The Amazing Albin Counter-Gambit by Lawrence Trent

The Albin Counter-Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5!?) has been a favourite of Grandmasters and amateur players alike since it was popularised by Adolf Albin in the 1890s. This hyper-aggressive system, which immediately sets out to destabilise White’s position, had a renaissance in the mid-2000s when none other than GM Alexander Morozevich revitalised the opening with a number of fresh ideas and excellent results.

Over the past decade though, the consensus among Grandmasters was that White had found several ‘antidotes’ to the Morozevich setup. However, upon further inspection, not only do I believe the opening is completely sound, but that a number of leading theoreticians may have overestimated White’s chances at achieving a serious advantage. In fact, as this DVD will show, I believe that it is White who has to take extreme care not to stand worse out of the opening, and that I have found a number of extremely dangerous Theoretical Novelties which will truly put the Albin Counter-Gambit back on the map.

• Video running time: 5 h 05 min(English)
• With interactive training incuding video feedback
• Extra: exclusive database with more than 50 model games
• Including CB Reader

Contents:

1. 01: Introduction analysis [07:56]
2. Chapter 1: Sidelines
3. 02: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3rd Move Alternatives analysis [21:45]
4. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
5. 03: 4.e3 analysis [12:38]
6. 04: 4.e4 analysis [22:59]
7. 05: 4.a3 analysis [21:53]
8. Chapter 2: 5.g3
9. 07: 5.g3 Introduction analysis [02:10]
10. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nge7 6.Bg2 Ng6
11. 08: 7.Bf4 analysis [09:36]
12. 09: 7.Bg5 analysis [17:43]
13. 10: 7.Qa4 analysis [08:39]
14. 11: 7.0-0 analysis [17:23]
15. Chapter 3: 5.Nbd2
16. 12: 5. Nbd2 Introduction analysis [07:23]
17. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Nge7 6.Nb3 Nf5
18. 13: 7.e4 analysis [11:27]
19. 14: 7.a3 Be7 8th Move Alternatives analysis [12:34]
20. 15: 7.a3 Be7 8.g3 analysis [06:43]
21. Chapter 4: 5.a3
22. 16: 5.a3 Introduction analysis [04:21]
23. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 Nge7 6.b4 Ng6 7.Bb2 a5 8.b5 Ncxe5
24. 17: 9.Bxd4 analysis [10:23]
25. 18: 9.Qxd4 analysis [06:17]
26. 19: 9.Nbd2 analysis [08:15]
27. 20: 9.Nxe5 with 14.Nc3 and 14.0-0 analysis [21:08]
28. 21: 9.Nxe5 with 14.f4 (mainline) analysis [18:11]
29. 22: Albin Outro [04:23]