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Mastering Pattern Recognition in the Opening
Pattern recognition is an important tool in modern chess, as it helps you to understand better the characteristics of a position. Particularly when you have been confronted with a surprise opening system played by your opponent, it helps when you can just
Robert Ris: "The main game of this week's Queen's Gambit special is Botvinnik-Keres, USSR championship 1952. Botvinnik was the first one to create the setup with Nge2/f3/0-0 aiming for a central approach in the Exchange Variation, deviating from the Classical plan of a minority attack (Nf3, Rb1 and b2-b4) and the more aggressive idea of castling queenside and launch a pawn storm on the kingside.
My DVD The Queen's Gambit Declined - A World Champions Repertoire, released in 2014, is based on this stem game. I try to explain the key ideas for both sides and how theory has evolved since then."
A World Champion's Repertoire against the Queen's Gambit Declined
This DVD offers a complete repertoire for handling this solid opening, often featuring a dynamic approach to pose the opponent more practical problems. Both of the main continuations 3...Nf6 and 3...Be7 are covered in two separate parts.
Warming up exercise: It's White to move. What would you play?
You can move the pieces on the live diagram!
Master Class Vol.10: Mikhail Botvinnik
Our experts show, using the games of Botvinnik, how to employ specific openings successfully, which model strategies are present in specific structures, how to find tactical solutions and rules for how to bring endings to a successful conclusion
Robert is on air every other Thursday at 18:00 UTC (19:00 CET / 16:00 EST)
Special attention will be paid to Intermediate Moves, Quiet Moves, Sacrifices on Empty Squares, Mating Patterns, Ignoring Opponents Threat, Calculation in Defence and Method of Comparison. Plus 50 interactive examples to test your knowledge.
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