5/29/2020 – The ChessBase replayer helps you to enjoy live transmissions, reports about old tournaments or portraits of famous players even more. You can replay the games, you can analyse them, load them into your Fritz Engine, copy them to a database or add them to your cloud. Here's a short video about the many options of the replayer.
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The ChessBase Replayer
Is chess more popular than ever? People who have never played chess before want to learn the rules and maybe even move a step further. To get better in chess it helps to actively participate in a game instead of just following it. Every chess player knows how important it is to replay and to analyse games.
Our ChessBase Replayer is the perfect tool for that. It allows you to replay and analyse games, puzzles and positions from ChessBase articles online.
Check out the video below to see how it works:
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Now that you know how the Replayer is working, how about trying it out with a couple of games from our ChessBase Mega Database?
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1.d4Fernandez,DNf62.c4e63.Nf3d54.Nc3Be75.Bf40-06.e3c57.dxc5Bxc58.Qc28.cxd5Fernandez,DNxd59.Nxd5exd510.a3Nc611.Bd3
seems to me a completely logical question: Black has an IQP, and probably will
do so for the rest of the game. It is a difficult problem to resolve by
dynamic means, as White will simply meet ...d4 with e4 (even if there is no
trick such as taking and then Be3.) For instance, White was successful in the
following encounter:Bb612.0-0Bg413.h3Bh514.b4a615.Rc1d416.g4Bg617.e4Re818.Re1Rc819.Bc4!Svidler,P-Harikrishna,P Shenzhen
20178...Nc69.a3Fernandez,D: 'I do not believe that this move (if
followed by the next) is White's most critical idea.'Previously I
commentated on a Tata Steel game for this site:9.Rd1Fernandez,DQa510.a3Re810...Be7is more common now, and then11.Be2has a huge score for
White; indeed I suspect White is probably slightly better followingNe412.cxd5Nxc313.bxc3exd514.0-011.Nd211.Be2e5is the point11...e512.Bg5Nd413.Qb1!13.Qc1Bf5is liable to lead to a forced
draw.14.Bxf6Nc2+15.Ke2Nd4+=Carlsen, M-Nakamura,H Douglas 201713...Bf514.Bd3Mamedyarov,S-Anand,V Wijk aan Zee 20189...Qa510.0-0-010.Ra2!?(Fernandez,D) was the move chosen in a Topalov game, and it
might be a good try for an edge.Be711.b4Qd812.h3b612...d4!=13.cxd5exd514.Be2Be615.Ng5Rc8?!16.Nxe6fxe617.Ba6Topalov,
V-Nakamura,H Saint Louis 201710.Nd2Fernandez,DBb4!?11.cxd5exd512.Nb3Bxc3+13.bxc3Qd8Topalov,V-Nakamura, H Paris 2017, could have been
a decent try for an edge, notwithstanding that it ultimately failed10...Ne4!?A curious pawn sacrifice.10...Be7is the main move.11.Nb5
This move became topical after two important games played in 1992.
Subsequently, it was considered nearly a refutation of 10...Ne4 but the
present game will certainly change that verdict.11.cxd5?!is absolutely
harmless:Nxc312.Qxc3Qxc3+13.bxc3Bxa3+14.Kc2exd515.Rxd5Be616.Rb51-0 (43) Zoler,D (2548)-Kobrin,M (2291) Israel 2013b6=11.Nb1?!
is dubious:f512.Bd3Bd713.Bxe4fxe414.Nfd2Rxf4!15.Nb3Rxf216.Qxf2Qb617.Nxc5Qxc518.Nc3Rf819.Qe2Ne520.cxd5Nd3+21.Rxd3Bb522.Qg4Bxd323.Qxe6+Kh824.Re1h625.d6Rd81/2 (41) Farago,I (2533)
-Sibarevic,M (2363) Ljubljana 199911.Nxe4is the most principled
continuation, of course, but afterdxe412.Qxe412.Nd2e513.Nb3Qb6∞
Spasov S-Sergiev corr 199112...Bxa313.bxa3Qxa3+it turns out that
White can't successfully avoid the perpetual check:14.Kd2Rd8+15.Ke215.Bd3??f5-+15...Qb2+16.Rd216.Ke1Qc3+17.Ke217.Nd2?!e518.Bg3g6 is unpleasant for White17...Qb2+18.Ke1Qc3+
1/2 (18) Quinn,M (2381)-Bruzon Batista,L (2534) Istanbul 200016...Rxd2+17.Nxd2e518.Bg318.Bg51-0 (34) Timoscenko,G (2510)-Mateus,M (2255)
Cappelle-la-Grande 1992h619.Bh4g520.Bg3Bg4+!21.Qxg4Rd8is
favorable for Black18...Bg4+!19.Qxg4Rd820.Kf3Qxd221.Bh4f5!22.Qg5!the rest loses, e.g.22.Qh5Qd1+23.Be2Nd4+24.exd4Qb3+22...Rd4!23.g323.exd4Qc3+24.Ke2Nxd4+25.Kd1Qc2+26.Ke1Qb1+=23...Qc2!24.Kg2Qe4+24...Rd2!?25.Kh3Qxh126.Bg2Rxh4+!27.gxh4Qb128.h528.Bxc6bxc629.Qd8+=28...h629.Qg6Kf830.Qd6+30.Bd5Qf1+30...Ne7, and White has nothing better than31.Qd8+31.Qxe5Qd1
, and Black is not worse31...Kf732.Bd5+Nxd533.Qxd5+=11...a6!11...e5?!12.Rxd5!?12.Nc7e5!13.Rxd5!Garry Kasparov's
improvement.13.Nxd5is met withNxf2!with a nearly forced draw:13...exf4?!14.Qxe4is favorable for White, e.g.fxe315.fxe3h616.Nd4Qd817.Bd3f518.Qf4Bd619.Qf2Be520.Bc2±1-0 (47) Ivanchuk,V (2729)
-Karjakin,S (2760) Medias 201713...Bf514.Nxe5Nxe515.Bxe5Ng316.Bd3Bxd317.Rxd3Nxh118.b4Qd819.Nf6+gxf620.Rxd8Rfxd821.Bxf6Rd622.Be7+-14.Ng5Bf5!15.Qxf215.Qxf5g615...exf416.Qxf4Ne7!17.Nxe7+Bxe718.Rd5!Qe1+19.Rd1Qa520.Rd5Qe1+21.Rd11/2 (21) Gelfand
Boris (2665)-Jussupow Artur (2655) Linares 1992 [Jussupow,A]13...exf4N Wrong according to Kasparov but Anand has a different opinion, as we
see - and he is probably right! Other options for Black:13...f5?14.Rxe5!Nxe515.Bxe5Ra7?15...Rb8!G.Kasparov16.Nd5Bd617.b4!Qd818.c5±16.Nd5!b617.Bd3Bd718.b4Qxa3+19.Bb2Qa420.bxc5bxc521.Ne5Qxc2+22.Bxc2Be623.Nf41-0 (23) Kasparov,G (2780)-Vaganian,R
(2590) Debrecen 1992 EU-chT [Bulletin]13...Bf5?!14.Nxa8Ng315.e4!Bxe416.Bd2+-13...Qxc714.Qxe4f515.Bxe5!fxe416.Bxc7Ba717.Ng5±0-1 (60) Alonso Garcia,R (2380)-Diaz,J (2445) Cuba 199313...Nf6!?14.Rxe5!Nxe515.Bxe5±G.Kasparov13...Nxf2G.Kasparov14.Qxf214.Ng5??Qe1+14...Qxc715.Nxe5Nxe516.Bxe5Qb617.Bd4≤17.Rxc5Qxc518.Qg3g619.Bd6Qc620.Bxf8Kxf81-0 (51) Turzo,A (2300)-Zymberi,
A (2150) Budapest 199617...Bxd418.Rxd4±14.Qxe4Qxc715.Rxc5fxe316.Bd3g617.fxe3Or17.Qxe3b618.Rh5!?18.Rg5Be6, and White's
rook is placed awkwardly;19.h4is too slow due toRfe818...Bg4!19.Rh4Bxf320.Qxf320.gxf3Ne520...Rad817...Be6White's extra pawn is not very important here. His pieces (especially
the c5 rook) are not placed well, and his king is more vulnerable than Black's.
18.Qh418.Ng5Qe719.Qh4f520.Rd1Rf7!, and Black
wins an exchange since21.b4?a5!is clearly bad for White.18...Rae818...Qd6!?19.Ng5h520.Qe4!20.Nxe6?Qxd320...Rae821.Nxe6Rxe622.Rd5Qe723.Qf4Rxe3=19.Be419.Rd1!?∞19...Qb620.Qh6!f521.Ng5Rf7!22.Bd5!22.Nxf7?Qxc523.Ng5Re722...Bxd523.Rxd5Qxe3+24.Kb1Rfe7=As a result of complications,
Black has regained the pawn, and the position is roughly balanced.25.Rhd1Qe226.h4?? A crazy decision. Black has strong centralisation
so such a flank "attack" has no chances of succeeding.26.Rd6!?Qxc427.Rxg6+hxg628.Qxg6+with perpetual check would be a logical outcome.26...Ne527.Nf3Qe4+28.Ka228.Ka1Ng429.Qc1Ne3-+28...Qxc4+29.Ka1Ng430.Qc1Qxc1+31.Rxc1Kg732.h5? Blundering
a second pawn but Black is winning anyway, of course.Nf60–1
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