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
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YOUR PERSONAL CHESS COACH - Whether you’re taking your first steps into the world of club chess, or already playing at a tournament level: with FRITZ, you can train more efficiently, intelligently and with a more personalised approach than ever before.
“Mate is great!” – Tactical training with Oliver Reeh, “The 8th rank” – Andy Woodward analyses his game against Magnus Carlsen from TePe Sigeman 2026, “A modern Nimzo-Indian” – Andrei Volokitin introduces readers to "his" system and much more!
Chess is a concrete game. There is no way around training your calculation skills. Improve your visualization, pattern recognition and learn calculation techniques such as reciprocal thinking with this course.
This compact course is designed specifically for practical play. Instead of overwhelming you with endless theory, it focuses on the critical lines, typical plans, and recurring tactical ideas.
Slav and Semi-Slav Powerbase 2026 is a database and contains a total of 11 766 games from Mega 2026 or the Correspondence Database 2026, of which 1136 are annotated.
For the Slav and Semi-Slav Powerbook 2026 the ratings average was set again at 2400. 2.24 million games from the engine room of playchess.com met this threshold, to which were added over 130 000 games played by humans.
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