CHESSLETTER December 2016 #26

[Issue #26 December/2017](#) ChessBase Newsletter // Dear chess friends! Do soccer and chess really have things in common, something that connects them? After all, there are famous attempts to link soccer to chess. "I learnt a lot from chess that was valuable in soccer. That every action has a cause, that almost every move should be a threat for the opponent." That is what Felix Magath, a successful German soccer player and coach, writes on his [website](. But does it also work the other way round? Of course! // [New: Charles Storey: The Sniper]( FIDE-Master Charles Storey from England presents a universal repertoire for Black that he dubbed "The Sniper". The basic structure is easily explained: Black plays 1...g6, 2...Bg7 and 3...c5. But what does this have to do with soccer? Storey wanted to find catchy titles for the various White set-ups to make them easy to remember. His work with chess students in England showed that giving the lines names of soccer teams such as Arsenal London, Chelsea, Manchester United etc. worked well. But Storey did not pick the names randomly - for each variation Storey chose a team with a style that fitted the character of the variation. Charlie Storey's analyses show that he is deeply engrossed in his material. But that's not a big surprise, after all, it is "his" opening! "The Sniper" brought Storey 145 wins at open tournaments in the UK. And now he enjoys to see how his students use this opening successfully at European Junior Championships. Video run time: 8 hours 34 min. [Order "The Sniper" from the shop...]( [read more]( // [New: ChessBase Magazin #181]( Are you a fan of the London System? Are you looking for new ideas in the Slav exchange? Would you like to know how professionals neutralise the King's Indian Attack? The new ChessBase Magazine #181 offers you twelve opening surveys with new ideas for your repertoire. The DVD also offers videos about the Scotch (Daniel King) and the Sicilian with 2.Be2 (Simon Williams). Here are more top topics of the current issue: - Counter-puncher Carlsen: Peter Heine Nielsen shows how, cool as ice, the world champion seized his chance against Caruana in the Isle of Man tournament - Calculate correctly: test your calculation of variations with Oliver Reeh in his interactive tactics video! - Tricks in a double rook ending: Karsten Müller shows you the key points in Aronian-Vachier Lagrave from the World Cup (video) - Drum roll with a long echo: Max Illingworth sums up what Grischuk's 6...Bc5 has set in motion in the theory of the English Opening. - Surviving despite -+(4,84): David Navara explains how he saved the draw with a rook against a queen and despite being a pawn down! - Doubled is better: find the diversionary motif in Khalifman-Ehlvest from the FIDE training course of Efstratios Grivas, and much more. [Order "ChessBase Magazin 181" from the shop...]( [read more]( // [New: Lawrence Trent: The Fort Knox Variation in the French Defence]( The name tells it all: in this line of the French Defence Black tries to create a super-solid fortress. This lofty goal can be reached with amazingly little effort: the basic idea of Black is to play 3...dxe4 after 3.Nd2 or 3.Nc3 from White to play 4...Bd7 afterwards to let the potentially bad French bishop join the game immediately. At the right moment Black gives his bishop for a white knight and then establishes a super-solid structure with c7-c6. White often gets too ambitious to attack this structure which gives Black good chances for a counterattack. Players with a markedly classical style such as Anatoly Karpov and players with a fondness for experiments and creative opening play such as Baadur Jobava have played this line with great success. It is perfect for players with a positional style who like to counterattack when the opponent is too aggressive. In this one hour long video course the English IM Lawrence Trent tells you everything you need to know to play the Fort Knox variation confidently and with success in a serious tournament game! [Order "The Fort Knox Variation in the French Defence" from the shop (download only)...]( [read more]( // [New: Fritz für Android]( To play, to train or to analyse. Now the new Fritz for Android makes all this possible on smartphone or tablet! The little brother of Fritz 16 offers various levels, an extremely strong engine for analyses and a database with selected gems from the history of chess. Or create your own collection of tournament with Fritz for Android and save it on your mobile device. You get the little Fritz in the Google Play Store for 5,99 €! ["Fritz for Android" bestellen...]( [read more]( // An interesting read [The future is here – AlphaZero learns chess]( // You're a subscriber to the ChessBase newsletter. If you no longer want to receive the chessbase newsletter, [click here.]( © 2017 ChessBase Schachprogramme Schachdatenbank Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Registered: Osterbekstr. 90a, 22083 Hamburg Telephone: 040-63 90 60 0 - Fax: 040 630 12 82 Directors: Matthias Wüllenweber and Rainer Woisin HR Amtsgericht Hamburg HRB 40336 Value added tax identification number DE 118644875 Local tax office tax number 49/711/00031ChessBase, All rights reserved