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CKT 063: Kramnik in Top Form
Intermediate - Middle Game: From the game Arkady Naiditsch - Vladimir Kramnik, Dortmund 2009. Black plays and wins.
CKT 062: Remember Saavedra?
Difficult - Study: A very beautiful 1924 chess study by Troitsky. In this short video, Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk shows you how to solve it to the end, you will enjoy it for sure.
CKT 061: The weak link.
Difficult - Middle Game: From the game Alexandra Kosteniuk - Shen Yang, Beijing 2008. White plays and wins. True strategical thinking required.
CKT 060: Female Diversion.
Easy - Middle Game: From the game Jakob Rosanes vs. Adolf Anderssen, 1863. Black plays and wins.
CKT 059: Go home early
Intermediate - Opening: From the game Sangla - Karpov, 1968. Black plays and wins.
CKT 058: Don't hurry. Think!
Difficult - Study: A difficult study by Kubbel from 1925. White plays and wins. The goal is simple: mate the Black King or win the Black Queen. It's forced.
CKT 057: Unavoidable.
Easy - Middle Game: From the Book of Stamma, 1737. White plays and wins.
CKT 056: Close the Door.
Easy - Middle Game: Black plays and wins. From the game Romieux - Kosteniuk, Paris 2008.
CKT 055: Miracles almost happen.
Intermediate - Middle Game: A position from the game GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave against GM Alexandra Kosteniuk. What would have happened, had Maxime played 1. h8 = Q?
CKT 054: Two rooks vs one.
Intermediate - Study: A 1948 Study by WOTAWA, white plays and wins.
CKT 053: Energetic Teamwork
Intermediate - Middle Game: A key position from the game Aronian - Van Wely, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008. White plays and wins.
CKT 052: Caught from all Sides
Intermediate - Middle Game: From the game Klinger - Blatny, 1988, white plays and wins.
CKT 051: A Lesson in Geometry
Difficult - Study: Solution of Christmas Competition Position 3. Study by Troitzky, 1910. White plays and wins.
CKT 050: No Hesitation at all
Easy - Middle Game: Solution of Christmas Competition Position 2. Taken from a game Paulsen - Morphy, New York 1857. Find Black's next move.
CKT 049: Invincible Rook
Intermediate - Middle Game: Solution of Christmas Competition Position 1. End of game Steinitz - Van Bardeleben, Hastings 1895. White plays and wins.
CKT 048: How to Solve a Difficult Study
Difficult - Study: Grandmaster Kosteniuk tells you precisely her thinking process while solving a difficult chess study by Ryabinin. White plays and draws.
CKT 047: Only precision wins
Intermediate - Middle Game: A fragment of the World Blitz Championship Qualifyers GM Kosteniuk - GM Amonatov, Moscow 2007. White plays and wins.
CKT 046: Take the initiative
Intermediate - Middle Game: From the game Danielian - Kosteniuk, European Team Championships, Crete 2007. Black plays and wins.
CKT 045: Philidor in the R+B vs. R
Very Difficult - Endgame: The Philidor position is one of the key positions in which the stronger side wins in Rook + Bishop vs. Rook. It's useful to know about it in case you get that endgame in...
CKT 044: Try to go home early
Intermediate - Endgame: From the game Fressinet - Kosteniuk, Villandry 2007. Black to play and win. Variation missed during the game.
CKT 043: A Magnificent Royal Tango
Intermediate - Study: A 1926 Chess Study by Rinck, white plays and wins.
CKT 042: Surrealistic Cavalry
Very Difficult - Study: An amazing 1937 study by Korolkov, with an incredible final mating position. Watch and listen to Alexandra run you through the solution.
CKT 041: High Level of Preparation Required
Intermediate - Middle Game: From the game Radjabov - Anand of the 2006 Blitz World Championship, white wins in the Poisoned Pawn Sicilian Defence.
CKT 040: Give him a move
Easy - Problem: Mate in 3 chess problem by Galitsky. Prove to Black that he'd be better off without his pawns.
CKT 039: B + N vs. K
Difficult - Endgame: It's necessary for you to know how to mate with Bishop and Knight versus King, since that endgame will likely show up in your tournament practice. Alexandra shows you how.
CKT 038: Pure Pawn Masterpiece
Difficult - Study: Train your concentration skills by finding the forced 14-move line that wins for white. Chess Study by Grigoriev.
CKT 037: How does a Queen beat a Rook?
Easy - Endgame: Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk explains the way to win endgames with Queen versus Rook.
CKT 036: A Tough Nut to Crack
Very Difficult - Problem: A tough to solve mate in three chess problem. If you solve it in less than an hour, you're on your way to becoming a Grandmaster! Composed by Jiri Chocholous, 4th Pri...
CKT 035: Solve this Miniature
Intermediate - Study: You'll feel good after you solve this 1898 miniature chess study by Troitzky.
CKT 034: The Prodigal Son
Difficult - Problem: A mate in 6 chess problem delightful in its purity. Composed in 1910 by Nissl. Correction: Composed by Thomas Davidson (horizontal mirror) in Montreal Daily Witness, 1899....
CKT 033: Transatlantic Flight
Easy - Problem: White plays and mates in two moves. Chess Problem published in Musical World, 1860.
CKT 032: She can't hide
Difficult - Study: 1903 Study by Henri Rinck. White plays and wins. Beautiful and more complex examples of the Enfilade technique introduced in CKT 002.
CKT 031:Concrete Tactics Please
Intermediate - Middle Game: A position from the game Fressinet - Postny, Warsaw 2005, white plays and wins. Presented by Guest Star Laurent Fressinet.
CKT 030: Morphy's Immortal Game
Easy - Game: The Immortal 1858 Game between Paul Morphy and Duke Carl and Count Isouard.
CKT 029: Pawn Block
Easy - Problem: Chess problem, mate in two moves. Composed by Paul Morphy.
CKT 028: Can Mate in One be Tricky?
Intermediate - Retro: A tricky mate in one with a useful moral, presented by Guest Star Almira Skripchenko. Composed by Karl Fabel, New Statesman, 1963.
CKT 027: A Strategy Master Class
Difficult - Middle Game: Anatoly Karpov gives Unzicker a lesson in strategy of particularly high level. Find the best strategic plan for white.
CKT 026: Seven Steps to Nirvana
Difficult - Middle Game: End of the game Robert Fontaine - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Aix-les-Bains 2007. Black plays and mates in 7 moves. Presented by Guest Star Almira Skripchenko.
CKT 025: Try to do the Impossible.
Intermediate - Study: Should White resign or play on? 1922 Study by Kraemer.
CKT 024: Twice Quiet does it.
Difficult - Study: White plays and wins. 1927 Study by Leonid Kubbel.
CKT 023: Access Control.
Intermediate - Study: White plays and draws, 1947 Study by Chekhover.
CKT 022: Del Rio Theme.
Intermediate - Problem: Mate in three moves, Problem by Del Rio, 1750.
CKT 021: Logical Retro.
Difficult - Retro: A perfect example of Retrograde Analysis. On which square was the White Queen captured?
CKT 020: Unfortunate Mishap.
Easy - Opening: From the game Aronian - Radjabov, Monaco 2007. White just played 6. c4, how does Black continue?
CKT 019: Don't die Poisoned.
Intermediate - Middle Game: From a game Reshevsky - Najdorf. What happens after Black plays 1...Bxb2?
CKT 018: Fritz 10 Teaser.
Intermediate - Problem: Mate in 2 Chess Problem that Fritz 10 cannot solve. White plays and mates in 2 moves. Presented by Guest Star Almira Skripchenko.
CKT 017: Patience Pays.
Easy - Problem: Mate in 3 Problem by Carlo de Grandi. White plays and mates in 3 moves.
CKT 016: Pinned.
Easy - Middle Game: From the game Kosteniuk - Gaeva, Verdun 1995. White plays and wins .
CKT 015: Believe in Yourself.
Intermediate - Endgame: From the game Grischuk - J. Polgar, Biel 2007. Find a Drawing Plan for Black.
CKT 014: A Criminal Pawn.
Easy - Middle Game: From the game Onischuk - Carlsen, Biel 2007. Black plays and wins.
CKT 013: Anand - Van Wely.
Intermediate - Middle Game: From the game Anand - Van Wely, Monaco 2007. White plays and wins.
CKT 012: Unstoppable Pawn.
Intermediate - Study: Study by Schultz, 1941. White plays and wins.
CKT 011: Napoleon Bonaparte.
Easy - Middle Game: From a game Napoleon - General Bertrand, St. Helena 1818 White plays and wins.
CKT 010: The Saavedra Position.
Intermediate - Study: White plays and wins.
CKT 009: Book of Salvio 1604.
Intermediate - Study: White plays and wins.
CKT 008: Book of Stamma 1737.
Easy - Middle Game: White plays and wins.
CKT 007: All about 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6?
Easy - Opening: A refresher on what happens after 2...f6? Many more variations in the attached pgn file .
CKT 006: A Beautiful Chess Study by Kubbel.
Difficult - Study: You will certainly enjoy the solution to this chess study. Very instructive. White plays and wins.
CKT 005: The Philidor Position in R+P vs. R.
Easy - Endgame: It's important to know the Philidor Position which shows the easiest way to draw as the weaker side in R + P vs. R Black plays and draws.
CKT 004: Tough to see to the end.
Intermediate - Middle Game: This position was taken from a game between A. Kosteniuk and S. Cherednichenko, Szeged 1994. White plays and wins.
CKT 003: Two Brilliant Variations.
Intermediate - Middle Game: From a game DesChapelles - De Labourdonnais, Paris 1836 White plays and wins.
CKT 002: A useful technique called Enfilade.
Easy - Endgame: This position was taken from a 1737 chess book. White plays and wins.
CKT 001: Dangerous far-away Pin.
Easy - Middle Game: This position was taken from a game Carlsen - Leko, Dortmund 2007. White played Re3 Draw. What would have happened after Qxd6?
CKT 000: Podcast Introduction and Format.
The first episode of the CKT video podcast introduces you to the format of the podcast, and how you can view it. It features GM Alexandra Kosteniuk's talk about future episodes. Here's the new...