During the recent Super GM Tournament in Sofia - Bulgaria, Magnus Carlsen was on the verge of winning it. In the last round however he played to sharply against Alexei Shirov who beat him after tremendous complications in a Sveshnikov. This meant that Shirov won the tournament and that Magnus came second. Below Carlsen’s game from [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 19, 2009
In a 3.Bb5+ Sicilian, Ivanchuk aimed for a Maroczy Bind. Shirov obliged and fianchettoed his dragon bishop. Shirov aimed for the freeing d6-d5 break and achieved it. Probably in trying to prevent a simplification of the position Ivanchuk pushed his luck a little bit too far. After a nice tactical intermezzo by Shirov he soon [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 11, 2009
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...Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Hi all, Today I did an experiment live commenting two blitz games from the 2007 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup in Odessa. It concerns Harikrishna - Morozevich & Morozevich - Harikrishna. The first video is of bad quality, the second one is already better ;-) Enjoy! Waldemar Experimenting Game #1: Harikrishna - Morozevich : Game #2: Morozevich - Harikrishna:
Continue reading...Monday, April 27, 2009
Last week I posted Chess Puzzle #4. Below you will find the solution! Enjoy!
Continue reading...Saturday, April 18, 2009
Hi all, Yesterday Sergey Karjakin managed to win an interesting game against big gun Levon Aronian. Normally Aronian is very solid, but this time he was a bit too vulnerable and must have been baffled by the young Ukrainian’s play. Download PGN-file.
Continue reading...Thursday, April 9, 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...Sunday, April 5, 2009
Hi all, In this video I want to share some of the peculiarities of mistakes in chess with you. I think there were some psychological and technical elements involved and it goes to show that you should try and maximize your own chances and minimize those of your opponent. Enjoy! Waldemar Punishing mistakes
Continue reading...Thursday, February 26, 2009
Yesterday Carlsen beat Anand for the first time in his life. It was an interesting game with ups and downs. In the end it was Anand who made the last mistake in an endgame where he had been under pressure for most of the time. Enjoy the video! Download PGN-file Looking for a break from chess? How about [...]
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Monday, June 8, 2009
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