The Power Play Show: A beautiful attacking game

by Daniel King
2/28/2020 – The Power Play Show with Grandmaster Daniel King reviews a highlight from the recently concluded Aeroflot Open. Power Play is live most Fridays at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET, Noon EST) on playchess.com. You can watch the episode live for free! All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer. Puzzle and the live video...

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Nimzo-Indian

The Aeroflot Open concluded yesterday with the surprise win (on tiebreak) by under-14 world champion Aydin Suleymanli. I will be looking at a beautiful attacking game from the tournament featuring the Nimzo-Indian. White gets a hammering!

For a little warm-up, here's a position to solve.

 

Take care, this is not as easy as it looks. Indeed, the game ended in a draw...


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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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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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