The Torre Attack DVD

Simon Williams gir status og muligheter anno 2019 med ulike Colle-systemer der hvit oftest starter med d4, Sf3, e3 og Ld3. Her handler det både om partier med senere e3-e4 og Colle-Zukertort med b3 og Lb2.

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The Torre Attack is an extremely effective way of taking your opponent into an uncomfortable situation right from move one. White plays three simple moves 1 d4 2 Nf3 and 3 Bg5, avoiding a lot of dangerous variations that Black can often play against 1 d4 and 2 c4.

This opening is perfect for players who do not have unlimited time to memorise hours and hours of theory. In this DVD, GM Simon Williams shows you how to play this opening in an aggressive yet simple way. Concentrating on learning being fun yet effective. The Torre Attack works perfectly against most systems and will be a perfect accompanying DVD to the London System or Colle.

• Video running time: 7 hours (English) • With interactive training including video feedback • Exclusive database with model games • Including CB 15 Reader

INNHOLD

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.