Simon Williams: The Torre Attack

Simon Williams: The Torre Attack

The Torre Attack is an extremely effective way of taking your opponent into an uncomfortable situation right from move one. White plays three simple moves 1 d4 2 Nf3 and 3 Bg5, avoiding a lot of dangerous variations that Black can often play against 1 d4 and 2 c4. This opening is perfect for players who do not have unlimited time to memorise hours and hours of theory. In this DVD, GM Simon Williams shows you how to play this opening in an aggressive yet simple way. Concentrating on learning being fun yet effective. The Torre Attack works perfectly against most systems and will be a perfect accompanying DVD to the London System or Colle.

• Video running time: 7 hours (English)

• With interactive training including video feedback

• Exclusive database with model games

• Including CB 15 Reader

Simon Williams became a IM in 1998 and a GM in 2008. For the last 15 years he has concentrated on teaching, playing and making instructional chess DVDs. His playing style is very aggressive, preferring attacking chess to positional grinds, hence why he is perfect for DVDs on the King’s Gambit and Mazing Moves! He is the author

of numerous chess books. My first chess book. ‘Play the Classical Dutch’ got voted, in New in Chess, as one of the top 10 chess books of all time.

System requirements:

Minimum: Pentium-PC 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows 7, DirectX9 graphic card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9 and internet connection for program activation Recommended: PC Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX10 graphic card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or better, Windows Media Player 11 and internet connection for program activation

1. 01: Introduction - Video analysis [27:07]
2. 02: Typical ideas against the Nimzo - Video analysis [20:46]
3. 03: Typical ideas against the KID and Grunfeld Setup - Video analysis [20:52]
4. 04: Move order of this DVD - Video analysis [02:54]
5. 05: When to play the Colle and when the Torre - Video analysis [07:34]
6. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5
7. 01: 3...h6 4.Bh4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.Bxf6 - A simple plan - Izeta Txabarri,F - Vehi Bach,V [12:09]
8. 02: 3...c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.exd4 b6 7.c3 Bb7 8.Bd3 d6 9.Bxf6 - Aggressive against the Nimzo with c5 - Miladinovic,I - Popov,S [17:42]
9. 03: 3...c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nbd2 d6 9.c3 0-0 10.a4?! - a4-a5 plan - Cifuentes Parada,R - Dias,I [09:54]
10. 04: 3..c5 4.e3 b6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3 0-0 8.Bxf6 - Black doesn't capture on d4 - Ivanchuk,V - Aronian,L [13:34]
11. 05: 3...c5 4.e3 b6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3 0-0 8.h4/Qc2/0-0- Another attacking idea - Nikolic,Z - Nikolic,P [08:06]
12. 06: 3...c5 4.d5 exd5 - Cicak,S - Timman,J [12:42]
13. 07: 3...c5 4.d5 Qa5+ - Vazquez Igarza,R - Baklan,V [09:51]
14. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5
15. 01: 3...Bg7 4.Nbd2 0-0 5.c3 d5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Re8 8.0-0 e5 - Jussupow,A - Shirov,A [23:10]
16. 02: 3...Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.0-0 c5 8.c3 b6 9.a4 - Setup with c5 a positional approach - Shimanov,A - Martinez Duany,L [12:30]
17. 03: 3...Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 b6 8.Qe2 Bb7 9.h4 - Setup with c5 The Harry attack - Vachier Lagrave,M - Ju Wenjun [16:24]
18. 04: 3...Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 b6 7.c3 0-0 8.Bd3 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Qe2 - Harry again - Mamedyarov,S - Svidler,P [10:48]
19. 05: 3...Bg7 4.Nbd2 0-0 5.c3 d6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qe2 - Setup with d6 and c5 - Adhiban,B - Safarli,E [17:56]
20. 06: 3...Bg7 4.Nbd2 0-0 5.c3 d6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qe2 - Setup with d6 and c5 - Van Wely,L - Bok,B [09:57]
21. 07: 3...Ne4!? 4.Bh4 Bg7 5.e3 - A Quick Ne4 - Bartholomew,J - Petersson,B [16:37]
22. Quick d5
23. 01: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.c3 cxd4/0-0 - Black plays with d5 - Kogan,A - Olsen,M [27:47]
24. 02: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nbd2 Be7/Nbd7 - Black plays with d5 - Tseitlin,M - Palac,M [11:39]
25. Other setups
26. 01: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nbd2 Qxb2 - Black grabs on b2 - Yusupov,A - Gunnarsson,J [13:57]
27. 02: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d6 5.e4 h6 6.Bh4 g6 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.c3 - Black plays h6 and g5 - Gelfand,B - Radjabov,T [13:03]
28. 03: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 - An annoying move order - Carlsen,M - Xiong,J [13:59]
29. 04: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5/c6/e6/Nf6 - Can you still play the Torre? - Kramnik,V - Giri,A [22:40]
30. Test Section
31. 01: Test 1 [07:42]
32. 02: Test 2 [06:55]
33. 03: Test 3 [02:42]
34. 04: Test 4 [05:02]
35. 05: Test 5 [05:24]
36. 06: Test 6 [03:00]
37. 07: Test 7 [03:29]
38. 08: Test 8 [01:55]
39. 09: Test 9 [03:12]
40. 10: Test 10 [04:54]
41. 11: Test 11 [03:35]
42. 12: Test 12 [03:23]
43. Training
44. In this section you can practice The Torre Attack with ChessBase tools.
45. Openings-Trainer: The links below open up a repertoire in the Openings app. You're able to practice the repertoire Simon Williams recommends on this FritzTrainer
46. Tactics: A further database with typical tactics positions from Torre games will sharpen your tactical instinct even more. Torre Tactics
47. Extra Games: Play through the different games to see how the opening is played in practice. Extra Games
48. Fritz: In the Fritz App you can play different Torre Attack setups against the computer. You can set different levels and play out ideas to practice resulting middlegame positions.