The highly popular Italian game (traditionally known as Giuoco Piano, meaning the quiet game in Italian) is mainly a positional opening. This is even more obvious in the systems with d2-d3 (Giuoco Pianissimo, the quietest game), in which White refrains from an early fight for the centre. With all the pieces and pawns on board, there are many latent tactical possibilities for both sides. This video course is intended as a tactical guide for Black, featuring themes such as the tactical abilities of the c5-bishop and the relatively restricted c6-knight, the kingside attack and the fight for the centre. Since the structure is almost symmetrical, the author hasalso examined a few examples with mirrored ideas, such as the tactical abilities of White‘s light-squared bishop. In doing so, his aim is to widen the viewers‘ understanding of certain ideas, but also to warn them about the potential tactical dangers. The author hopes that the spirit of the examples on this video course sweep away the common fear that chess will be extinguished by draws.
Mihail Marin, born in 1965, has several times been Romanian champion and first made the leap over the Elo barrier of 2600 in 2001. Marin possesses a rare gift for a grandmaster - he is able to explain in readily comprehensible terms the ideas behind moves, variations and positions. This ability is there for all to admire in his contributions to ChessBase Magazine. Marin has written some books which have earned the highest of praise, among which are “Secrets of Chess Defence” and “Learn from the legends”.
Content
Introduction
The dark-squared bishop
Exercise 01: Vaage-Moller
Exercise 02: Thomson-Morphy
Exercise 03: Kastner-Mahdy
Exercise 04: Gevorgyan-Batsiashvili
Exercise 05: Yankovsky-Matlakov
Exercise 06: Inkiov-Jovanic
Exercise 07: Gilg-Stoltz
Exercise 08: Reznikov-Aigner
Exercise 09: Heimrath-Zude
Exercise 10: Valks-Garrett
Exercise 11: Agopov-Sammalvuo
Exercise 12: Mestel-Greenfeld
Exercise 13: Moraes-Pereira
Exercise 14: Ivannikov-Jakovenko
Exercise 15: Ataullin-Guzairov
Exercise 16: Krasnov-Bakutin
The queen's knight
Exercise 01: Mak-Tan
Exercise 02: Gunsberg-Blackburne
Exercise 03: Wolski-Root
Exercise 04: Neiksans-Vajda
Exercise 05: Fornari-Rieke
Kingside piece attack
Exercise 01: Sean-Flores
Exercise 02: Solleveld-Berkvens
Exercise 03: Kurmann-Hajnal
Exercise 04: Lu-Peng
Exercise 05: Bacrot-Ding
Exercise 06: Kilthau-Bakiev
Exercise 07: Petrosian-Carlsen
Exercise 08: Anhalt-Luetke
Exercise 09: Tomazini-Cheparinov
Exercise 10: Nguyen-Ho
Exercise 11: Belikov-Podgaets
Exercise 12: Katona-Zupe
Exercise 13: Uddin-Hasan
Exercise 14: Tikranian-Harshini
Exercise 15: Kuijf-Campora
Exercise 16: So-Carlsen
Kingside pawn attack
Exercise 01: Washburn-Lasker
Exercise 02: Romanovsky-Levenfish
Exercise 03: Caruana-Nakamura
Exercise 04: Ypma-Haast
Exercise 05: Minor-Carlstedt
The centre
Exercise 01: Kazhgaleyev-Carlsen
Exercise 02: Moor-Gligoric
Exercise 03: Paehtz-Balajayeva
Exercise 04: Volokitin-Ding
Exercise 05: Lagno-Ivanchuk
Exercise 06: Valsecchi-Mastrovasilis
Exercise 07: Acikel-Wierzbicki
Exercise 08: Pap-Greenfeld
Exercise 09: Podvin-Strugnell
Exercise 10: Schellman-Ovsejevitsch
Exercise 11: Sengupta-Sjugirov
- Video running time: 5 hours 18 minutes (English)
- With interactive training including video feedback
- Extra: Database with further examples
- Including download & stream for iPad, tablet etc: can be unlocked with imprinted key
Mihail Marin, born in 1965, has several times been Romanian champion and first made the leap over the Elo barrier of 2600 in 2001. Marin possesses a rare gift for a grandmaster - he is able to explain in readily comprehensible terms the ideas behind moves, variations and positions. This ability is there for all to admire in his contributions to ChessBase Magazine. Marin has written some books which have earned the highest of praise, among which are “Secrets of Chess Defence” and “Learn from the legends”.
Content
Introduction
The dark-squared bishop
Exercise 01: Vaage-Moller
Exercise 02: Thomson-Morphy
Exercise 03: Kastner-Mahdy
Exercise 04: Gevorgyan-Batsiashvili
Exercise 05: Yankovsky-Matlakov
Exercise 06: Inkiov-Jovanic
Exercise 07: Gilg-Stoltz
Exercise 08: Reznikov-Aigner
Exercise 09: Heimrath-Zude
Exercise 10: Valks-Garrett
Exercise 11: Agopov-Sammalvuo
Exercise 12: Mestel-Greenfeld
Exercise 13: Moraes-Pereira
Exercise 14: Ivannikov-Jakovenko
Exercise 15: Ataullin-Guzairov
Exercise 16: Krasnov-Bakutin
The queen's knight
Exercise 01: Mak-Tan
Exercise 02: Gunsberg-Blackburne
Exercise 03: Wolski-Root
Exercise 04: Neiksans-Vajda
Exercise 05: Fornari-Rieke
Kingside piece attack
Exercise 01: Sean-Flores
Exercise 02: Solleveld-Berkvens
Exercise 03: Kurmann-Hajnal
Exercise 04: Lu-Peng
Exercise 05: Bacrot-Ding
Exercise 06: Kilthau-Bakiev
Exercise 07: Petrosian-Carlsen
Exercise 08: Anhalt-Luetke
Exercise 09: Tomazini-Cheparinov
Exercise 10: Nguyen-Ho
Exercise 11: Belikov-Podgaets
Exercise 12: Katona-Zupe
Exercise 13: Uddin-Hasan
Exercise 14: Tikranian-Harshini
Exercise 15: Kuijf-Campora
Exercise 16: So-Carlsen
Kingside pawn attack
Exercise 01: Washburn-Lasker
Exercise 02: Romanovsky-Levenfish
Exercise 03: Caruana-Nakamura
Exercise 04: Ypma-Haast
Exercise 05: Minor-Carlstedt
The centre
Exercise 01: Kazhgaleyev-Carlsen
Exercise 02: Moor-Gligoric
Exercise 03: Paehtz-Balajayeva
Exercise 04: Volokitin-Ding
Exercise 05: Lagno-Ivanchuk
Exercise 06: Valsecchi-Mastrovasilis
Exercise 07: Acikel-Wierzbicki
Exercise 08: Pap-Greenfeld
Exercise 09: Podvin-Strugnell
Exercise 10: Schellman-Ovsejevitsch
Exercise 11: Sengupta-Sjugirov