The Power Play Show: Wrapping up the Candidates first half

Sounding out the Winawer

With Maxime Vachier-Lagrave defeating Nepomniachtchi's Winawer in round 7 of the Candidates, it's time to consider Bobby Fischer's famous lines from My 60 Memorable Games: 'I may yet be forced to admit that the Winawer is sound. But I doubt it! The defence is anti-positional and weakens the K-side.'

I'll be looking at the game where he wrote this, Fischer vs Darga, and discussing why he said it.

But first: A typical example of pawn endgame calculation to start the show.

This week

A Classical Guide to the French Defence

This DVD gives you the key to start out with the French Defence. GM Yannick Pelletier is a specialist of this opening, and believes that the most efficient way to understand its ideas, plans, and typical structures is to study classical lines.

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Daniel King is the prolific author of the PowerPlay series which numbers 26 volumes to date. The subject of his most recent DVD is "Checkmate Challenge". 

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Powerplay 26: Checkmate Challenge — essential knowledge

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.

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