Alexei Shirov: The Philidor Defence

He is a well-known firebrand in the chess world. In Wijk he is currently playing at a 3500 level. But Alexei Shirov is also a prolific chess teacher, and his ChessBase DVDs are amongst the most popular. Take for instance one of his latest, on the Philidor Defence, a surprise opening that can give rise to extreme open and closed positions. Shirov’s treatment is reviewed by a field biologist in the Yukon.

Related posts:

1. Attack and defence ...
2. Andrew Martin – First Steps in Defence ...
3. León: Anand, Shírov… and a secret character ...
4. Leon 2011: Anand beats Shirov 4.5-1.5 ...
5. World Cup R2.2: Shirov and Movsesian sent packing ...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at 12:00 am and is filed under chessnews. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.