The Power Play Show

by Daniel King
11/30/2018 – Friday at 18:00 CET (17:00 UTC) Daniel King will go on air on playchess.com. You can watch the episode live for free. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer, plus Daniel will be looking at the tie-break games from the World Championship. Puzzle and the live video...
Checkmate. That's the aim of the game. There are numerous ways to checkmate the enemy king, but there are common patterns that recur over and over again, and having these at our mental fingertips is essential for when we want to finish the game.

World Championship 2018

The Power Play Show 5pm (UK), featuring puzzles from the games of Magnus Carlsen, plus a look at the World Championship tie-break games.

Here's just one position you might encounter if you watch this episode of Power Play:

 
Carlsen-Vallejo Pons, Bilbao 2011
Position after 32.Rxg2

White to play and win

This week

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Live at 19:00 CEST (17:00 UT / 1 pm EDT)

Previous shows

You'll find older broadcasts in the Power Play category. To watch these you'll need a ChessBase Account.

On another note, Daniel King published his 25th Powerplay DVD on "Popular Queen's Pawn Openings - A Repertoire for Black". 

Here's a teaser:

On this DVD, Grandmaster Daniel King presents a repertoire for Black against the opoular queen's pawn openings such as the London System or the Trompowsky!

Daniel King is a regular on playchess.com. Commentating on live events such as the World Championship or analysing themes for his monthly Power Play Show. He also produces a DVD series called Power Play for ChessBase in the Fritztrainer format.

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