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Rocket Repertoire: The Four Knights

The Four Knights has a rich and dis tinguished history. Like a fine wine, the Four Knights only improves with age, establishing itself as an extremely effective way of meeting 1...e5. On the outside this opening seems deceptively quiet, yet apparently natural moves can often lead to some devastating attacks. This DVD takes you through everything that you need to know in order to play this opening with confidence, starting with calm options and then moving on to the outrageous Belgrade opening. This DVD will have something for everyone! Grandmaster Simon Williams invites you to share his experiences and knowledge, studying typical ideas and plans that you need to know, rather than relying on memorising long theoretical variations - ideal for players wanting to learn in a simple yet effective way.

• Video running time: 5 h (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Extra: Exclusive database with more than 50 model games and annotated examples
• Including CB 12 Reader

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This is what is delivered:

  • Fritztrainer App for Windows and Mac
  • Available as download or on DVD
  • Video course with a running time of approx. 4-8 hrs.
  • Repertoire database: save and integrate Fritztrainer games into your own repertoire (in WebApp Opening or in ChessBase)
  • Interactive exercises with video feedback: the authors present exercises and key positions, the user has to enter the solution. With video feedback (also on mistakes) and further explanations.
  • Sample games as a ChessBase database.
  • New: many Fritztrainer now also available as stream in the ChessBase video portal!

That's what the FritzTrainer App can do for you:

  • Videos can run in the Fritztrainer app or in the ChessBase program with board graphics, notation and a large function bar
  • Analysis engine can be switched on at any time
  • Video pause for manual navigation and analysis in game notation
  • Input of your own variations, engine analysis, with storage in the game
  • Learn variations: view specific lines in the ChessBase WebApp Opening with autoplay, memorize variations and practise transformation (initial position - final position).
  • Active opening training: selected opening positions are transferred to the ChessBase WebApp Fritz-online. In a match against Fritz you test your new knowledge and actively play the new opening.

Even more possibilities: Start FritzTrainer in the ChessBase program!

  • The database with all games and analyses can be opened directly.
  • Games can be easily added to the opening reference.
  • Direct evaluation with game reference, games can be replayed on the analysis board
  • Your own variations are saved and can be added to the own repertoire
  • Replay training
  • LiveBook active
  • All engines installed in ChessBase can be started for the analysis
  • Assisted Analysis
  • Print notation and diagrams (for worksheets)

Sample video

Contents

  • Rocket Repertoire: The Four Knights - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  • 01: Introduction [10:56]
  • Symetrical Variation: 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.0-0 0-0
  • 02: 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 Game 1 Cheparinov,I - Jakovenko,D [16:40]
  • 03: 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Ne7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.d4 c6 Game 2 Gurevich,D - Mikhalevski,V [10:50]
  • 04: 6.d3 d6 7.Ne2 Ne7 8.c3 Ba5 9.Ng3 Sg6 10.d4 Bb6 Game 3 Anand,V - Mamedyarov,S [11:00]
  • Rubinstein Variation: 4.Bb5 Nd4
  • 05: 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 d5/d6 Game 4 Wei Yi - Rodshtein,M [22:10]
  • 06: 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 0-0 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.e5 c6 Game 5 Motylev,A - Carlsen,M [10:19]
  • 07: 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 0-0 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.e5 Ne8 Game 6 Morozevich,A - Svidler,P [15:00]
  • 08: 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 Bc5/c6/Qe5+ Game 7 Short,N - Kramnik,V [17:43]
  • 09: 4...Bd6 5.0-0/d3 Game 8 Carlsen,M - Aronian,L [11:09]
  • 10: 5.Nxe5 Nxb5/Qe7 Game 9 Short,N - L'Ami,E [12:21]
  • Four Knights Scotch Variation: 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4
  • 11: 5...Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 c6 Game 10 Morozevich,A - Kramnik,V [15:20]
  • 12: 5...Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.h3 c6 Game 11 Wang,H - Anand,V [16:23]
  • 13: 5...Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Qd2 0-0 8.0-0-0 Re8 9.f3 d5 Game 12 Kramnik,V - Aronian,L [13:36]
  • 14: 4...Bb4 and 4...exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 Re8 9.Qf3 Rb8 Game 13 Karjakin,S - Aronian,L [19:01]
  • Interesting ideas
  • 15: 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nb4/Be7/Nxd5/Nxe4 Game 14 Polovodin,I - Zaitsev,I [18:36]
  • 16: 4.Be2 Game 15 Mihok,O - L'Ami,E [04:48]
  • 17: 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Halloween Gambit Game 16 Klepaczka,T - Olszewski,M [05:44]
  • 18: 4.a3 g6 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.d5 Nb8/Ne5 Game 17 Jones,G - Bae,T [09:24]
  • 19: 4.a3 d5/Be7/Bc5 Game 18 Short,N - Wang Yue [05:51]
  • 20: Various 3rd move options for Black: 3...Bc5/g6/d6/f5 Game 19 Motwani,P - Bathie,N [09:16]
  • 21: 2...Nf6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Nxe5 and Conclusion [06:46]
  • Interactive positions
  • 22: Test 1 [02:47]
  • 23: Test 2 [01:43]
  • 24: Test 3 [02:17]
  • 25: Test 4 [02:24]
  • 26: Test 5 [02:16]
  • 27: Test 6 [02:25]
  • 28: Test 7 [01:45]
  • 29: Test 8 [02:02]
  • 30: Test 9 [02:37]
  • 31: Test 10 [02:14]
  • 32: Test 11 [02:51]
  • 33: Test 12 [03:30]
  • 34: Test 13 [01:17]
  • 35: Test 14 [00:46]
  • 36: Test 15 [02:04]
  • 37: Test 16 [01:27]
  • 38: Test 17 [01:31]
  • 39: Test 18 [02:02]
  • 40: Test 19 [01:49]
  • 41: Test 20 [00:40]
  • 42: Test 21 [00:52]
  • 43: Test 22 [00:50]
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Four Knights Game

Compared to the advice often given to beginners “develop the knights before the bishops” the Four Knights Game must actually look like the ideal opening. It was also very popular at the start of the 20th century, but then it lost many of its adherents on account of Rubinstein’s gambit continuation 4.Bb5 Nd4. Interest in it was not re-awakened until the 1990s when the English grandmasters John Nunn and Nigel Short took up the opening.

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