07/10/2025 – En esta entrevista, Federico Madeo dialoga con el Gran Maestro Hugo Spangenberg, quien repasa su destacada trayectoria ajedrecística, sus experiencias en las Olimpíadas y su relación con figuras emblemáticas del ajedrez mundial. También reflexiona sobre el backgammon y el póker, además de expresar su deseo de regresar a la competencia nacional. | En la foto: Mikhail Tal, Hugo Spangenberg, Julio Granda, Oscar Panno, Miguel Najdorf (Buenos Aires, 1991)
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Your personal chess trainer. Your toughest opponent. Your strongest ally. FRITZ 20 is more than just a chess engine – it is a training revolution for ambitious players and professionals. Whether you are taking your first steps into the world of serious chess training, or already playing at tournament level, FRITZ 20 will help you train more efficiently, intelligently and individually than ever before.
In this video course, experts including Dorian Rogozenco, Mihail Marin, Karsten Müller and Oliver Reeh, examine the games of Boris Spassky. Let them show you which openings Spassky chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were and much more.
En el video número 109 de su canal, Federico Madeo presenta una entrevista en profundidad con el GM argentino Hugo Spangenberg, una de las figuras más destacadas del ajedrez rioplatense. A lo largo del encuentro, Spangenberg repasa su trayectoria desde sus inicios hasta consolidarse como campeón argentino a los 18 años —rompiendo el récord de precocidad impuesto por Oscar Panno en 1953— y alcanzando el título de Gran Maestro a los 20. El diálogo permite reconstruir una época rica del ajedrez argentino, atravesada por nombres emblemáticos como Najdorf, Panno, Karpov, Kasparov, Topalov, Cámpara, Quinteros, Tempone, Zarnicki y Oro.
Durante la charla, el GM rememora sus participaciones olímpicas representando a la Argentina en Moscú 1994, Ereván 1996 y Elistá 1998, y comparte anécdotas sobre su regreso de Cuba para disputar —y ganar— el Selectivo Najdorf de 1993, con un destacado 9 en 11. Spangenberg relata también el camino hacia su título de Gran Maestro, alcanzado gracias a sus normas en los torneos Magistral Najdorf 1995 y 1996, y en Villa Gesell 1996.
Más allá del tablero, la entrevista se adentra en otras facetas de su vida: su incursión en el backgammon y su relación con el póker, juegos que —según él— comparten con el ajedrez una misma esencia estratégica y mental. Spangenberg aprovecha el espacio para aclarar su inocencia en una causa judicial que considera injusta y expresa su deseo de volver a competir en una final del Campeonato Argentino, torneo que lo vio consagrarse hace más de tres décadas.
This video course includes GM Anish Giri's deep insights and IM Sagar Shah's pertinent questions to the super GM. In Vol.1 all the openings after 1.e4 are covered.
GM Blohberger presents a complete two-part repertoire for Black: practical, clear, and flexible – instead of endless theory, you’ll get straightforward concepts and strategies that are easy to learn and apply.
GM Blohberger presents a complete two-part repertoire for Black: practical, clear, and flexible – instead of endless theory, you’ll get straightforward concepts and strategies that are easy to learn and apply.
GM Blohberger presents a complete two-part repertoire for Black: practical, clear, and flexible – instead of endless theory, you’ll get straightforward concepts and strategies that are easy to learn and apply.
Opening videos: Sipke Ernst brings the Ulvestad Variation up to date + Part II of ‘Mikhalchishin's Miniatures’. Special: Jan Werle shows highlights from the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 in the video. ‘Lucky bag’ with 40 analyses by Ganguly, Illingworth et al.
In this video course, Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov explores the fascinating world of King’s Indian and Pirc structures with colours reversed, often arising from the French or Sicilian.
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