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Reversed Sicilian Power - Win with 1.c4 e5!

In this course, IM Nico Zwirs presents the Reversed Sicilian as a powerful and practical weapon for White. The core idea is simple: players who already play the Sicilian with Black can leverage their existing knowledge to build a dynamic and effective setup with White.

Free video sample: Introduction

Free video sample: 2.d3 Sidelines

Rather than offering a fully fixed, move-by-move repertoire, this course serves as a practical guide. You will learn how to choose the Sicilian structures that best fit your style, while also gaining ideas and inspiration to occasionally steer the game into different, less familiar territory when the position calls for it. Covering all major Sicilian structures — including the Closed Sicilian, Najdorf, Dragon, and more — IM Nico Zwirs highlights the key advantages that arise from having the extra tempo on the Sicilian side. Discover how this small but crucial difference can shift typical plans, enhance attacking chances, and open up fresh strategic possibilities.

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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

  • Introduction
  • 1.c4 e5 2.d3
  • 2.d3 Sidelines
  • 2.d3 Nc6 Closed Sicilian
  • 2.d3 Bb4+ Moscow Variation
  • 2.d3 Nf6 Open Sicilian
  • 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3
  • 2.Nc3 Sidelines
  • 2.Nc3 Bb4 Rossolimo
  • 2.Nc3 Nf6 Open Sicilian
  • Other Variations
  • 2.e3
  • 2.g3
  • 2.a3
  • 1.c4 without e5
  • Model Games
  • Model Game: Zwirs - Losekoot
  • Model Game: Zwirs - Boeren
  • Model Game: Slingerland - Bosboom
  • Model Game: Aronian - Tiviakov
  • Model Game: Giri - Saric
  • Model Game: Warmerdam - Kurmann
  • Model Game: Warmerdam - Sjugirov
  • Practice Positions
  • 2.d3 Position 1
  • 2.d3 Position 2
  • 2,d3 Position 3
  • 2.d3 Position 4
  • 2.d3 Position 5
  • 2.Nc3 Position 1
  • 2.Nc3 Position 2
  • 2.Nc3 Position 3
  • 2.Nc3 Position 4
  • 2.Nc3 Position 5
  • 2.e3 Position 1
  • 2.e3 Position 2
  • 2.e3 Position 3
  • 2.g3 Position 1
  • 2.g3 Position 2
  • 2.a3
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English Opening

In 1843 in a match, which was unofficially considered a world championship, the English master Howard Staunton (1810–1874) played 1.c4 against French player Pierre Saint-Amant (1800–1872). Since then this move has been known as the English Opening. But it was not accorded full recognition until the 1920s, and later it was then successfully adopted by modern world champions such as Botvinnik, Petrosian, Karpov and Kasparov.

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