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€29.90 Ju beats Yu Women’s world champion Ju Wenjun, much like in December last year, decided to participate in the open section of the national championships instead of entering the women’s tournament as the rating favourite. Until round 10, the player from Shanghai had been struggling, having scored eight draws and suffered two defeats up to that point. A win in the last round against the eventual champion, however, allowed her to finish in the pack sharing 5th-10th places on 5/11 — thanks to that win, she also ended the event with a rating gain.  Yu Yangyi, who wo...

18.Kb1 Better than 18.b3 Qa3+ 18...Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Qxc4 20.Rc1 That was White's idea. Black now has to live with an exposed king and shattered pawn structure. 20...Qa6 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Nxe5 Be6 23.b3 Bd5 24.Qf4 Another idea was 24.Nd3!? Rd8 25.Nc5 24...Re8 25.f3 Kb7?! Invites the white knight to settle down on c5 with check – and a possible fork. 25...Qb5!? with the idea Bxb3 offered better chances. 26.Nd7 Qd3+ 27.Rc2 27.Ka1?! Kc8 28.Nc5 Qe3= 27...Qb5 27...Qd1+ 28.Kb2 a5 29.Nc5+ Kb8 was a better try. 28.Nc5+ Kb8 29.a4 Re1+ 30.Kb2 Qf1   31.Qf6 Stronger was 31.Qb4+ Kc8 32.Qb7+ Kd8 33.Qxa7 e.g....

€29.90 Rising stars When we reported on the 2020 Chinese Championships last year, also after round 7, two players were sharing the lead in the open section with 5½ points each. In this edition, which features a stronger lineup, no one has managed to collect as many points, with three players currently sharing the lead on 4½/7 points. These DVDs are about Understanding Middlegame Strategies. In the first DVD dynamic decisions involving pawns are discussed. The second DVD deals with decision making process concerning practical play. Much like last year, the top seeds are We...

€19.95 A chess powerhouse The Candidates Tournament will resume a bit over a week from today, with the two highest-rated Chinese players in the world ready to get back into the fray in Yekaterinburg. While Ding Liren (world #3) did not have a good first half, Wang Hao (world #12) is still well within range to catch up with the leaders. Having two players from China in the eight-player field should not catch anyone by surprise, as the Asian country has greatly developed his chess stars in the last two decades or so — although most likely the results began to show only af...

€19.95 Sac, sac, attack Nihal Sarin, born on July 13, 2004 is considered one of the world's 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, Burke's 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 thanks to a K-factor of 40 he had jumped to a rating of 2603 in August 2015. At the moment Burke ha...