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Intro
What all is there on the new DVD? Grandmaster Karsten Müller gives you a survey in his introductory video and
at the same time shows you which moves and strategies he has best
liked this time in the games of the top grandmasters, for instance
Kramnik’s victory over McShane and Karjakin’s trick in his rook
ending against Morozevich. From the 11 openings articles on the DVD
Müller has chosen to present, e.g., Kuzmin’s repertoire suggestion
against the Caro-Kann (Advance Variation with 4.h4 and 5.g4).
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Tournament Highlights
Romanian grandmaster Dorian Rogozenco starts his video introduction
to the tournaments of November and December with the game
Topalov-Nisipeanu from the Kings Tournament in Bucharest. Of all
the players who took part in the Grand Prix event in Tashkent it
was above all Alexander Morozevich who impressed Rogozenco and we
get an insight into two of his games (against Kamsky and Leko).
Magnus Carlsen’s great performance in London is illustrated with
his games against McShane and Polgar.
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Pure training
In this issue we again have all the games with training
questions brought together. A click on the icon on the left opens
the relevant list with 47 games this time.
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01.12.-10.12.2012
Magnus Carlsen
Who else?
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London Chess Classic 2012
The course of this fourth staging of the super-tournament in London remained exciting right till the end. Magnus Carlsen
did set a fantastic pace, but Vladimir Kramnik also was never
very far behind the favourite and before the final round he had at
least a theoretical chance of winning the tournament. But Kramnik
had a quick draw against Adams and Magnus Carlsen was still playing
for a win against Vishy Anand even when his victory in the
tournament was already assured. With five wins, three draws and an
Elo performance rating of 2994, Carlsen thus won for the third time
the London Chess Classic. Second place went to Kramnik, who also
won back his second place in the world ranking list.
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Kramnik,V - McShane,L
Position before 17.a5
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On the DVD Vladimir Kramnik
annotates his victory over Luke McShane. Against the latter’s Slav
with 4...a6 the ex world champion introduced in the form of 11.Bf4
an "interesting, though anything but clear" innovation. What is
quite clear, however, is the sharp character this gave to the game.
McShane accepted doubled pawns on f7/f6, but obtained in return a
nice outpost for his knight on b3. But just after 16...Nb3 Kramnik
set his opponent the first really difficult decision with the
exchange sacrifice 17.a5. What would be Black’s best reaction to
it? McShane thought for almost an hour and yet he did not find the
best continuation. Click on the link under the diagram and play
through the game with the revealing analyses Kramnik. |
"Mickey" annotates
Adams,M - Polgar,J
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Michael Adams
also has the right to consider himself another winner in the
tournament. He may not have made it quite to the top, but he had
started out with two losses and had there not been the defeat at
the hands of Carlsen... On the DVD he annotates his win against
Judit Polgar from the third round. In doing so, he explains, for
example, his anti-Sicilian plan (3.g3, 4.Bg2, 5.Qe2 followed by an
exchange on d5 and 0-0). If you play through the game with his
analyses, the way he sets out his game and achieves the win
actually appear quite simple. |
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On the DVD you will find 19 games (which constitutes more than
half of the games from London) with audio commentary by the
players. Together with the presenters Daniel King, Nigel Short,
Steven Gordon, Lawrence Trent, etc. the stars explain the decisive
moments in their games. You will find the analysis by the stars in
the tournament report on the London Chess Classic. |
22.11.-04.12.2012
Victorious trio with the president
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FIDE GP Tashkent 2012
During the second tournament of the new FIDE cycle, almost every
one of the participants was at one point in the sole lead. It
was an extremely close-fought tournament and fittingly things were
not decided until the final round. In it the Chinese player Wang
Hao scored an important victory in the top duel with Mamedyarov,
since, had he won, the latter could have become sole victor of the
tournament. This meant that Wang Hao, like Karjakin and Morozevich,
finished with 6.5 points from 11 games, And even the next three
places were shared: 6 out of 11 meant that Kasimdzhanov, Mamedyarov
and Caruana occupied fourth to sixth places.
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FIDE GP Tashkent 2012
Openings report
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Almost all the games from Tashkent have been annotated in detail on the DVD. In addition, Romanian grandmaster Mihail Marin has brought together for you in his openings report
the latest trends and ideas. As well as Marin, GMs Ftacnik,
Krasenkow, Kritz, Mekhitarian, Postny and Sumets have contributed
analyses. |
Karjakin annotates
Karjakin,S - Morozevich,A
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In one of the deciding games Sergey Karjakin had a hard-fought
victory over his future co-winner Morozevich. Karjakin analyses
this game himself on the DVD and in doing so starts by conceding
that his opening surprise completely backfired. It was not till the
rook ending that Russian, who had the white pieces, slowly managed
to set up some pressure thanks to the weak black queenside pawns.
The end – Morozevich’s mistake on move 52 – you probably know
already from Karsten Müller’s video introduction. |
07.11.-13.11.2012
Vassily Ivanchuk
wins in a tiebreak
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Kings Tournament Bucharest 2012
The “Tournament of the Kings” was staged in 2012 for the first
time in the capital of Romania. In Caruana, Topalov, Ivanchuk and
Nisipeanu the organisers had assembled a small but promising field
of participants. Numerous missed chances throughout the tournament
led not only to a high number of draws but also to tension right to
the very end. Apart from Nisipeanu, the only player who actually
had to admit defeat, all three of the others still retained a
chance of winning the tournament on the eve of the final round. But
two rather uneventful draws in the last round left Ivanchuk and
Topalov to contest a blitz tiebreak, which the Ukrainian had the
good fortune to win.
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Ivanchuk,V - Nisipeanu,L
Position before 20.a4
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The DVD offers extensive analysis ofr all the games from
Bucharest, above all by one of the tournament organisers ChessBase
author Dorian Rogozenco. At this point, we should like to present
to you in brief the only two decisive games from Bucharest – both
annotated by Michal Krasenkow; all the other games can be found via
the link above. In Ivanchuk-Nisipeanu the Romanian tried in a
Nimzo-Indian with 4.Qc2 to get some play with the pawn sacrifice
6...b5. But the future tournament winner did not allow himself to
be led astray, retained the initiative and quickly homed in on the
black pawn weaknesses. In the position in the diagram Ivanchuk
played 20.a4 and after the inaccurate 20...bxa4 21.Qxb6 Nxb6
22.Bxa6 Rc7 23.Bb5 obtained a clear advantage and soon afterwards
also won the a-pawn. |
Topalov,V - Nisipeanu,L
Position after 16.exf4
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In the game Topalov-Nisipeanu who offered a pawn in the opening.
And it was the pawn sacrifice which has become popular in recent
years 7.d5 in the Queen’s Indian. Topalov innovated with 12.Bf4.
The ex world champion then allowed the bishop to be exchanged, but
in return he obtained powerful pressure down the d-file (diagram)
and a clear and lasting initiative. Topalov later forced the
decision with the help of an exchange sacrifice to which Nisipeanu
did not find the correct reply. However, Krasenkow points out in
his analysis that the Bulgarian would instead have been better
liquidating to a rook ending. Because from an objective point of
view the sacrifice was probably not the best choice. |
Anna Ushenina
14th Women’s World Champion
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World Women’s Champion Anna Ushenina annotates
We have a new women’s world champion. The women’s WCh 2012 was
held in KO format in Khanty-Mansiysk – for the favourites it was a
bit of a trial, but it gave its chance to outsiders such as Anna
Ushenina! On the way to the chess throne she eliminated two clearly
more favoured competitors in Anna Muzychuk and Nadezhda
Kosintseva. And in an up-and-down final against Stefanova the new
and 14th women’s world champion won through in the tiebreak with a
score of 1.5:0.5. This year already, Ushenina will have to defend
her title in a match against the winner of the Grand Prix series,
Hou Yifan.
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Ushenina,A - Kosintseva,N
The women’s world champion annotates
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The 27 year old women’s grandmaster from the Ukraine has
selected two of her best WCh games to annotate for this issue of
ChessBase Magazine. On the way to the semi-final Ushenina
sacrificed her a-pawn for a lasting initiative and for a powerful
centre. In her analysis she picks out the decisive moments of the
game and shows how both sides could have played even better. Click
on the link under the photo and play through the game with the
comments of the new women’s world champion! |
Ushenina,A - Stefanova,A
Position after 22...Nd7-c5
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The third game of the final saw a sharp line of the Chebanenko
Variation of the Slav defence to the Queen’s Gambit. In
time-honoured fashion, Ushenina gave up two pieces for an exchange
and won several pawns at the same time. In addition, a passed pawn
on c7 guaranteed her lasting positional superiority. In the
position on the board Ushenina found the tactical knock-out blow.
The game continued 23.Qb6 Nxb7. can you see how the Ukrainian now
won a decisive amount of material? Stefanova went on to defend
valiantly, but she was on a loser. |
Viktor Bologan
Expert knowledge in the Chebanenko Slav
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Viktor Bologan explains the Chebanenko Slav
After a long pause Viktor Bologan has once more taken up the
Chebanenko Slav in his repertoire – with fresh ideas and carefully
prepared analyses. His starting point comes after the moves 1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 and now 5...Bf5 – a totally bold
bishop move which has been the subject of criticism above all
because of 6.Qb3. In over 20 minutes the grandmaster from Moldava
explains to us how Black can achieve promising positions with the
equally risky 6...b5 and what subtleties have to be borne in mind.
Of course, alternatives for White on move 6 are also explained.
Whoever plays this variation with either White or Black will
certainly be able to draw enormous benefit from this video.
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This original position after only three moves is the starting
point. You should be able to guess the next move for Black (after
4.h3). See Move by Move
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From the opening trap to the endgame study
Training in ChessBase Magazine starts with the very first moves
and includes all the phases of a game of chess. The 11 up-to-date
openings articles with many ideas and suggestions for your
repertoire can be found above among the links. Rainer
Knaak’s Opening Trap (including a Fritztrainer video) involves this
time a trap in the Max Lange Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 Bc5 - C56). Also produced in video format are the
openings contributions by Alexei Shirov (Najdorf Variation), Leonid
Kritz (Sicilian Rossolimo Variation) and Viktor Bologan
(Chebanenko Slav). You will find these videos in the column Opening
Videos. In Daniel King’s long-running Move by Move there is a game
with the move order 1.e4 d6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 h5. Peter Wells’
subject in his Strategy column is called: "Bishops of opposite
colours – just the same old story" (Part 2)? And in the columns
on Tactics (subject: diabolical diagonal shifts) and Endgames
(subject: fortresses and the art of defence) Oliver Reeh and
Karsten Müller have once more brought together for you all that is
best in current tournament practice.
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