Svitlana's Smart Moves - Fantastic games of the Rapid Championship 2022

by Arne Kaehler
12/30/2022 – Magnus Carlsen not only won the Rapid Championship 2022, but also the Blitz Championship. The GOAT of chess, played some remarkable games, and Svitlana takes a closer look at two of them. Funnily enough, in one of the games, Bobby Fischer had a very similar position against Ulf Andersson. Perhaps Carlsen remembered the particular attacking move, and used it for his own victory. But this episode begins with the masterful tactic of Daniil Dubov against Nihal Sarin. What a stunner!

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.

Svitlana's Smart Moves - Episode 54

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.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bd3 cxd4 9.a4 bxa4 10.Rxa4 Be7 11.Rxd4 Qb6 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Rh4 Bb7 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Bd2 0-0± 16.Bc3 g6 16...h6 17.e4 Rfd8 18.Rh3 Rxd3 19.Qxd3 Nb4∞ 17.Ng5 Nd5?? 17...e5 18.Qh5‼ 18.Rxh7? Nxc3 19.bxc3 Bxg5= 18.Nxh7?? Nxc3 19.bxc3 Bxh4-+ 18.Bxg6?± fxg6 19.Rxh7 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Nd4‼ 21.cxd4 Qc6 22.Qg4! Bxg5 23.Rxb7 Qxb7 24.Qxg5± 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Dubov,D2708Nihal,S26701–02022D28FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2027
Carlsen,M2859Maghsoodloo,P27191–02022B67FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 20213
Carlsen,M2859Abdusattorov,N27131–02022A01FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2024
Fischer,R-Andersson,U-1–01970A01Siegen exh

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".

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.

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.

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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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