Fritztrainer
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Middlegame Secrets Vol.4 - The Secret Lives of Knights
Jan Markos
Knights add irrational content to any position. However, in this video tutorial you will learn how to tame them.
We will focus on how to create an outpost for a Knight and how to maneuver with this piece to get maximum activity from it. We will talk about the knight’s soul mates: the queen and the passed pawn. We will also focus on positions where knights are vulnerable or hopelessly passive: typically when they are behind the pawn chains.
- Video running time: 4 h 39 minutes
- Extra: Training with ChessBase apps – Play-positions against Fritz on various levels
Contents
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Knight dominating the Bishop
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Knight dominating the Bishop 1: Van Wely vs Karjakin, Wijk aan Zee 2012
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Knight dominating the Bishop 2: Navara vs Caruana, Reggio Emilia 2010
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Knight dominating the Bishop 3: Anand vs Van Wely, Wijk aan Zee 2001
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Knight dominating the Bishop 4: Navara vs Hracek, Ostrava 2010
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Knight dominating the Bishop 5: Markos vs Gustafsson, Graz 2010
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Passed Pawn 1: Markos vs Korchnoi, Pulvermuehle 2006
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Passed Pawn 2: Carlsen vs Karjakin, Wijk aan Zee 2012
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Passed Pawn 3: Spassky vs Petrosian, Wch Moscow 1969
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Knight behind the Pawn Chain
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Knight behind the Pawn Chain 1: Cheparinov vs Stellwagen, Amsterdam 2005
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Knight behind the Pawn Chain 2: Gelfand vs Morozevich, Moscow 2014
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Knight behind the Pawn Chain 3: Antal vs Markos, Pardubice 2007
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Knight Behind the Pawn Chain 4: Naiditsch vs Timman, Dortmund 2002
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Restricting the Knight
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Restricting the Knight 1: Swiercz vs Idani, Maribor 2012
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Restricting the Knight 2: Yu Yangyi vs Ju Wenjun, Gibraltar 2017
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Restricting the Knight 3: Aronian vs Naiditsch, Karlsruhe 2018
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Restricting the Knight 4: Markos vs Kulhanek, Czech Team Championship 2009
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Restricting the Knight 5: Kasparov vs Shirov, Horgen 1994
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Outposts 1: Larsen vs Svidler, Bad Homburg 1998
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Outposts 2: Ding Liren vs Grischuk, Ekaterinburg 2021
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Outposts 3: Nijboer vs Harikrishna, Wijk aan Zee 2001
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Outposts 4: Markos vs Sluka, Czech Team Championship 2014
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Outposts 5: Karjakin vs Fedoseev, World Cup 2021
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The Art of Spotting Outposts
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The Art of Spotting Outposts 1: Kramnik vs Ribli, Groningen 1993
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The Art of Spotting Outposts 2: Markos vs Caletka, Slovak Team Championship 2017
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The Art of Spotting Outposts 3: Smyslov vs Zuidema, Hamburg 1965
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The Art of Spotting Outposts 4: Bacrot vs Tiviakov, Wijk aan Zee 2006
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The Art of Spotting Outposts 5: Bobotsov vs Petrosian, Lugano 1968
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Position 4 (against a bad Knight)
