Understanding Middlegame Strategies Vol.1 - Dynamic Pawns by Ivan Sokolov

In this DVD we deal with different dynamic decisions involving pawns. The aim of this DVD is to arm club/tournament players with fresh ideas which they can use in their own practice.

Language: English
System: Windows 7 or higher, Mac OS X (only download)
Delivery: Download
Level: Advanced, Tournament player, Professional

I hope my selected material will inspire the viewer to take similar decisions in his/her own games. I have structured this DVD into 4 chapters: 1. Minor Sacrifices 2. Rolling Pawns 3. Allowing pawn islands 4. Dynamic ideas with g- and h-pawns Every chapter consists of model games displaying different aspects of the theme. The variety of games should give you enough insights to spot these strategies in your own practice.

• Video running time: 4 hours 50 Minutes (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Extra: Database with more examples

Sample video

1. Introduction
2. Minor sacrifices
3. Game 1: Jussupow-Ivanchuk
4. Game 2: Carlsen-Giri
5. Game 3: Torre-Karpov
6. Game 4: Anand-Nikolic
7. Game 5: Caruana-Carlsen
8. Game 6: Piket-Kasparov
9. Pawn rollers
10. Game 1: Kasparov-Timman
11. Game 2: Gelfand-Morozevich
12. Game 3: Gelfand-Dreev
13. Game 4: Duda-Eljanov
14. Voluntary creation of a pawn island
15. So-Topalov
16. g & h-pawns – dynamic ideas
17. Game 1: Korchnoi-Polugaevsky
18. Game 2: Gelfand-Jussupow
19. Game 3: Korchnoi-Suetin
20. Game 4: Nepomniachtchi-Bacrot
21. Game 5: Svidler-Mamedyarov
22. Exercises
23. Exercise 1
24. Exercise 2
25. Exercise 3
26. Exercise 4
27. Exercise 5