CKT 063: Kramnik in Top Form
Intermediate – Middle Game: From the game Arkady Naiditsch – Vladimir Kramnik, Dortmund 2009. Black plays and wins.
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Intermediate – Middle Game: From the game Arkady Naiditsch – Vladimir Kramnik, Dortmund 2009. Black plays and wins.
Easy – Middle Game: From the game Jakob Rosanes vs. Adolf Anderssen, 1863. Black plays and wins.
Difficult – Middle Game: From the game Alexandra Kosteniuk – Shen Yang, Beijing 2008. White plays and wins. True strategical thinking required.
Difficult – Study: A very beautiful 1924 chess study by Troitsky. In this short video, Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk shows you how to solve it to the end, you will enjoy it for sure.
Easy – Middle Game: Black plays and wins. From the game Romieux – Kosteniuk, Paris 2008.
Easy – Middle Game: From the Book of Stamma, 1737.
White plays and wins.
Difficult – Study: A difficult study by Kubbel from 1925. White plays and wins. The goal is simple: mate the Black King or win the Black Queen. It’s forced.
Intermediate – Opening: From the game Sangla – Karpov, 1968. Black plays and wins.
Intermediate – Middle Game: A position from the game GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave against GM Alexandra Kosteniuk. What would have happened, had Maxime played 1. h8 = Q?
Intermediate – Middle Game: A key position from the game Aronian – Van Wely, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008. White plays and wins.