Rustam Kasimdzhanov

Rustam Kasimdzhanov, born in Tashkent in 1979,
is an Uzbek chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Champion.
He won the Asian Championship in 1998 and finished runner-up at the 2002 FIDE World Cup.
Kasimdzhanov achieved the greatest success of his career at the 2004 knockout World Championship in Tripoli.
After defeating Vasyl Ivanchuk, Alexander Grischuk and Veselin Topalov,
he overcame Michael Adams in the final to become the first Uzbek World Chess Champion.
He later established himself as an internationally renowned coach and second.
Kasimdzhanov assisted Viswanathan Anand during his successful World Championship campaigns in 2008,
2010 and 2012, coached the German national team to victory at the 2011 European Team Chess Championship
and has worked with leading players including Sergey Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana and Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
He has lived in Germany for many years and produces training courses for ChessBase.

 

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Top Choice Repertoire: Play the French Defence Vol.1 & 2
Top Choice Repertoire: Play the French Defence Vol.1 & 2
In this two-volume video course former world-champion and startrainer Rustam Kasimdzhanov shows you the ins and outs of this hugely complex opening.
by Rustam Kasimdzhanov
€54.90
Top Choice Repertoire: Play the French Defence Vol.2
Top Choice Repertoire: Play the French Defence Vol.2
In this two-volume video course former world-champion and startrainer Rustam Kasimdzhanov shows you the ins and outs of this hugely complex opening.
by Rustam Kasimdzhanov
€29.90
Top Choice Repertoire: Play the French Defence Vol.1
Top Choice Repertoire: Play the French Defence Vol.1
In this two-volume video course former world-champion and startrainer Rustam Kasimdzhanov shows you the ins and outs of this hugely complex opening.
by Rustam Kasimdzhanov
€29.90
The Benoni is back in business
The Benoni is back in business
On top level it’s a rarer guest but with this DVD Rustam Kasimdzhanov will turn the tables. New ways and approaches in most lines and countless improvements of official theory will show you how to play this opening at any level with success.
by Rustam Kasimdzhanov
€29.90
A lifetime repertoire: Play the Nimzo Indian
A lifetime repertoire: Play the Nimzo Indian
This DVD provides everything you need to know to be able to play one of the most classical openings with Black, the Nimzo-Indian, arising after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4. Nearly every World Championship and top tournament features the Nimzo-Indian.
by Rustam Kasimdzhanov
€29.90
The Classical French - Main Line
The Classical French - Main Line
After 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3, the author takes a detailed look at a daring line with 7... cxd4 8. Nd4 Qb6, as well as the quieter plans with 7...cxd4 8. Nd4 Bc5, and the main line with 7... a6 and b5.
by Rustam Kasimdzhanov
€29.90
The new McCutcheon
The new McCutcheon
Opening expert and former World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov shows you the secrets in the McCutcheon (3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4). He shows why Bd2 is no longer the main line and which continuation will be the theory of tomorrow.
by Rustam Kasimdzhanov
€29.90
Meet the Nimzo-Indian with 4.Qc2
Meet the Nimzo-Indian with 4.Qc2
by Rustam Kasimdzhanov
€29.90
Beat the Slav the classical way
Beat the Slav the classical way
by Rustam Kasimdzhanov
€9.90
Attacking the King – for Experts
Attacking the King – for Experts
by Rustam Kasimdzhanov
€29.99
Albin’s Countergambit
Albin’s Countergambit
by Rustam Kasimdzhanov
€29.99
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