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In today's video Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov breaks down an amazing game between Gligoric and a young Bobby Fischer! This Open Sicilian shows just how "progressive" these two great chess minds were, applying ideas that were way "ahead of their time" for both white and black. Gligoric has a chance to put the youngest away with his beautifully conducted kingside attack, but runs up against a surprisingly tough defense from the young American. The final result? Watch and find out! | Watch video
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GM Shankland continues to review his games from the recent Pan-American Team Championship! Here he reviews an extremely sharp, Open Sicilian Najdorf that has the "flavor" of an English Attack, but not quite the "theory". The game eventually becomes a back and forth affair when "mature GM Shankland" decides to become "overly aggressive Shanky"... | Watch video
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Today GM Shankland kicks off a new series, reviewing his recent games from the Pan-American Team Championship! Shanky does an excellent job of explaining the basic and general themes of the modern Najdorf, before he launches into the theoretical review of a very topical line in the 8.h3 "Neo-English Attack". The sharp game that ensues is highly instructive... | Watch video
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Here Sam provides instructive analysis on a previous battle (2007) with GM Ray Robson. He reflects on his younger "more materialistic" days, particularly, his inexperience with the use of computer engines. He learned a harsh lesson in this game, and he has some constructive criticism for his younger self, as well as others attempting to use engines to evaluate sharp positions with material imbalances. | Watch video
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Unarguably the most critical game of the 2012 US Championship is on display today! GM Perelshteyn reviews the battle between the two pre-tournament favorites, with the defending champion (GM Kamsky) playing the white pieces against the highest rated player, GM Nakamura. A sharp Open Sicilian leads to an unbalanced middlegame where subtle tactics would ultimately decide the outcome... | Watch video
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This weekend IM Rensch gets back to the never ending, on-going, "Energizer Bunny" that is the Pawn Structure 101 video series. He continues to review the Scheveningen structure, and he reveals some of the deepest points about playing these positions at a high level. We learn that white must establish kingside pressure before black gets to e4, among many other critical ideas! | Watch video
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After developing into an extremely sharp Najdorf, Danny finds himself furiously defending against his opponent's piece sacrifice on d5. After making all the right moves (or so it seemed) -- his opponent lashes out with a brilliant sacrifice! Was it good enough to put Danny away for good, or does he hold on? Watch and find out in this exciting and instructive Live Session! | Watch video
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The next installment to IM Rensch's Pawn Structure 101 series reviews the critical variations of the Sozin Najdrof in great detail, but most importantly, this video lecture should serve as an example of "black's stem ideas". We follow a stem game by former world champion Garry Kasparov, then we continue onto more variations that display black's most common maneuvers. Enjoy! | Watch video
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"It will be Short, and it will be short..." were the famous words of Kasparov when asked who he predicted would challenge his throne in the 1992-93 World Championship Match. He was right on both accounts! What was the "Short" version of the story (pun intended)? Well, even an obscure line of the Poisoned Pawn Najdorf couldn't throw Kaspy off his game. Enjoy the tricky exchange sacrifice, and feel Short's pain for not taking the repetition when he had a chance. | Watch video
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GM Khachiyan goes over a remarkable game of his. Half a point behind his Grandmaster opponent in the last round, and with the black pieces, he went all out to create a sharp positional struggle that would give him chances to win the tournament. The game is full of deep ideas, surprising moves, excellent technique, a wealth of valuable insights, and a particular focus on the Exchange Sacrifice, a familiar weapon to Khachiyan as a pupil of the Tigran Petrosian School. | Watch video