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ChessBase Magazine issue 200 Extra
April  2021
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ISSN 1432-8992
Euro 12,99
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This ChessBase Magazine issue 200 Extra starts with two smashing video files from Jan Werle on the good old Rossolimo Opening, named after grandmaster  Nicholas Rossolimo who was a man of many talents, fluent in five languages, singer and even did hold a title in brown belt Judo.
And the graet Mhail Marin digs in the finale  game between Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So.
This special jubilee issue holds three interesting games files first the deeply analysed game which I will show with out all the analyses, so please forgive me: Nihal,Sarin (2620) - Sonis,Francesco (2483) [D39]
Wch FIDE Online U18 Tornelo INT, 22.12.2020
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Bxc4 c5 9.0-0 cxd4 10.e5 Qd8 11.Ne4 0-0 12.Nxd4 Qc7 13.Nf6+ Kh8 14.Qc2 gxf6 15.Qc1 Qxe5 16.Qxh6+ Kg8 17.f4 Qxd4+ 18.Kh1 Qe4 19.Rf3 Qg6 20.Rg3 Qxg3 21.hxg3 Re8 22.Qxf6 Be7 23.Qh6 Bf8 24.Qg5+ Bg7 25.Rd1 Nd7 26.Bb5 f6 27.Qg6 Re7 28.Rd6 a6 29.Bd3 b5 30.Qe4 Ra7 31.Rxe6 Nc5 32.Qh7+ Kf8 33.Rc6 Rac7 34.Rxc7 Rxc7 35.Bf5 Bb7 36.b4 Nd7 37.Be6 Ke7 38.Bxd7 Rxd7 39.Qxg7+ Ke8 40.Qxf6 Rf7 41.Qc3 Re7 42.Qd2 Rd7 43.Qc2 Re7 44.Kg1 Kd7 45.g4 Re4 46.g5 Rc4 47.Qh7+ 1-0.
Lucky bag file with 34 heavy loaded analyses, where I would like to show the following one:
Van Foreest,Lucas (2523) - Abdusattorov,Nodirbek (2635) [B90]
Tata Steel-B 82nd Wijk aan Zee (11), 24.01.2020
[Abdusattorov,Nodirbek]
1.e4 This game was played in 11th round of the Tata-Steel Challengers tournament. At this point i was on +3 and was looking for to have good finish. My opponent was Lucas Van-Foreest, very dynamic and creative player. 1...c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd2 Lucas already played this strange looking move against Grandelius and lost in winning position in the 6th round of this very tournament. But i didn't paid much attention to this move and just briefly looked at it. i thought it as was one game weapon. 6...e5 the most logical. 7.Nf5 d5 8.Qf3 d4 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Qf6?! inaccuracy but very concrete [10...Bxf5 11.Qxf5 Nd7 is simplest solution] 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.0-0?! [12.Qe2! is the way to an advantage 12...Nc5 13.Ng3 Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 with very good attacking prospects] 12...Nc5 13.Nxd4 very tempting, but it doesn't work [13.Ng3 holds the balance 13...Qxf3 14.gxf3 Nxd3 15.cxd3=] 13...exd4 14.Rfe1+ Kd7 [14...Kd8! was the precise move. 15.Qg3 (15.Ba5+ b6 16.Qxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxb6+ Kd7 18.Bf5+ Kd6 19.Re8 Bg7-+) 15...Qb6µ] 15.Bf5+? losing on the spot [15.Qh5! only move to stay in the game 15...g6 16.Qg4+ Kc7 17.Qg3+ Bd6 18.Bg5!= was the point of Qh5,holding the equality] 15...Kc7-+ game over 16.Ba5+ b6 17.d6+ Bxd6 18.Qxa8 Qxf5 19.Qa7+ Bb7 20.Qxb6+ Kd7 0-1,and than at last the heavy loaded game file with 47305 latest entries.
Conclusion: There comes a time that you don’t need all that published paper material but simple go for these well made ChessBase Magazines!