandorff: Ruy Lopez Marshall Attack 11...Bb7
Yago Santiago: Queen's Gambit Accepted with 7.e4
Imre Hera: QG Ragozin Variation 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 0-0
Tanmay Srinath: Gruenfeld Classical System 10...e6
Alexey Kuzmin: Catalan 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4
Petra Papp: KI Fianchetto Variation 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5
“Mistakes repeated thousands of times” – Rainer Knaak presents eight traps from current tournament practice - from Sokolski to the Sicilian and the King’s Indian. Incl. three Fritztrainer videos.
Calculate like Gukesh and play through the complex and highly tactical game by the Indian superstar against Volokitin (London Chess Classic 2023) move by move with Robert Ris!
Over 60 years ago, Rashid Nezhmetdinov shocked his opponent Oleg L. Chernikov with a queen sacrifice on move 12! Dorian Rogozenco reviews this “totally impressive game” in the video.
Does exchanging pieces make any sense at all if you want to attack your opponent? After all, this reduces your own attacking potential. Jan Markos shows how effective the method of exchanges can be if you know how to use it correctly. Video plus a small collection of exercises.
39 games peppered with lots of training questions await you in Oliver Reeh’s tactics article! You can solve his favourite combinations - recorded in interactive video format - move by move together with the IM from Hamburg!
In his strategy column, Mihail Marin looks back at the Linares 1992 super tournament and analyses selected games by Kasparov, Karpov, Ivanchuk, Anand and others. Incl. an introductory video and two interactive training videos!
In the introductory video, our expert presents the most important techniques. Then it’s your turn in two interactive training videos! Moreover, Karsten Mueller presents endgame highlights from Wijk aan Zee 2024 (video introduction + analyses).
