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Master Class Vol.8: Magnus Carlsen
Scarcely any world champion has managed to captivate chess lovers to the extent Carlsen has. The enormously talented Norwegian hasn't been systematically trained within the structures of a major chess-playing nation such as Russia, the Ukraine or China.
Dear chess friends, tonight we'll celebrate the 400th Game of the Week broadcast. Thanks for your participation throughout the years, and let's go for many returns!
Tonight we will focus on the strong Prague Masters. Vidit is leading the tournament and beat Firouzja very quickly in the sixth round with the Exchange Slav. We will study instead Vidit's interesting win against Markus Ragger in the Gruenfeld from the third round.
The live show is free to watch, and available on-demand for ChessBase Premium accounts.
Warming-up question: What would you play here with White?
Merijn will explain in the show!
The Grünfeld is a highly dynamic opening in which Black's position often seems to hang together by a single thread; and yet, this apparently precarious equilibrium appears to be enough to make it entirely viable — up to the highest level.
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