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Erwin l’Ami: The Tarrasch Defence - A complete repertoire against 1.d4, 1.c4 and 1.Nf3

Erwin l’Ami: The Tarrasch Defence - A complete repertoire against 1.d4, 1.c4 and 1.Nf3

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Are you looking for an active defence against 1.d4? Look no further! The Tarrasch Defence (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5) is one of Black’s most ambitious ways to meet 1.d4. No wonder that World Champions Boris Spassky and Garry Kasparov played it!


The opening is characterized by an immediate fight for the centre and active piece play. Grandmaster Erwin l’Ami knows the Tarrasch Defence well and has played it successfully with both colours. On this DVD l’Ami reveals many new ideas that have never been seen in tournament practice. In an extensive strategy section he also shows the typical ideas behind this opening. A must-have for ambitious tournament players!

• Video running time: 7 hours (English)
• With interactive training incuding video feedback
• Extra: database with extensive analysis and model games
• Including CB Reader

Sample video

  1. 01: Welcome [01:00]
  2. 02: Introduction [07:41]
  3. 03: The Right Exchange [16:21]
  4. 04: Structure vs Activity [16:51]
  5. 05: Changing the Pawn Structure [09:01]
  6. 06: The Squeeze [21:51]
  7. 07: The Exchange Sacrifice on e3 [10:43]
  8. Chapter 2: 6.g3 and 9.Bg5
  9. 01: 9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.b3 Qa5 - Video notation [15:19]
  10. 02: 9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.b3 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Na4/Rc1 - Video notation [14:15]
  11. 03: 9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.b3 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.bxc4 dxc4 15.e3 Qa5/Rc8 - Video notation [14:52]
  12. 04: 9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.b3 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.bxc4 dxc4 15.e3 c5 - Video notation [17:12]
  13. 05: 9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.Nxc6 - Video notation [01:25]
  14. 06: 9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.e3 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.f4 Ne7 - Video notation [09:01]
  15. 07: 9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.e3 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.f4 Bxe5 - Video notation [06:24]
  16. 08: 9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.f4 - Video notation [10:05]
  17. Chapter 3: 6.g3 and 9.dxc5
  18. 01: 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Na4 Be7 11.Be3 Bg4 12.h3/Bc5/Nc5 - Video notation [08:26]
  19. 02: 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Na4 Be7 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Rc1 - Video notation [07:09]
  20. 03: 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Bxf6 - Timman variation - Video notation [07:19]
  21. 04: 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Ne4 - Video notation [12:17]
  22. 05: 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.a3/b3 - Video notation [17:00]
  23. 06: 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bf4 - Video notation [05:07]
  24. 07: 9.b3/Be3/e3/Bf4 - Video notation [12:40]
  25. Chapter 4: 6.dxc5
  26. 01: 6...d4 7.Na4 Bxc5 8.Nxc5 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Rc1 - Video notation [10:27]
  27. 02: 6...d4 7.Na4 Bxc5 8.Nxc5 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qc5 10.b4 - Video notation [06:25]
  28. 03: 6...d4 7.Na4 Bxc5 8.Nxc5 Qa5 9.Qd2 Qc5 10.e3 - Video notation [07:40]
  29. 04: 6...d4 7.Na4 Bxc5 8.Nxc5 Qa5 9.Qd2 Qc5 10.a3 - Video notation [09:53]
  30. 05: 5.dxc5 - Video notation [08:19]
  31. Chapter 5: Other Lines and Theoretical Overview
  32. 01: 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 - Video notation [04:34]
  33. 02: 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e4 - Video notation [08:44]
  34. 03: 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 and 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 - Video notation [14:10]
  35. 04: 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.a3/Bg5 - Video notation [09:04]
  36. 05: 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qc2 - Video notation [06:47]
  37. 06: 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.e3 - Video notation [09:35]
  38. 07: 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 - Video notation [08:59]
  39. 08: Theoretical Overview [08:11]
  40. Chapter 6: Games
  41. 01: Taimanov,M - Spassky,B [09:39]
  42. 02: Petrosian,T - Spassky,B [13:53]
  43. 03: Tal,M - Keres,P [07:15]
  44. 04: Polugaevsky,L - Pfleger,H [09:46]
  45. 05: Forgacs,L - Tarrasch,S [10:58]
  46. Chapter 7: Test section
  47. 01: Test 1 - Koneru,H - Zhukova,N [01:06]
  48. 02: Test 2 - Mory,E - Efimov,I [02:27]
  49. 03: Test 3 - Onischuk,A - Graf,A [02:11]
  50. 04: Test 4 - Zhao,X - Petrosian,T [02:22]
  51. 05: Test 5 - Berkes,F - Petrosian,T [01:32]
  52. 06: Test 6 - Schussler,H - Petursson,M [01:59]
  53. 07: Test 7 - Kagramanianz,V - Vysochin,S [01:39]
  54. 08: Test 8 - Andersson,U - Ricardi,P [02:23]
  55. 09: Test 9 - Tadic,B - Dobrev,N [01:48]
  56. 10: Test 10 - Antic,D - Kotronias,V [02:25]
  57. 11: Outro [01:45]

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