Understanding an opening doesn't stop after the theory. It's essential to understand ideas and structures connected to the opening moves. Furthermore, recognizing mistakes by your opponent to gain an advantage is a key component of the...

Understanding an opening doesn't stop after the theory. It's essential to understand ideas and structures connected to the opening moves. Furthermore, recognizing mistakes by your opponent to gain an advantage is a key component of the...

In "The Strategic Nimzo-Indian, Volume 1: A Complete Guide to the Rubinstein Variation", präsentiert der renommierte Schach-Großmeister Ivan Sokolov eine gründliche Analyse und Anleitung zur Rubinstein-Variante des Nimzo-Indischen...

Many young top-players are opting for the trendy "Dynamic Catalan" where, against the triangle or semi-slav structures, White can sacrifice a pawn to gain immediate initiative. This sacrifice can lead to long term positional advantage,...

Ivan Sokolov's work, first published in 1904, begins with a balanced overview of the situation of the Orthodox Church under Ottoman rule from the fall of Constantinople (1453) to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The author then...

In this DVD, I have selected the material aiming to improve the viewer's middlegamedecision making process and broaden his/her middlegame understandingin general. I have structured this DVD into 4 chapters: 1. What to trade, what to...

In this DVD we deal with different dynamic decisions involving pawns. The aim of this DVD is to arm club/tournament players with fresh ideas which they can use in their own practice. I hope my selected material will inspire the viewer...

Isolated pawn structures can obviously come from many different openings. In this video course I have picked up isolated pawn structures coming from the classical Tarrasch defence D34; for which a considerable part was inspired by the...

Throughout my playing career I have found the Hedgehog (with both colours) one of the most difficult type of positions to master. With White (the side with more space) there is always a danger to overextend oneself (or miss your...