6/8/2020 – In this Power Play Show Grandmaster Daniel King takes a look at what happened in the final of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge. Daniil Dubov faced Hikaru Nakamura and after four interesting rapid games the match and the tournament was decided in the Armageddon play-off. | Photo: Daniil Dubov | Photo: Niki Riga
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Glorious sacrifices, unexpected tactics and checkmating attacks. The King's Gambit is one of the oldest and most romantic openings in the game of chess. This DVD contains all you need to know to tackle your opponent.
In this video course, kings will play a role of strong and active pieces. We will explore how Kings can be helpful in defence and prophylaxis, or even in attack!
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Armageddon
The Armageddon play-off between Dubov and Nakamura saw a typical opening trap that you can find in a different form in the Modern Defence/King's Indian. Tal once fell into this but succeeded in turning the game around with some tactical wizardry.
But first a warm-up: Black, is on the brink of victory. What should he play? There is more to this than meets the eye...
1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nc3Bb44.e3c55.Bd30-06.Nf3d57.0-0dxc48.Bxc4Nbd79.Qe2a610.a3cxd411.axb4dxc312.bxc3Qc713.e4e514.Bb2Nb615.Bb3Bg416.Ra5Rac817.c4Nbd718.h3Bxf319.Qxf3Rfe820.Rd1Ra821.c5Rad822.Ba4Re723.Rd6b524.Bc2Nxc525.Rxd8+Qxd826.Qe3Ncd727.Qd3Qb628.Bc1h629.Be3Qb730.f3Nb831.Ra2Rd732.Qa3Kh733.Kh2Qc734.Bd3Nh535.Rc2Qd836.Bf1Rd137.Rc1Rd638.Qa2Qf639.Rc7Nd740.Ra7Nf441.Qc2h542.Qc8Rd1!43.Bxb543.Rxd7Rxf144.Rd8Re1-+43...Qg543...axb544.Rxd7Re144.g3axb545.Rxd7Re146.Rxf7Rxe347.h4Black is on the brink of winning. What
should he play?
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Glorious sacrifices, unexpected tactics and checkmating attacks. The King's Gambit is one of the oldest and most romantic openings in the game of chess. This DVD contains all you need to know to tackle your opponent.
Daniel KingDaniel 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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