This is not a modern game for a change, so I am hoping that you won't know the moves! It demonstrates one of MVL's main strengths, the ability to use his pieces to maximum effect.
I have chosen MVL, who has proven that he should be in the competition fighting for an opportunity to play a World Championship match against Magnus. Simon Williams: “With all the drama of the suspended Candidates, I thought it would be appropriate to pick a game from one of the leaders. Trap expert Rainer Knaak presents eight traps from current tournament practice, three of them in video format. The most direct way to win a game is to lure the opponent into a prepared trap. Presents an aggressive Catalan and Mihail Marin puts Caruana’s idea against the Ruy Lopez from the Candidates under the microscope.ġ.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6ġ.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6ġ.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 Opening traps Three topical video contributions await you: Jan Werle presents a new plan of Erwin l'Ami, which attracted attention in Wijk aan Zee. Renato Quintiliano: Two Knights Game (Part III) 8.Bd3Įvegeny Postny: Ruy Lopez with 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 Be7Īlexander Kuzmin: Nimzo-Indian with 4.f3 c5 5.d5 Opening videos Viktor Moskalenko: Classical French 7.h6/8.g5 Krizstian Szabo: Sicilian Four Knights 6.Nxc6 bxc6 Robert Ris: Sveshnikov with 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 Imre Hera: Classical Caro-Kann with 7.Bc4 Petra Papp: Symmetrical English with 6.Qb6 (Part I) Last but not least the winner of the FIDE Grand Prix (Women) in Lausanne, Nana Dzagnidze, analyses her games, and so do Aleksandra Goraychkina, Zhansaya Abdumalik, Ju Wenjun and Anna Muzychuk! New repertoire ideasġ1 opening articles with new repertoire ideas are waiting for you! In this issue you will find following contributions:Īdrien Demuth: Reti 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.Na3 Alireza Firouzja, Vidit, Nikita Vitiugov, Jan-Krzyztof Duda and David Navara analyse their best games from Prague. comment on the most important games from the FIDE Candidates 2020 (Part I).
Top tournaments: FIDE Candidates 2020, Prague Masters 2020, FIDE Grand Prix LausanneĪnish Giri, Boris Gelfand, Romain Edouard etc. For this edition, Rogozenco chose one game Timoshenko-Kasparov from 1983. In this and the following edition, German national coach Dorian Rogozenco introduces you to previously unknown games by Garry Kasparov! These are training games that were only made available to the public at the beginning of this year through Alexander Nikitin's book “Coaching Kasparov, year by year and move by move”. Yago Santiago likes 4.f3 Bg7 5.Be3 c6 6.Qd2 b5!? Video Special - Dorian Rogozenco shows rediscovered Kasparov games (Part I) Karsten Müller dissects recent rook and double rook endings Welcome to the Two Knights Party! Renato Quintiliano makes the pieces dance again (Part III) Jan Werle shows what fascinates him about the rediscovered line 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Ne5 (video) In Oliver Reeh's interactive tactics video, "The innocent h-pawn" proves to make all the difference With major pieces and different coloured bishopsĪttacking in the middlegame - Mihail Marin shows you the way!Įvgeny Postny tackles the Ruy Lopez with 5…Nxe4 6.d4 Be7!? Giri, Duda, Firouzja, Harikrishna, Navara, Vidit, Vitiugov, Muzychuk, Ju Wenjun, Dzagnidze, Goryachkina et al. Play like MVL and make best use of your pieces: “Move by Move” with Simon Williams Viktor Moskalenko goes for …h6/…g5!? in the Classical FrenchĪlexey Kuzmin investigates the sharp 4.f3 c5 5.d5Īlireza Firouzja analyses his triumph over Jan Krzysztof Duda from Prague Grand Prix winner Nana Dzagnidze shows how she turned the tables against Ju Wenjun