[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: This Week's ChessBase Show: Radjabov-Bu Xiangzhi

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
This Week's ChessBase Show: Radjabov-Bu Xiangzhi
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1211927993.shtml


   The show generally focuses on older games, in the hopes of bringing
   the great games of the past to new generations of chess players, but
   that doesn't mean I have anything against recent games! This week, in
   fact, we'll take a look at a very recent game: Teimour Radjabov's win
   over Bu Xiangzhi from this month's MTel Masters event in Sofia,
   Bulgaria.
   The game has a bit of everything: former prodigies who are now elite
   GMs facing off in a popular (but positionally grounded) line, a
   transition to a remarkable tactical moment too deep for many computers
   to handle, followed by an amusing and instructive endgame. It's a very
   smooth performance by Radjabov, demonstrating both his skill in
   positional play and his considerable tactical ingenuity. (It also
   serves to remind us that tactics are generally needed to subserve
   strategic goals.) And finally, it's a nice way to kick off a series of
   weeks on the game's new stars.
   I hope therefore to see all of you this Wednesday (tomorrow, as of
   this writing) at 9 p.m. ET. The show is free for playchess.com
   members, and you can find more information about watching in [1]this
   post.

References

   1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1114234449.shtml