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Treat yourself to a little extra! Shirov demonstrates by a game against Volokitin (Kalashnikov Variation) how a strategic game can turn into a dynamic clash. Plus videos by IM Ris and IM Lilov. And 35.205 games from all over the world.

Two historic tournaments in one issue! The Chess Olympiad in Tromsø ended with first Gold for China, and Caruana triumphed at the Sinquefield-Cup with 8,5 out of 10. Olympiad-special: Several hours of video analysis and interviews. 11 new opening articles

Extra 160 - with more than 34,000 recent games and three video clips: Adrian Mikhalchishin, Robert Ris and Valeri Lilov present a nice opening idea and the two games Fischer-Petrosian (Match 1971) and Rublevsky-Vachier (Warsaw 2012)

Top tournaments: Norway Chess, Capablanca Memorial, and Poikovsky. Analyses by Karjakin, Jakovenko, Bologan and many more. Interactive training with Oliver Reeh and Karsten Müller. 13 new opening articles – from Alekhine Defence to the Winawer Variation.

Extra 159 - with more than 19,000 recent games and three video clips: Adrian Mikhalchishin, Robert Ris and Valeri Lilov present a kingside attack and the two games Byrne-Fischer (US 1956) and Ivanchuk-Wang Hao (Istanbul 2012)

Top tournaments: FIDE Candidates, Gashimov Memorial, and European Championship. Analyses by Anand, Caruana, Radjabov, Motylev and many more. New series "The Classic" with German federal trainer Dorian Rogozenco. 13 new opening articles.

Extra 158 - with more than 29,000 recent games and three video clips: Adrian Mikhalchishin, Robert Ris and Valeri Lilov.

Top tournaments: Zurich Chess Challenge, Wijk aan Zee and Gibraltar with the winners Carlsen, Aronian and Cheparinov. Analyses by Aronian, Caruana, Heine Nielsen, Van Wely and many more. NEW! Interactive video training with Daniel King and Karsten Müller.

Extra 157 - with more than 14,000 recent games and three video clips: Adrian Mikhalchishin, Robert Ris and Valeri Lilov present an idea in the King's Indian and the two games Bernstein-Capablanca (Moscow 1914) and Bodnaruk-Almasi (St Petersburg 2012)

Top tournaments: World Championship in Chennai, European Team Ch in Warsaw, World Team Ch. in Antalya. Adams, Andreikin and Radjabov and others comment on their best games. Interactive training with Daniel King and Karsten Müller. 12 opening articles.

Extra 156 - with more than 29,000 recent games and three video clips: Adrian Mikhalchishin, Robert Ris and Valeri Lilov present an idea in the Caro-Kann and the two classics Zukertort-Blackburne (London 1883) and Marshall-Capablanca (New York 1909).

Top tournaments: FIDE Grand-Prix Paris, Sinquefield-Cup, King’s Tournament Bucharest, and European Club Cup. Caruana, Gelfand, Wang Hao and others comment on their best games. Interactive training with Daniel King and Karsten Müller. 12 opening articles.

Extra 155 - with more than 39,000 recent games and three video clips: Adrian Mikhalchishin, Robert Ris and Valeri Lilov present an idea in the Italian Game and the two classics Polugaevsky-Nezhmetdinov (Sochi 1958) and Tal-Larsen (Bled 1965).

Four top-class events: FIDE World Cup (Tromsø), Biel, Dortmund, FIDE Grand-Prix (Beijing). Kramnik, Andreikin, Vachier-Lagrave, Adams and others annotate their best games. NEW: Daniel King’s "Move by Move" as interactive video. 11 topical opening articles