Celebrating 85 Years Tata Steel Tournament

Every winter, the world's strongest chess players and most promising chess prodigies travel to a small seaside village in the Netherlands to immerse themselves for two weeks in chess and chess only. Usually, the World Champion is there, vying for victory. Garry Kasparov won three times, Vishy Anand won five times, and Magnus Carlsen won a record eight times.

Nach dem großen Erfolg des ersten Buches zum Modell der vier Spielertypen enthält dieser Folgeband außer gezielten Aufgaben auch allgemeine schachliche Fragen wie beispielsweise: Berechnen Sie lieber konkrete Varianten oder treffen Sie Ihre Entscheidungen eher intuitiv? Haben Sie ein gutes Gespür für Harmonie und Koordination?

Opening Repertoire

The Tarrasch Variation of the Queen’s Gambit Declined is a fierce counter-attacking line arising after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5. In this variation Black gains free and easy piece play but in return usually has to accept the structural weakness of an Isolated Queen’s Pawn (IQP). In the early development of chess theory this line was somewhat frowned upon due to the vulnerability of the IQP. However, Siegbert Tarrasch, after whom the opening is named, famously declared that, “he who fears an Isolated Queen’s Pawn should give up chess”.