Ravi Abhyankar es un analista independiente, escritor, lógico y asesor estratégico radicado en Mumbai. Anteriormente, vivió en Rusia y Polonia durante dieciséis años. Aficionado al ajedrez de toda la vida, ha conocido a ocho campeones del mundo y ha jugado contra tres de ellos en exhibiciones simultáneas y partidas amistosas.
01/03/2026 – ¿Puede el cálculo pasar de ser una fortaleza a ser una debilidad? En este artículo de opinión, Ravi Abhyankar explora el delicado equilibrio entre el cálculo y el instinto en el ajedrez moderno. ¿Pueden permitirse hoy los jugadores de élite confiar únicamente en el cálculo profundo e ignorar la velocidad de juego? ¿Por qué el blitz es tan importante para un campeón del mundo en la actualidad? | Foto: Grand Chess Tour / Lennart Ootes
19/02/2026 – ¿Están los controles de tiempo del Torneo de Candidatos y del Campeonato Mundial anclados en el pasado? Los jugadores siguen enfrentándose a apuros de tiempo brutales que perjudican la calidad del ajedrez que tanto disfrutamos. ¿Por qué el incremento comienza en la jugada 41 en algunos casos, pero desde la primera jugada en otros casos? ¿La tradición realmente debe ser respetada o solo sirve para estresar innecesariamente a los jugadores? Ravi Abhyankar considera que el sistema actual de la FIDE es arbitrario y propone una solución más inteligente y sencilla. | Foto: Wikipedia
London System PowerBase 2026 is a database and contains in all 11 285 games from Mega 2026 and the Correspondence Database 2026, of which 282 are annotated.
The London System Powerbook 2026 is based on more than 410 000 games or game fragments from different opening moves and ECO codes; what they all have in common is that White plays d4 and Bf4 but does not play c4.
In this course, Grandmaster Elisabeth Pähtz presents the London System, a structured and ambitious approach based on the immediate Bf4, leading to rich and dynamic positions.
Opening videos: Open Spanish (Sipke Ernst) and Classical Sicilian (Nico Zwirs). Endgame Special by Igor Stohl: ‘Short or long side’ – where should the defending king be placed in rook endgames? ‘Lucky bag’ with 35 master analyses.
YOUR EASY ACCESS TO OPENING THEORY: Whether you want to build up a reliable and powerful opening repertoire or find new opening ideas for your existing repertoire, the Opening Encyclopaedia covers the entire opening theory on one product.
London System PowerBase 2026 is a database and contains in all 11 285 games from Mega 2026 and the Correspondence Database 2026, of which 282 are annotated.
The London System Powerbook 2026 is based on more than 410 000 games or game fragments from different opening moves and ECO codes; what they all have in common is that White plays d4 and Bf4 but does not play c4.
In this course, Grandmaster Elisabeth Pähtz presents the London System, a structured and ambitious approach based on the immediate Bf4, leading to rich and dynamic positions.
Opening videos: Open Spanish (Sipke Ernst) and Classical Sicilian (Nico Zwirs). Endgame Special by Igor Stohl: ‘Short or long side’ – where should the defending king be placed in rook endgames? ‘Lucky bag’ with 35 master analyses.
YOUR EASY ACCESS TO OPENING THEORY: Whether you want to build up a reliable and powerful opening repertoire or find new opening ideas for your existing repertoire, the Opening Encyclopaedia covers the entire opening theory on one product.
169,90 €
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