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[video] The World’s Most Famous Chess Combinations #12: Anand - Lautier, Biel 1997

11. May 2009

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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

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[video] The World’s Most Famous Chess Combinations #11: Beliavsky - Kasparov, Belfort 1988

9. April 2009

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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.

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[video] The World’s Most Famous Chess Combinations #10: Larsen - Spassky, Belgrade 1970

7. February 2009

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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.

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[video] The World’s Most Famous Chess Combinations #9:
Byrne - Fischer, New York 1956

28. September 2008

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Of course this famous combination also features in our series of The World's Most Famous Chess Combinations. Enjoy!

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[video] Chess News #31: Anand - Ivanchuk, Bilbao 2008

3. September 2008

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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 [...]

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[video] The World’s Most Famous Chess Combinations #8: Glucksberg - Najdorf

24. June 2008

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[video] The World’s Most Famous Chess Combinations #7: Capablanca - Mattison

22. June 2008

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[video] The World’s Most Famous Chess Combinations #6: Bogoljubow v. Aljechin

15. June 2008

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[video] The World’s Most Famous Chess Combinations #5: Adams v. Torre

12. June 2008

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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.

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[video] The World’s Most Famous Chess Combinations #4: Rotlevi v. Rubinstein

2. June 2008

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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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