Biel 2024 Chess Festival with analyses by Le Quang Liem, Donchenko, Bjerre and others. Sokolov, King and Zwirs show new opening ideas in the video. 10 repertoire articles from the Dutch to King's Indian and much more.
From the Biel 2024 Chess Festival to a universal setup against the Dutch and Jan Markos' "Practical Tips for the Tournament Player" to the series "The Fortress" with Dorian Rogozenco:
Over 5 hours of video playing time with Daniel King, Rainer Knaak, Jan Markos, Mihail Marin, Karsten Mueller, Oliver Reeh, Robert Ris, Dorian Rogozenco, Ivan Sokolov and Nico Zwirs!
Biel 2024 Chess Festival: Both the Masters and the Challengers of the traditional Swiss tournament were once again held as a triathlon. The games with classical time control as well as the games in rapid and blitz chess provided many exciting moments. In the Masters, Le Quang Liem won for the third time in a row. Saleh Salem came out on top in the Challengers. The winner of the Masters comments on one of his games in this issue. And Jonas Bjerre, Alexander Donchenko, Abhimanyu Mishra and Ihor Samunenkov also provide analyses from Biel.
CBM authors (Adhiban, Bojkov, Csonka, Kapnisis, Krasenkov, Markos, Sadorra and many more) comment on their favourite games of the world champion – an exclusive collection from the period from 2009 to 2024 awaits you!
"You have to know fortresses, just like openings." Dorian Rogozenco continues his new series with two closely related new fortress motifs. Video introduction plus five interactive training videos and an excursus on the first game of the Wch match Spassky-Fischer 1972.
Ivan Sokolov presents a new gambit idea against the Slav: With 6.a4 b4 7.Na2 Nxe4 8.Bxc4 White sacrifices a pawn for long-term positional compensation. Nico Zwirs shows a game by the newly crowned Dutch Champion 2024, Max Warmerdam, who came up with the novelty 6.h4!? in the English Opening after 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 g6 4.Qa4 Nf6 5.cxd5 Nxd5. Attention blitz and bullet fans: Daniel King presents one of online top player Andrew Tang's favourite weapons: the Englund Gambit promises initiative right from the start!
Ivan Sokolov: Slav Defence
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Na2 Nxe4 8.Bxc4
Nico Zwirs: English Opening
1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 g6 4.Qa4 Nf6 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.h4
Daniel King: Englund Gambit
1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6/d5
From the Dutch to King’s Indian – ChessBase Magazine #221 delivers 10 opening articles with new ideas for your repertoire!
Renato Quintiliano: Dutch 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3
Robert Ris: Caro-Kann Panov Attack 13.Qc5+
Sergey Grigoriants: Caro-Kann 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5
Alexey Kuzmin: Sicilian Accelerated Dragon (...a5 / ...a4)
Evgeny Postny: Vienna Game 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 c6 5.f4
Petra Papp: Spanish 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a4 4.Ba4 f5
Imre Hera: QG Exchange Variation 5.cxd5 exd5 6.h3!?
Spyridon Kapnisis: Blumenfeld Gambit
Balazs Csonka: Nimzo-Indian (Rubinstein) 10.Ba2
Krisztian Szabo: King's Indian Makogonov 5.h3 e5!?
"Favourite mistakes and moves for one purpose only". Rainer Knaak presents eight traps from tournament practice - from the Sicilian to the Queen's Indian.
Arjun Erigaisi prevailed against GM Hovhannisyan from Armenia in a thrilling positional battle with many a technical finesse. Put your understanding of the game to the test and let Robert Ris help you if you don't hit the bull's eye!
In the 1959 Candidates Tournament, Mihail Tal beat the competition by a large margin. Dorian Rogozenco presents his White victory with a surprising queen sacrifice against Vassily Smyslov in this issue. Enjoy!
Everything you need to know about a variation in an extensively annotated game! Igor Stohl examines a modern approach for Black in the Spanish Opening: After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 the Delayed Cozio Defence, also known as the Aronian Variation, appears on the board.
A single badly positioned piece can decide the outcome of a game! Jan Markos uses this to develop a strategic approach for your games: gain a decisive advantage by taking one of your opponent's pieces out of the game! Video, plus small collection of training exercises.
38 games peppered with lots of training questions await you in Oliver Reeh's tactics article! You can solve his four favourite combinations move by move together with the IM from Hamburg in interactive video format with feedback function!
In the introductory video, endgame expert Dr Karsten Mueller presents the most important techniques and tricks. Then it's your turn in two interactive training videos! Plus "Endgame highlights from Ju Wenjun" (video + analyses).
put to the test in two interactive videos! Moreover, Mueller provides a contribution with Gukesh's best endgames (video introduction + analyses).
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Biel 2024 Chess Festival with analyses by Le Quang Liem, Donchenko, Bjerre and others. Sokolov, King and Zwirs show new opening ideas in the video. 10 repertoire articles from the Dutch to King's Indian and much more.
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