ChessBase Magazine Extra 162

26.670 games played between August and October 2014

Video training:

• Adrian Mikhalchishin remembers a Ruy Lopez variation which Vassily Smyslov liked
• Valeri Lilov is enthusiastic about the game Kulaots-Gu Xiaobing, Hastings 2013. Weiß realises a typical Sicilian model attack.
• Indian Sagar Shah has started with an elo rating of 2339 at the ZMDI open tournament in Dresden and of course he did not belong to the favourites. Nevertheless he defeated several GMs and won the tournament with 7 out of 9, which resultated also in his first GM norm. The 24 years old presents two of his games.