This 3-hour video course will take you through the ins and outs of the Neo-Catalan opening, giving you the skills and knowledge to dominate your opponents. GM Marian Petrov, a seasoned chess professional with over 20 years of experience, will guide you through the opening’s subtleties, showing you how to create and maintain a strong position on the board.
Ultra flexible. Check.
Trusted by Super-GMs. Check.
Plenty of tactics and attacking play. Check.
Neo-Catalan is an “improved” version of the already solid Catalan Opening.
You change the move order, pawn structure, piece placement… and the winning percentage jumps up to over 55%.
This 3-hour video course will take you through the ins and outs of the Neo-Catalan opening, giving you the skills and knowledge to dominate your opponents.
GM Marian Petrov, a seasoned chess professional with over 20 years of experience, will guide you through the opening’s subtleties, showing you how to create and maintain a strong position on the board.
Whether you’re an experienced player or a beginner, this course is perfect for anyone who wants to improve their opening play and take their chess to the next level.
What you will learn:
- How to play the Neo-Catalan opening, including the critical moves, variations, and plans
- How to build a solid pawn structure, creating a strong foundation for your pieces to operate from
- How to control the center of the board and dominate your opponents with your position
- How to launch powerful attacks against your opponents, exploiting weaknesses in their defenses
- How to defend against your opponent’s threats and counterattacks, keeping your position strong and secure
Outline:
Chapter 1. e6 d5 Setup
Chapter 2. c6 and d5
Chapter 3. Other Setup
About The Author:
GM Marian Petrov [FIDE 2537]
is an accomplished professional chess coach, theorist, and Bulgarian champion for 2002 and 2017, as well as the winner of many open tournaments around the world. Also, a FIDE trainer and coach of the team Wales at the last Olympiad in Baku in 2016. He graduated from the National Sports Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria with a Bachelor’s degree in Chess Pedagogy, a four-year undergraduate program designed to prepare top-level chess trainers.