ChessBase Magazine 202 July/August 2021

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Highlights of ChessBase Magazine #202

An all-important full point

The candidates winner Ian Nepomniachtchi elaborates on his hard-fought endgame victory over Wang Hao

Jan Timman - the Dutch legend turns 70

Special featuring 25 games annotated by CBM authors + columns on strategy and endgame

Bogo-Indian: no respite for Black!

Lars Schandorff shows the poisonous 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.e3!?

Three times Anish Giri!

Among other things, the Dutchman annotates his impressive victory over Liren Ding

"Good news for French players!"

Rustam Kasimdzhanov repairs the Classical Variation (opening video)

Italian gambit à la Dubov

Christian Braun hits with the sharp 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.b4!?

Novelty by "lapsus manus"!

Mihail Marin shows his discovery in the Grünfeld with 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7 9.Qb3 Nc6!?

Frighten your opponent - with the Halloween Gambit!

Robert Ris uncorks 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4

Reversed Sicilian: d2-d4 in one go!

Alexey Kuzmin presents White’s plan after 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.0-0 Nb6 7.b3

Technique vs. ticking clock

Jan Krzysztof Duda shows why his edge against Hikaru Nakamura at the NIC Classic was only enough for draw

Caro-Kann for fighters - recapturing like Mikhail Tal

All in one by Spyridon Kapnisis on 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.gxf3!?

Pushes, sacs & special moves

Tactics with Oliver Reeh

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