The French Defense
The French defence is a very powerful opening against 1.e4-players
who play aggressively. Against the French you have to understand the
underlying positional themes. If you do not, you will quickly get into
a difficult position. As all major openings are, the French defence is full
of important concepts and variations.
Many books leave the student with lines and ideas that are easy to
get confused. In this DVD you will be presented a coherent strategic
opening repertoire against 1.e4. The main theme is to attack white’s center with the f- and c-pawns initially, followed quickly by the pieces.
The recommended repertoire is based on understanding rather than
memorization. The pedagogical idea is to give you an integrated
understanding that will lead you to solve all kind of problems over
the board. You will learn which pawn formations in the center to strive
for, to be able to implement powerful maneuvers and to recognize small
strong moves. You will also learn when it is time to switch to an
attack against the opponents king.
The recommended lines are solid and you will be able to play the
lines many years without having to bother too much about recent
developments.
This DVD covers: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 • 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
4.e5 Nfd7 • 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 • 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3
Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 • 1.e4 e6 2.exd5 • 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 • 1.e4 e6 2.d3
(King’s Indian Attack) • 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 • 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b4 (Wing
Gambit). Video running time: 6h 48min
International Master Ari Ziegler is a renowned theoretician in
Sweden. He has a long career as a chess teacher which begun already
1981. Here he happily shares his own repertoire and some unplayed
Novelties with the viewer.
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 |
