Winning Chess Strategies Vol.1 - The Art of Sacrifices and Initiative, Romain Edouard (English)


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Throughout this video course, we will study how to master sacrifices and the initiative in several aspects: opposite-coloured bishops, the bishop pair, the exchange sacrifice, launching an attack, and the good moment to sacrifice will be the topics covered in this first video course.  More

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CONTENTS

  • Introduction
  • Opposite coloured bishops
  • Description
  • Example 1: Kramnik vs Topalov, 2015
  • Example 2: Van Wely vs Topalov, 2005
  • Example 3: Topalov vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2014
  • Example 4: Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2013
  • The bishop pair
  • Example 1: Giri vs Caruana, 2013
  • Example 2: Mencinger vs Edouard, 2011
  • Example 3: Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907
  • Example 4: Jimenez Ruano vs Kamsky, 2019
  • Exchange sacrifice
  • Example 1: Movsesian vs Kasparov, 2000
  • Example 2: Bekker-Jensen vs Edouard, 2016
  • Example 3: Nikolic vs Topalov, 2000
  • Example 4: Topalov vs Kamsky, 2006
  • Launch a furious attack
  • Example 1: Topalov vs Ponomariov, 2005
  • Example 2: Dominguez Perez vs Adhiban, 2016
  • Example 3: Gashimov vs Lalic, 2007
  • Example 4: Lupulescu vs Iturrizaga Bonelli, 2016
  • The right moment to sacrifice
  • Example 1: So vs Akobian, 2016
  • Example 2: Wang Hao vs Zeng Chongsheng, 2017
  • Example 3: Wei Yi vs Bruzon Batista, 2015
  • Example 4: Van Wely vs Acs, 2002
  • Example 5: Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999

PROPERTIES

Language:

English

Level:

advanced, tournament player, professional

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum:

Computer: Dual Core
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Operating System: Windows 10 and higher
Graphics Card: 256 MB RAM
Other: Windows Media Player 9, ChessBase 14/Fritz 16 or included Reader and internet access for program activation

MacOSX: MacOS "Yosemite" 10.10

Recommended:

Processor: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore)
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Operating System: Windows 10 and higher, DirectX 11
Graphics Card: 512 MB RAM and more
Other: DirectX10-compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11 and internet access for program activation

ChessBase Account:

Internet access and modern web browser, e.g. Chrome, Edge, Safari.

Parameters
Language English
Level Advanced, Tournament player, Professional
Year 2022
Streaming Yes
Author Edouard, Romain
Language English
Level Advanced, Tournament player, Professional
Year 2022
Streaming Yes
Author Edouard, Romain

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