Streamer in action
This article was published in New In Chess Magazine 2023#4 What would you play? Club players, test your decision-making skills! Streamers mostly work from home, but at times they also play in tournaments. To feel the excitement of in-person chess, meet fans and, of course, to keep streaming! Last April, I participated in the 2023 Reykjavik Open – a popular tournament that reserved a separate corner for a group of well-known streamers to share their live games with their fans. I was impressed to see how these professionals could focus on their games while staying in tune with the many chess enthusiasts in between the rounds. I have selected one of the games of Alexandra Botez, the popular American-Canadian streamer with more than a million followers, and created four exercises in which you can think along with her. It was a complex game, in which her opponent, Steven Wollkind, had to show active piece play to compensate for his damaged pawn structure. I hope you will enjoy these exercises175