The Torre Attack, Simon Williams (English)

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CONTENTS

• 01: Introduction - Video analysis [27:07]
• 02: Typical ideas against the Nimzo - Video analysis [20:46]
• 03: Typical ideas against the KID and Grunfeld Setup - Video analysis [20:52]
• 04: Move order of this DVD - Video analysis [02:54]
• 05: When to play the Colle and when the Torre - Video analysis [07:34]
• 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5
• 01: 3...h6 4.Bh4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.Bxf6 - A simple plan - Izeta Txabarri,F - Vehi Bach,V [12:09]
• 02: 3...c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.exd4 b6 7.c3 Bb7 8.Bd3 d6 9.Bxf6 - Aggressive against the Nimzo with c5 - Miladinovic,I - Popov,S [17:42]
• 03: 3...c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nbd2 d6 9.c3 0-0 10.a4?! - a4-a5 plan - Cifuentes Parada,R - Dias,I [09:54]
• 04: 3..c5 4.e3 b6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3 0-0 8.Bxf6 - Black doesn't capture on d4 - Ivanchuk,V - Aronian,L [13:34]
• 05: 3...c5 4.e3 b6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3 0-0 8.h4/Qc2/0-0- Another attacking idea - Nikolic,Z - Nikolic,P [08:06]
• 06: 3...c5 4.d5 exd5 - Cicak,S - Timman,J [12:42]
• 07: 3...c5 4.d5 Qa5+ - Vazquez Igarza,R - Baklan,V [09:51]
• 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5
• 01: 3...Bg7 4.Nbd2 0-0 5.c3 d5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Re8 8.0-0 e5 - Jussupow,A - Shirov,A [23:10]
• 02: 3...Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.0-0 c5 8.c3 b6 9.a4 - Setup with c5 a positional approach - Shimanov,A - Martinez Duany,L [12:30]
• 03: 3...Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 b6 8.Qe2 Bb7 9.h4 - Setup with c5 The Harry attack - Vachier Lagrave,M - Ju Wenjun [16:24]
• 04: 3...Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 b6 7.c3 0-0 8.Bd3 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Qe2 - Harry again - Mamedyarov,S - Svidler,P [10:48]
• 05: 3...Bg7 4.Nbd2 0-0 5.c3 d6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qe2 - Setup with d6 and c5 - Adhiban,B - Safarli,E [17:56]
• 06: 3...Bg7 4.Nbd2 0-0 5.c3 d6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qe2 - Setup with d6 and c5 - Van Wely,L - Bok,B [09:57]
• 07: 3...Ne4!? 4.Bh4 Bg7 5.e3 - A Quick Ne4 - Bartholomew,J - Petersson,B [16:37]
• Quick d5
• 01: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.c3 cxd4/0-0 - Black plays with d5 - Kogan,A - Olsen,M [27:47]
• 02: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nbd2 Be7/Nbd7 - Black plays with d5 - Tseitlin,M - Palac,M [11:39]
• Other setups
• 01: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nbd2 Qxb2 - Black grabs on b2 - Yusupov,A - Gunnarsson,J [13:57]
• 02: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d6 5.e4 h6 6.Bh4 g6 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.c3 - Black plays h6 and g5 - Gelfand,B - Radjabov,T [13:03]
• 03: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 - An annoying move order - Carlsen,M - Xiong,J [13:59]
• 04: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5/c6/e6/Nf6 - Can you still play the Torre? - Kramnik,V - Giri,A [22:40]
• Test Section
• 01: Test 1 [07:42]
• 02: Test 2 [06:55]
• 03: Test 3 [02:42]
• 04: Test 4 [05:02]
• 05: Test 5 [05:24]
• 06: Test 6 [03:00]
• 07: Test 7 [03:29]
• 08: Test 8 [01:55]
• 09: Test 9 [03:12]
• 10: Test 10 [04:54]
• 11: Test 11 [03:35]
• 12: Test 12 [03:23]
• Training
• In this section you can practice The Torre Attack with ChessBase tools.
• Openings-Trainer: The links below open up a repertoire in the Openings app. You're able to practice the repertoire Simon Williams recommends on this FritzTrainer
• Tactics: A further database with typical tactics positions from Torre games will sharpen your tactical instinct even more. Torre Tactics
• Extra Games: Play through the different games to see how the opening is played in practice. Extra Games
• Fritz: In the Fritz App you can play different Torre Attack setups against the computer. You can set different levels and play out ideas to practice resulting middlegame positions.

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