A bulletproof repertoire for Black against 1.d4

Building a repertoire against 1.d4 with some of the best ChessBase authors:

Now let's imagine you want to build a repertoire against 1.d4. Then I would recommend you the following: Say, your opponent plays 1.d4, you reply with 1...Nf6 and then he goes 2.c4 and you reply with 2...e6. We reach the following position:

Let's begin with White's 3.Nf3. Here I would recommend you to play classical chess and go for 3...d5. In case you like to play the Bogo with 3...Bb4 I would recommend you to watch my one hour show "Let's Go with the Bogo". You need to be a ChessBase Account Premium Member for that. After 3...d5, White now has two possibilities 4.Nc3 or 4.g3

In case White goes for 4. Nc3 instead of 4.g3 then we have two recommendations for you. One is the solid 4...Be7 and the other is much more agressive 4...c6. Let's say you play 4....Be7.

There can be some days when you are in a must-win scenario and you want to play something aggressive. We would recommend you to enter the Semi-Slav territory with 4....c6.

If your opponent plays 5.Bg5 then you can go for the Botvinnik Variation starting with...

In case White doesn't go for 5.Bg5, but instead chooses 5.e3 then we are in the Semi-Slav territory:

Coming back to the 3rd move: If your opponent plays 3.Nc3 then my recommendation would be to play the Nimzo Indian with 3....Bb4

So there we have it! A full fledged repertoire against 1.d4. And you also have options at some points (QGD or Semi-Slav) which gives you good flexibility for the choice of your openings. And just look at the authors! Daniel King is a world class tutor and commentator. Peter Heine Nielsen is the second of Magnus Carlsen and prior to that Vishy Anand. Erwin l'Ami is the second of Anish Giri and Kasimdzhanov was the second of Anand and current second of Caruana! You are definitely learning your repertoire against 1.d4 from the best!

Here are the original costs of these products on ChessBase India:

1. Semi Slav by Peter Heine Nielsen - Rs. 1179

2. Beasty Botvinnik by Erwin l'Ami - Rs.1179

3. Powerplay 23+24 by Daniel King - Rs.2123

4. Powerplay 25 by Daniel King - Rs.1179

5. Lifetime Repertoire: Play the Nimzo by Kasimdzhanov - Rs.1179

Total amount comes to Rs.6839 but we offer it to you at Rs.5898/- (inclusive all taxes)

You get a solid repertoire against 1.d4 and you also save Rs. 941