ChessBase DVD-ROM und Heft, Deutsch / Englisch, 2010

Das ChessBase Magazin startet mit drei ganz unterschiedlichen Turnierhighlights in das Jahr 2010.
Der World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk wurde wieder als K.-o.-Turnier mit 128 Teilnehmern ausgetragen und sah mit Boris Gelfand einen Sieger, der seine ganze Routine und Nervenstärke gegen die fast durchweg jüngere Konkurrenz in die Waagschale warf.
Beim London Chess Classic entwickelte sich in einem Rundenturnier mit 3-Punkte-Regelung ein Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen zwischen Carlsen und Kramnik, das die neue Nummer Eins der Welt für sich entscheiden konnte.
Und im türkischen Bursa feierte Russland trotz eines frühen Ausrutschers die Titelverteidigung als Mannschafts-Weltmeister vor den zwischenzeitlich führenden USA.

Inhalt :
Introductory videos
FIDE World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk
128 players were in the starting blocks for the FIDE World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk in Russia. The tournament was once more played in KO mode and thus promised many surprises and a whole host of exciting games. In every round, two normal games were followed by rapid and, if required, blitz games in order to get a decision. After 24 strength-sapping days, the finalists Boris Gelfandand Ruslam Ponomariov took their places on a large stage in front of a lot of empty seats and went on to decide the tournament finally in the blitz chess games. The happy victor of this duel, Boris Gelfand, thus celebrated in Khanty Mansiysk one of the greatest successes in his long career.
World Cup - Theoretical survey
Sergey Karjakin
Eliminated in the semi-final
Karjakin,S - Mamedyarov,S
Wesley So
Favorite killer
So,W - Guseinov,G
Ivanchuk,V - So,W
Gashimov,V - Caruana,F
London Chess Classic
Carlsen-Kramnik
One of the absolute high points on this DVD is the inclusion of excerpts from the press conferences, in which the actors themselves reviewed their games. There is at least one commentary for every day in Fritztrainer format (audio). This amounts to a total of more than 6.5 hours of analysis and commentary. You will find the complete collection here. However, the supremely important one is Magnus Carlsen’s analysis of his victory over Kramnik.In his conversation with the English IM Lawrence Trent we learn more than just a host of things about the key moments in the game. All the way through there are very entertaining moments which show the engaging character of the young Norwegian. Click on the picture on the left to start Magnus Carlsen’s analysis.
World Champion again:
The Russian team
World Team Championship in Bursa
Move by Move
From the opening trap to the endgame study
Opening Surveys
Marin: Alekhine Defence B04