Svitlana's Smart Moves - Smartest moves of 2021

by Arne Kaehler
1/6/2022 – Svitlana is back, and in her first episode of 2022, she shows us a couple of beautiful, and memorable games of 2021. Players like Firouzja, Caruana, and Kosteniuk had some magnificent games, and it always delightful to check them out again. What was your favourite game with the smartest moves of 2021?
This DVD focuses on several types of material imbalances, such as Rook vs 2 Pieces, Queen vs 2 Rooks, and Queen vs Pieces.

Svitlana's Smart Moves - Episode 23

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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33...Qd8 34.Rxe6! Nxe6 35.Qxe6+ Bf7?? 35...Kh8 36.Nxh6 Bh5‼ 37.Ng4‼ Qe8 38.Qf5 Qxe1+ 39.Kh2 Kg8 40.Ne5= 35...Kf8 36.Nxh6 gxh6 37.Qxh6+ Kg8 38.Bh7+ 36.Nxh6+ gxh6 37.Qxh6 Qc7 38.Qh7+ Kf8 39.Qh8+ Bg8 40.Qh6+ Qg7 40...Kf7 41.Bg6+ Kf6 42.Bh5+ Kf5 43.g4# 41.Qd6+ 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Carlsen,M2862Firouzja,A27491–02021D53Tata Steel 83rd1
Caruana,F2842Vachier Lagrave,M27671–02021B97Candidates Tournament8
Goryachkina,A-Kosteniuk,A-0–12021E04FIDE Women's World Cup 20217.1
Kosteniuk,A2517Krush,I23921–02021B66FIDE Online Chess Olympiad Playoff 20217
Firouzja,A2770Yilmaz,M26261–02021B90European Team Chess Championship4

If you like Svitlana's Smart moves, you will certainly enjoy her video lectures about "Surprising your opponents with the Lazy Sicilian" and her first Fritztrainer "Understanding Material Imbalances".

In just 60 minutes, you will be well-equipped with a surprise weapon, which will take most of your opponents out of book right from the start.

This DVD focuses on several types of material imbalances, such as Rook vs 2 Pieces, Queen vs 2 Rooks, and Queen vs Pieces.

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Arne 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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