Victor Bologan: The fighting Philidor

ChessBase Fritztrainer Eröffnung, Englisch, ISBN: 978-3-86681-176-8, 2010.

Niveau: Turnierspieler, Profi

"The pawns are the soul of chess!" And he put his money where his mouth was! The famous chessplayer and composer André Danican Philidor not only focused the attention of coming generations on the importance of pawns in the game of chess, he also worked out the basis of a new opening in which Black from the very first moves is trying to construct a solid pawn setup in the centre. It is an opening underpinned by his deep philosophy.

Nowadays the Philidor Defence is mostly played via the Pirc move order 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5. Black is not afraid of the endgame after 4.dxe5. This is proved by the recommendations given in the DVD as well as by the serious amount of high level games played with the line. The author presents a full opening repertoire against 1.e4 covering also all possible side lines such as 3.Bd3, 3.f3 etc. In the main line he gives the reader the possibility to choose his own favourite plan according his tastes. In modern chess - full of information, games and analysis - it is important to have new ideas and fresh openings. The Philidor Defence DVD provides you with exactly that! (Video running time: 5 Hours)

Victor Bologan, geboren 1971, ist ein Schüler des moldawischen Spitzentrainers Vecheslav Chebanenko. Seit vielen Jahren ist Bologan die Nummer 1 in Moldawien und hat sein Land bei über 10 Schacholympiaden vertreten. Seine größten Erfolge erzielte er im Jahr 2003, als er zunächst das Aeroflot Open gewann und anschließend das berühmte Turnier in Dortmund, vor Kramnik und Anand. Der Moldawier hat ausgiebige Erfahrung als Trainer und auch schon seine ersten Bücher veröffentlicht.