Simon Says: Hastings Highlights

by Simon Williams
1/13/2020 – GM Simon Williams took a trip to the traditional Hastings Congress over the New Year and shares the experience. | Watch live for free (or on-demand for a limited time) starting at the usual hour: 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET / 12 Noon EST).

Simon Williams presents the London System, providing the theory you need for your games (7 h 16 min). In addition Williams also introduces into typical tactics and patterns in a seperate product. (53 games, 96 training questions and 3h 14 min)

A journey to Hastings

In this Simon Says I take a look at some of the most exciting moments from the longest running tournament in the world the Hastings Congress. I will mainly look at my own games but also show you some sparkling finishes from some other key encounters.

Warm-up: White to move — What crushing blow did I now play?

 
Williams vs Ratnesan, Hastings 2019-20
Position after 2...Bd6

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About Simon Says

In early 2015 Simon Williams launched his own show called "Simon says" after producing the first of his ChessBase video series. On a weekly basis (with breaks for tournaments and chess events) Simon entertains the chess world with attacking ideas, play strategies and witty manoeuvres on the chess board.

ChessBase Premium members have permanent access to the videos in the archive. Over 60 shows and counting have been published to date. Their lengths differ but most of them run for about 60 minutes.

Read more in Meeting Simon Williams.

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Recent Simon Says shows

Still more Simon

Simon's latest DVD series duo the "London System Reloaded" and the "Tactic Toolbox London System" are now available. Check them out, starting with the sample below: 

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Simon Williams presents the London System, providing the theory you need for your games (7 h 16 min). In addition Williams also introduces into typical tactics and patterns in a seperate product. (53 games, 96 training questions and 3h 14 min)

Solution to today's puzzle

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qc2 Rc8 10.Bd3 e6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Ne5 Be8 14.Qe2 a6 15.Qf3 b5 16.Qh3 b4 17.Ng4 g6 18.Nh6+ Kg7 19.Ne2 Bb5 20.Bxb5 axb5 21.Be5 Rc2 22.Nf4 Rc6 23.Rac1 Kh8 24.Ng4 Kg8 25.Nh6+ Kh8 26.b3 Rc3 27.Ne2 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Bd6 29.Rc8 1–0
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Williams,S2461Ratnesan,R22131–02019Hastings Masters 2019-20

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Simon Williams became a IM in 1998 and a GM in 2008. For the last 15 years he has concentrated on teaching, playing and making instructional chess DVDs. He also has a lot of experience commentating about chess. Being the regular commentator at the strongest and best open tournament in the world, Gibraltar. Simon Williams is the author of numerous chess books. His first chess book. 'Play the Classical Dutch' got voted, in New in Chess, as one of the top 10 chess books of all time. His playing style is very aggressive, preferring attacking chess to positional grinds. No wonder he produced two widely acclaimed ChessBase DVDs on the King's Gambit. More information about Williams can be found on his website.

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