Simon Says: Recent and great games

by Simon Williams
12/16/2019 – GM Simon Williams goes hunting for recent tournament games and brings in a handful, great enough to remind him of a Karpov classic. | 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)

Taking stock

In this Simon Says, I mainly take a look at some exciting games played in Sitges (a very attractive looking open!), the Grand Prix in Jerusalem and the Women's Grand Prix in Monaco. Time permitting, I will also touch upon an amazing game played by Karpov.

Warm-up: What crisp tactic did White now unleash to give him a winning advantage?

 
Raja vs Maghsoodloo, Sitges 2019
Position after 20...g4

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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.

Much more from Simon's shows in the archive at Videos.ChessBase.com

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: 

Video sample


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.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.Qd3 Bd7 11.axb5 axb5 12.Na3 Qe7 13.Nxb5 0-0 14.Bg5 exd4 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Nbxd4 Ne5 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Nf3 Rfd8 19.Qe2 g5 20.Rad1 g4 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.Rxd7 g3 23.Qg4+ Kh8 24.hxg3 Rxd7 25.Qxd7 f6 26.Qf7 Bc5 27.Rd1 Rf8 28.Qc4 Bb6 29.Qc6 f5 30.Qh6 Qc5 31.Kh2 Qe7 32.Rd7 Rf6 33.Qg5 Qf8 34.e5 Rg6 35.Qd8 Qxd8 36.Rxd8+ Kg7 37.Rd7+ Kh6 38.e6 Kg5 39.e7 Bxf2 40.Rd4 1–0
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Raja,H2447Maghsoodloo,P26901–02019Sunway Sitges Open 2019

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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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