Product Review: Master Class Vol. 17 - Boris Spassky Boris Spassky (30 January 1935 - 27 February 2025), the tenth World Champion in chess history, was a versatile player who could attack and defend and was equally at home in sharp and in quiet positions. The ChessBase Master Class on Boris Spassky presents and analyses his rich chess legacy. Eugene Manlapao took a look at the course and was surprised and impressed.
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Superbet Chess Classic: Deac and MVL score bounce-back wins The second round of the Superbet Chess Classic saw Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (pictured) and Bogdan-Daniel Deac bouncing back from first-round losses with victories over Wesley So and Levon Aronian, respectively. Vachier-Lagrave converted a very slightly favourable rook and knight endgame, while Deac prevailed in a long battle out of a Nimzo-Indian Defence. Alireza Firouzja is now the sole leader with 1½ points after drawing a tense, 55-move encounter against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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Sam Loyd, pioneer of an interesting endgame It is well known that the knight is a piece that cannot win/lose a tempo. The position you see on the board was a study by the great Samuel Loyd, published in 1860. Can you imagine what White (to play) must do to draw? The same theme appeared in a number of subsequent studies, and the very interesting ending of knight and rook pawn vs. bishop, has been analysed over the years. In this series GM Eftratios Grivas tells us how it all developed.
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Superbet Chess Classic: Firouzja beats MVL, So benefits from Deac's blunder The Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest got underway with a mixed set of results, as Alireza Firouzja and Wesley So emerged as early co-leaders following the first round. Firouzja's convincing win over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and So's fortunate victory against wildcard Bogdan-Daniel Deac set the pace, while the remaining games ended in draws. The all-Indian clash between Gukesh Dommaraju and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu provided plenty of excitement. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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