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For years, one name struck fear into the hearts of 1.d4 players worldwide: GM Baadur Jobava. His secret weapon? A revolutionary approach to the Classical Slav Defense featuring the audacious 5...a5 that left even the world's elite scrambling for answers. Today, Modern Chess proudly presents Slav Defense According to Jobava, where the Georgian genius himself reveals the preparation that shaped his legendary career.

Modern Chess proudly announces the release of "The Revamped Alekhine Defense - Jobava's Repertoire," a groundbreaking chess course authored by GM Baadur Jobava and GM Pier Luigi Basso. This comprehensive opening course transforms one of chess's most provocative defenses into a sharp, practical weapon for ambitious players.

This course centers on 6.Be3—the English Attack, the most ambitious and theoretically sound approach to fighting the Najdorf. No more defensive play. No more hoping your opponent makes mistakes. You'll be the one creating the threats, controlling the game, and playing for the win from move 6.

GM Baadur Jobava, GM Luca Moroni, and IM Dragos Ceres are back to complete their groundbreaking Grünfeld Defense repertoire. After the success of Grünfeld for Black – Part 1, which focused on the sharp main line with 4.cxd5 and 5.e4, this second course gives you everything else you need to confidently play the Grünfeld against 1.d4.

The final piece of the English Opening puzzle by GM Baadur Jobava and GM Pier Luigi Basso has arrived. This comprehensive course concludes the acclaimed series English Opening According to Jobava, providing you with a full, grandmaster-level repertoire for White based on the powerful and flexible move 2.g3 against 1...e5.

The Grünfeld Defense offers Black unparalleled counterplay and winning chances against 1.d4. Yet even experienced players hesitate to adopt it, intimidated by the theoretical jungle that surrounds this razor-sharp opening.
"The Grünfeld always fascinated me, but I was often scared by all the theory," admits GM Baadur Jobava. "Now things are easier with engines, so I asked two dynamic players, IM Dragos Ceres and GM Luca Moroni, to help me build something fresh, fun, and easy to use."

After revolutionizing the Caro-Kann from Black’s perspective in two highly acclaimed repertoires, GM Alexey Dreev and GM Baadur Jobava return—this time, to dismantle their own system.
Together with GM Pier Luigi Basso, these elite Caro-Kann experts present a complete White repertoire based on the most principled approach—the Advance Variation with 3.e5.

We are thrilled to present Chigorin Defense According to Jobava – the latest addition to our Legendary Openings series. In this fascinating course, GM Baadur Jobava breathes new life into the once-dismissed Chigorin Defense, offering a full, aggressive repertoire for Black after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6.

For years, the Chigorin was viewed as an offbeat, borderline-dubious choice—an opening where Black voluntarily breaks traditional positional rules. But the times have changed. With the help of modern engines and creative minds like GM Jobava’s, old evaluations are being overturned.

Complete your Open Sicilian mastery with the final installment of this comprehensive trilogy. After conquering the Sveshnikov, Kalashnikov, and Sicilian Four Knights and mastering the Taimanov, Kan, and Pin Variations, you now face the ultimate challenge: neutralizing Black's most sophisticated Sicilian weapons—the Rauzer and Scheveningen variations.

Welcome to the most explosive and comprehensive Caro-Kann course ever created. Jobava's Creative Caro-Kann 2025 represents a massive evolution of our acclaimed two-part series, delivering 30 theoretical chapters packed with original ideas that have been battle-tested in hundreds of real games throughout 2024.