My Best Games in the Sveshnikov - Shirov (PC-DVD).
The Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian Defence is one of the sharpest and best-scoring replies to 1.e4. It often gives rise to sharp and complex positions which require precise and inventive play from both sides. Therefore it is tailor-made for Alexei Shirov (FIDE World Cup finalist in 2007) who plays it with both colours and is imtimately acquainted with all its tricks and traps.
In more than four hours of video, the genius from Latvia presents and explains his best games in the Sveshnikov from his first experiments in 1992 up to and including his recent successes in 2007.
Shirov discusses typical opening plans for both sides, explains the strategy and tactics in the middlegame and illustrates how to convert advantages in the endgame . and all this in a most entertaining way. A masterful course on one of the most popular openings of our time by one of the best players of our time. Video running time: 4 hours.
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