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CKT 063: Kramnik in Top Form
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - August 02, 2009 21:50 - 5 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIntermediate - Middle Game: From the game Arkady Naiditsch - Vladimir Kramnik, Dortmund 2009. Black plays and wins.
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CKT 062: Remember Saavedra?
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - July 21, 2009 16:03 - 5 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsDifficult - 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.
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CKT 061: The weak link.
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - May 28, 2009 14:22 - 4 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsDifficult - Middle Game: From the game Alexandra Kosteniuk - Shen Yang, Beijing 2008. White plays and wins. True strategical thinking required.
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CKT 060: Female Diversion.
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - May 27, 2009 09:31 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsEasy - Middle Game: From the game Jakob Rosanes vs. Adolf Anderssen, 1863. Black plays and wins.
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CKT 059: Go home early
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - May 26, 2009 13:27 - 3 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIntermediate - Opening: From the game Sangla - Karpov, 1968. Black plays and wins.
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CKT 058: Don't hurry. Think!
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - May 25, 2009 17:18 - 4 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsDifficult - 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.
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CKT 057: Unavoidable.
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - May 24, 2009 15:02 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsEasy - Middle Game: From the Book of Stamma, 1737. White plays and wins.
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CKT 056: Close the Door.
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - August 21, 2008 08:53 - 3 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsEasy - Middle Game: Black plays and wins. From the game Romieux - Kosteniuk, Paris 2008.
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CKT 055: Miracles almost happen.
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - July 20, 2008 04:12 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIntermediate - 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?
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CKT 054: Two rooks vs one.
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - July 08, 2008 23:08 - 4 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIntermediate - Study: A 1948 Study by WOTAWA, white plays and wins.
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CKT 053: Energetic Teamwork
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - March 17, 2008 03:46 - 3 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIntermediate - Middle Game: A key position from the game Aronian - Van Wely, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008. White plays and wins.
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CKT 052: Caught from all Sides
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - March 17, 2008 03:20 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIntermediate - Middle Game: From the game Klinger - Blatny, 1988, white plays and wins.
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CKT 051: A Lesson in Geometry
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - January 22, 2008 23:17 - 5 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsDifficult - Study: Solution of Christmas Competition Position 3. Study by Troitzky, 1910. White plays and wins.
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CKT 050: No Hesitation at all
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - January 22, 2008 14:10 - 3 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsEasy - Middle Game: Solution of Christmas Competition Position 2. Taken from a game Paulsen - Morphy, New York 1857. Find Black's next move.
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CKT 049: Invincible Rook
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - January 22, 2008 00:48 - 3 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIntermediate - Middle Game: Solution of Christmas Competition Position 1. End of game Steinitz - Van Bardeleben, Hastings 1895. White plays and wins.
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CKT 048: How to Solve a Difficult Study
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - January 16, 2008 23:38 - 10 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsDifficult - Study: Grandmaster Kosteniuk tells you precisely her thinking process while solving a difficult chess study by Ryabinin. White plays and draws.
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CKT 047: Only precision wins
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - December 01, 2007 16:15 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIntermediate - Middle Game: A fragment of the World Blitz Championship Qualifyers GM Kosteniuk - GM Amonatov, Moscow 2007. White plays and wins.
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CKT 046: Take the initiative
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - November 26, 2007 23:00 - 3 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIntermediate - Middle Game: From the game Danielian - Kosteniuk, European Team Championships, Crete 2007. Black plays and wins.
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CKT 045: Philidor in the R+B vs. R
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - October 26, 2007 18:53 - 4 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsVery 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 your tournament practice.
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CKT 044: Try to go home early
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - October 25, 2007 23:12 - 3 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIntermediate - Endgame: From the game Fressinet - Kosteniuk, Villandry 2007. Black to play and win. Variation missed during the game.
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CKT 043: A Magnificent Royal Tango
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - October 17, 2007 19:38 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIntermediate - Study: A 1926 Chess Study by Rinck, white plays and wins.
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CKT 042: Surrealistic Cavalry
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - October 04, 2007 23:22 - 4 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsVery Difficult - Study: An amazing 1937 study by Korolkov, with an incredible final mating position. Watch and listen to Alexandra run you through the solution.
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CKT 041: High Level of Preparation Required
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - September 30, 2007 19:53 - 3 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIntermediate - Middle Game: From the game Radjabov - Anand of the 2006 Blitz World Championship, white wins in the Poisoned Pawn Sicilian Defence.
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CKT 040: Give him a move
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - September 29, 2007 23:02 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsEasy - Problem: Mate in 3 chess problem by Galitsky. Prove to Black that he'd be better off without his pawns.
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CKT 039: B + N vs. K
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - September 26, 2007 00:05 - 5 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsDifficult - 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.
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CKT 038: Pure Pawn Masterpiece
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - September 15, 2007 23:30 - 6 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsDifficult - Study: Train your concentration skills by finding the forced 14-move line that wins for white. Chess Study by Grigoriev.
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CKT 037: How does a Queen beat a Rook?
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - September 14, 2007 23:43 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsEasy - Endgame: Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk explains the way to win endgames with Queen versus Rook.
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CKT 036: A Tough Nut to Crack
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - September 14, 2007 00:53 - 3 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsVery 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 Prize, Cesky Spolek Sachovni, 1895.
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CKT 035: Solve this Miniature
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - September 13, 2007 01:08 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIntermediate - Study: You'll feel good after you solve this 1898 miniature chess study by Troitzky.
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CKT 034: The Prodigal Son
Chess Killer Tips Video Podcast with Alexandra Kosteniuk - September 10, 2007 16:26 - 3 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 37 ratingsDifficult - 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.
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