Archive for October, 2013
Sharp Tactic Chess Puzzle: White Checkmates in Two
This puzzle should be enough for a five-minute coffee break. White to play and checkmate in two. Stay alert and see how fast you can spot the winning tactic.
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Twice Over Chess Puzzle: White Checkmates in Two
Intermediate-Level Chess Study: White Wins
LEVEL: Intermediate
CATEGORY: Study
A 1926 Chess Study by Rinck, white plays and wins.
This chess puzzle comes to you from our award-winning www.chesskillertips.com database of chess video podcasts – Your great FREE resource for chess training with World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk.
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Two Rooks vs One Chess Study: White wins
Glance at the situation on the chess board in this position and your first reaction is bound to be ‘Quite a mess!’ This complex situation is a fascinating chess study by Wotawa, 1948. White plays and wins. Can you say how?
LEVEL: Intermediate
CATEGORY: Study
The video podcast is hosted by 12th Women’s World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia.
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Middlegame Chess Video Podcast: Aronian – Van Wely 1-0
LEVEL: Intermediate
CATEGORY: Middle Game
A key position from the game Aronian – Van Wely, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008. White plays and wins.
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Fighting Chess Game of the Week: Simen Agdestein – B Adhiban 1-0 at Oslo Chess International 2013
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Video Chess Analysis: How to Destroy the Caro Kann (Kosteniuk – Swaminathan 1-0)
12th Women’s World Chess Champion and Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk shows her very aggressive chess game against Swaminathan Soumya from the 2012 Istanbul Chess Olympiads. This game allowed the Russian team to win their match against India 3-1. The Russian women went on to win Gold at the 2012 Chess Olympiads. Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk also won bronze on her board. The video was recorded thanks to the software Chess King. Read the full Istanbul Chess Olympiad 2012 post.
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Thursday Chess Video Class: Easiest Way to Checkmate with Knight+Bishop
LEVEL: Difficult
CATEGORY: Endgame
It’s necessary for you to know how to mate with Bishop and Knight versus King, since that endgame will likely show up in your tournament practice. Your host is 12th Women’s World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk.
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Intermediate Chess Study by Kraemer: Should White Resign?
Paris Chess Grand Prix 2013 Round 8 Games: Hikaru Nakamura in Lead
Hikaru Nakamura scored his second consecutive victory to go in sole lead after eight rounds in the final event of the Chess Grand Prix series 2012/13 in Paris at the Chapelle de la Villedieu on Monday. Nakamura won on time has Ivanchuk self-destructed. Fabiano Caruana won a nice positional game against overnight leader Boris Gelfand. Alexander Grischuk, who is also looking to win the event in order to qualify for the Candidates Tournament, duly outplayed the out-of-form Anish Giri. The game started with English opening and the queens were exchanged as early as on move 9. At the same time black got doubled f-pawns. It turned out that poor structure led black into defeat. Ruslan Ponomariov and Etienne Bacrot played a long theoretical line in the Benoni Fianchetto where black sacrifices a pawn and offers queens’ exchange like in the Benko Gambit. A couple of imprecise moves by white were all that Bacrot needed to assume the advantage. He went on to win the game. Replay the games with Chess King: