ChessBase Magazine 153
The Magazine for Professional Chess
by Victor Bologan, The ChessBase team

Publisher: ChessBase, 2013
Edition: DVD-ROM
Language: English

Records, outstanding games, great suspense - the first super-tournament of the year again offered everything chess lovers could wish for. Wijk aan Zee once again, with a brilliant Magnus Carlsen (now 2872!), lead off.

The open in Gibraltar with top players like Ivanchuk, Kamsky, Adams and Vachier-Lagrave ended in a tie-break, which was decided in favour of Nikita Vitiugov. In Baden-Baden Naiditsch and Caruana provided the entertainment but, with a fine finish, world champion Anand managed his first tournament victory in five years.

In Zurich even Garry Kasparov was active - no, not as a player but as a live commentator. His critical expression will have had little to do with the play by Fabiano Caruana who won the tournament with 4 out of 6. The 20 year old also belongs to the star authors 12 opening articles on the DVD, amongst others, the Sicilian, Semi-Slav and Bogo-Indian with lots of stimulating ideas for your repertoire.

Contents of ChessBase Magazine 153:

TOP TOURNAMENTS
Baden-Baden
Gibraltar
Wijk aan Zee
Zürich

OPENINGS TRAINING
12 new opening ideas: from Trompowsky to Bogoindian

VIDEO REPORT
Robert Ris advocates 2.Ne2 against the Caro-Kann

WORLD CLASS PLAYERS ANNOTATE
Vishy Anand
Magnus Carlsen
Fabiano Caruana
Anish Giri

PRACTICAL TRAINING
Daniel King: Move by Move
Rainer Knaak: Opening Trap
Dorian Rogozenco: Strategy
Oliver Reeh: Tactics