Alexei Shirov: My Best Games in the Spanish - Chess Opening Software Download

Alexei Shirov: My Best Games in the Spanish (Download)

There are not many top Grandmasters who enjoy as great a popularity among chess fans all over the world as Alexei Shirov. Thanks to his aggressive and ingenious playing style, commentators often compare him with the former world champion Mikhail Tal. He often sacrifices material easily, in return for initiative and complications where he always seems to be just one step ahead of his opponent. Following Shirov's games is like watching a "fire on the board."

Now the genius from Riga presents and explains his best games in a series of training downloads in the Chess Media System. This software download is dedicated to his most brilliant games in the Ruy Lopez. Let Shirov show you how to break down the super-solid Berlin Defense or how he managed to achieve promising counterplay against Garry Kasparov in the open Ruy Lopez. Follow this top player through one of his most famous lines in the Ruy Lopez, the Anti-Marshall with 8.h3.

Introduction (09:04)
Steinitz Variation (41:10)
Berlin Defense (37:04)
Open Spanish (42:08)
Moeller and Archangelsk Defense (26:22)
Anti-Marshall System 1 (32:05)
Anti-Marshall System 2 (15:50)
Marshall Gambit (20:42)
Modern Chigorin Defense (34:55)
Flohr / Saitzev Variation (34:06)

More than 4.5 hours private tuition with one of the most exciting top-class players in the world!

System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows 98 SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista/Windows7, Windows Media Player 9.0, DVD drive