Two Knights Talk: Who will win in Prague?

by ChessBase
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.

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Two Knights Talk

Time stamps

0:00 - The Prague Chess Festival
0:52 - It all started in 2019!
3:16 - The line-up of the Masters
15:11 - The line-up of the Challengers
21:43 - Tactics: Gukesh vs. Maghsoodloo, Prague 2024
25:54 - The anagram riddle!

Maghsoodloo,P2715½–½Gukesh D2743
Masters2024
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.b3 b6 9.Bc1 Nbd7 10.Bb2 a5 11.Qc2 Ba6 12.Nbd2 c5 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.Qb1 dxc4 15.Nxc4 b5 16.Nce5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Qb6 18.Rc2 Rc7 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Nd3 Bd6 21.Rxc7 Qxc7 22.Rc1 Qe7 23.Ne5 Bb7 24.Bxb7 Bxe5 25.Bc6 Bxb2 26.Qxb2 b4 27.Qe5 Qd8 28.Rc4 h6 29.Kg2 Qb6 30.Bf3 Qd8 31.Rd4 Qb6 32.Rc4 Qd8 33.Rc6 Re8 34.Ra6 Nd5 35.e3 Re7 36.Qd4 Rd7 37.Qc5 Rc7 38.Qxa5 Nxe3+ 39.fxe3 Rc2+ 40.Kh3 Qd3 41.Ra7 Qf1+ 42.Kg4 Rf2 43.Qd8+ Kh7 44.Rxf7 h5+ 45.Kxh5 Rxf3 46.Rf4 e5 47.Rxf3 Qxf3+ 48.Kg5 Qxe3+ 49.Kf5 Qf3+ 50.Kxe5 Qe2+ 51.Kf5 Qf2+ 52.Ke6 Qe2+ 53.Kf5 Qf2+ 54.Ke6 Qe2+ 55.Kd7 Qxh2 56.Qh4+ Qxh4 57.gxh4 Kg6 58.Ke6 Kh5 59.Kf7 Kxh4 60.Kxg7 Kg5 61.Kf7 Kf5 62.Ke7 Ke5 63.Kd7 ½–½

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