Trompowsky for the attacking player

Grandmaster and „Blindfold King“ Timur Gareyev is known for his creative attacking chess. On his new DVD he recommends to play the Trompowsky (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5): „Tap into your creative mind and start the game on a fresh note. The Trompowsky is an opening outside of conventional wisdom. Create challenges and make your opponent solve problems early on. This DVD expresses my passion for active play where time prevails over matter and where you have to be prepared to play gambits. We start with sacrificial style opening play, then we continue with more solid, positional structures. In the end I introduce you to creative ideas that will complement your explosive opening choice!“

• Video running time: 4 h 36 min (English)

• With interactive training including video feedback
• Exclusive training database with 50 essential games
• Including ChessBase Reader

Timur Gareyev is a chess grandmaster who was born in Uzbekistan and now lives and plays in the USA. He’s a participant of two World Chess Olympiads and became GM at age of 16. With a peak USCF rating of 2780 he once was number three in the USA and one of the best 100 players in the world. Gareyev is particularly good in blindfold chess, where the player does not see board or pieces but plays the entire game in his mind. In practice and in countless blindfold simultaneous exhibitions the grandmaster has played thousands of blindfold games. He is very active in teaching chess in schools, and has chess academies in Las Vegas, Austin and Kansas.

System requirements:

Minimum: Pentium III 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3), DirectX9 graphic card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9 and internet connection for program activation.

Recommended: PC Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX10 graphic card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or better, 100% DirectX10 compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD-ROM drive and internet connection for program activation.