Learn from the Classics

Wise and successful chess players have always told us to study the classics, the games of the grandmasters of the past. In the era of hot-button opening theory, preparations and modules, is studying the classics still as helpful? In this DVD, Sagar Shah doesn't just preach. First, he shows you classic games from great legends like Petrosian, Botvinnik, Fischer, Korchnoi and Kasparov, looking at typical middlegame models and ideas. The author then goes on to explain how you can use those ideas in your own battles, showing you examples of classic knowledge applied in his games. Apart from looking at the middlegame, Sagar also focuses on the opening. The explosion of information has made opening theory evolve at a rapid pace. The author shows how reviewing the classics game can help us establish a strong and stable perception for the initial phase of the game and analyzes the opening duels between Botvinnik and Petrosian in their duel for the 1963 World Championship. Reviewing those games They will give you an excellent idea of how the classics can be used to prepare your own openings.