Andrew Martin: Catastrophe in the Opening

ChessBase Fritztrainer Eröffnung, Englisch, ISBN: 978-3-86681-497-4, 2015.

Before the endgame, God created the middlegame, but you will never reach the middlegame if you misplay the opening!

?Catastrophe in the Opening? is a study of how the games of contemporary players go awry the initial stages of the game and as such, will prove instructive at all levels. It?s designed to help you avoid disaster in your own games by learning from the typical mistakes of others. By studying the games on this DVD, it is the author?s hope that you will develop increased tactical control and an increased sense of danger. Virtually all the games are from the last few years and nearly all have extensive notes.

The overall level of chess in 2015 is higher than ever, but this does not mean that accidents in the opening do not happen. Far from it, as you are about to see!
 

• Video running time: 5 h 35 min (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Exclusive database with 50 instructive games
• Including CB 12 Reader

Andrew Martin (born 18th May 1957 in West Ham, London) is an English chess player with the title of international master. Martin has won various national and international tournaments. He has been playing for years in the Four Nations Chess League for Wood Green Hilsmark Kingfisher, previously for the Camberley Chess Club. Martin received his title as international master in 1984. He earned his first grandmaster norm in the British Championship of 1997 in Brighton. Martin was a commentator on the chess world championship between Kasparov and Kramnik in 2000. Martin is known as a professional chess teacher and head trainer of the English youth Team. He is a chess columnist, an author of chess books and the author of various instructional videos. He was the publisher of the series Trends Publications. Andrew Martin has recorded extensively for Chessbase since 2004.