ChessBase Magazine is the most comprehensive and most sophisticated chess magazine there is. World class players analyze their brilliancies and explain the ideas behind the moves to you, opening specialists present the latest trends in opening theory and offer exciting ideas for your repertoire. Master trainers in the fields of tactics, strategy, and the endgame show you the tricks and techniques a successful tournament player needs! DVD with several hours of video + booklet.
Highlights of the issue
Star analyses
Annotated games by Anand, Giri, Vidit, Vitiugov, Tomashevsky and many more
Benoni forever!
Tanmay Srinath’s active recipe vs. the Four Pawns Attack
The Chinese Dragon
Igor Stohl proves Black is fine after 10…Rb8!?
Who surprises whom first?
Niclas Huschenbeth dissects his World Cup victory over Naiditsch
Attacking ideas vs. the Italian Game
Mihail Marin shows how White succeeds on the kingside
An exciting sideline!
Imre Hera on 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 in the Nimzo
Greek gift details
Discover with Oliver Reeh stunning points of the classical sacrifice Bxh7+!
Queen sac versus Nakamura
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu shows his spectacular success from the FIDE World Cup
Carlsen-So 1-0!
Enjoy Karsten Müller’s analysis of this top-notch endgame (video)
Revival in the Petroff
Erwin l’Ami explains why the “new engines” like White’s position in the line 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 (video)
Top-class training – from opening traps to endgame tricks
Top tournaments with top-class analyses
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