CLEARANCE - Play the Sveshnikov Sicilian - Dorian Rogozenco

“To understand an opening you need to know the history behind it and have a good feel for the dynamics,” says Grandmaster Dorian Rogozenco in the introduction to this video course. Based on 30 years of personal experience at a high level, Rogozenco offers a complete guide to Black in the modern theory of the Sveshnikov-Sicilian.

The Sveshnikov Sicilian regained popularity after the 2018 World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, in which the World Champion used this opening as one of his main weapons. The starting point of this video course is 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5. Rogozenco explains the special features of the main and secondary variants. The course consists of 12 parts, each of which contains a video introduction and a database. In the video introduction, the author explains some of the historical background to the variation, its strategic ideas and gives clear recommendations for moves for Black. In addition to the material in the video introductions, the databases contained several important annotated games with all the necessary theoretical details.

• Video running time: 4 hours 55 minutes (German)
•Extra: Detailed database with analyzes and comments; Training with ChessBase apps - learn repertoire and play out key positions at different levels