| The
Gruenfeld Indian is an active and dynamic reply to 1.d4 which can lead
to complex and extremely sharp positions. So it’s no wonder that GM
Alexei Shirov has included this opening – which at its début in
tournament practice was called ”hypermodern” – into his repertoire. At
the candidates’ final against Vladimir Kramnik in Cazorla in 1998, he
exclusively – and successfully – employed this Gruenfeld with
Black; the victory over Kramnik gave him the right to play a World
Championship match versus Kasparov. In the first part of the DVD,
Shirov extensively analyses his five Black games from the
Kramnik match, sharing deep insights into high level opening
preparation and match strategy. In the second part, Shirov reveals,
among other things, how in his opposite-coloured bishop endgame against
Topalov in Linares in 1998 he found the amazing and unique move for
which this game is famous. And this is not the only flash of
inspiration the Super Grandmaster will present in his videos… Running
time: 5:25 hours
Alexei Shirov was born in Riga just like world champion Mihail Tal,
and also his playing style reminds many chess fans of the young Tal. In
the early 90's, at the young age of 22, Shirov already had an Elo
rating of nearly 2750 and belonged to the absolute elite. Since then
Shirov has been one of the best players in the world, delighting all
chess fans with his original and amazing ideas on the board.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Media Player 9.0, DVD drive |
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