Rustam Kasimdzhanov: Beating the French Vol. 2

ChessBase Fritztrainer Eröffnung, Englisch, ISBN 978-3-86681-057-0, 2007

In his DVD series on the French Defence, Rustam Kasimdzhanov presents a promising White repertoire based upon 3.Nc3.

Topic of the second DVD is the position following 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3. Very often this leads to a queenless middlegame or endgame with a white knight on d4 versus a bad bishop on c8 which offers White excellent winning prospects.

In 12 video lessons Kasimdzhanov explains, in detail and easy to understand, how White has to proceed to be successful in this position.

For players who prefer a dynamic middlegame with queens, he also shows (with games of Kasparov, Shirov and Kramnik, among others) how White can sharpen the sight and go for an attack on the king.

Video running time: 3 hrs 17 min

Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Born in 1979, the grandmaster from Uzbekistan has for many years been known as a very strong and imaginative player. However in 2004 Rustam Kasimdzhanov (pronounced "Kah-zeem-jha-nov") shocked the chess world by winning the FIDE world chess championship title, beating a string of world-class players like Ivanchuk, Grischuk, Topalov and Adams in the process. Kasimdzhanov is a very deep player, who is able to explain chess ideas in an eloquent, lucid style, with a fi ne touch of humour. His lessons are both entertaining and instructive ? perfect for students who seek to avoid "dry" theory.

"...when a player of Kasimdzhanovs class shares his understanding of chess you can not help but enjoy and improve." New in Chess

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