The Barry Attack by IM Andrew Martin

The Barry Attack by IM Andrew Martin

Not quite a London System and not quite a Veresov. The unusually named ‘Barry Attack‘ lies somewhere between the two. Yet another challenging queen pawn system that Black has to prepare for. In fact, the ’Barry Attack’ had roots as early as 1922, when Tartakower experimented with what was then an unknown opening, but didn’t really take off until the late 1970’s and 1980’s, when a whole series of strong players such as Niaz Murshed and several English masters started to win game after game with it.

On this new ChessBase video course, FIDE Senior Trainer and IM Andrew Martin gets you ready to play the Barry in your own games. Players under 2200 will benefit the most. It turns out that after 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 Nc3!? d5 4 Bf4 Bg7, White has no less than four dangerous moves, 5 e3, 5 Qd2, 5 Nb5 and 5 h3, all of which are considered here. Your final choice will be a question of taste. The Barry Attack has developed into a winning weapon, which even world-class Grandmasters use in the modern day. In this ChessBase video course, you are going to find what the Barry is all about.

• Video running time: 5 hours (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Extra: Training with ChessBase apps - Memorize the opening repertoire and play key positions against Fritz on various levels

Sample video

1. Introduction
2. Overview
3. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7
4. 5.e3 0-0 6.Be2 b6
5. 5.e3 0-0 6.Be2 c5
6. 4...c6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Be2 Bg4
7. 5.e3 0-0 6.Be2 c5
8. 5.Qd2 0-0 6.Bh6 c5
9. 5.h3 0-0 6.e3 c5
10. 5.e3
11. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3
12. 5...0-0 6.Be2 b6 7.Ne5 Bb7
13. 5...0-0 6.Ne5 c5 7.Be2 Nc6
14. 5...0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.Ne5 Be6
15. 5...0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.0-0 cxd4
16. 5...0-0 6.Be2 b6 7.Ne5 Bb7
17. 4...c6 5.e3 Bg7 6.h3 0-0 7.Be2 Qb6
18. 5...0-0 6.Be2 Bg4
19. 4...c6 5.e3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Bg7
20. 5...0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5
21. 5...0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Nd2 Qxc5
22. 5...0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Nd2 Ne4
23. 5.Qd2
24. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Qd2
25. 5...0-0 6.Bh6 c5 7.Bxg7 Kxg7 8.dxc5 Nc6
26. 5...Ne4 6.Nxe4 dxe4 7.Ne5 Be6 8.e3 Nd7
27. 5...Ne4 6.Nxe4 dxe4 7.Ne5 Be6
28. 5...0-0 6.Bh6 Ne4 7.Nxe4 dxe4
29. 5...Ne4 6.Nxe4 dxe4 7.Ne5 Nd7
30. 5...0-0 6.Bh6 Ne4 7.Qe3 Nxc3
31. 5...h6 6.h3 c6 7.e3 Bf5
32. 5.Nb5
33. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nb5
34. 5...Na6 6.e3 0-0 7.Be2 b6
35. 5...Na6 6.e3 0-0 7.h3 c6
36. 5...Na6 6.e3 c6 7.Nc3 Nc7
37. 5...Na6 6.e3 c6 7.Nc3 0-0
38. 5...Na6 6.e3 0-0 7.Be2 c6
39. 5...Na6 6.e3 c6 7.Nc3 Nc7
40. 5...Na6 6.Be5 0-0 7.e3 c6
41. 5...Na6 6.a4 0-0 7.c3 c6
42. 5.h3
43. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.h3
44. 5...0-0 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 Nc6
45. 5...0-0 6.e3 b6 7.Nb5 Na6
46. Outro
47. Exercises
48. Description
49. Exercise 01
50. Exercise 02
51. Exercise 03
52. Exercise 04
53. Exercise 05
54. Exercise 06
55. Exercise 07
56. Exercise 08
57. Exercise 09
58. Exercise 10

System: Windows 7 or higher, Mac OS X (only download)