The Queen’s Indian Defense is one of the most solid defenses against 1.d4. From a rock-solid position, the black player can pursue many ideas and plans without having to worry about coming under quick pressure. In this video course, the young Indian Grandmaster Leon Mendonca presents the most solid black responses in various variations.
Monthly Archives: April 2024
Prague Masters 2024: analyses by tournament winner Nodirbek Abdusattorov as well as Erwin l’Ami, David Navara, Thai Dai Van Nguyen, Praggnanandhaa and many more. – “Special” on Fabiano Caruana: CBM authors show their favourite games of the world no. 2 – exclusive collection of 26 annotated games from 2007 to 2023 – A fresh English […]
Have you ever been there? You’re happy with the advantage you’ve worked so hard for, you’ve been holding on to it for hours, and then: one mistake and the point goes down the drain! In his ChessBase video series “Understanding Middlegame Strategies”, now in its ninth part, Ivan Sokolov, one of the world’s best trainers, […]
He was the coach of the USSR Youth National team from the mid-60s, until the collapse of the Soviet Union – a driving force behind the great generations of Soviet chess, but always in the shadow. On 30 April Anatoly Awraamowitsch Bykhovsky celebrates his 90th birthday. Chess Trainer Adrian Mykhalchyshyn describes the career of the […]
Arjun Erigaisi inflicted a third consecutive loss on Marc’Andria Maurizzi to join Vincent Keymer and Anton Korobov in the lead of the TePe Sigeman & Co. Tournament in Malmö. All three remaining games ended drawn, including the clash of co-leaders between Keymer and Korobov. | Photo: Mikael Svensson, tepesigemanchess.com
A week ago we showed you a famous game, played between Siegbert Tarrasch and Akiba Rubinstein in 1911. It ended in a draw, and is given as a model example for an active defence in rook endings. However, that was not the clear conclusion to draw from the game, and we asked you whether you […]
The Greek Chess Federation is hosting the European Women’s Individual Championship this year. The tournament is taking place on 18-30 April in Rhodes, Greece. The tournament is played over ten rounds according to the Swiss system. The top ten finishers will qualify for the next edition of the Women’s World Cup. | Follow the games […]
After the little excursion to plenty of Anti-Sicilians, and how Chris Ward suggested countering them, we got back on track with a real Dragon game. Real? Well, this time, the British GM chose a very positional game, and points out, that it doesn’t always have to be a tactical back and forth in this opening. […]
For a second day in a row, 3 out of 4 games ended decisively at the TePe Sigeman & Co. Tournament in Malmö. Vincent Keymer (pictured) and Anton Korobov grabbed full points to become co-leaders with a perfect 2/2 score, while defending champion Peter Svidler obtained his first win of the event, as he defeated […]
When you begin your journey of building an opening repertoire, how nice would it be to get a glimpse of what each opening looks like through the eyes of a super GM. It would help to build your opening repertoire and to understand the vast world of chess openings. It is exactly with this thought […]