Endgame Magic #266 - Endgame highlights from the Candidates - Part 4

by Karsten Müller
5/7/2024 – In his Endgame Magic Show #266 Karsten Müller continues to look at endgames from the Candidates Tournament in Toronto - this time he looks at a crucial endgame Vaishali won against Aleksandra Goryachkina. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

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Endgame Magic #266

The diagram below shows a crucial position from the game Vaishali Rameshbhabu vs Aleksandra Goryachkina. It is White to move and win. How should White proceed?

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Najdorf: A dynamic grandmaster repertoire against 1.e4 Vol.1 to 3

In the first part of the video series, we will look at White’s four main moves: 6. Bg5, 6. Be3, 6. Be2 and 6. Bc4.

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Endgame Magic #265 - Endgame highlights from the Candidates - Part 3

4/29/2024 – In his Endgame Magic Show #265 Karsten Müller continues to look at endgames from the Candidates Tournament in Toronto. In the last two episodes, Karsten discussed endgames from the Open Candidates Tournament, in this episode he takes a look the Women's Tournament. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a <a href="https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/chessbase_account_premium_year_abo">ChessBase Premium account</a>.
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Endgame Magic #264 - Endgame highlights from the Candidates - Part 2

4/22/2024 – In the Endgame Magic Show #264 Karsten Müller and Arne Kähler look at endgames from the Candidates Tournament in Toronto. They were particularly fascinated by a game, in which Praggnanandhaa showed his endgame skills. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a <a href="https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/chessbase_account_premium_year_abo">ChessBase Premium account</a>.
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60m van Wely SicilianNajdorf

In 60 minutes you will get a crash course how to play such a complicated opening like the Sicilian Najdorf by the hands of GM van Wely who knows by experience how the dangers look like!The contents:Video 1, 2, 3: how to survive versus whites most aggressive approach: 6. Bc4, 6. Be3 and 6 Bg5. Video 4: how to deal with the latest fashion in the Najdorf 6. h3 and last but not leastVideo 5: how to play vs the more classical set ups 6. Be2 and 6. g3

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gwrtheyrn gwrtheyrn 5/7/2024 10:54
Vaishali's conduct of the ending vs. Goryachkina was very clever!
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