7/3/2022 – Anyone who hopes that he or she will one day succeed in playing a perfect game will, in principle, attach the same weight to every move in a game. After all, every move could be a mistake or - which would be just as bad - simply not the best move! In the first article of his new training series, Jan Markos explains, among other things, what consequences the pursuit of perfection can have on your time management. And he explores the question in which types of positions it makes sense to invest your time at all. You can watch an excerpt from his highly recommended video from ChessBase Magazine #208 here!
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"Practical Tips for the Tournament Player" – Vol.1: Time management
With his new training series for CBM, Jan Markos revisits themes from his popular books "Under the Surface" (2018) and "The Secret Ingredient" (2021). For the readers of our magazine, the Slovakian GM thus offers a completely new training approach. The topic of his first contribution is how to improve the management of your time on the clock. First, Markos elaborates three general and easy-to-implement recommendations in the more than 20-minute video, which can serve you well directly in your next tournament game!
Jan Markos: Time management (excerpt from CBM #208)
Running time of the complete video in ChessBase Magazine #208: 20:12 min
To complement the video, Jan Markos gives you a small collection of training exercises. Example: In the following position it is your move with Black and both sides have only a few minutes left on the clock.
Do you decide on a waiting move like 51...Ra2 or do you become active with 51...e5?
The solution, further tasks and of course the complete video by Jan Markos can be found in ChessBase Magazine #208!
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ChessBase Magazine #208
Highlights of this issue
On the first page of ChessBase Magazine #208 you have direct access to the editors' recommendations: the highlights of the issue!
Top games and master analyses
European Championship 2022: Matthias Blübaum celebrated the greatest success of his career so far by winning the European Championship. The new champion comments on two of his games as well as the winners of the silver and bronze medals, Gabriel Sargissian and Ivan Saric. Plus analyses of many other players, including Ruslan Ponomariov, Aryan Tari, Ivan Cheparinov, Rasmus Svane, Yuriy Kuzubov, Maxime Lagarde and others.
Superbet Bucharest 2022: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Levon Aronian and Wesley So in the tiebreak. Anish Giri comments on three highlights from Bucharest, Dorian Rogozenco presents two games of the winner in the video.
New video series: "Practical tips for the tournament player"
Our new author, Jan Markos, is a Slovakian chess book author, trainer and grandmaster. His first contribution is about time management. First, Markos elaborates on three general and easy-to-implement recommendations in the more than 20-minute video. At the beginning there is a fundamental question: in which types of positions should we invest time at all - and in which not?
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All in one
Following his examination of the London System against the King's Indian in CBM 207, Tanmay Srinath defends his favourite opening with White in this issue against an exceedingly combative approach by Black: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5, which immediately leads to sharp and double-edged play. After 3.d5 b5!? the Indian recommends the enterprising pawn sacrifice 4.e4!
Opening videos
Dorian Rogozenco presents a pawn sacrifice against the Gruenfeld Defence, which the new European Champion also used successfully. Ivan Sokolov came across the innovation 8...h5 in the Ragozin Variation, which he examines in detail in this and the upcoming CBM. And Mihail Marin explains why in the Slav Defence after 5...Bf5 he no longer fears the move 6.Ne5.
"The second look", "Unspoken invitations" and much more. - Rainer Knaak examines eight traps from current tournament practice, three of which he also presents in video format.
Move by Move
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"Knockout Strategies at the 1997 World Championship"
Mihail Marin discusses five strategic topics on the basis of the game material –incl. video introduction (playing time: 22 minutes)
The Classic
Alexander Alekhine himself described his game against Richard Réti in Baden-Baden in 1925 as one of his most brilliant games ever. Enjoy the video presentation by Dorian Rogozenco!
Tactics: "Use your back rank!"
Oliver Reeh's tactics contribution consists of 34 games with many training questions. Solve his favourite combinations together with the International Master in the interactive video format!
"Endgame highlights from the FIDE World Championship 1997" and much more
Karsten Mueller provides comprehensive training material for the highest demands. Not only on the World Championship tournament 25 years ago, but also on the Oslo Esports Cup 2022, the Hamburg endgame expert provides plenty of illustrative material and analyses (incl. video)..
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