Two Knights Talk: Matthias Wüllenweber on the functions and novelties of ChessBase 18

by ChessBase
11/8/2024 – In the latest episode of their weekly show "Two Knights Talk" Arne Kähler and Johannes Fischer invited Matthias Wüllenweber to talk about the possibilities and new features of ChessBase 18, which will be released in a few days. Then they came back to the topic of cheating, since the Australian grandmaster David Smerdon presented an interesting experiment a few days ago in the C-Squared podcast by Cristian Chirila and Fabiano Caruana: the first 'cheating tournament' in chess history.

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Winning starts with what you know
The new version 18 offers completely new possibilities for chess training and analysis: playing style analysis, search for strategic themes, access to 6 billion Lichess games, player preparation by matching Lichess games, download Chess.com games with built-in API, built-in cloud engine and much more.

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Time stamps

0:00 - Intro
2:01 - The "Style Report" of CB 18
2:48 - Example Karpov: What is his playing style?
12:36 - Example Morphy: What is his playing style?
16:38 - Can we improve our "amateur" chess with this feature?
21:27 - The "Search for strategical themes" function
27:22 - Are updates provided continuously?
31:10 - What is the "Blunder report" and what is the connection to cheating in chess?
39:20 - May this be a technique on how to beat far stronger players?
42:30 - Quick Check on Magnus Carlsen - Blunder report
49:26 - David Smerdon's cheating tournament
1:00:13 - Game analysis: Smerdon vs Carlsen 2016 Baku

Replay the game David Smerdon vs Magnus Carlsen, Chess Olympiad Baku 2016

Links

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Topics: Arne Kähler, ChessBase 18, C-Squared Podcast, David Smerdon, Johannes Fischer, Matthias Wüllenweber, Two Knights Talk
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Video

60m English New ideas in the Najdorf_E

‘New ideas in the Najdorf – a Power Play 18 Update’ aims to complement Daniel King’s popular DVD from last year ‘The Sicilian Najdorf - a repertoire for Black’. Such a dynamic and popular opening as the Najdorf is developing the whole time. On this download, Daniel King updates lines that were included on his DVD but also responds to viewers’ requests, considering lines that he omitted from his original repertoire. The lines examined on this update are: • 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 h3 e5 7 Nde2 • 5….a6 6 Bc4 in combination with the English Attack (Be3, f3 etc) • 5…a6 6 Be3 and the …a5 variation • 5…a6 6 Be2 and 9 Re1 • 5 f3 (instead of 5 Nc3) It isn’t necessary to have seen the original Najdorf DVD to understand the lines examined here – but it would help as they form part of a complete repertoire.