4/27/2020 – All games start with the opening but learning an opening can be difficult. After all, there's a reason why top grandmasters spend hours to develop and to refine their opening repertoire and why opening books are so popular. But on her new DVD the Canadian WGM Qiyu Zhou makes things easier and shows how you can master the basic principles of the opening without studying and memorizing endless variations.
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Starting out in chess is difficult, and this DVD aims to reduce that stress. Designed for beginner levels in openings, a brief introduction to the reasons we play some of the most common moves in popular openings like the Spanish and Sicilian is given.
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Understanding the ideas behind common openings
Qiyu Zhou about her DVD:
"Designed for beginner levels in openings, I hope to give a brief introduction to the reasons we play some of the most common moves in popular openings like the Spanish and Sicilian. Focusing exclusively on the two most popular first moves, 1. e4 and 1.d4 openings, this DVD can be used for both white and black. Aside from covering specific variations, I have also included the basic rules of openings we should all follow, such as controlling the center, developing towards the center, and much more!"
Content
Introduction
Intro
Intro to development
Intro to center
Why you don’t move the queen a million times
Intro to king safety
Don’t neglect development
Why you should put development first
Pawn or development
Please develop!
How do we get a strong center?
Space with IQP (isolated queen pawn)
Control of center and then attack on flank
Another way of preventing castling
Open Games
Fried Liver Attack
Italian Game
Italian Game – Pianissimo
Spanish Basics
Spanish Basics 2
Spanish - Chigorin with d5
Spanish - Breyer
Spanish - 5.d3 - Intro
Spanish - Berlin Defence
Spanish - 5.d3
Spanish - 5.d3 d6
Spanish - 5.d3 b5
Semi-Open Games
Caro-Kann 1
Caro-Kann 2
French
French exchange variation
French advance variation
Sicilian
Introduction
Dragon - Intro
Dragon
Dragon - 9.Bc4
Dragon - 9.0-0-0
Dragon - 9.0-0-0 d5 10.Qe1
Dragon - 9.0-0-0 d5 10.exd5
Sveshnikov
Closed and Semi-Closed Games
Introduction
Queen's Gambit Declined 1
Queen's Gambit Declined 2
Queen's Gambit Declined 3
Semi-Slav
Nimzo-Indian Defence 1
Nimzo-Indian Defence 2
Nimzo-Indian Defence 3
Nimzo-Indian Defence 4
Queen's Indian Defence
Conclusion
Conclusion 1
Conclusion 2
Conclusion 3
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Video running time: 5 hours 50 minutes
Extra: Further Training chapter with repertoire feature
With interactive training including video feedback
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WGM Qiyu Zhou, born in 2000, is a Canadian chess player who has competed for team Canada at the Women’s Chess Olympiad since 2014 and who won the Canadian women’s championship in 2016. | Photo: Alina L'Ami
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€ 29,90
ISBN: 978-3-86681-757-9
EAN 9 783866 81757-9
Available: 24th April 2020
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System requirements:
Minimum: Pentium III 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 7 / 8 or 10, DirectX10 graphic card (or compatible) with 512 MB
RAM or better, 100% DirectX10 compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVDROM drive and internet connection for program activation.
London System PowerBase 2026 is a database and contains in all 11 285 games from Mega 2026 and the Correspondence Database 2026, of which 282 are annotated.
The London System Powerbook 2026 is based on more than 410 000 games or game fragments from different opening moves and ECO codes; what they all have in common is that White plays d4 and Bf4 but does not play c4.
In this course, Grandmaster Elisabeth Pähtz presents the London System, a structured and ambitious approach based on the immediate Bf4, leading to rich and dynamic positions.
Opening videos: Open Spanish (Sipke Ernst) and Classical Sicilian (Nico Zwirs). Endgame Special by Igor Stohl: ‘Short or long side’ – where should the defending king be placed in rook endgames? ‘Lucky bag’ with 35 master analyses.
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The Queen’s Gambit Declined Exchange Variation with 5.Bf4 has a great balance between positional play and sharp pawn pushes; and will be a surprise for your opponents while being easy to learn for you, as the key patterns are familiar.
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WGM Qiyu Zhou, born in 2000, is a Canadian chess player who has competed for team Canada at the Women’s Chess Olympiad since 2014 and who won the Canadian women’s championship in 2016. | Photo: Alina L'Ami
