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by Robert Ris 6/3/2021 – This week, the well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris takes a look at the old main line (Be2 & Be3) of the Sicilian Taimanov, which often leads to fascinating games full of fun and tactical blows. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. new: Mega Database 2021 The ChessBase Mega Database 2021 is the premiere chess database with over 8.4 m...

Thanks to back-to-back wins in rounds 7 and 8, Zhansaya Abdumalik is now leading the standings of the Women’s Grand Prix in Gibraltar by a full point over closest pursuers Gunay Mammadzada and Mariya Muzychuk. Mammadzada is making a strong impression on the Rock, as she collected three consecutive victories in rounds 6-9, coincidentally over the three Russian participants. <a href="https://en.chessbase.com/post/gibraltar-women-gp-2021-live">Follow the games of round 9 live with...

This week, the well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris shows how 14-year old Eline Roebers (Elo 2066) defeated the Greek Grandmaster Athanasios Mastrovasilis in round 1 of the European Hybrid Qualifier. | "Fast and 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>.

€29.90 An elite-level scandal Although chess might have more in common in terms of gameplay with draughts or go, there is a salient similarity it shares with the game of bridge: they are the only ‘mind sports’ recognized by the International Olympic Committee — albeit neither of them has been found eligible for the main Olympic program. Chess and bridge also share that cheating has become a growing preoccupation for fans and organizers of the sport. In the case of b...

by Robert Ris 5/13/2021 – In this week’s show, well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris presents a number of ideas how White can get good attacking chances with the Centre Game. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. new: ChessBase 16 - Mega package Edition 2021 Your key to fresh ideas, precise analyses and targeted training! Everyone uses ChessBase, from the Wo...

€29.90 €22.43 The Sicilian Rossolimo is perhaps not known for its aggressive nature, it does certainly lead to interesting positions with chances of building an attack against the enemy king. In our key game Matlakov-Truskavetsky from the Russian Team Championships, White went for a sort of hybrid Rossolimo/Open Sicilian with 3.Bb5 e6 4.0-0 Nge7 5.d4!?. In this weeks Fast & Furious well go through the critical lines and ideas for both sides, which the Black player was obvi...

€29.90 Relieved Magnus Carlsen revolutionized the chess world last year, as his conglomerate of companies, the Play Magnus Group, announced the first online tour for elite players. Carlsen was the deserved winner of the tour, and once it was clear the complications relating to the Covid-19 pandemic would continue in 2021 a second tour was announced. Meanwhile, 1.b3 has also found its way into the practice of todays world elite, and now finally a modern top ten player has ta...

by Robert Ris 4/29/2021 – In this week’s show, well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris takes a look at an aggressive setup against the Queens Gambit Declined, which Le Quang Liem used in the New in Chess Classic tournament to bring Hikaru Nakamura to the verge of defeat. | “Fast and Furious” is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. new: ChessBase Magazine 198 Special: Kasparov as...

€29.90 Najdorf Poisoned Pawn: Caruana vs MVL After a break of more than one year, the Candidates finally resumed again and the players certainly used this time to prepare new opening ideas. In round 8, the first round after the resumption of the tournament, Fabiano Caruana sacrificed three pawns and a piece in the opening and came up with an amazing novelty (18.Bc4!) in the Poisoned Pawn Variation of the Sicilian Najdorf in his game with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. This thriller o...

€29.90 The Anti-Sicilian line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 dxe5 5.Nxe5 is trickier than most people would think. In this weeks show we have a look at Whites ideas to fight for an advantage. Black has various ways of meeting this setup, but one critical line goes 5...a6 6.g3 Qc7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Nxc6 Qxc6 and now rather than moving the rook to g1, White ignores the threat and continues his development with 10.Bg5! Dutch IM Henk Vedder has frequently played this line...