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A second consecutive tense draw was seen on Saturday at the World Championship match in Dubai. Once again, Magnus Carlsen deviated from mainstream theory early in the game, pushing his opponent to solve difficult problems over the board from the get go. Ian Nepomniachtchi showed great nerves to keep things under control, and even got some winning chances in a complex middlegame. The tension continues to rise in Dubai! | Photo: Eric Rosen / FIDE

In this week’s show, GM Daniel King presents puzzle positions from games of Nepomniachtchi and Carlsen but for the main dish of the day he shows another spectacular attack from Alexei Shirov. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

In this week’s show, GM Daniel King re-examins a classic, the game Keres vs Smyslov, Zuerich 1953. Smyslov won this crucial game and went on to win the tournament and challenged Botvinnik for the title. But what do modern computers have to say about his defensive play? The attacking ideas in this game are very much worth investigating and can be applied in other situations. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games an...

The Las Vegas Outlaws, The newest member of the AFL, have yet to even hit the practice field, but have they already set themselves up as a dark horse to be ArenaBowl winners this year?

Both sections of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss have sole leaders going into round 8 (out of 11). Alireza Firouzja made the most of a slight edge in an endgame against Evgeniy Najer to reclaim the sole lead in the open section, while Lei Tingjie got the better of Nino Batsiashvili to collect her fifth victory of the event. | Photo: Anna Shtourman

LOWANNA College teacher Daniel King has received the ‘Outstanding Early Career Secondary Teacher’ award. The Victorian Education Excellence Awards (VEEA) […]

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In this week’s show, GM Daniel King looks at ways to catch the enemy king, and shows how Maxime Vachier-Lagrave failed to do so in a recent Bundesliga game, which Daniel featured the previous week. More successful in his efforts to catch the enemy king was Vassily Smyslov in a game of his Candidate Match against Zoltan Ribli in 1983. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

From 1-10 October the World Senior Championships 2021, organised by the Amateur Chess Organization (ACO), were played on the Greek island of Crete. 178 players fought in seven rating groups for the titles. Several Grandmasters, including Vlastimil Hort and Daniel King, supported the amateurs.