Alexei Shirov: My best games in the Petroff Defence

ChessBase Fritztrainer Eröffnung, Englisch, ISBN: 978-3-86681-017-4, 2006.

Niveau: Turnierspieler, Profi

With this DVD on the Russian Defence (Petroff Defence) Alexei Shirov continues the successful and highly praised series of his best games. Since many players look on the Russian Defence with the suspicion that it is a drawish opening, and one which at the same time is both dry and boring, Shirov has in this DVD set himself the specifi c task of countering this view of matters. Thus he begins the DVD with a game featuring the Cochrane Gambit. Then of course Shirov concentrates on the solid and recognised lines, and in doing so continually manages to explain their deeper content. But the spectator will draw benefi t not only from his remarks on the opening, because Shirov understands so brilliantly how to explain instructively and profi tably for the student every phase of the game, with the result that at the end of the DVD on the Russian Defence, you will even have learned a lot about endgames. Video running time: over 5 hours.

Alexei Shirov wurde wie Weltmeister Mihail Tal in Riga geboren, und auch sein Stil erinnert viele Fans an den jungen 'Schachzauberer'. Anfang der 90er Jahre katapultierte ein kometenhafter Aufstieg den heranwachsenden Letten in kürzester Zeit in die Weltspitze. Mit gerade einmal 22 Jahren hatte er eine Elozahl von nahezu 2750 und gehörte damit zur absoluten Elite. Seitdem ist Shirov einer der besten Spieler der Welt, der alle Schachfans mit originellen und verblüffenden Ideen am Brett begeistert.