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In his ChessBase Magazine column "Topical opening traps", GM Rainer Knaak regularly examines examples from current tournament practice. He also presents three of them in the video analysis in each CBM. Especially for club players, his contributions offer exciting suggestions. Thanks to the range of topics, you should be able to find something for your own repertoire in every issue! In addition, the trap expert often shows variations that are rarely seen in top-level chess but must be on one's mind as a club chess player. We offer you an excerpt from Rainer Knaak's collection ...

€29.90 “It’s an alien game” Press spokesman at the Dortmund Chess Festival, Patrick Zelbel, asked Vishy Anand whether it is difficult to avoid thinking about castling during these games. Anand responded: I feel very uncomfortable, of course. It’s an alien game, but okay, that’s the rule. Of course, you want to castle all the time. In the third game of the match, the sequence 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 was seen for a third time in Dortmund. Much like in the first encounter, Vladimir Kramnik pushed his pawn to h5 — on Wednesday he had done it on move 9, while now he did it ear...

€29.90 From 10 to 18 July, chess fans all over the world can again look to Dortmund. The "Dortmunder Schachtage" have been taking place there since 1973 and for decades the international chess elite has been coming to the German city. Last year, in 2020, a new organisational team wanted to restart the traditional tournament. With the Westfalenhalle as a prominent venue, a large international open was planned. The meeting of German and international Grandmasters with many amateurs was to make Dortmund more of a chess festival again, after the Grandmaster tournament and the Op...

The young Magnus Carlsen Ditching the double fianchetto! Patrick Zelbel‘s aggressive recipe 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0–0 0–0 5.d4 d6 6.b3 e5! The bishops‘ squeeze! White killer queen on h5 Dangerous living for Black - 33 x tactics Carlsen - So 0-1! Endgame special rook and bishop vs. rook Thorsten Cmiel explains all you need to know in practice Italian à la Dubov Play like the 15-year-old Magnus! Along with Simon Williams go through the game Carlsen-Gronn “Move by Move“ Gambit à la Kasparov Evgeny Postny presents the super sound 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5...

€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 goes for the Modern Benoni will be prepared for it. So the strongest German chessplayer, GM Matthias B...