2/25/2011 – He's made a DVD about the King’s Indian Attack, as well as one on 1.g3. So it was nice for GM Nigel Davies to see his fellow DVD presenter Andrew Martin transpose into the latter using the former! In a recent game Black was forced to play …c6-c5 and contract serious weaknesses. After this Martin trussed him up like a chicken and executed him on the kingside. Instructive video lesson.
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The starting point of this video course is 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5. Rogozenco explains the ins and outs of the mainline and sidelines.
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Flank Openings can be great for older players with a rich knowledge of different
types of positions because they rely on understanding rather than an exact knowledge
of particular moves.
The King’s Indian Attack is a unique opening system
in that it offers White a dynamic and interesting game but without the
need to know reams of theory. In addition to being easy to learn it has
an excellent pedigree, leading exponents including great players such
as Bobby Fischer, Tigran Petrosian, David Bronstein, Viktor Korchnoi,
Leonid Stein and Lev Psakhis. It is playable as either a complete, self-contained
opening system or as part of a regular 1.e4 repertoire.
On this DVD Davies presents a complete repertoire
for White as well as the lines he can use to supplement a King’s Pawn
repertoire. Having had extensive experience in these positions he is able
to communicate the plans and ideas in lucid fashion. Video running time:
more than 5 hours.
Opening a game with 1.g3 appears quiet and unpretentious yet many of
the greatest players in history have chosen to play this way. Bent Larsen,
Victor Korchnoi, Leonid Stein and Pal Benko have all wielded it with considerable
success whilst in more recent times Mikhail Gurevich has been using it
highly effectively.
The idea behind this opening is to leave White with the greatest possible
flexibility for his pieces and pawns, and indeed the game can transpose
into openings as diverse as the Closed Sicilian, the King’s Indian
and the Catalan. Yet White can also choose to tread new ground by adopting
formations such as a reversed Leningrad Dutch, reversed Alekhine’s
Defence or even a reversed Pirc or Modern Defence. All of these formations
contain far more poison with White’s extra tempo. On this DVD Davies
explains key concepts and ideas behind these unique approaches, whilst
also showing how White can transpose into more regular openings if he
show chooses. This can provide many opportunities for throwing the opponent
on his own resources as well as wrong footing him into something he does
not know. Video runnig time: 4 hours.
Merci, Nigel 21.03.2010 – Did you know that when White plays
5.Nf3 in the French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7) that indicates
he is going to play against Black’s “hanging pawns” on e6 and d5? It is
strategical knowledge of this kind that Nigel Davies presents on his new
DVD on the French Defence. Bob Long has gone through the entire course
and regards it 'the most useful DVD I have seen in a long time'. Buy
it now or read Bobs review
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GM Nigel Davies: for 35+ only 22.05.2009 – How can older players catch up
with the youth? Is there compensation for energy and free time? On this
DVD Nigel Davies argues that older players can remain competitive, if
they use guile and common sense. William Frost, a fan of the Fritztrainer
series and a senior player himself, hafter watching Davies' new DVD says:
"bar sales to anyone under thirty-five!". Buy
it now or read his review.
Open fight in the closed Sicilian 11.05.2009 – The closed Sicilian usually starts
slowly – the first real clash of pieces may come in the middlegame. That
is why understanding of strategies and knowledge of motifs is essential
here. Nigel Davies' "Closed Sicilian" DVD proves by means of games by
Spassky, Karpov, Smyslov etc. that this is a real fighting opening with
lots of space for creativity. Buy
his DVD now or read more.
Enter the Scotch Game with four knights 26.03.2009 – Thanks to Garry Kasparov the Scotch
Game nowadays comes with a huge amount of theory. Nonetheless, it still
is an attractive choice for 1.e4 players, and it can be adopted also without
swotting. On his new DVD British GM Nigel Davies presents the Four Knights
Scotch which is especially suited for club players and can be built into
a world class Scotch repertoire. Buy
it now or read more.
Nigel Davies – The English Opening 03.12.2008 – "I don’t know
many people who actually enjoy playing against the English Opening," the
reviewer writes. "In my experience, club and tournament players are rarely
well prepared to meet it. Thus it seems a very reasonable idea to add
it to your collection of favourite openings." You can do this with Nigel
Davies' trainer DVD. Order
it now or read this review
by Sean Marsh.
How to tease your opponent in move two or three 13.07.2008 – Colle, Torre, and London System
– all these are d4 openings that you will hardly find a black player who
feels happy about. While their general reputation is rather bad, there
is simply no refutation. Moreover, they all have been played by world
champions. Let Nigel Davies show you why and give you good reasons to
rebuild your repertoire without much ado. Buy his QPO-DVDs now or read more.
Put a Nigel in Your Tank 27.06.2008 – Good news for
consumers of chess software: the price of ChessBase DVDs has not been
raised, while the quality stays tops. Nigel Davies is a good example,
says Bob Long, who watched Nigel's DVD on the King's Indian Attack. Fasten
your seat belts and enjoy this 5+ hours crash course with masterpieces
by Fischer, Morozevich, and more. Buy
it now or read Bob Long's review.
Clean Tricks and creative attacks 05.06.2008 – As Sean Marsh puts it on his review
of two of Nigel Davies' new Fritz Trainer DVDs, the British GM is a "club
player's friend, forever imparting sensible and useful information." While
his "1.e4 Creative Attacker" comes with a full surprise repertoire, "Chess
for Scoundrels" will tell you more about psychology in chess than you
may have dreamed of. Buy them
now or read this review
with samplers.
GM Nigel Davies is there to answer your questions 10.04.2008 – Starting on Sunday, grandmaster
Nigel Davies will be giving live online training on the playchess server,
from 11 p.m. to 12 a.m. UK time. That means it starts at midnight CEST,
6 p.m. New York or 08:00 a.m. Sidney. In his show, Nigel will be answering
viewers' questions and addressing issues which face club players, from
opening to endgame. The entrance fee is ten Ducats. Join
the fun.
Five stars for Davies' Accelerated Dragon 13.03.2008 – The Accelerated Dragon is a great
choice for club players as well as for IM and GMs. It gives Black excellent
practical chances not just against 1.e4 – it can also be used against
1.c4, 1.Nf3 or even 1.d4. FM Carsten Hansen, a reviewer for Chess
Cafe, wrote a book on the opening. He gives Nigel Davies' ChessBase
DVD the full five stars. Buy
it now or read more.
Play a real chess game 29.02.2008 – The best guarantee to know more
opening theory than your opponent is to put him out of his opening book
straight away, with moves like 2.Na3 against the Sicilian or 3.f3 in the
Caro-Kann. That is, as GM Davies puts it, to play a real chess game rather
than to just replay a latest grandmasters' game upto move 25. Buy his
DVD '1.e4
for the Creative Attacker' now or read more.
Five out of five 09.11.2007 – Repertoire DVDs go fast. Especially
when they cover a wide range of variations. Nigel Davies' new course '1...d6
Universal' along with his previous Pirc DVD is a powerful prototype learning
instrument, for with only these two DVDs you can let White play just everything.
FM Carsten Hansen in his monthly Chess
Cafe column gave it his top evaluation. Buy
it now or read more.
Pure Pirc pleasure 11.06.2007 – The Pirc is a very flexible setup
which offers black several plans to create counterplay against the white
center. GM Nigel Davies has been a leading Pirc expert for many years.
His new DVD with seven hours playing time has been praised a lot already.
Buy it
now or read Steve Giddins' review
with sampler.
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