Chess Classics - games you must know
As the author explains in the introductory video, knowing the classic games from the past enriches your chess understanding in general, and helps to improve the level of your own games.

Countering the Reti with 1...d5 and 2...Nd7
With the move 1…d5 we put one pawn in the centre. With the move 2…Nd7 we are threatning …e5 and putting a second pawn in the centre.

The Vienna Game with 3.d4
Recently the Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 has gotten a new boost with the move 3.d4!? After 3…exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd3 White aims to build up promising attacking play with opposite-castled kings.

Attacking with the Jobava London System
The Jobava London System is a minor form of the London System. White tries to play Lf4 quickly followed by Nc3.

A Surprise Weapon against the Philidor Defence
The move suggested in this 60 minutes course is 5.Rg1, with the idea g4. The plus side is that you still get all the g4 ideas without losing a pawn.

Winning Chess Strategies Vol. 2 – The Initiative: Train Yourself!
To improve in the vast terrain of initiative, there’s nothing better than training with well-chosen exercises! This interactive video course will guide you to find the winning move when the initiative is on your side.

Winning Chess Strategies Vol.1 - The Art of Sacrifices and Initiative
Throughout this video course, we will study how to master sacrifices and the initiative in several aspects: opposite-coloured bishops, the bishop pair, the exchange sacrifice, launching an attack, and the good moment to sacrifice will be covered.

King’s Indian Powerbook 2023
Top class material was used for the King’s Indian Powerbook 2023: over 120 000 games from the Mega and from correspondence chess, and in addition more than 297 000 games from the engine room of playchess.com, in all 420 000 games.

Alekhine Defence Powerbook 2023
The Alekhine Defence Powerbook 2023 is based on over 87,000 games from the engine room of playchess.com as well as 18,000 games from the Mega 2023 and the Correspondence Database 2022.

Dutch Defence Powerbook 2023
The Dutch Defence Powerbook 2023 consists for the greater part of engine games (77 000), to which have been added high value material from Mega and the Correspondence Chess Database (34 000).

A Complete Black Repertoire versus the English, 1...e5
1...e5 against the English is a theoretically sound response with good chances of equality or better in all variations, and in this video series I provide a complete Black repertoire based on this move.

The Hippopotamus system of defence
What is the Hippopotamus system of defence? The idea is that, at the beginning of the game, Black develops within his own first three ranks. He constructs a solid, flexible and hopefully stable position, awaiting events. At the right moment, he will strik