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In this Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks at two elegant endgames, one from the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee and one from the Opera Euro Rapid Online Tournament. | Power Play is on air most Fridays at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET, 13:00 ET). All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.

Shawnee High School Spring Homecoming set for Feb. 6 The Shawnee News-Star The Shawnee High School Spring 2021 Homecoming festivities are scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Performing Arts and Athletic Center (PAAC). According to Cherity Pennington, Shawnee Public Schools Public Information Officer, the Junior Varsity girls basketball team will kick off the day with a 1 p.m. game, and the JV Boys will follow at 2 p.m. "Varsity Girls will tip off at 3:30 p.m. and the Varsity Boys will follow...

Grandmaster Daniel King presents ten exemplary attacking performances. At key moments he stops and asks you to play a move. King then gives feedback on the most plausible continuations. It’s the next best thing to having your own personal trainer! Previous shows Order the annual ChessBase Premium Membership and save twice! You only pay for ten months Premium and you get a 13th month for free. Payment only by credit card. The subscription is automatically renewed on the expiration date. Y...

€29.90 Daniel King is one of the most popular chess commentators and author of a large variety of ChessBase DVDs. During the tournament in Wijk King showed highlights and critical moments from each round on his Powerplay YouTube channel – the videos below highlight the last rounds of this fantastic tournament.  From the tiebreak between Jorden van Foreest and Anish Giri. For years, the Najdorf has been considered one of Blacks best replies to 1.e4. However, in Wijk the Najd...

If we said desk, you’d think office—right? It’s only natural. But for our style director, Benjamin Reynaert, a different space jumps to mind. At the Next in Style panel this week (a series of virtual conversations hosted by Domino, the Cut, and CB2), he shared his top tip for making the most of your home during this time: Combine your workspace and sleep space. “A secretary desk is a great bedside table,” says Reynaert. “You can have books, plus it folds down s...

€29.90 Carlsen scores against Grandelius No one could have predicted before the tournament that the top game of round 9 would be the clash between the two youngest players in the field, Alireza Firouzja and Andrey Esipenko. With Firouzja in the sole lead and Esipenko coming from beating Magnus Carlsen in the previous round to join the chasing pack, the encounter that faced a 17-year-old against an 18-year-old was the main event of the day. Firouzja had the white pieces and p...

€19.95 Crowded at the top We had not seen more than three decisive results on a single day so far in Wijk aan Zee, as missed opportunities and good defensive efforts were a frequent feature throughout. The consequence was that no player managed to get a large advantage at the top of the standings, with Nils Grandelius grabbing the sole lead twice in the tournament but only with a +2 score. And then came round 7, when five decisive results left us with four players sharing the ...

€19.95 Sac, sac, attack Nihal Sarin, born on July 13, 2004 is considered one of the worlds greatest talents. He became a grandmaster at age 14, and at the same age jumped the mark of 2600 Elo-points. Only two players had ever achieved this at the age of 14: John Burke from the USA and Wei Yi from China. However, Burkes achievement was partly due to the peculiarities of the Elo-system. In July 2015 the American had a rating of 2258, but after a series of very good results and t...

€29.90 Firouzja wins, Duda escapes The most important result of round 3 was Pentala Harikrishna’s win with black over former sole leader Nils Grandelius. However, we also saw Jan-Krzysztof Duda barely escaping in a double-edged struggle against Fabiano Caruana, and Alireza Firouzja showing impressive endgame technique to get his first victory of the event. Special: AVRO 1938. "All in One": Anish Giri and Igor Stohl dissect two topical opening lines. Analyses from Norway Che...

€29.90 Patrick Zelbel presents a versatile weapon   The Modern Benoni is one of the most active openings against 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 and has been in good shape lately. Players on the Black side found decent counter-chances against the Classical Line (7.Nd2 followed by 8.e4, 9.Be2, 10.0-0) and the Modern Main Line (7.h3 Bg7 8.e4 0-0 9.Bd3 b5!), so from a theoretical point they are fine here. The topical Bf4-system is a bit annoying for Black, but currently every second player who go...