Every game starts with the opening - and sometimes it also ends there! But that need not happen. With ChessBase Tutorials you do not need to spend a lot of time to rapidly master things.

Openings # 03: Queen's Gambit and Queen's Pawn games (1.d4 d5) is the third in a series of five volumes dealing with the fundamentals of opening play in chess.

In it, experienced tournament players and experts in each specific opening will teach you what you absolutely have to know about the Slav, the Catalan, the Classical Queen's Gambit, the Chigorin Defence, etc.

Which basic plans does each side follow? How are these put into operation and for which traps do you need to be on the lookout?

In 24 video lectures with a total running time of over 5 hours, grandmasters Daniel King, Igor Stohl, Lars Schandorff and IMs Sam Collins and Valeri Lilov will acquaint you with the basics of the various systems and give you valuable recommendations as to what to play.

• Slav, Semi-Slav and Catalan
• Queen's Gambit Declined to Chigorin
• London and Colle System
• Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, Albin Counter-Gambit

• DVD: 24 videos with a total of 5 hours running time
• Accompanying booklet: An overview of all the important systems

• Grandmaster Igor Stohl
• Grandmaster Lars Schandorff
• Grandmaster Daniel King
• International Master Sam Collins
• FIDE Master Valeri Lilov

In preparation:
ChessBase Tutorials Openings # 04: Indian Systems:(Release: May/June 2011)
ChessBase Tutorials Openings # 05: Flank Openings:(Release: August 2011)

System requirements: PC Windows XP (SP3), Vista or Windows 7, Windows Media Player, DVD-drive.