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3/5/2024 – The Prague Chess Festival is taking place from February 27 to March 7
at the Don Giovanni Hotel in the Czech capital. The Masters and the Challengers
tournaments are the main events, each a 10-player single round-robin with a
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3/5/2024 – The new issue of ChessBase Magazine offers complete mobile access
again in ChessBase book format - all analyses, repertoire articles, videos and
training exercises can be loaded directly via your web browser! Alexey Kuzmin's
article on the Bukavshin Variation in the Catalan Opening (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3
Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 b6!?.) is available as a free sample
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CHESS LADIES GRAZ
3/5/2024 – In memory of the Austrian WGM Eva Moser, who died so young, a women's
GM tournament was organised in Graz. The French player Deimante Daulyte-Cornette
won the tournament with a victory in the final round of the "Chess Ladies Graz".
| Photos: Tournament page
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THE RIGHT EXCHANGE
3/5/2024 – Knowing when to exchange and when not to exchange is often crucial in
endgames. In the diagram position it is White to move - should he exchange rooks
on c3 or should he not?
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PRAGUE: KEYMER TRAPS VIDIT’S QUEEN, PRAGG BEATS ABDUSATTOROV
3/5/2024 – An exciting sixth round at the Masters tournament in Prague saw
Praggnanandhaa taking down frontrunner Nodirbek Abdusattorov — who remains as
the sole leader despite the loss. Parham Maghsoodloo, who entered the round in
sole second place, was defeated by Thai Dai Van Nguyen, while Vincent Keymer
beat Vidit Gujrathi and Mateusz Bartel got the better of Gukesh. In the
Challengers, Ediz Gurel is now the sole leader, as Anton Korobov, who was
sharing first place before round 6, was defeated by Maxim Rodshtein. | Photo:
Mark Livshitz
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SHENZHEN MASTERS, ROUND 4: BU, YU AND ERIGAISI LEAD
3/4/2024 – After four rounds of the Shenzhen Masters, a trio of players - Bu, Yu
and Erigaisi - are leading the table. Bu defeated Anish Giri with the white
pieces. After a good start, things are not going well for the Dutchman. |
Photos: Liang Ziming (Organiser)
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KAREL JANECEK OPEN IN PRAGUE: IM XIANG ZEYU LEADS WITH 5.0/5
3/4/2024 – The Karel Janecek Open, which takes place as part of the Prague Chess
Festival, features a number of grandmasters, but after five of nine rounds an IM
is in the lead with 5 out of 5: Xiang Zeyu from China. Eight players follow half
a point behind with 4.5 out of 5 each. Four of these eight players are
Grandmasters, four are International Masters. | Foto: Petr Vrabec
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FRITZ 19 & FRITZ POWERBOOK 2024 BUNDLE!
3/4/2024 – The ultimate chess companion bundle: Fritz 19 paired with the Fritz
Powerbook 2024. Elevate your game with Fritz 19's advanced AI and deep analysis
tools that challenge and teach players of all skill levels. Then, take your
strategy to the next level with the Fritz Powerbook 2024, offering over 25
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GRIVAS: UNDERDEVELOPED BATTERY (2)
3/4/2024 – A battery is a formation that consists of two or more pieces on the
same rank, file, or diagonal. In a more detailed way, a battery refers to a
configuration of heavy pieces (rooks or queens) that occupy the same file. It
can also refer to long-range pieces (queens and bishops) that occupy the same
diagonal. Learn more about the strength of the chess battery in part two of a
mini-series by chess trainer Efstratios Grivas.
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CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT: VISA TROUBLE
3/4/2024 – Four weeks before the start of the Candidates Tournament in Toronto,
almost all the participants and their travelling companions are still waiting
for the visas they applied for months ago to be issued. FIDE has now sent an
"urgent visa appeal to the Canadian government" and is even considering moving
the "most prestigious tournament in the chess world" to another country. |
Photo: Lennart Ootes
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JON SPEELMAN: CHARGE OF THE CHESTNUTS!
3/3/2024 – A fortnight ago, I showed a game by Lu Miaoyi, a ferocious
14-year-old Chinese girl. This started me thinking about the best attacking
players of all time. I don’t have an ordered list myself, just some names which
I think should go very close to the top. Here I analysed three brilliant
attacking wins by Rashid Nezhmetdinov (pictured), Paul Keres and Wei Yi. What is
your top ten of attacking players? Share your list in the comments section.
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DJERBA MASTERS: DARDHA EDGES NIEMANN ON TIEBREAKS TO WIN EVENT
3/3/2024 – The Djerba Masters was an 8-player single round-robin featuring a mix
of rising stars and experienced grandmasters. In the end, Daniel Dardha and Hans
Niemann tied for first place with 4½ points each. Dardha was declared tournament
winner thanks to his better tiebreak score. World junior champion Marc’Andria
Maurizzi tied for third place with fan favourite Vasyl Ivanchuk. | All photos by
Diana Mihajlova
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UNDERSTANDING BEFORE MOVING 167: CHESS HISTORY IN A NUTSHELL (48)
3/3/2024 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the
author of several highly acclaimed books on chess training and strategy. In the
167th episode of his ChessBase show "Understanding before moving" Herman
continues his series "Chess history in a nutshell" and continues to look at the
legacy of Mikhail Tal. | Photo: Pascal Simon
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GRIVAS: UNDERDEVELOPED BATTERY
3/3/2024 – Do you need special batteries to play chess? No, a battery in chess
refers to piece formation! A battery is a formation that consists of two or more
pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal. In a more detailed way, a battery
refers to a configuration of heavy pieces (rooks or queens) that occupy the same
file. It can also refer to long-range pieces (queens and bishops) that occupy
the same diagonal. Learn more about the strength of the chess battery from chess
trainer Efstratios Grivas.
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PRAGUE: ABDUSATTOROV SOLE LEADER, PRAGG BEATS VIDIT
3/3/2024 – A smooth victory over Mateusz Bartel allowed Nodirbek Abdusattorov to
become the sole leader of the Masters section in the Prague Chess Festival.
Praggnanandhaa R and David Navara also scored full points in an eventful fifth
round, the last one before the rest day. In the Challengers, Anton Korobov and
Ediz Gurel continue to be the co-leaders, as both players obtained victories on
Saturday. | Photo: Petr Vrabec
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SHENZHEN MASTERS, ROUND 3: YU LEADS, ARJUN BEATS GIRI
3/2/2024 – Two games ended decisively in round 3 of the strong Shenzhen Masters.
Yu Yangyi became the sole leader by beating Vladislav Artemiev with the white
pieces. Arjun Erigaisi (pictured), meanwhile, bounced back from his loss against
Bu Xiangzhi with a fine victory over Anish Giri. | Photo: Liang Ziming
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JAN HENRIC BUETTNER’S PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
3/2/2024 – The Freestyle Chess Tournament in Weissenhaus generated a great deal
of interest in the chess world. Perhaps we got to see the chess of the future.
Given the success of the event, Jan Henric Buettner announced that he plans to
continue supporting the royal game. The entrepreneur is now planning a Freestyle
Chess Grand Slam. And he wants to sponsor Vincent Keymer and other talented
players on their way to the top. | Photos: Freestyle Chess / Weissenhaus Resort
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FORK IN SIGHT!
3/2/2024 – In the diagram position the double attack 38.Qg4! leads to a win for
White, since the counterattack 38...Qe3 runs into ... but you can show that
yourself in a moment!
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PRAGUE: KOROBOV AND GUREL GRAB CRUCIAL WINS IN THE CHALLENGERS
3/2/2024 – After a quiet round in the Masters section of the Prague Chess
Festival — with five draws — Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Parham Maghsoodloo
continue to share the lead with 3/4 points each. On the other hand, the
Challengers saw three games ending decisively in round 4, with co-leaders Anton
Korobov and Ediz Gurel (pictured) both scoring full points to remain atop the
standings. The third winner of the day was Vaishali R, who now has a
fifty-percent score after having kicked off the event with two losses in a row.
| Photo: Petr Vrabec
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CHESSBASE MAGAZINE 218
Tata Steel 2024 with analyses by Wei Yi, Firouzja, Giri, Pragg, Vidit and many
more. Opening videos by Jan Werle, Daniel King and Mihail Marin. 11 repertoire
articles from Alekhine to the King's Indian and much more.
€21.90
A REPERTOIRE AGAINST THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED WITH 4.BG5
This repertoire provides White with ideas against any of the Black options after
the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3.
€36.90
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED POWERBOOK 2024
Most of the material which the Queen's Gambit Declined Powerbook 2024 is based
on comes from 795,000 games from the engine room of Schach.de. In addition to
this impressive number, there are 55,000 games from the Mega Database and from
correspondence ches
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QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED POWERBASE 2024
The Queen's Gambit Declined Powerbase 2024 is a database which contains a total
of 10533 games from Mega 2024 or Correspondence Database 2024, 1134 of which are
annotated.
€9.90
IMPROVE YOUR PIECES - A WINNING SYSTEM YOU NEED TO KNOW
In this course, we will learn how to identify passively placed pieces in any
given situation and how to improve their health by bringing them into active
squares.
€39.90
CALCULATION TRAINING - SHARPEN YOUR GAME!
In Calculation Training – Sharpen Your Game! a total of 73 examples have been
selected, the vast majority containing multiple questions, and more than 160
questions of varying difficulty.
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