Two Knights Talk: Who will win in Prague?

2/26/2025 – On Wednesday 26th February at 15:00 the first round of the Masters will start at the Prague Chess Festival. The tournament has a strong field, the festival is an event. Reason enough for Johannes Fischer and Arne Kähler to take a look at the tournament in their new episode of 'Two Knights Talk' - they introduce the participants and wonder who will win. They also come up with a tactical task from last year's festival and offer a quiz to test your chess and language skills.

Two Knights Talk: Weissenhaus, Boris Becker, Freestyle Chess, Vincent Keymer and more

2/19/2025 – In their new episode of their "Two Knights Talk", Johannes Fischer and Arne Kähler talk, among other things, about the luxury at the Weissenhaus luxury resort and about the attraction of playing chess in such an environment. They consider how things are going and could go with Freestyle Chess and wonder why one should be careful with Boris Becker moments. And they pay tribute to Vincent Keymers skills in Freestyle Chess.

60m English Anti-Bayonet

King’s Indian fans who choose the Mar del Plata attack (7...Nc6) against White’s classical system (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0) usually aim for a complex position with mutual attacks on open wings, requiring long-term strategic planning and tactical sharpness in critical moments. Computers often do not know how to handle the arising complex strategic positions, which suits players who like to think on their own instead of memorizing long variations. However, the fashionable Bayonet Attack (9.b4) interferes with Black’s ideas. After Black’s main move 9...Nh5 the positions opens, the lines get forced and computer analysis is important again. But this DVD offers an antidote against White’s Bayonet Attack, namely 9...a5! This move leads to sound positions with very few concrete lines, in which the focus is on strategy not on tactics. Objectively chances are equal but if Black knows what to do things might quickly become dangerous for White.