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On this DVD Nigel Davies explores these fascinating plans which give the London System a lot of bite and offer scope for creativity.

Williams main teaching method behind this set of two DVDs is to teach you some simple yet effective set ups, without the need to rely on memorising numerous complicated variations.

Williams main teaching method behind this set of two DVDs is to teach you some simple yet effective set ups, without the need to rely on memorising numerous complicated variations.

On this DVD, Sam Collins presents a repertoire for Black based on the rock-solid Lasker variation, reinvigorated with new ideas by former World Champion Vishy Anand and forming the cornerstone of many strong GM repertoires today.

This DVD offers Black a complete repertoire against all weapons White may employ on move six. The recommended repertoire is not as risky as other Sicilians but still offers Black plenty of counter-play.

The Pirc Defence Powerbook 2019 (including the Modern Defence) consists for a greater part of engine games (160 000), to which has been added high value material from Mega and the Correspondence Database (46 000).

The major part of the material on which the Sicilian Kalashnikov Powerbook 2019 is based comes from the engine room of playchess.com: approximately 18 000 games. To these have been added another 4500 games from the Mega database and from correspondence ch

This DVD concentrates on the increasingly popular 5.Bf4 variation of the Queen’s Gambit Declined and gives White a dynamic and aggressive weapon against Black’s set-up.

On this DVD Grandmaster Daniel King offers you a repertoire for Black with the French. Based around ten stem games, all White’s major lines against the French are covered.

The Queen’s Indian Defense is one of the most solid and rich openings against 1.d4. Together with the Nimzo-Indian and the Catalan it forms the so called “Classical Setup”, which any player should know.

‘Catastrophe in the Opening’ is a study of how the games of contemporary players go awry the initial stages of the game and as such, will prove instructive at all levels. It’s designed to help you avoid disaster in your own games.

The Colle-Zukertort Powerbook 2019 contains mainly engine games (53.500) and high-level material from the Mega and the Correspondence Database (4.500).

The Torre Attack Powerbook 2019 is based on a mix of 37,000 computer games and 13,000 games from the Mega database and the Correspondence Database.

The King’s Indian and Grunfeld are notoriously tricky and theoretical openings. The Fianchetto variation avoids the main lines which Black players enjoy, and goes for a small but safe edge.

Sagar Shah shows you on this DVD how you can use typical patterns used by the Master of the past in your own games. From opening play to middlegame themes.