Chess Informant - Issue 164

Chess Informant - Issue 164CHESS INFORMANTS 164th ADVENTURE ***Freestyle!*** Presents 300 pages of the very best in chess: FIDE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 2025 by WIM Jovana Srdanovi 25th EUROPEAN WOMEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP by GM Mikhail Bryakin 4th MENORCA OPEN tournament report by GM Milo Perunovi FISCHER RANDOM CHESS Magnus Carlsen Triumphs in Paris: A New Chapter in Freestyle Chess by FM Ivan Marti THE APPEAL OF BEAUTY, instructive lecture by GM Michael Prusikin STATE

After a quick look at some Tal and Morphy classics

even if the reader finds that the engine assesses a position in White’s favor

IM Martin recommends meeting the Queens Gambit by accepting it

Is this sheer black magic

We will tackle opening principles

but also learn about their exceptions

White often gains a broad pawn center with 3

Caro-Kann Defense – Panov Attack

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Larry will examine all movements that have effects on the enemy king's positions such as The power of Queen centralizing Power of a Knight on e7

Other topics include:

(Because it’s fun and easy)