The Catalan bishop
02.11.2009
– The Catalan Opening has one specific peculiarity: White's strategy in the
opening is often aimed at achieving a good endgame. If Black sooner or later decies to
play ...d5xc4, then he must be confident that the development of his Bc8 to, e.g.
b7 or c6 will actually take place. If he fails in this, Black frequently ends up
in a hopeless "Catalan" ending, in which the Bg2 exerts enormously strong pressure on b7
and sometimes cripples the whole black queenside (Ra8, Bc8). IM Michael Kopylov
has annotated six typical
games for ChessBase
Magazine Online.
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Nigel Davies:
A busy person’s opening system
Players with interests and commitments away from the chess board often find it difficult to compete against those with more study time. Their opponents come to the board armed with the latest theory and can bash out moves well into the middle game. On this DVD Nigel Davies addresses this issue by demonstrating a simple and easy to learn opening system designed for the busy person.
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