| With this DVD on the Russian Defence (Petroff Defence) Alexei Shirov continues thesuccessful and highly praised series of his best games. Since many players look on theRussian Defence with the suspicion that it is a drawish opening, and one which at thesame time is both dry and boring, Shirov has in this DVD set himself the specifi c taskof countering this view of matters. Thus he begins the DVD with a game featuring theCochrane Gambit. Then of course Shirov concentrates on the solid and recognised lines,and in doing so continually manages to explain their deeper content. But the spectatorwill draw benefi t not only from his remarks on the opening, because Shirov understandsso brilliantly how to explain instructively and profi tably for the student everyphase of the game, with the result that at the end of the DVD on the Russian Defence,you will even have learned a lot about endgames. Video running time: over 5 hours. Alexej Shirov was born in Riga just like world champion Mihail Tal, and also his playing style reminds many chess fans of the young Tal. In the beginning of the 90ies, a comet-like rise brought the young Latvian to the world top within the shortest of time. Being no older than 22 years, he already had an Elo rating of nearly 2750 and belonged to the absolute elite. Since then Shirov has been one of the best players in the world, delighting all chess fans with original and amazing ideas on the board.
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Beispielvideo (2:45)
Systemvoraussetzungen: Pentium Prozessor 300 MHz oder besser, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Media Player 9.0, DVD-ROM Laufwerk, Maus, Soundkarte.
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