ChessBase Magazine 145 Highlights of the new issue: • Magnus Carlsen catches up with Vassily Ivanchuk at the Grand Slam Final to win the tiebreak. The Nor- wegian superstar comments on one of his wins against the magician from the Ukraine. • St. Petersburg wins European Cup 2011 ahead of SOCAR. Top-scorer Nikita Vitiugov analyses his two most important games. More annotated games by El- janov, Volokitin, Sutovsky, Bartel etc. • Peter Svidler wins the FIDE World Cup ahead of Grischuk and Ivanchuk, qualifies for the next Candid- ates Tournament. Lots of high-class games and an- notations by Judit Polgar, Fabiano Caruana, Vugar Gashimov and others. • 12 opening articles. For instance Igor Stohl: The direct 6.e5 in the Austrian Attack (Pirc B09), Evgeny Postny: 6.Bg5 – a pawn sacrifice in the Caro-Kann Panov Attack, Viktor Moskalenko: Radical discoveries in the French Advance Variation, Lubomir Ftacnik: Latest trends in the Semi Slav Marshall Gambit, Le- onid Kritz: French Defence with 3...dxe4, 4...Bd7 – a universal variation etc. Order ChessBase Magazine now ! • ChessBase Magazine 145 19.95 € Single copy (DVD + booklet) • ChessBase Magazine 99,70 € subscription for one year (6 issues, DVD + booklet) • ChessBase Magazine taster (three issues + bonus DVD!) 49,90 € Read ChessBase Magazine for 6 months for the special price of only 49.90 €. In addition you can choose a free Fritz Trainer DVD of your choice! Enjoy the carefully designed booklet of ChessBase Magazine 145: Top-class training in every issue • Move by Move: making use of a beautiful game, Grandmaster Daniel King challenges his readers. In selected positions it is your move and the author awards points for your solutions and provides feedback! • Tactics: Bundesliga player IM Oliver Reeh selects nice tactical exercises from the latest tournaments and you can see how you measure up against the clock. In addition, on a video the author offers you a deeper insight into the way combinations arise and how to find them. • Strategy: Grandmaster Peter Wells’ column is regularly praised by international reviewers for its originality and quality. • Endgames: Hamburg Grandmaster Karsten Müller is acclaimed worldwide as one of the greatest experts in the endgame. In his contributions he analyses the most interesting endgames of the previous two months and presents the games in video format. • The opening trap: Editor in chief and Grandmaster Rainer Knaak presents a subtle opening trap in every issue..