Latest Kosteniuk Podcast Episodes
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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