In 1997 Anand managed to execute a nice and deadly combination against French top player Joel Lautier. In a messy Scandinavian middlegame one of Lautier’s bishops got trapped. This proved to be decisive in the end. Enjoy the video! Waldemar
Continue reading...9. April 2009
During the 1988 World Cup in Belfort Kasparov managed to win a very nice game against Beliavsky. In his favorite Gruenfeld he seemed to be in problems but corked up some tremendous defence! Enjoy the video. Download PGN-file.
Continue reading...7. February 2009
In this video I discuss the famous chess combination that Spassky played against Larsen during the Team match U.S.S.R. - Rest Of The World, Belgrade 1970.
Continue reading...28. September 2008
Of course this famous combination also features in our series of The World's Most Famous Chess Combinations. Enjoy!
Continue reading...3. September 2008
Yesterday was the first round of the new Grand Slam Chess Final. it is being held in Bilbao, Spain. Magnus Carlsen got of to a great start as he defeated Levon Aronian with black. It reminded me of the candidates matches they played in Elista earlier. There Carlsen put up a tremendous fight to constantly [...]
Continue reading...24. June 2008
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Continue reading...12. June 2008
In New Orleans Adams played what is probably the most beautiful overloading combination in the history of chess. Poor Torre was desperately trying to keep his pieces together but in the end could not manage against the well poised violence of white’s heavy pieces.
Continue reading...2. June 2008
Akiba Rubinstein was a great endgame player. We know of several very fine rook endings with which he enriched the world of chess. But he also was responsible for some of the finest attacking games ever played. One of those was his black game against Rotlevi in Lodz 1907, which is sometimes referred to as Rubinsteins' Immortal.
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11. May 2009
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