ChessBase 17 - Mega package - Edition 2024
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Some of the higher-rated players that lost their first games in the World Cup managed to level the score by beating their opponents on demand. In the open section, that is what Russian GM Vadim Zvjaginsev did against English IM Ravi Haria, while in the women’s section, former French champion Pauline Guichard and former women’s world champion Anna Ushenina made it into the playoffs despite losing their first games.
Pawn structures you should know
Every pawn structure has its typical plans and to know these plans helps you to find your way in these positions. On this DVD Mikhalchishin presents and explains the most common central structures: The Hedgehog, the Maroczy, Hanging pawns and the Isolani.
Remarkably, more matches saw the higher-rated player failing to advance to the next round in the classical portion despite winning the first game. In the open:
Mwali Chitumbo from Zambia | Photo: Anastasiia Korolkova
In the women’s section:
The Accelerated Dragon - a sharp weapon against 1.e4
After 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6! leads to the so-called "Accelerated Dragon Defense". On this DVD the Russian grandmaster and top women player Nadezhda Kosintseva reveals the secrets of her favourite opening.
South African WIM Jesse February almost scored a comeback against Russian GM Valentina Gunina | Photo: Eric Rosen
GM Karsten Müller sent two endgames with instructive annotations, one from each section. Croatian GM Ante Brkic defeated Colombian GM Sergio Barrientos in both their games. In the first one, he did it with the black pieces from an ending which required precise defensive technique by the white player.
In over 4 hours in front of the camera, Karsten Müller presents to you sensations from the world of endgames - partly reaching far beyond standard techniques and rules of thumb - and rounds off with some cases of with own examples.
Our in-house specialist shows why 47.Kf2 was the correct defence, and not Barrientos’ 47.Kf3, which might seem to be the most natural continuation.
In Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) vs. Yerisbel Miranda (CUB), the Kazakhstani only needed a draw in the second game, but she could have won both encounters had she made the most of her rival’s mistakes in a rook endgame.
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