Lifetime Repertoires: Swiercz's 1.d4 Part 1 - GM Dariusz Swiercz

Opening d4 course by GM Dariusz Swiercz
Includes video and PGN

Language: English
Lectures: 63
Total Running Time: 68 hours 37 minutes

From the course:

The Most Flexible 1.d4 Repertoire to Fight for the Win

1.d4 is such a strong and super-solid opening, Black has come up with an array of options to combat it, but with this flexible and attacking repertoire, you can foil them all and keep Black guessing.

Lifetime Repertoires: Swiercz's 1.d4 Part 1 gives you a comprehensive and flexible repertoire against Black's most popular 1…Nf6 defenses and related transpositions.

This course differentiates itself from other 1.d4 repertoires by giving you not only the best mainline theory, but more than 100 alternative lines against the likes of the Grunfeld, the King's Indian Defense, and the Nimzo-Indian, so you can find the approach that best suits your style.

And even if you don't score a clean win out of the opening, you're guaranteed a rich middlegame that will trip up any players not well-versed in the opening.

The author of this course, Grandmaster Dariusz Swiercz, shows you ambitious replies for White, what Black's ideas are, and how you can put a stop to Black's ambitions.

A peek inside of what you get:

♛ Flexible setups that work for several openings- for example, the recommended responses to the King's Indian and Benoni are similar, placing your dark-square bishop on e3, minimizing memorization

♛ Practical chances that avoid forced draws in the Grunfeld- you'll control the center with the classical system with your bishop on c4, leaving Black with few options to undermine your strong center

♛ Develop calmly with the Rubinstein variation (4.e3) in the Nimzo-Indian and keep your bishop pair for a long-term asset

♛ 800+ variations starting with an introductory chapter on each major defense giving you the main ideas, followed by in-depth explanations and standalone chapters on all of Black's main replies and sidelines.

Plus, you’ll get thorough responses to the Queen's Indian, the Budapest Gambit, and any sidelines Black has.

GM Swiercz, who won the Under-18 World Championship and who has been a Resident GM at the famous St. Louis Chess Club, makes sure you're comfortable with the ideas, without glossing over them. He goes into deep detail in all variations, but you'll rarely need to worry about exact move orders.