Forward thinking
Actually Black already had to foresee White's impending strike (and his own winning reaction to it) when playing 18...Rfe8! which leads to the diagram position above — kudos!
ChessBase Magazine 182
Enjoy the best moments of recent top tournaments (London, Grand Prix Palma, European Teams) with analysis of top players. In addition you'll get lots of training material. For example 12 new suggestions for your opening repertoire.
Do you like these lessons? There are plenty more by tactic expert Oliver Reeh in ChessBase Magazine, where you will also find openings articles and surveys, endgames, and of course annotations by the world's top grandmasters.
The editor’s top ten:
- Sharp attack on move 7: the Russian top-player Ian Nepomniachtchi shows you how he surprised former World Champion Vishy Anand at the London Chess Classic.
- An important step to the title: Radjabov explains his strategic win against Movsesian at the European Team Championship on Crete.
- Castling queenside to make short shrift: join Simon Williams and follow the attack in Morozevich-Ponomariov move by move!
- "A funky line": share the enthusiasm of IM Lawrence Trent for the rare 7.Nbd2 in the Classical Italian!
- Important update: Michal Krasenkow presents new ideas and trends in the popular King's Indian with 6.h3.
- An exciting game in the Scotch: enjoy Daniel King’s video analysis of the fantastic encounter Nakamura-Carlsen!
- "Natural moves": how are they linked to our positional understanding? Strategy expert Mihail Marin offers valuable practical tips!
- Petroff Defence without risk: without risk: Dennis Breder shows how 8.Nbd2 is a guarantee to get a comfortable position.
- Nobody saw it: trap expert Rainer Knaak presents an impressive collection of "missed chances“ in current tournament practice.
- "Troizky line and Henry’s side-check": let Karsten Müller show you what is important when checkmating with two knights vs pawn!
Bonus: Wesley So has annotated his win against Viswanathan Anand at the London Chess Classic!
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