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The Czech Benoni has never quite made it to the top of the charts as a
reply to 1 d4. Perhaps it‘s the very nature of blocked central
positions which put people off. Thus after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5
the first impression is that the Black position could become rather
passive. In fact it's not difficult to find excellent games by White where
he stifles all the life out of Black's game. Repertoire books are
similarly pessimistic about Black‘s chances. But it seems to me that
the best Black wins have been forgotten and I'm in good company here,
with players of the calibre of Nisipeanu, Ivan Sokolov, Milidanovic
taking a fresh look at the opening and using the Czech Benoni with
success in recent games. Thus by playing 3...e5, you angle the game
into a path of YOUR choosing, which is very much the modern style and
very difficult to do with Black. We are going to see some fascinating
chess here and by the end of the DVD I hope to have convinced you that
the Czech Benoni is well-worth playing.
Video playing time: 4 h.
Andrew Martin is 47 years old and lives in Sandhurst, England, with his
wife and four children. He has written several best-selling chess
books, including the recent ‘King’s Indian Battle Plans’ and ‘Secret
Weapons’. He writes for ChessPublishing.com and has several monthly
columns at chessville.com, JeremySilman.com and for CHESS magazine. He
is a noted trainer and coach.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard
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