Understanding Middlegame Strategies Vol.2 - Practical Play by Ivan Sokolov

Understanding Middlegame Strategies Vol.2 - Practical Play by Ivan Sokolov

In this DVD, I have selected the material aiming to improve the viewer’s middlegame decision making process and broaden his/her middlegame understanding in general.

Language: English
System: Windows 7 or higher, Mac OS X (only download)
Delivery: Download
Level: Advanced, Tournament player, Professional

I have structured this DVD into 4 chapters: 1. What to trade, what to keep 2. The king on f8 defends himself 3. Open file 4. Creating crises Every chapter consists of model games displaying different aspects of the theme. The variety of games should give you enough insights to spot these strategies in your own practice.

• Video running time: 4 hours (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Extra: Database with more examples

Sample video

1. Introduction
2. What to trade what to keep
3. Game 1: Botvinnik-Donner
4. Game 2: Kasparov-Karpov
5. Game 3: Volokitin-Mamedyarov
6. Game 4: Ganguly-Nguyen
7. Game 5: Kasparov-Timman
8. Game 6: Carlsen-So
9. Game 7: Carlsen-Dreev
10. King on f8 defends itself
11. Game 1: Fischer-Hook
12. Game 2: Caruana-Naroditsky
13. Game 3: Van Foreest-Van der Lende
14. Game 4: Kasparov-Timman
15. Open file
16. Game 1: Kasimdzhanov-Li Chao
17. Game 2: Korchnoi-Bronstein
18. Game 3: Karjakin-Gelfand
19. Creating crises
20. Game 1: Galkin-Kramnik
21. Game 2: Korchnoi-Timman
22. Game 3: Swinkels-Sokolov
23. Game 4: Gurevich-Sokolov
24. Exercises
25. Exercise 1
26. Exercise 2
27. Exercise 3
28. Exercise 4
29. Exercise 5
30. Exercise 6
31. Exercise 7