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GM Pier Luigi Basso's Mastering the 2...g6 Move Order offers a practical Accelerated Dragon repertoire after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6, avoiding several annoying lines that arise after 2...Nc6. It covers every Anti-Sicilian White can try—including the critical Alapin (met by 3...d5!), 4.Qxd4 lines, and 3.Bc4—and pairs with Basso's Open Sicilian course for a complete repertoire after 2.Nf3. Includes 10 chapters, video instruction, model games, test/training positions, a memory booster, and multilingual PGN.

GM Peng Li Min presents The Italian Game: A Dynamic Repertoire for Black, built on 3...Nf6 and 4...Be7 against the quiet Italian (4.d3). Rather than relying on forcing lines, the course teaches one solid structure with three recurring plans: fixing the queenside against White's a-pawn advances, the central break ...d5, and a slower kingside plan (...Kh8 and ...Ng8/...Nd7 preparing ...f5). This ideas-based approach aims to give Black a reliable, flexible lifetime repertoire.

GM Peng Li Min presents The Arkhangelsk: An Aggressive Repertoire for Black, a course built around 5...Bc5 and ...b5 against the Ruy Lopez, designed so Black dictates the game's direction. It features a consistent setup with a fresh main-line idea (8...Ba7!? after 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4), covers all White deviations across 15 chapters, and emphasizes active piece play. The author is a Ukrainian-born Swiss GM (title in 2022, peak 2575) who also created a companion Italian Game course.

Dreev University – Rook Endgames Part 3 by GMs Alexey Dreev and Pier Luigi Basso teaches players to recognize the critical decision in rook endgames. Its 38 positions build through three stages: 20 positions around five fundamental questions, 8 mixed positions without guidance, and Dreev's Challenge—10 positions analyzed by Dreev, including recent Olympiad examples. The aim is instinct-building, not memorization.

Every Réti player facing ...Nf6, ...g6 and ...d6 eventually has to decide whether to play d2-d4. It's the natural move, but it leads straight into King's Indian theory. After 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4, the main reply 8...c6 alone counts around 16,000 games.
GM Andrea Stella's answer is to stay out of it. White keeps the pawn on d3, lets Black play ...e5, and turns the game into a strategic fight on his own terms, far from the usual King's Indian battlegrounds.

GM Harshit Raja's The French Steinitz: A Complete Repertoire for Black answers 3.Nc3 Nf6 with a practical, understanding-based approach: Black meets White's e5–f4 wedge with ...c5, ...Nc6, and the flexible ...a6 preparing ...b5, giving a consistent plan against all of White's setups. Covering 4.exd5, 4.Bg5, and the main 4.e5 lines across 10 chapters, it complements the author's sharper Winawer to give Black a genuine choice against 3.Nc3.

GM Harshit Raja's The French Winawer: A Dynamic Repertoire for Black builds a complete answer to 3.Nc3 Bb4 around the rare 6...Nc6!?—a Rapport-inspired idea that develops queenside pieces first and castles long, away from White's kingside attack. Across 10 chapters it covers all of White's serious setups, with 20 test positions, Memory Booster, video instruction, and multilingual PGNs, offering a sharp alternative to the author's Steinitz repertoire.

When Bobby Fischer and Dragoljub Velimirović wanted to fight the Classical Sicilian, they reached for 6.Bc4, the Sozin. The bishop aims straight at Black's kingside, and decades later it remains the most important alternative to 6.Bg5.
GM Alexey Dreev's answer is immediate. After 6...Qb6 7.Ndb5 he plays 7...Bg4!?, a move Vladimir Kramnik tried only once, back in 1996. It is rare, it is sound, and in Dreev's own words, your opponent will be surprised.

GM Malakhov, GM Basso, and IM Ceres present The Moscow Variation: A Practical 3.Bb5+ Repertoire Against the Sicilian, a practical anti-Sicilian answer to 2...d6 built around 3.Bb5+, avoiding heavy Najdorf, Dragon, and Classical theory. The repertoire emphasizes the Maroczy structure after 3...Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4, with practical treatments of 3...Nd7, 3...Nc6, and other replies. As a Platinum Course, it offers 12 theory chapters, video instruction, 50 test positions, model games, a Memory File and Booster, To-Go versions, multilingual PGNs, and free updates every six months for two years, completing the authors' 3.Bb5 repertoire alongside Malakhov's Rossolimo volume.

GM Sina Movahed’s The Open Sicilian: A Complete Attacking Repertoire for White offers a practical, classical answer to the Open Sicilian, recommending lines like 6.Be2 against the Najdorf and 7.Bg5 in the Sveshnikov to keep the initiative while avoiding heavy modern theory. Covering all major Black replies, the 16-chapter course emphasizes clear plans and learnable positions, with premium features including test positions, video instruction, and multilingual PGNs.