Torneo de Candidatos: ¡Fabiano Caruana campeón!

27/03/2018 – Entre el 10 y el 28 de marzo de 2018 se disputa el Torneo de Candidatos en Berlín. Los participantes son Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Vladimir Kramnik, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Ding Liren, Alexander Grischuk y Sergey Karjakin. El ganador retará a Magnus Carlsen por la corona mundial en noviembre. Hay retransmisiones en directo en Playchess.com y aquí mismo, dentro de la noticia. | Fotos y dibujos: Worldchess

Wei Yi dominó en Danzhou

20/07/2017 – El prodigio chino Wei Yi cada vez está más fuerte. Dominó el supertorneo de Hainan Danzhou de principio a fin, ganando 4 partidas y entablando 5, para terminar primero en solitario con 6.5/9 puntos. En la lista Elo continua oficiosa está en el puesto 14 del mundo. Y tiene 18 años.

Beat the Slav the classical way

The Slav has become one of the most popular defences against the advance of the d-pawn on the first move, and every ambitious d4-player faces the question how to successfully tackle this opening in tournament practice. The strongest attempt is considered to be the move 4. Nf3, leading to interesting positions which promise White good chances to get an advantage. Black's main replies are 4. dxc4 and 4. e6. On this DVD Rustam Kasimdzhanov investigates in detail the line 4. dxc4, in which he has great experience. Showing selected grandmaster games, the ex-world champion shares his knowledge with the viewer to explain how White has to place his pieces and which plans he has at his disposal.Learn the secrets of the dxc4-line and improve your chances of success with 1.d4