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The Shining Sveshnikov Sicilian
Always wanted to play like a World Champion? Search no further! With Magnus Carlsen using the Sveshnikov variation as his weapon of choice in the World Championship match against Fabiano Caruana, this DVD could not be better timed.
Sicilian Sveshnikov Powerbook 2019
The greater part of the material on which the Sicilian Sveshnikov Powerbook 2019 is based, comes from the engine room in playchess.com: 193 000 games. This imposing number has been supplemented with another 12 000 games from the Mega Database and from cor
This week's pair of games are by an Austrian teenager who goes under the name of "clashkid" on my stream. When I asked for games for here he kindly sent me these but wishes to stay anonymous saying:
I am a 17 year old player from Austria rated in the 1900s but the games were played in 2016 - back then I was rated around 1600. The first was against an FM which I lost pretty quickly. The second was a club game against my friend which I managed to win. I was Black in both games which were at a time control of 90+30.
Since they are against people I personally know and I'm not sure if they are OK with the games being published, I haven't included my and the opponents' names.
Both are Sicilian Sveshnikovs, and we start with the horrible loss, admittedly against a much stronger player at a time when "clashkid" had a fairly rudimentary understanding of the opening
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The Shining Sveshnikov Sicilian
Always wanted to play like a World Champion? Search no further! With Magnus Carlsen using the Sveshnikov variation as his weapon of choice in the World Championship match against Fabiano Caruana, this DVD could not be better timed.
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