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Arsenal for 1...e5 Players Arsenal
Every tournament player who answers 1.e4 with 1...e5 knows the frustration: you've prepared the Ruy Lopez to move 30, studied the Italian's nuances for months, even memorized critical Berlin endgames—and your opponent plays 2.Nc3, 2.d3, or worse, the King's Gambit.
What should be a theoretical duel becomes a test of general principles against an opponent who knows their setup cold while you're navigating unfamiliar terrain. GM Pier Luigi Basso and GM Vladimir Malakhov's Arsenal for 1...e5 Players solves this problem by providing a complete, systematic antidote to White's most popular deviations from the main paths.
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4h and 17min PGN Download Memory Booster Interactive Tests Video Content
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The Ultimate Bulletproof 1...e5 - Fight the Deviations from 2.Nf3
The chess world has witnessed a curious paradox in recent years. While opening theory explodes in complexity across the Sicilian, French, and Caro-Kann, the classical 1...e5 has quietly evolved into what FM Or Cohen calls "an island of stability in modern opening theory." This seven-volume project, co-authored with GM Grigor Grigorov, challenges the fashionable notion that Black must sidestep central confrontation with moves like 1...e6 or 1...c6. As GM Jan Gustafsson memorably put it: "I have a hard time believing in moving a pawn one square like 1...e6, 1...c6, 1...g6, etc. The center is there, fight for it!"
Sequence: Bulletproof 1.e4 e5 Repertoire for Black »
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3h and 6min PGN Download Memory Booster Interactive Tests Video Content
Vienna Game for White - Top-Level Repertoire
The Vienna Game has long been a curious sideline in 1.e4 theory—sharp enough to tempt, but often considered too thin to rely on at a high level. That perception changes here. In Vienna Game for White – Top-Level Repertoire, GM Baadur Jobava and GM Pier Luigi Basso have built a complete, tournament-ready repertoire based on 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3, fusing inventive attacking ideas with rigorous analytical backing.
Sequence: 1.e4 According to Jobava »
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3h and 25min PGN Download Memory Booster Interactive Tests Video Content
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1.e4 e5 - Repertoire for Black against the Deviations from Ruy Lopez and Italian
Following his wonderful courses Top-Level Repertoire against Ruy Lopez and Top-Level Repertoire against Italian Game, GM Arjun Kalyan completes his 1.e4 e5 repertoire by covering all the remaining options that White has.
It's really amazing how GM Arjun Kalyan managed to cover so much material in one single database. The secret is that whenever possible, he goes for practical solutions that does not require too much theoretical knowledge. That being said, all his choices are approved by the modern engines.
The course consists of 11 theoretical chapters, 25 interactive test positions, a Memory Booster, and a Video Version (3h and 25min).
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3h 25min PGN Download Memory Booster Video Content