The Power Play Show - Ljubojevic-Karpov 1975

by Daniel King
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Ljubojevic-Karpov, Milan 1975

Following on from the instructive endgame Vidit-Van Foreest from round 4 of this year's Tata Steel tournament, Daniel King examines another classic opposite-coloured bishops endgame: Ljubojevic-Karpov, Milan 1975.

 

White to play and win. Another beautiful study by Troitzky - solution in the show.


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

Here's a teaser:


Powerplay 25 Popular Queen's Pawn Openings A Repertoire For Black

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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