5/15/2023 – The inaugural event of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour is the Superbet Chess Classic, a 10-player single round-robin taking place on May 6-14 at the Grand Hotel Bucharest. Just six days after wrapping up a legendary match in Astana, Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi meet in the elite tournament, which also includes the likes of Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana and defending champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. | Follow the games live with expert commentary, starting at 14.00 CEST (8.00 ET, 17.30 IST)
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The Modern Steinitz (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 d6!?) is an uncompromising weapon that lets Black put White under pressure from the very start.
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The Superbet Chess Classic is the first stage of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour. The tournament is a 10-player single round-robin with a classical time control — the players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from the first move.
The event features a prize fund that amounts to $350,000, with $100,000 reserved for the winner. Grand Chess Tour points will also be awarded.
Considered a master of prophylaxis, Petrosian sensed dangers long before they actually became acute on the board. In his prime, Petrosian was almost invincible. Let our authors introduce you into the world of Tigran Petrosian.
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Expert analysis by IM Robert Ris
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5Nf64.d3Bc55.c30-06.0-0d57.Nbd2dxe48.dxe4a59.Qc2Qe710.a4Nb811.h311.Re1Rd812.h3h613.Nf1c614.Bc4Na615.Ng3Qc7½-½ (82) Nepomniachtchi,I (2795)-Ding,L (2788) Astana 2023
Game 911...Rd812.Be2Nbd713.Re1Nf814.Nb3Bb615.Nfd2Be616.Nc4Bxc417.Bxc4Ne618.g3h518...Rd619.Kg219.h4Ng419.Be3Bxe320.Rxe3h419...h420.Qe2g620...hxg3?!21.fxg320...Rd721.Nd2Nc522.Nf3hxg323.fxg3Ncxe423...Nfxe4?24.b4Nxc325.Bg5Nxe226.Bxe724.Ng5?24.Ba2!Nf2?24...Bf225.Rf1Bxg326.Ng5Nxg526...Bf427.Nxe4±27.Bxg524...Kg725.g425.Nxe5+-24.g4Nd625.Qxe5Qxe526.Nxe5Nxc427.Nxc4Nd524...Nd6!24...Nxg525.Bxg5Rd626.Qxe525.Ba225.Bb325...Re8?!25...e4!26.Bf4Nh5!27.Bxd627.Qg4Kg728.Bxd6Rxd629.Nxe4Rd330.Nf2Re331.Rxe3Qxe332.Rf1f533.Qf3Re8-+27...Qxg526.h4?!26.Bf4Nh526...exf4?27.Qxe7Rxe728.Rxe7±27.Bxe527.Qxe5Qd728.Qd5Nxf4+29.gxf4Kg727...Qxg526...Kg726...Rad827.Rf1Kg727.Rf127.Bf4Nfe4!27...Nde4!?28.Ne6+28.Bc1Nxg529.Bxg5f6-+28.Nxe4exf4-+28...fxe629.Bxe5+Nf630.g4Kh731.h5Nf532.hxg6+Kxg627...Rad827...Qd728.Qf3Qc629.Qxc6bxc630.Bd2Re727...e428.Bf428.Bd228.h528...e429.Bf4e330.Rad1Nfe4?30...Nde4!31.Rxd831.Nxf7Rxd132.Rxd1Nf233.Re1Qd7-+31.Bxe3Rxd132.Rxd1Nxg533.hxg5Qe4+34.Qf3Qxf3+35.Kxf3Rxe3+31...Rxd832.Nxe4Qxe4+31.Bxd6Nxd632.Bxf7Nxf732...Rf833.Ne6+33.Rxf7+Qxf734.Nxf7Rxd134...Kxf735.Rxd8Rxd836.Kf135.Qxd1Kxf736.Qe2Ke7?36...Kg737.Kf137.h5gxh538.Qxh5Re6=37...Re538.g4Bc539.Ke1Bd637.Kf1Rf8+38.Ke1Rf239.Qg4Kf639...Rxb240.Qxg640.Qg5+Kf741.Qd5+Kf642.g4Rxb243.g5+Ke744.Qe5+Kd745.Qg7+Kd646.Qxg6+Ke547.Qe8+Kf448.g6Rb1+48...e249.g7Kf350.Qf7+50.g8QBf2#50...Ke351.Qe6+Kf352.Qf5+Ke353.g8Q49.Ke2Rb2+50.Kd3Rd2+51.Kc4Rg251...e252.g752.Qf7+52.Qf7+Ke452...Kg353.g7+-53.Qd5+
Let us learn together how to find the best spot for the queen in the early middlegame, how to navigate this piece around the board, how to time the queen attack, how to decide whether to exchange it or not, and much more!
Throughout the video course, Sasikran shows various examples from his career to explain sacrifices for initiative, an attack, a better pawn structure and much more.
In this insightful video course, Grandmaster David Navara shares practical advice on when to calculate deeply in a position — and just as importantly, when not to.
The Trompowsky is especially suited for faster time controls as you don‘t have to memorise endless lines of theory, and you push your opponent out of their comfort zone after your second move.
Trompowsky Powerbook 2025 is based on 53,000 computer games from the engine room of playchess.com as well as 49,000 games from Mega and correspondence chess.
Trompowsky Powerbase 2025 is a database and contains a total of 8727 games from Mega 2025 and the Correspondence Database 2024, of which 316 are annotated.
2025 European Championship with a German double victory and analyses by Bluebaum, Svane, Rodshtein, Yuffa, Navara and many more. Opening videos by Engel, King and Marin. Training sections “The Fortress”, “The Trap” and “Fundamental Endgame Knowledge" etc.
Powerbook based on more than 618 000 games in which White already sidesteps the main variations of the Sicilian on move 2.
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