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Though World Champion Alexander Alekhine may not have been the "model Russian citizen" during the Bolshevik Party rise, he was king of the chess world. In many ways the world's first "truly complete" chess player, Alekhine changed the way chess games were played forever. Balancing both a deep positional understanding with a feel for dynamic play unlike any before him. GM Dzindzi tells all! | Watch video
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Today we learn how a Super-GM does it! Grandmaster Peter Svidler, on his way to winning the Russian Super-Final, won in a "must win" situation in the last round as black against GM Alekseev, and he did so with style! Shanky walks us through this interesting Caro Kann battle, offering practical advice and explaining as much as possible along the way. Enjoy! | Watch video
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Today GM Kaidanov reviews two games by the highly talented, extremely creative, Dmitry Andreikin. Though the young Russian has been known to accept a few short draws here and there, as Gregory explains, his style both "over the chess board" and in personality is similar to Mikhail Tal's. The brilliance of black's Rc5 move, and the foresight to sac the exchange in the second game, prove that Andreikin is a beast! | Watch video
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"Chess Players... *heavy breathing*... I am your father" - former World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. Who would you play if you could challenge any player in the history of chess? In Roman's view, GM Mikhail Botvinnik was not only the father of the Russian Chess School, but in many respects, the father of positional chess. Today we see two brilliant games by this great champion - reviewed of course with the highly original story telling skills of the Dzindzinator! | Watch video
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We learn today that Bobby Fischer was as much a student of the Soviet Chess School as Grandmaster Dzindzichashvili himself. He studied their magazine's and "chess language" and because of this, he knew more about positional chess than any of his fellow Americans. As Dzindzi explains, Russia is best known for three things... and we know at least one of them was mastered by the young American. GM Larry Evans also experienced that in today's feature presentation! | Watch video