The Spanish Opening is often called the „Queen of Openings“. If you master this opening, you understand a lot about chess. One of the most popular systems in the Spanish Opening is the Breyer variation, in which Black retreats his already developed knight from c6 to b8 to relocate it via d7 to better squares. The Hungarian chess master Gyula Breyer recommended this move in 1911 but was far ahead of his time with this idea. It took decades before the power of this move was understood, but now the Breyer variation, which begins with 9...Nb8, is part of the repertoire of many top players, among them the last four World Champions Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, and Carlsen. On this DVD, Pavel Eljanov, one of the greatest experts of the Breyer variation, shows all important variations of this system. In 14 video lectures he gives an overview of the current state of theory. The top player shows the moves and explains the ideas behind them while evaluating the arising positions from a black perspective and with a view to the coming middlegame. More
VIDEO PREVIEW
CONTENTS
- 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nb8
- 01: Introduction [03:41]
- 02: Variations without d4 - 10.d3- Video analysis [19:25]
- 03: Side lines - 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nh4/Bg5/Bc2 - Video analysis [18:56]
- 04: 10.d4 Nbd7 11.c4 - Video analysis [34:52]
- 05: 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.b3/b4 - Video analysis [33:56]
- 06: 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 exd4 16.cxd4 - Video analysis [16:47]
- 07: 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 g6 - Video analysis [19:54]
- 08: 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bd2 exd4 17.cxd4 - Video analysis [16:54]
- 09: 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bd2 Bg7 17.a4 - Video analysis [14:18]
- 10: 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 a5 16.a4/Bd2 - Video analysis [21:16]
- 11: 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 Nb6 16.b3/dxe5/a5 - Video analysis [16:48]
- 12: 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 - Video analysis [24:17]
- 13: 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.b4/Nf1 - Video analysis [22:33]
- 14: 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.Qc2/b3 Part 1 - Video analysis [20:50]
- 15: 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.Qc2/b3 Part 2 - Video analysis [16:50]
- 16: Outro [01:36]
- Test positions
- 17: Position 1 [01:27]
- 18: Position 2 [01:53]
- 19: Position 3 [01:59]
- 20: Position 4 [01:52]
- 21: Position 5 [01:23]
- 22: Position 6 [02:05]
PROPERTIES
Language: | English |
Level: | tournament player, professional |
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum: | Computer: Dual Core |
Recommended: | Processor: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore) |
ChessBase Account: | Internet access and modern web browser, e.g. Chrome, Edge, Safari. |
Language | English |
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Level | Tournament player, Professional |
Year | 2015 |
Streaming | No |
Author | Eljanov, Pavel |
Language | English |
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Level | Tournament player, Professional |
Year | 2015 |
Streaming | No |
Author | Eljanov, Pavel |