We owe the vast majority of chess knowledge available to us today to the masters of the past, no matter whether it's about opening theory, strategic concepts or techniques in the endgame. Former German national coach Dorian Rogozenco honours the achievements by these masters in his "Modern Classics" series in ChessBase Magazine. In each issue he familiarises you with a selected brilliancy. This week we offer you Nezhmetdinov-Chernikov (1962) from the current CBM #218 as a free sample - you can even watch and enjoy the video analysis on your smartphone in ChessBase book format. Have fun!
This week we are once again offering you a free sample from the current ChessBase Magazine #218 in ChessBase book format: strategy expert Mihail Marin looks back on the 1992 Linares tournament - one of the strongest tournaments in chess history, which also marked an important historical moment: the end of the dominance of the two "Ks" - Kasparov and Karpov. In his article, Mihail Marin analyses games by Kasparov, Karpov, Ivanchuk, Short, Anand, Timman and others. Including many training exercises and two interactive training videos. Have fun!
In the latest edition of his Fast & Furious series, Robert Ris analyses a 23-move miniature played in the Spanish Team Championship. Daniil Yuffa played an absolute brilliant masterpiece, exploiting the deficiencies of White’s position! | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can <a href="https://account.chessbase.com/en/create-account" target=" blank">register a Premium account here</a>.
In his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris presents a nice miniature which was played at the Baku Open. In the game White tried the Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3) against the Sicilian and won surprisingly quickly. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can <a href="https://account.chessbase.com/en/create-account" target=" blank">register a Premium account here</a>.
Alireza Firouzja grabbed his second consecutive win at the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest and what a win it was! The youngster beat Ding Liren with white, thus inflicting the Chinese grandmaster’s first defeat during his reign as world champion. In another remarkable development, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave got the better of Ian Nepomniachtchi after the latter misplayed an advantageous position out of a Sicilian Alapin. | Photo: Lennart Ootes