2021 Chess Calendar

I have finalized all material for the 2021 Chess Calendar – 365 chess positions taken from FIDE world championship matches in the period 1993-2005 when the title was split and there was both a FIDE and a classical world champion. In 2006, the title was unified with the infamous match Kramnik – Topalov.

White to move and win. Sergei Rublevsky – Kevin Spraggett, FIDE-Wch (Knock-out), Groningen (1.1) 1997.

 

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FIDE Trainer

I participated in a FIDE online seminar earlier this month (German language), and will become FIDE Trainer next month.

The seminar was great with presentations from the GM’s Thomas Luther, Uwe Boensch and Artur Jussupow.

Check out all the details here, as well as the approved participants.

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PDF Brochures For New Online Classes

Detailed descriptions of my new online classes are out – download the PDF brochures below.

Black to move.

The new 4-week cycle of Complex Middlegames deals with Nimzowitsch and how he played his opening in My System, the Ragozin and how to compensate for the absence of the dark-squared bishop, AlphaZero and its winning strategies against Stockfish in their 2018 match, and also long-term queen sacrifices.

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Interesting Endgames 5-8 Starts Thursday

This online program is run in cooperation with the Marshall Chess Club.

                                  White to move.

Class 5 on Thursday will deal with the bishop pair and we will try to get an understanding of why it is strong. I had a brief chapter in The Secret Life of bad Bishops, but will elaborate on this important theme in this class.

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