15/08/2025 – El cuarto torneo del Grand Chess Tour 2025 es el Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz. Celebrado del 11 al 15 de agosto, la competición inicia con 9 rondas de rápidas, seguidas por 18 rondas de blitz. Entre los participantes se encuentran los tres líderes en la carrera por ganar el Grand Chess Tour de este año: Alireza Firouzja, R Praggnanandhaa y Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. | Sigue las partidas en directo a partir de las 19:00 hora de Madrid (14:00 Buenos Aires, 11:00 Ciudad de México)
novedad: Fritz 20
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.
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.
Ganguly introduces conceptually fresh directions in several key lines – even in the most played main lines.
39,90 €
Día 5 - Blitz
El torneo Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz es la cuarta etapa del Grand Chess Tour 2025. El torneo incluye partidas de rápidas y blitz.
El torneo se disputa del 11 al 15 de agosto con el ya conocido formato empleado en el circuito: 9 rondas de rápidas jugadas en los tres primeros días de acción, seguidas de 18 rondas de blitz en los dos últimos días.
El control de tiempo en la sección de rápidas es de 25 minutos para la partida más 10 segundos de incremento por jugada. En la sección de blitz, es de 5 minutos para la partida más 2 segundos de incremento por jugada.
El evento cuenta con una bolsa de premios de 175.000 dólares, de los cuales 40.000 están reservados para el ganador. También se otorgarán puntos para el Grand Chess Tour.
The course is designed to provide a deep yet practical repertoire for Black, balancing solid foundations with aggressive counterplay. The Classical Sicilian has stood the test of time as one of the most principled and fighting defences against 1.e4. With its rich history spanning world championship matches and modern elite tournaments, this opening remains a favourite among players who seek a dynamic, counterattacking approach without venturing into extreme theoretical battles like the Najdorf or Sveshnikov.
Free video sample: Introduction
Free video sample: 6.h3
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.
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.
The Queen’s Gambit Declined Exchange Variation with 5.Bf4 has a great balance between positional play and sharp pawn pushes; and will be a surprise for your opponents while being easy to learn for you, as the key patterns are familiar.
9,90 €
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