Minimum: Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, Windows 7 or 8.1, DirectX11, graphics card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9, ChessBase 14/Fritz 16 or included Reader and internet access for program activation. Recommended: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore), 4 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX11, graphics card with 512 MB RAM or more, 100% DirectX10-compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD-ROM drive and internet access for program activation.
The move 3...Nge7 is an attractive universal weapon against the Ruy Lopez. Adrian Mikhalchishin wonders in his video why this plan disappeared from the practice of top players after a splendid but short flowering. In his video he puts under the microscope the probably most principled strategy for White – the quickest possible advance by means of c2-c3 and d2-d4. But here too the master trainer did not come across any variations which could seriously call into question Black’s setup.
In the Bundesliga season of 2014/15 top Hungarian player Richard Rapport played in his usual unconventional style against Grandmaster Alexander Donchenko a brilliant game which was well received by visitors to the Bundesliga website. Let Georgios Souleidis show you the “Game of the Season” in video format!