ChessNetwork - A Chess Video Podcast

On June 30th, 2021 Abhimanyu Mishra became the youngest chess Grandmaster ever. He achieved this remarkable feat at the age of 12 years, 4 months, and 25 days. Mishra shattered a 19-year-old record held by Sergey Karjakin who earned the prestigious title at the age of 12 years, 7 months and 0 days. Additional he holds many other "youngest ever" titles for United States Expert, United States National Master, and International Master! Featured is Abhimanyu Mishra's round 9 game from a 10-round tournament in Hungary. Mishra actually earned his final prerequisite (3rd Grandmaster norm) for the Grandmaster title with a round to spare!

Featured in this video is the Round 1 game of the 2018 Grenke Chess Classic between Fabiano Caruana (white), and Magnus Carlsen (black). This is Caruana and Carlsen's first tournament encounter since learning they will both be competing in the 2018 World Chess Championship Match come November of 2018. Fabiano Caruana will play challenger to the defending World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. In this game Caruana opens with a non-confrontational setup that doesn't acheive any advantage as white, but rather some playable/normal position. Carlsen opts for a King's Indian Defense setup, with play beginning to sharp as early as move 12. We witness multiple structural imbalances, each side obtaining a majority, and an all important minor piece imbalance as well. Once the endgame arrives, and only one rook remains for each player, the quality of the pawns would be king.

One of the most famous king walk games in chess came from the encounter between Nigel Short and Jan Timman in 1991. How would Short reply when Timman opts for the atypical Alekhine's Defense? Could an enemy queen scare the king off his path? What conditions would be necessary for the king walk to be a success during an atypical phase of the game?