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EDITORIAL
Chess and marketing
It is no secret that chess does not belong to those
sports for which the TV companies are forming
a queue to obtain the transmission rights. In this
respect chess finds itself in the best of company,
for the same is true for most of the other “minor-
ity sports”. Everywhere where a sport is unable to
finance itself directly via spectator interest and
entry prices, it is obliged to rely on sponsors and
patrons, with sponsors expecting something in
return, namely publicity, and patrons giving their
money because of their interest in the sport.
Spectators demonstrate a great interest in in-
ternational top level chess, only they do not
do so directly where it is taking place and also
not via the classic media such as television. For
example, when in 1961 Botvinnik was playing
his return match against Michail Tal in the Es-
trada Theatre in Moscow, the hall was packed
full with approximately 1000 spectators. But the
WCh struggle between Anand and Kramnik in
Bonn in 2008 also attracted a large number of
spectators, which shows that even in these days
of the Internet, chess can still be sold to specta-
tors, as long as the conditions are right. How-
ever, even full venues are not enough to meet
the costs of a WCh match nowadays.
As we go to press, the new WCh match between
Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand has
not yet begun. There is, however, no need to be
a clairvoyant to predict that spectator interest
locally will not be, or will not have been, all that
great. Sochi is quite simply the wrong venue for
this WCh encounter, which would have been
better taking place in Oslo or in India. How-
ever: the Indian federation staged the last WCh
and this year the Norwegian federation had
already taken on the organisation of the chess
Olympiad. Both federations were obliged to
pass and there was no clamour from elsewhere
to organise it! In addition, this is now also the
third WCh match in three years. Even within
FIDE nobody knows how it came to pass that
the world championship was contested annually
in 2012, 2013 and 2014. When Kasparov turned
the lack of an organiser for the WCh match
into an issue for the election, Russia stood in
at short notice as an organiser. When required,
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov can still
always find money for chess there.
Nowadays it is no longer necessary to go to the
venue itself in order to be present at a chess
game. Everything is delivered free to one’s home
by internet. That allows one to spectate and at
the same time to discuss the games with other
chess lovers as they take place, something which
is not possible in the tournament hall. However,
that means that for a sponsor the spectators are
invisible. They are there, but you cannot see
them. The organisers in Sochi were reckoning on
a total of five million spectators on the internet
during the 12 games. Whether that number is
correct or whether it has been over-estimated is
something which is hard to check. In any case
a chess organiser has difficulties in document-
ing his spectator numbers to his sponsors. It is
sometimes argued that broadcasting on the in-
ternet is the reason why there are no spectators
attending chess events in person, but this point
of view is erroneous. The internet allows num-
bers of spectators which would otherwise be to-
tally unimaginable in chess. But anyone wanting
to attract spectators to come to the actual venue
must choose a location which many people
can actually get to. Moreover, the players have
absolutely no marketing problems. Anand and
Carlsen enjoy great popularity and in addition
to their income from chess have a series of extra
sources of revenue. Financially they are well off.
And so they should be when you consider the
wonderful chess which they so often show us.
Your André Schulz
ChessBase Magazine #163 | 3
ChEssbAsE MAgAzInE
COnTEnTs OF ThE DVD
TOP TOURnAMEnTs
Grand Slam Final Bilbao:
After a convincing start
Viswanathan Anand displayed good form. At the
end it was enough for a narrow victory ahead of
Levon Aronian. The Indian player has annotated his
games as White against Vallejo Pons. Other annota-
tions have been contributed by Havasi and Roiz.
European Cup Bilbao:
This time SOCAR won as
majestically as was to be expected. Michael Adams
played on board 3 for the winning team from
Azerbaijan. The English player has annotated for
us his game against Dreev. Edouard, Harikrishna,
Postny, Roiz, Sasikiran and Sutovsky were also in
Bilbao and have provided analyses of their own
games. There are further analyses and comments
by Havasi, Krasenkow, Meulders.
GP Baku:
On the first lap of the new Grand Prix
Fabiano Caruana at first continued his series of
successes, but after two defeats he finally had to
share first place in the tournament with Boris
Gelfand. Evgeny Tomashevsky was the only un-
defeated player. The Russian has provided us with
notes on his game against Radjabov. Other com-
ments have been provided by Havasi, Krasenkow,
Marin, Meulders, Postny, Roiz, Sagar Shah, Stohl,
Sumets and Szabo. Mihail Marin provides you
with a major openings survey. On the DVD you
will also find five daily summaries by Daniel King
recorded on video.
GP Tashkent:
Shortly after Baku eight of the
12 participants were on stage again, including
the two victors of the event in Baku. But in the
capital of Uzbekistan it was other players who
would make the running (though after two events
Caruana is leading the overall table). At first
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took the lead, but then
he got stuck on +1. After a long absence from
competitive play Dmitry Andreikin probably used
the competition in Baku as a warm-up, whilst in
Tashkent he now won the tournament outright.
The Russian has annotated for us his game against
Karjakin. There are further analyses from Ftacnik,
Gormally, Havasi, Krasenkow, Postny, Roiz, Sagar
Shah and Szabo; in addition you will also find five
daily summaries by Daniel King in video format.
OPEnIngs
(see also booklet from p. 9)
Illingworth:
Reti Opening
Kuzmin:
Volga/Benkö Gambit 8...Qa5
When gelfand lost
to Carlsen in zürich,
the variation became
popular. Alexey Kuz-
min shows you the
subtleties
Stohl:
Benoni Fianchetto Variation 5...b5
Karolyi:
Dutch Staunton Gambit
Havasi:
Modern Defence 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3
Krasenkow:
Sicilian 2.c3 d5
sergei Tiviakov is
reckoned to be a 2.c3
expert, but in Michal
Krasenkow’s repertoire
suggestion he has
more games with black
Sumets:
French Steinitz Variation
Antic:
French McCutcheon Variation
Müller:
King’s Gambit à la Quaade – Part 2
Gormally:
Queen’s Gambit Accepted 4.Nc3 – Part 1
Postny:
Grünfeld Defence 5.Bd2
Ukrainian Alexander
Moiseenko is repre-
sented by three games
in our author Evgeny
Postny’s grünfeld
article
Marin:
Nimzo-Indian 4.e3
Szabo:
King’s Indian 9.Ne1 Ne8
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DECEMbER/JAnUARy
bOOKLET
DVD COLUMns
Rogozenco: The Classic
In his classic video Dorian Rogozenco shows us
the game Lasker-Capablanca, St Petersburg 1914.
The reigning world champion was still able to de-
feat the future champion.
Reeh: Tactics – “Trades, tricks and triumphs”
Oliver Reeh’s article contains 28 games studded
with numerous training questions, and in addition
an introductory text and a video in interactive
format.
Müller: Endgames – “French Endgames”
Karsten Müller’s column contains two introduc-
tory texts, 30 annotated endgames, numerous
training questions and five classic video-clips. In
addition, the endgame expert has recorded in in-
teractive video format two. This time in the main
section he considers typical endgames which have
arisen after the French Defence.
Rogozenco: Strategy – “The positional
pawn sacrifice”
This time Dorian Rogozenco deals with positional
pawn sacrifices. In a video the grandmaster ex-
plains the basics, and then there are training ques-
tions to be answered.
Knaak: The Opening Trap
Rainer Knaak’s opening trap (including its Fritz-
trainer video) contains five recent traps.
Openings videos
(see also p. 25)
Williams: King’s Gambit
Marin: Queen’s Gambit
Marin: English
Bojkov: King’s Indian
Editorial
Contents
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4-5
Top tournaments
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European Cup, Grand Slam Final Bilbao
GP Baku, GP Tashkent
The creative baadur Jobava was convincing in Tashkent,
as was the future tournament winner Dmitry Andreikin
Openings
DVD articles introduced
Impressum
Tactics
Nine combinations to solve
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Complete booklet
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Overview
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Overview
of previous video openings articles
get an overview of some
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Endgames
Nine endgame exercises to solve
Openings videos introduced
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TOP TOURnAMEnTs
ThE OThER AnDREIKIn
Just one week after the end of the first FIDE
Grand Prix event in Baku (see right-hand page)
things continued in Tashkent, the capital of
Uzbekistan, for eight of the 12 performers with
the second Grand Prix. For some of them this
heavy workload seemed to bring about tired-
ness and the number of draws was on the high
level side at 71 %. The consequennce of this
was that the head of the field was an extremely
crowded place. After eight out of the eleven
rounds there were three players in the lead, An-
dreikin, Nakamura and Jobava, closely followed
by Vachier-Lagrave and Mamedyarov. Thus the
outcome was totally unclear.
The duel which decided the tournament came
about in the round 9 encounter between Jobava
and Andreikin. The Georgian, who is known for
his unconventional opening play, tried out one
of his Queen’s Pawn Games (1.d4 d5 2.¤c3),
nevertheless, he rapidly found himself biting on
the granite of Andreikin’s solid play and duly
lost an endgame in which he was a pawn behind.
Two draws in the final rounds were sufficient to
bring Andreikin a somewhat surprising tourna-
The win over baadur Jobava in round 9 smoothed
Dmitry Andreikin’s path to victory in the tournament
ment victory, because his pursuers, Nakamura
and Mamedyarov, were unable to achieve another
win. On the DVD the victor of Tashkent anno-
tates his win over Karjakin. It is remarkable how
differently the two Grand Prix tournaments ran
for Andreikin: second last in Baku with four loss-
es and then an undefeated first place. And things
turned out equally different for Boris Gelfand:
joint victory in Baku was followed here by a share
of last place. In the overall rankings in the Grand
Prix series it is Caruana who has taken the lead.
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