Tuesday Sale

New offers!

I have noticed that a lot of people like to purchase many examples or/and openings at once and get a discount, which I totally understand :) and usually agree with or even suggest myself :). The examples (middlegame, endgame) are usually well analysed and theoretical material is huge and is updated on a daily basis. If you have any questions while studying the material, let me know and I will help. It is possible to buy it using PayPal and sending payments to [email protected] (please, indicate your e-mail address, so I know whom to send it to :) ). Material will be sent in pgn/cbv files directly to your e-mail address ASAP.

Books: my 1st chess book “The Very Unusual Book About Chess” + 2nd “Conversation with a Professional Trainer – Methods of Positional Play” – US$ 35 (instead of US$ 60) with postage and packaging included (I can also sign and dedicate if one wishes :)). Check out the books page here.

Openings

Indian + Old Indian – US$ 15 (instead of US$ 20) or Pirc + Caro-Kann – US$ 20 (instead of US$ 30)

Buy the French (US$ 20) and get the Slav for free (worth of US$ 20)!

Buy the Four Knights (US$ 15) and get the Italian for free (worth of US$ 10)!

1.e4 repertoire (for the White side – ALL openings after 1.e4) – US$ 50 (instead of US$ 80)

Check out the free but old theoretical and middlegame samples here.

Middlegame

Buy 20 examples on Isolated pawn – US$ 5 (instead of US$ 10) or 20 examples on Playing on the open file – US$ 5 (instead of US$ 10) and get 20 free examples on Development advantage worth of US$ 10!

Endgame

Buy 20 examples on Opposite color Bishops – US$ 5 (instead of US$ 10) or 20 examples on Bishop better than Knight – US$ 5 (instead of US$ 10) and get 20 free examples on Rook & 4 pawns versus Rook & 3 pawns on one side worth of US$ 10!

If you have any questions about the material, send an e-mail to [email protected].

Qatar Masters Open 2015 2nd round

Playing Hall

Playing Hall

(Photo taken from the official site)

Nine players lead with perfect score after 2 rounds.

Results of top 10 boards

GMKramnik Vladimir27961½ – ½1GMPiorun Kacper2637
GMGrandelius Nils263210 – 11GMGiri Anish2784
GMSo Wesley277511 – 01GMNaroditsky Daniel2628
GMSalem A.R. Saleh26221½ – ½1GMKarjakin Sergey2766
GMLi Chao B275011 – 01GMIpatov Alexander2619
GMZhang Zhong26191½ – ½1GMMamedyarov Shakhriyar2748
GMTomashevsky Evgeny27441½ – ½1GMBluebaum Matthias2590
GMBok Benjamin259410 – 11GMYu Yangyi2736
GMWojtaszek Radoslaw272311 – 01IMLin Chen2532
GMRambaldi Francesco25601½ – ½1GMKorobov Anton2713

Top 15 players after 2 rounds

14GMSo WesleyUSA27752,0
23GMGiri AnishNED27842,0
311GMYu YangyiCHN27362,0
414GMWojtaszek RadoslawPOL27232,0
566IMYuffa DaniilRUS25042,0
66GMLi Chao BCHN27502,0
720GMHowell David W LENG26882,0
834GMSwiercz DariuszPOL26462,0
937GMSethuraman S.P.IND26392,0
107GMMamedyarov ShakhriyarAZE27481,5
1115GMKorobov AntonUKR27131,5
1217GMPonomariov RuslanUKR27101,5
1321GMMatlakov MaximRUS26841,5
1426GMDubov DaniilRUS26551,5
1535GMVidit Santosh GujrathiIND26441,5

A few games of the round

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 3rd round

GMGiri Anish278422GMWojtaszek Radoslaw2723
GMHowell David W L268822GMSo Wesley2775
GMSethuraman S.P.263922GMLi Chao B2750
GMYu Yangyi273622GMSwiercz Dariusz2646
GMCarlsen Magnus28342IMYuffa Daniil2504
GMVocaturo Daniele2597GMKramnik Vladimir2796
GMKarjakin Sergey2766GMSasikiran Krishnan2638
GMMamedyarov Shakhriyar2748GMLenderman Aleksandr2626
GMPiorun Kacper2637GMTomashevsky Evgeny2744
GMHarikrishna P.2743GMSalem A.R. Saleh2622

View the pairings and the results here.

Official site.

Monday Sale

New offers!

I have noticed that a lot of people like to purchase many examples or/and openings at once and get a discount, which I totally understand :) and usually agree with or even suggest myself :). The examples (middlegame, endgame) are usually well analysed and theoretical material is huge and is updated on a daily basis. If you have any questions while studying the material, let me know and I will help. It is possible to buy it using PayPal and sending payments to [email protected] (please, indicate your e-mail address, so I know whom to send it to :) ). Material will be sent in pgn/cbv files directly to your e-mail address ASAP.

Books: my 1st chess book “The Very Unusual Book About Chess” + 2nd “Conversation with a Professional Trainer – Methods of Positional Play” – US$ 35 (instead of US$ 60) with postage and packaging included (I can also sign and dedicate if one wishes :)). Check out the books page here.

Openings

Benko Gambit + Benoni – US$ 20 (instead of US$ 35) or Caro-Kann + Scandinavian – US$ 15 (instead of US$ 25)

Buy King’s Gambit (US$ 20) and get Scotch Game for free (worth of US$ 15)!

Buy Ruy Lopez (US$ 25) and get Two Knights for free (worth of US$ 15)!

1.e4 e5 repertoire (for the Black side – ALL openings after 1.e4 e5) – US$ 50 (instead of US$ 80)

Check out the free but old theoretical and middlegame samples here.

Middlegame

Buy 10 examples on Opening the position up – US$ 3 (instead of US$ 5) or 10 examples on Freeing up a square – US$ 3 (instead of US$ 5) and get 20 free examples on “Gifted moves” worth of US$ 10!

Endgame

Buy 10 examples on Knight endgame – US$ 3 (instead of US$ 5) or 10 examples on Same color Bishops – US$ 3 (instead of US$ 5) and get 20 free examples on Queen endgames worth of US$ 10!

If you have any questions about the material, send an e-mail to [email protected].