This first volume of Triangle Slav for Black by GM Valery Kazakouski and GM Pier Luigi Basso focuses on the system's sharpest variations: the Marshall Gambit (4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4) and the Noteboom Variation (4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4). These aren't positional abstractions; they're practical battlegrounds where precise calculation matters more than general plans.
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When facing the Caro-Kann Defense, most players follow the main highway after 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5—whether it's the solid Exchange Variation with 3.exd5, the space-gaining Advance with 3.e5, or the complex Classical lines with 3.Nc3 or 3.Nd2. These paths lead to positions analyzed for decades, where deep preparation often decides the outcome. This Premium course takes a fundamentally different route: 2.Nf3, an independent system that sidesteps the main theoretical lines entirely.
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The Benoni player's dilemma is well-known: you prepare sharp tactical lines after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5, only to face 2.Nf3, 2.Bf4, or the slow positional grind of White's fianchetto setup. Suddenly, your preparation seems irrelevant. But what if the Benoni's essence—dynamic play, creative counterplay, and fighting chess—could be maintained regardless of White's move order? This is the philosophy behind Jobava's Benoni Defense - Fight the Anti-Benoni Systems by GM Baadur Jobava and IM Dragos Ceres, the continuation of their successful Jobava's Ambitious Benoni Defense - Part 1.
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When GM Matthias Bluebaum repeatedly deployed 2...Bg4 against the Reti Opening in high-level encounters, he wasn't just making a sound positional choice—he was establishing a practical framework that turns White's flexible system into a concrete debate. GM Boris Avrukh's latest course takes this modern interpretation and builds it into a complete repertoire, showing how an early bishop deployment can dictate the character of the game before White's typical English or King's Indian Attack formations ever materialize.
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When Bobby Fischer called the Najdorf "Black's most challenging defense," he understood something fundamental: ambition in chess requires completeness. For decades, players have armed themselves with the English Attack and the Poisoned Pawn, only to face 6.Be2, 6.g3, or Gajewski's provocative 6.Rg1 — and suddenly, their preparation ends. Elite Najdorf Repertoire for Black - Part 2 by GM José Martínez Alcántara and GM Pier Luigi Basso solves this problem by addressing what the authors call "the third dimension" — everything beyond 6.Bg5 and 6.Be3.
Sequence: Najdorf for Black »
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For decades, the Advance Variation has been a fortress White uses to avoid the theoretical labyrinths of the French Defense. Black's most common responses—5...Qb6 and 5...Bd7—require memorizing countless sidelines and nuances. But what if there was a different approach? GM Baadur Jobava and GM Pier Luigi Basso present French Defense - Practical Solution against the Advance Variation, a course built around the intriguing 5...Nge7, followed by the paradoxical queen maneuver 7...Qa5 and 8...Qb6. This isn't about memorization—it's about understanding a coherent system that leverages piece coordination over theoretical depth.
Sequence: French Defense According to Jobava »
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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).
Sequence: 1.d4 According to Lucas Van Foreest »
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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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