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Highlights of curr. magazine 209

THE RAGOZIN À LA KEYMER
Roven Vogel presents 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3

THE UKRAINIAN SISTERS ANNA AND MARIYA MUZYCHUK
CBM authors present their favourite games - exclusive collection of 20 analyses

CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT 2022
Follow-up with videos by Dorian Rogozenco and analyses by Anish Giri

KING'S INDIAN PETROSIAN SYSTEM
Spyros Kapnisis defuses 6.Be2 e5 7.d5

PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TOURNAMENT PLAYER
Let Jan Markos show you how to succeed in must-win situations (video)

PRAGUE CHESS FESTIVAL 2022
Annotated games by Harikrishna, Keymer, Navara, Shankland and Vidit

IN FISCHER'S FOOTSTEPS
Yago Santiago attacks the Najdorf with 6.Bc4

SHOCKER IN THE JOBAVA LONDON SYSTEM
Daniel King shows the new gambit idea 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e4!? in the video

NORWAY CHESS 2022 - ANISH GIRI COMMENTS
The World Top 10 Grandmaster presents his White wins over Tari (explosive innovation in the London system!) and Radjabov

ENDGAMES FROM THE EXPERT
The final phase of the game, presented by Karsten Mueller: up-to-date analysis, exercises, videos and more!

FRESH WIND IN THE RUY LOPEZ
Sergey Grigoriant's Black recommendation is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.0-0 Ng6!

QUEEN SACRIFICES OF ALL KINDS!
Oliver Reeh's all new tactics column: 39 games with a wealth of training tasks + 4 interactive videos.

THE MUZYCHUK SISTERS
Mihail Marin sheds light on typical aspects of the play of Anna and Mariya Muzychuk (incl. video)

MASTER OF THE PETROFF
Play through the game Firouzja-Nepomniachtchi from the Candidates Tournament move by move with Robert Ris!

A CRAZY ALEKHINE
Yuriy Kuzubov shows a setup with a record-breaking rook development:
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.a4!? a5 5.Ra3!

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CHESS EXPERTS SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE WITH YOU.
Interactive training units in tactics, strategy and the endgames show you precisely those tricks and techniques which you will need as a successful tournament player! With the ChessBase Magazine you systematically increase your Elo and you do so for each phase of the game!

EXCLUSIVE
INSIGHTS

Germany’s federal trainer Dorian Rogozenco knows the most important games in the history of chess inside out and knows: ambitious players can learn much from the classics for their own practice – from strategic ideas to crisp winning technique in the middlegame and endgame.

EXCLUSIVE
INSIGHTS

DECISIVE
ENDGAMES

In every issue renowned endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller shines the spotlight on a central endgame theme and explains the most important strategies and techniques using catchy terms.

"Pawns Granite Blocks“

„Centurini's Rule“

„LUCENA-POSITION“

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WORLD CLASS PLAYERS TAKE APART THEIR GAMES.

In ChessBase Magazine world class players analyse their best games from the top tournaments. Our authors: Caruana, Giri, So, Nepomniachtchi, Radjabov, Anand, Duda, Firouzja, Vitiugov, Vidit, Navara, Wojtaszek, Nielsen and many more.