Description
Understanding Middlegame Strategies - Vol. 8 (Download)
by Ivan Sokolov
The French is a complex opening and can lead to a wide variety of middlegames. The Winawer after 3...Bb4 is Black’s most proactive option, immediately weakening White’s pawn structure by doubling their c-pawns.
As Black capitalizes on targeting the vulnerable d4 square, White frequently seizes attacking opportunities on the kingside and secures a spatial advantage. Structurally, this line may result in closed positions following ...c4 or lead to an open and dynamic play with White's structural exchange via dxc5. Author Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov emphasizes, "My choice of games is geared towards elucidating the crucial plans in these strategically intricate positions."
- Video running time: 3 hours 55 minutes
- With interactive training including video feedback
- Extra: Training with ChessBase apps - Play “French: Winawer” positions against Fritz on various levels
System: Windows 10 or higher, Mac OS X (only download)
System Requirements
Minimum: Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, DirectX11, graphics card with 256 MB RAM, (DVD-ROM drive), Windows Media Player 9, ChessBase 14/Fritz 16 or included Reader and internet access for program activation. Recommended: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore), 4 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX11, graphics card with 512 MB RAM or more, 100% DirectX10-compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, (DVD-ROM drive) and internet access for program activation.
Contents
- Introduction
- Intro
- French - Winawer
- 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- Game 1: Fischer - Larsen
- Game 2: Spassky - Korchnoi
- Game 3: Ivkov - Portisch
- Game 4: Anand - Nikolic
- Game 5: Santos - Rapport
- Game 6: Anand - Ponomariov
- Game 7: Ponomariov - Ivanchuk
- Bonus: 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 Nunn - Korchnoi
- Exercises
- Description
- Exercise 1: Anand - Nikolic
- Exercise 2: Anand - Ponomariov
- Exercise 3: Anand - Ponomariov
- Exercise 4: Fischer - Larsen
- Exercise 5: Fischer - Larsen
- Exercise 6: Ivkov - Portisch
- Exercise 7: Ponomariov - Ivanchuk
- Exercise 8: Spassky - Korchnoi
- Practice positions
- Description
- Position 1
- Position 2
- Position 3
- Bonus
- Analysis
- Exercises