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Christian Bauer
born in 1977, is a grandmaster who became champion of France as early as 1996 and soon thereafter gave up his studies to become a professional chess player. He has played several times for the French national team and was a member of the silver medal winning (2001) and bronze medal winning (2005) teams in the European Team Championships. Bauer has so far published three books: "Play 1...b6", "The Philidor files" and finally "Play the Scandinavian". He lives in Montpellier and has two daughters and one son.
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The Triceratops system is an ancient and dependable strategy, requiring White to prepare for only three potential reactions from Black—significantly less work compared to preparing for the Grünfeld and King's Indian defences.
This video course deals with the different move-orders leading to the main positions of the Philidor defence, as well as White’s relevant deviations.
The aim of the sideline 4...Bf5 in the KID is crystal-clear: Black doesn't want to see 5.e2-e4 on the next move and is probing for their opponent's intentions.
You will see throughout these videos that some outwardly logical follow-ups by Black may indeed lead to an objective white edge.
In this video course Christian Bauer explains the ins & outs of this surprise weapon so that you can add it into your repertoire.
Its primary focus is a version of the Pirc Defence after 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 where Black has avoided the sharpest variations, at the small cost of some flexibility, since his knight is already committed to c6.Christian Bauer will also reco
The popular London System now available in french language. GM Christian Bauer shows how to play the London System with 2.Bf4.
La Scandinave est une ouverture rarement employée qui vous permettra d’amener votre adversaire sur un terrain moins familier. Après 1.e4 d5, les Noirs luttent dès le premier coup pour l’initiative, le combat s’engage sans manoeuvres préalables.
The Scandinavian is a rarely employed opening on the hightest level und guides your opponent on much less familiar terrain than for example the Sicilian, French or any 1.e4 e5 system. After 1.e4 d5 Black fights for the initiative from move one.
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