The Popular Italian, Victor Bologan (English)

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$ 29.90

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ChessBase

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BOPIDIG

When we are kids we are mostly taught to play 1.e4, and the first mate we see is the one with Bc4, Qh5 and Qxf7++. It looks like chess theory is turning back to its roots when the move 3.Bc4 was much more popular than 3.Bb5. Nowadays all top tournaments are full of Italian games, and it proves much more difficult for Black to achieve equality there than in some Marshall or Berlin variation of the Ruy Lopez. In the Italian, the focus of the battle is transposed from the opening to the middle game which requires from both sides good knowledge of typical plans and ideas - and thus a totally new concept More

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VIDEO PREVIEW

CONTENTS

01: Intro [06:31]
Sidelines without Bc5
01: 3...d6 4.d4 Bg4/exd4 - Video analysis [10:04]
02: 3...Be7 4.d4 d6 5.dxe5 dxe5/Nxe5 - Video analysis [06:05]
03: 3...g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7/Nxd4/d6 - Video analysis [08:45]
04: 3...Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Qe7/exd4 - Video analysis [23:50]
05: 3...Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Bg5/a5/a6/Nd4/Nd7 - Video analysis [13:29]
06: 3...Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Na5 8.Ba2 c5 9.c3 Nc6 - Video analysis [11:02]
07: 3...Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 h6 8.a5 a6 9.c3 Nh7 - Video analysis [16:18]
08: 3...Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Kh8 8.a5/h3 - Video analysis [15:03]
09: 3...Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Be6 8.Nbd2/a5 - Video analysis [13:03]
Main Lines with 3...Bc5
01: 4.0-0 d6 5.c3 Bg4/Qf6 - Video analysis [10:16]
02: 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.a4 a6/h6 - Video analysis [34:56]
03: 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.a4 d6/a5 - Video analysis [17:17]
04: 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.a4 a6/h6/d5 - Video analysis [16:39]
05: 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.Bb3 d5/Nd4 - Video analysis [09:42]
06: 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Ne7/a6/Bb6/Bg4/Be6 - Video analysis [06:16]
07: 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.Bb3 h6 7.c3 d5 - Video analysis [08:33]
08: 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.Nbd2 d6 7.c3 a6/a5 and 6...d5 - Video analysis [24:36]
09: 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.h3 d6 - Move orders - Video analysis [04:40]
10: 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.h3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Be6/Nb6/Re8/f6 - Video analysis [10:16]
11: 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.h3 d6 7.c3 a6 8.Bb3 Ba7 9.Re1 h6 10.Nbd2 Nh5 - Video analysis [13:19]
12: 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.h3 d6 7.c3 a6 8.Bb3 Ba7 9.Re1 Ne7 10.Nbd2 Ng6 and 9...h6 10.Nbd2 Ne7 - Video analysis [17:57]
13: 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.h3 d6 7.c3 a6 8.Bb3 Ba7 9.Re1 Kh8 10.Nbd2/d4 - Video analysis [09:26]
14: 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.h3 d6 7.c3 a6 8.Bb3 Ba7 9.Re1 h6 10.Nbd2 Be6 and 9...Be6 10.Bc2 d5/h6 - Video analysis [23:00]
15: 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.h3 d6 7.c3 a6 8.Bb3 h6 9.Re1 Re8/Nh5 - Video analysis [17:32]
Test section
01: Test 1 [00:58]
02: Test 2 [01:18]
03: Test 3 [01:24]
04: Test 4 [00:57]
05: Test 5 [01:24]
06: Test 6 [01:41]
07: Test 7 [00:58]
08: Test 8 [01:13]
09: Test 9 [00:57]
10: Test 10 [01:27]
11: Test 11 [01:25]
12: Test 12 [01:35]

PROPERTIES

Language:	English
Level:	advanced, tournament player, professional

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum:	Computer: Dual Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Operating System: Windows 7 or 8.1 Graphics Card: 256 MB RAM Other: Windows Media Player 9, ChessBase 14/Fritz 16 or included Reader and internet access for program activation
Recommended:	Processor: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore) Memory: 4 GB RAM Operating System: Windows 10, 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	2018
Streaming	No
Author	Bologan, Victor