Overview
The Dutch Defense: The Ultimate Guide with GM Simon Williams
The Classical Dutch Defense is a fantastic defense system against 1. d4 that is guaranteed to catch your opponent by surprise.
The main lines of the Dutch Defense include the Leningrad Dutch with an early kingside fianchetto, and the Dutch Stonewall Defense with a closed center and pawns on f5, e6, and d5.
However, in the Classical Dutch Defense, Black strives to rapidly challenge White for control of the center with moves like f5, e6, and later d6 and e5 – building a dynamic pawn wall that puts strong pressure on white.
Grandmaster Simon Williams is the world’s leading expert on the Classical Dutch Defense, and the British GM is certainly not shy about sharing his secrets in this premium 6 hour DVD.
He analyzes victories and defeats in the Classical Dutch so that the viewer understands the keys to success and how to avoid common positional and tactical pitfalls.
About the Author:
GM Simon Williams (aka GingerGM) is a popular English chess grandmaster, author, and commentator.
He obtained the Grandmaster title in 2008 by accomplishing the final norm at the Hastings International Chess Congress 2005/2006 and the 2500+ rating at Hastings 2007/2008.
In 2009, he organized the Big Slick International in Purley, London, which comprised an invitational GM tournament and FIDE Rated Open.
His Achievements:
-In 2003, he finished second at the British Chess Championship.
-In 2005, he won the British Blitz Championship.
-In 2009, Williams finished equal first at the Southend Chess Congress all-play-all tournament.
-He was the joint winner with Gawain Jones of the London Chess Classic FIDE Rated Open in December 2010, with a rating performance of 2690.
How is this going to help me?
The “Killer Dutch” is an innovative chess DVD that mixes strong educational content with highly entertaining editing to keep the viewers on their heels.
You never know what to expect as the DVD switches from a traditional chess DVD format with GM Simon Williams explaining lines at the board with a computer, to exciting scenes from chess boxing matches, simultaneous displays, and ridiculous exhibition matches with human-sized pieces.
All joking aside, GM Williams’ expertise in the Classical Dutch Defense is unquestionable. He has published a best-selling book on the opening and does a fantastic job of incorporating this material and building on it with exciting new research.
Is this Course for me?
If you are looking for an exciting defense against 1. d4 that will catch your opponents by surprise and give you an immediate edge in the opening, the ¨Killer Dutch¨ chess DVD is the solution!
- The author explores the spectrum of exciting opportunities that Black will encounter when playing the Dutch Defense.
- Follow Simon as he introduces the main ideas and theory behind The Classical Dutch.
- Navigating through the DVD is made simple with easy-to-follow menus.
- Simon conducts this tutorial in a 3x camera “Green Screen” virtual TV studio.
- With a running time of over 6 hours, this innovative chess tutorial DVD is a serious value for money.
*Special offer: get this and the rest of the volumes in the GingerGM series for only $64.99. That’s 48% OFF! Only for a limited time.
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Run-time | 6 hours 30 minutes |
Release date | 2010 |
Encoding | Standard H.264, out of box compatibility with all Mac and PC devices including Android and iPhone. |
File-size | 897.2mb |
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Chapter List
The Killer Dutch DVD – Chapter Outline:
- Part 1 DVD Introduction
- Model Game – Sowray-Pert
- Basic Strategic Ideas
- Part 2: The Main Line Classical
- Chapter 1: Ye Old Faithful 7…a5 – Introduction
- 7…a5 8 Re1: 1st Introductory Game: Gallagher – Williams
- 7…a5 8 b3: 2nd Introductory Game: Iskusnyh – Williams
- 7…a5 Theory A: 8 b3
- 7…a5 Theory B: 8 Re1
- 7…a5 Theory C: 8 Bg5
- 7…a5 Theory D: 8 Qc2
- 7…a5 A Typical Middlegame Structure
- Chapter 2: The Most Popular 7…Qe8
- 7…Qe8 8 Re1 1st Introductory Game: Van Wely-Minasian
- 7…Qe8 8 Qc2 2nd Introductory Game: Taimanov-Kortschnoi
- 7…Qe8 Theory A: 8 Qc2?!
- 7…Qe8 Theory B: 8 Re1 – The Old Main Line
- 7…Qe8 Theory C: 8 b3 – The New Main Line
- 7…Qe8 Theory D: 8 Bg5
- 7…Qe8 A Typical Middlegame Structure: Werle-Dgebuadze
- Chapter 3: The Modern 7…Ne4
- 7…Ne4 8 Bd2 1st Introductory Game: Sokolov-Williams
- 7…Ne4 8 Re1 2nd Introductory Game: Shirov-Williams
- 7…Ne4 Theory A: 8 Qc2
- 7…Ne4 Theory B: 8 Nxe4!
- 7…Ne4 Theory C: Other White Possibilities on move 8
- A Typical Middlegame Position
- Chapter 4: New, Fresh and Slightly Dubious 7…Nc6!? Introduction
- 7…Nc6!? Introductory Game: Potomak-Lukasiewicz
- 7…Nc6!? Theory A: 8 Move Side Lines
- 7…Nc6!? Theory B: 10 dxe6
- 7…Nc6!? Theory C: 10 Nxe6 The Critical Choice
- Chapter 5: White Fianchetto’s and Deviates at an Early Stage
- Introductory Game 1: Dumitrache-Williams
- Introductory Game 2: Roelvaag-Williams
- Theory A: An Early Nh3
- Theory B: White Avoids Playing c4
- Theory c: White Plays an Early b4 or b3
- Part 3 White Avoids Fianchettoing Introduction
- 1st Introductory Game: Agrest-Williams
- 2nd Introductory Game: The Rook Lift!
- Chapter 1
- Theory A: White Plays e3, Bd3, Nge2, and f3
- Theory B: White Plays e3, Bd3, and Nf3
- Chapter 2:
- Other Possibilities-Introduction
- White Plays Bg5 and e3
- Part 4: Aggressive Set Ups and Early Gambits-Introduction
- 1st Introductory Game: Kortschnoi-Kaenel
- 2nd Introductory Game: Tregubov-Malaniuk
- Staunton Gambit
- An Early h3 followed by g4!?
- Other Crazy Side Lines
- Part 5: 1 d4 f5-Early Deviations: 2 Nc3 and 2 Bg5-Introduction
- 1st Introductory Game: 2 Bg5: Kharitonov-Gajewski
- 2nd Introductory Game: 2 Nc3: Sakaev-Volokitin
- Theory A: 2 Bg5 h6 followed by …g5 and …Rh7
- Theory B: 2 Nc3
- Other Possibilities
- Part 6: Conclusion