10/28/2022 – The world champion Svitlana is talking about today, is one of the world's best chess players, since the late 80s. The five-time world chess champion has played some gorgeous games, and we will take a look at two of them. Anand beat Aronian with the Black pieces in 2013, and it is one of Svitlana's favourite games used for teaching. The second game is from 1997 against Joel Lautier, and Anand managed to trap the opponent's bishop for the whole game, without ever having the need to capture it.
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Svitlana's Smart Moves - Episode 52
With Svitlana Demchenko and Arne Kaehler
Svitlana Demchenko is an 18-year-old, Canadian WIM and chess coach. Here and now, she will teach us plenty of smart moves on the board, ranging from tactics, strategies, openings, and anything else chess related. In the process, I'm happy to be available as a student at club player level, and pester the Women's International Master with questions. Anyone who wants to strengthen their chess skills is welcome to watch, and actively replay the positions from the video, on our chessboard.
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1.d4d52.c4c63.Nf3Nf64.Nc3e65.e3Nbd76.Bd3dxc47.Bxc4b58.Bd3Bd69.0-00-010.Qc2Bb711.a3Rc811...a6 used to be more
popular12.Ng5c5!Anand prepared this for his match against Gelfand,
but got to use it here.12...Bxh2+13.Kxh2Ng4+14.Kg1Qxg515.f312...h613.Nge413.Nxh713.Bxh7+Kh814.Be4Nxe415.Ngxe4Bb8 Qh4 is coming, while Rc8
and the black bishops are perfectly placed.13...Ng414.f4Anand gives a
variation:14.h3Bh2+!15.Kh1Qh416.Be416.d5Rfd816...Bxe417.Qxe4f518.Qxe6+Kxh719.Qxd7cxd420.exd4Bb821.Kg1Bh2+22.Kh1=14.g3?Nxh214...cxd415.exd415.Nxf8Bxf816.h3dxc317.hxg4Nf615...Bc5!15...Nc516.Be2!15...Nxh216.Kxh2Qh4+17.Kg115...Qb616.Kh1Qxd417.Nxf8=16.Be2?Essential
idea:16.dxc5Nxc517.Nxf817.Be2Qd4+18.Kh1Nf2+-+17...Nxd318.h3Qd4+19.Kh1Ndf2+20.Rxf2Nxf2+21.Kh2Kxf822.Qh7Nd323.Qh8+Ke724.Qh4+f625.Qg3Kf726.Be3=16...Nde5‼16...Bxd4+!?17.Kh1Ndf617...Nde518.fxe5+-17...Nxh2but the problem with that is18.Ng5!∞17...Nf2+18.Rxf2Bxf219.Nxf816...Qh417.Bxg416...Nge5??17.dxc517.Bxg417.fxe5Qxd4+18.Kh1Qg1+19.Rxg1Nf2#17.dxc5Qd4+18.Kh1Nf2+19.Rxf2Qxf217...Bxd4+18.Kh1Nxg419.Nxf819.Ng5f520.h3Rf621.Nf3Rh6-+19...f5!Amazing move, not recapturing the Knight. The
point is: the queen is coming to h4, (or f6), and White's knight will not have
an escape anyway. Most importantly, the mate threats are almost impossible to
defend against.19...g620.Nxg6fxg621.Qxg6+19...Qh420.Qh7+Qxh721.Nxh7Kxh720.Ng6Qf621.h3on21.Ne5Black would need to findNxh2-+only move, but it wins.21...Qxg6Although Black is attacking very
slowly, there is very little White can do.22.Qe222.hxg4Qh7#22...Qh523.Qd3?This loses immediately, but the alternatives would not have
changed the result...There was an alternative here23.Rf3Nf2+24.Rxf224.Kh2Bxf325.Qxf3Qxf326.gxf3Bxc326...Nd3-+27.bxc3Rxc3-+24...Qxh3+25.Kg1Qxg2#23...Be3Anand names it one of the best games in
his career.0–1
If you like Svitlana's Smart moves, you will certainly enjoy her video lectures about "Surprising your opponents with the Lazy Sicilian", her first Fritztrainer "Understanding Material Imbalances", and her brand new Fritztrainer "The Scotch Game".
Besides in-depth theory and exciting tactical exercises in the Scotch Game, this video course also includes a bonus section on the Scotch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Bc4), a lively variation often leading to very dynamic positions.
Arne KaehlerArne Kaehler, a creative mind who is passionate about board games in general, was born in Hamburg and learned to play chess at a young age. By teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess-related videos on YouTube, Arne was able to expand this passion and has even created an online course for anyone who wants to learn how to play chess. Arne writes for the English and German news sites, but focuses mainly on content for the ChessBase media channels.
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