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Robert Ris’ Fast and Furious: An interesting line against the Petroff
Once White decided to launch an offensive with a pawnstorm on the kingside with 16.g4? and 17.h4? Black managed to...
Candidates R11: Nepo wins, Caruana collapses
Ding’s third straight win At the halfway mark in the Candidates Tournament, Fabiano Caruana stood only a half point behind...
“MVL” on the Candidates, Chennai and Carlsen
Having played against the Candidates participants numerous times, what is your educated guess on the outcome of this tournament? Before...
Game of the Week #522: A positional masterpiece
Game of the Week #522 Obviously the Candidates are in full swing and will soon coming to an end with...
Firouzja on tilt? Bullet-chess spree amid Candidates Tournament
Back to his bullet roots After ten rounds, Alireza Firouzja is sharing 6th-8th place at the Candidates Tournament in Madrid....
CBM #208: Analyses from the European Champion 2022 by Matthias Bluebaum et al. New series “Practical tips for the tournament player” and much more
Highlights of ChessBase Magazine #208 On the first page of ChessBase Magazine #208 you have direct access to the editors'...
Opening Guide for White & Black
Chess players who enjoy playing the Benoni Defense or Benko Gambit will enjoy playing the Blumenfeld Gambit. Use the Blumfeld...
Candidates R10: Ding and Naka strike as Caruana falters
Going for it! Save for the draw in Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Teimour Radjabov, Wednesday’s games in Madrid were filled with...
Endgames from Madrid (3) | ChessBase
Open roads / blockades Sometimes it is all about creating pathways for your pieces, or impenetrable blockades which will fully...
Karsten Müller and Luis Engel: The 4 Player Types model – A review
As a correspondence chess player, I was always lead to believe that style plays no significant role in the game...
