ChessBase Magazine 172
The Magazine for Professional Chess
by The ChessBase team
ChessBase Magazine 172

Publisher: ChessBase, 2016
Edition: DVD-ROM
DVD-ROM + Print:
Language: English

Highlights:
1. The decisive game in Moscow: The new WCh challenger Karjakin analyses his final round win against Caruana.

2. Out-manoeuvred: Anand shows how he inflicted on defensive artist Karjakin his only defeat of the candidates tournament.

3. Theoretical advantage against Anand: Kasimdzhanov shows on video how his protégé Caruana outplayed the ex-world champion straight from the opening.

4. “Battle of the Scandis”: Daniel King demonstrates Carlsen-Grandelius with its piece sacrifice and attack worthy of a world champion (video).

5. Romanticism put to the test: Robert Ris discovers great potential for both sides in the Max Lange Attack.

6. Successful experiment: Nakamura tries a Kasimdzhanov idea and wins a sharp Petroff game.

7. How to play the Najdorf! Vachier-Lagrave explains his textbook attacking game against Giri.

8. What do you do with a pawn majority on the kingside? Strategy expert Mihail Marin shows you the options!

9. “A seemingly well protected king”: Together with Oliver Reeh destroy the black king position one move at a time.

10. A diamond against the French with 3…dxe4. Together with Simon Williams dismantle the Rubinstein Variation – „Move by Move“!

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