Video: Sam Shankland explains his win against Frode Urkedal

9/12/2016 – In round nine of the Olympiad the US team won 3-1 against Norway. An important and fine game was Sam Shankland's crushing win on the black side of the Najdorf against Frode Urkedal. After the round Shankland visited the ChessBase stall in Baku and in a video session with Daniel King explained some of the finer points of the game and showed attacking and defensive ideas in the Najdorf.

ChessBase 18 - Mega package

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.

More...

2016 Baku Olympiad

All games start at 3 p.m. local time = 1 p.m. in Europe (CEST), one hour earlier in Britain, and 2 p.m. in Moscow. You can find the starting time at your location here.

USA vs Norway, Round nine, 11th September 2016

Bo.

United States (USA)

Rtg

Norway (NOR)

Rtg

3:1

2.1

Caruana, Fabiano

2808

Carlsen, Magnus

2857

½-½

2.2

Nakamura, Hikaru

2789

Hammer, Jon Ludvig

2651

1-0

2.3

So, Wesley

2782

Tari, Aryan

2570

½-½

2.4

Shankland, Samuel L

2679

Urkedal, Frode

2537

1-0

Olympiad Baku 2016, Round 9, Frode Urkedal vs Sam Shankland

Learn more about the Najdorf!

The Najdorf Sicilian

GM Viktor Bologan: The complex Najdorf
A complete repertoire for Black

Languages: English
Delivery: Download, Post
Level: Tournament player, Professional
€29.90
€25.13 without VAT (for Customers outside the EU)
$27.14 (without VAT)

When choosing an opening repertoire, it is common to consider two types of variations. One is usually a solid opening, like 1...e5 against 1.e4, with plenty of strategical ideas and quiet paths of play. However, there are of course days when you want to play for a win with Black, when you want to bear down on your opponent’s position with a potentially crushing attack. The Najdorf is perfect for just such occasions – and it’s no coincidence that Garry Kasparov played it the most out of all the variations in the Sicilian – the opening served him well throughout his brilliant career. I myself have played it with both colours, but even I discover more to its endless depths every day! Strategy, combinations, attack and defence, sacrifices and marvellous manoeuvres – exciting chess is all about the Najdorf! Video running time: 6 hours 31 min.

Order Viktor Bologan's The complex Najdorf in the ChessBase Shop

Olympiad schedule

Date

Time

Event, function

12 September

15:00

Round 10

13 September

11:00/19:30

Round 11/Closing Ceremony

14 September

All day

Departure day

Links

Official tournament site
Download all games in PGN (.zip)

The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs.