ChessBase Magazine Extra 172

30.100 games played between April and June 2016

Video training:

• Although the popularity of the Petroff Defence has been in decline, it still remains difficult for White to score the full point against it. But Rustam Kasimdzhanov managed to defeat Li Chao, who is probably at present one of the greatest experts with this opening (Bundesliga 2015/16).
• Adrian Mikhalchishin has of late once more been looking into the Queen's Gambit Accepted. The renowned trainer discovers a few new wrinkles in the game Svane-Hilverda, GER-ch 2015.
• In general the level of games among the world's elite players is very high and for that reason there are rarely any miniatures. But the encounter Anand-Svidler, Candidates tournament 2016, can be described as such and is presented here by Andrew Martin.