GM Mihail Marin's latest work addresses a paradox familiar to every Dragon player: the opening promises dynamic counterplay and sharp tactics, yet the modern Yugoslav Attack forces Black into narrow, deeply analyzed paths where memorization matters as much as understanding. Marin himself experienced this tension throughout his career—drawn to the Dragon's combative spirit but yearning for the strategic flexibility he enjoyed in the French Defense, where meaningful choices extend well beyond move six.
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GM Luca Moroni and IM Dragos Ceres present The Old Philidor Defense for Black—a complete repertoire that reclaims one of chess's last under-explored master-level systems. This isn't a romantic revival of an antiquated defense. It's a modern recalibration: a practical, structure-based approach where Black dictates the character of the middlegame, avoids forced draws, and maintains genuine winning chances against every White setup.
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Modern Chess releases the seventh installment in the 1.d4 According to Lucas van Foreest series, authored by GM Pier Luigi Basso and GM Lucas van Foreest. This course addresses White's options against the Queen's Gambit Declined after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3, focusing on Black's sharpest responses: 4...dxc4 (Vienna Variation) and 4...c5 (Semi-Tarrasch complex).
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The French Defense has always stood at the crossroads of strategic complexity and tactical sharpness. But what if there was a way to embrace the French's positional richness while sidestepping the theoretical labyrinths of the Winawer and Tarrasch? This is precisely what GM Alexey Dreev and GM Pier Luigi Basso explore in their comprehensive Premium course—a system where understanding trumps memorization, and classical principles meet modern practice.
The Rubinstein Variation (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7) represents chess at its most refined. As Dreev emphasizes in his introduction, this is "timeless positional chess—simple in form, yet rich in depth." The authors build their case around a compelling premise: by mastering a single, universal system that works against both 3.Nc3 and 3.Nd2, Black gains a reliable weapon requiring minimal memorization but offering maximum strategic
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The Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5) has long been praised for avoiding the theoretical jungles of the Open Sicilian. But there's a paradox at its heart: while it promises simplicity, achieving an advantage requires deep strategic understanding. International Master Maksim Schekachikhin's debut course for Modern Chess addresses this challenge directly, offering a cohesive repertoire built around a single strategic theme—the c3–d4 plan—that transforms the Rossolimo into a principled weapon for control and space.
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When Bobby Fischer declared the Najdorf "the best opening by test," he understood something fundamental: Black's most ambitious reply to 1.e4 demands not memorization, but conceptual mastery. In their latest course, GM José Martínez Alcantara and GM Pier Luigi Basso present a repertoire built on precisely this principle - shifting the battleground from sharp tactical battles to positions where strategic understanding trumps computer preparation.
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The Stonewall structure has long divided the chess world. Critics dismiss it as rigid, even passive. Advocates see something deeper: a strategic laboratory where pawn tension, piece coordination, and long-term planning converge into a coherent positional system. GM Evgeny Romanov belongs firmly to the second camp—and his new course, Middlegame Understanding - Stonewall Structures, makes a compelling case for why.
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What makes this course stand out is the move order. Rather than the classical 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6—the Modern Benoni starting point—Jobava advocates 3...g6 first, delaying ...e6 until the position demands it. This subtle shift completely changes Black's preparation burden. By avoiding early commitment, Black sidesteps White's most forcing theoretical lines and enters middlegames where ideas matter more than precise move sequences. The result: a repertoire you can learn in hours, not months, yet one sharp enough to challenge anyone—from club players to elite grandmasters.
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When GM Michael Roiz began developing his comprehensive Nimzo-Indian repertoire, he recognized that after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4, White's fourth move determines the strategic language of the entire game. Part 1 addressed 4.Qc2 and 4.e3, while Part 2 tackled 4.f3, 4.a3, and 4.g3. Yet a critical gap remained: White's most popular choice in contemporary practice, 4.Nf3.
Nimzo-Indian Defense According to Roiz – Part 3 closes this circle, completing the trilogy with a thorough examination of 4.Nf3 and rare alternatives. The centerpiece is the theoretically dense 5.g3 Catalan system, where White's setups blend Catalan structure with Nimzo-Indian tactics.
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When Emanuel Lasker wrote that "chess is a fight," he wasn't referring to the board alone. The psychological dimension—managing losses, navigating fatigue, choosing when to press or consolidate—has always separated strong players from champions. Yet while opening theory evolves daily, tournament psychology remains chess's least systematized frontier.
GM José Martínez Alcántara (Jospem) and GM Pier Luigi Basso address this gap with Life of a Tournament Player, a course that dissects competitive reality through the prism of the Fujairah Global Chess Championship 2025—a GM-only event where José scored 6.5/9 and finished sharing 2nd place.
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