A Super Grandmaster's Guide to Openings Vol.1 & 2 by Anish Giri
A Super Grandmaster's Guide to Openings Vol.1 & 2 by Anish Giri
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A Supergrandmaster's Guide to Openings Vol.1 & 2 by Anish Giri
WORLD CLASS CHESS TRAINING
Availaible from 18th April 2024
When you begin your journey of building an opening repertoire, how nice would it be to get a glimpse of what each opening looks like through the eyes of a super GM. It would help building your opening repertoire and understanding the vast world of chess openings. It is exactly with this thought that "A Supergrandmaster's Guide to Openings with Anish Giri” was made.
A Supergrandmaster's Guide to Openings Vol.1: 1.e4
This video course includes GM Anish Giri's deep insights and IM Sagar Shah's pertinent questions to the super GM. In Vol.1 all the openings after 1.e4 are covered. This includes the Ruy Lopez, Italian, Petroff, Scotch, French, Sicilian, Caro Kann, Pirc, Modern and much more. Along with explaining the nuances, each video also has a story, narrated by Anish, on the favourite game he played in that opening and his memories related to it. It is extremely valuable to hear the thoughts of a player who is currently considered one of the best opening experts in the world of chess. Getting this video course will elevate your knowledge of chess openings and will help you make informed decisions on how to go about building your opening repertoire. If you have always struggled with openings, this video course would be a perfect primer for the first phase of the game.
Sample from A super GM's guide to openings Vol.1
- Video running time: 3 h 19 minutes
- Extra: Training with ChessBase apps – Memorize the opening repertoire plus database with Games from Anish Giri
A Supergrandmaster's Guide to Openings Vol.2: 1.d4, 1.c4 and Sidelines
This video course includes GM Anish Giri's deep insights and IM Sagar Shah's pertinent questions to the super GM. While Vol.1 dealt with 1.e4, Vol.2 has all the openings after 1.d4 as well as 1.c4 and sidelines are covered. This includes the Queen's Gambit Accepted, Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav, Nimzo Complex, London System, English Opening, 1.b3, Bird's opening and more. Along with explaining the nuances, each video also has a story, narrated by Anish, on the favourite game he played in that opening and his memories related to it. It is extremely valuable to hear the thoughts of a player who is currently considered one of the best opening experts in the world of chess. Getting this video course will elevate your knowledge of chess openings and will help you make informed decisions on how to go about building your opening repertoire. If you have always struggled with openings, this video course would be a perfect primer for the first phase of the game.
Sample from A super GM's guide to openings Vol.2
- Video running time: 3 h 35 minutes
- Extra: Training with ChessBase apps – Memorize the opening repertoire plus database with Games from Anish Giri
- Works on both Windows and Mac with the Fritztrainer App
- Available as download
- Repertoire database: save and integrate Fritztrainer games into your own repertoire (in WebApp Opening or in ChessBase)
- Sample games as a ChessBase database.
- You can also stream this once you buy it at ChessBase's video portal.
Sample video Vol 01:
Sample video Vol 02:
Contents
- Introduction
- Fundamentals
- Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
- Italian Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5)
- Petroff Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
- Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4)
- Sicilian Defence (1.e4 c5)
- Repertoire Training (These openings in Sicilian have repertoire training, no videos): Najdorf for White and Black, Dragon for White and Black, Scheveningen for White and Black, Classical for White and Black, Sveshnikov/Kalashnikov for White and Black, Kan for White and Black, Closed Sicilian for White and Black, Alapin for White and Black, Rossolimo/Moscow for White and Black.
- French Defence (1.e4 e6)
- Caro Kann Defence (1.e4 c6)
- Alekhine/Scandinavian Defence (1.e4 Nf6/d5)
- Pirc/Modern/Philidor Defence (1.e4 d6/g6)
- Conclusion
A Supergrandmaster's Guide to Openings Vol.1: 1.e4
- Introduction
- Fundamentals
- Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
- Slav/Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6)
- Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6)
- Nimzo Indian Defence (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4)
- Grunfeld Defence (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5)
- King's Indian Defence (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7)
- Benoni/Benko (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5)
- London System and other systems (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4/Bg5 and 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4/Nf3)
- English Opening (1.c4)
- Reti System (1.Nf3)
- 1.b3 - Nimzo-Larsen Attack
- Conclusion
A Supergrandmaster's Guide to Openings Vol.2: 1.d4, 1.c4 and Sidelines
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