Fritztrainer
| MIDDLEGAME
Understanding Middlegame Strategies Vol. 7
Ivan Sokolov
€ 39,90
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Let Toptrainer Sokolov show you the ins and outs of middlegames. This course is about the catalan structures vs. semi-slav/triangle setups
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Many games will become attacking adventures for White, with various opportunities to sacrifice material and create stunning threats. The “Dynamic Catalan” can be your choice of opening - if you are willing to take the game into your own hands from the very beginning; and with this video course, you will add a sharp weapon to your repertoire. The author GM Ivan Sokolov has been on the white side of the “Dynamic Catalan” in many top-level games, against players such as Caruana and Vallejo Pons, and “felt comfortable playing it: space, initiative, safe king.”

  • Video running time: 4 hours 48 minutes
  • With interactive training including video feedback
  • Extra: Training with ChessBase apps - Play “Dynamic Catalan” positions against Fritz on various levels

Contents

1
Introduction
2
Dynamic Catalan
3
Catalan vs. Semi-Slav / Triangle pawn structure
4
Game 1: Lysyj - Lupulescu
5
Game 2: Giri - Morozevich
6
Game 3: Esipenko - Kacharava
7
Game 4: Nakamura - Lendermann
8
Game 5: Kramnik - Giri
9
Game 6: Sokolov - Vallejo
10
Game 7: Sokolov - Bok
11
Game 8: Deac - Berkes
12
Game 9: Sokolov - Caruana
13
Exercises
14
Description
15
Exercise 1: Esipenko - Kacharava
16
Exercise 2: Esipenko - Keymer
17
Exercise 3: Espienko - Kacharava
18
Exercise 4: Sokolov - Caruana
19
Exercise 5: Sokolov - Caruana
20
Exercise 6: Deac - Berkes
21
Exercise 7: Lysyj - Lupulescu
22
Exercise 8: Sokolov - Bok
23
Exercise 9: Salem - Niemann
24
Exercise 10: Nakamura - Lendermann
25
Exercise 11: Salem - Gusain
26
Exercise 12: Gelfand - Steinberg
27
Exercise 13: Giri - Morozevich
28
Exercise 14: Nakamura - Lendermann
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