Psycho-Cowboy wrote on 01/23/10 at 12:15:09:


This post should not have been made, because it's commercial.  Also it advertises a commercial website, which is contrary to our policy.  I salute your achievements in chess, and it would be great if you would come here to talk about the Dutch, but not about your website and DVD.  In the mean time I'll do my best to get this thread deleted.

Either that or get Tony to authorize your advertisement here.

Does he offer something good against 7...Ne4 8.Nxe4! as we had some nice discussions about this in this foroum. Some improvement over 8...fxe4 9.Nd2 d5 10.f3?

Hi Everyone. I have had a couple of enquires when my DVD, 'Killer Dutch' will be available for purchase. Well the final copy will be delieved to me on Wednesday. You will be able to purchase a copy via my webiste www.gingergm.com on Wednesday.
I will be taking PayPal payments for it. It's retail price will be £19.95 or Euro's 24.95, plus P+P.
You can also send a cheque. The DVD is roughyl 6.5 hours long and covers the Classical variation and all of White's early deviations. I have included some interesting new ideas like 1 d4 f5 2 h3!? (yep I do believe in this variation!)
The DVD will fully equip you with a fully updated way of playing the Classical Dutch and ways of dealing with any early anouying moves! It is similar to my book but I have found some big improvements/mistakes in my book which I have corrected. Obviously my book is a bit old now, so it needs an update!
For example there is some extra material, like 1 d4 f5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 g3 e6 4 Bg2 Be7 5 0-0 0-0 6 c4 d6 7 Nc3 Nc6!? I have dedicated roughly 45 minutes to this new idea. I orginallt thought it was dubious but it can be used as a very dangerous surprise weapon.
I hope you enjoy the product, it has been produced to a very high standard.
Any questions then please e-mail me at simon@gingergm.com. It is the 1st DVD we have produced so hopefully if it is a success there will be plenty more, any ideas what the next one should be one?
Cheers,
Simon Williams 

p.s. the orginal run of 100 DVD's was done rather quickly and there where some small mistakes which I wanted to correct before bringing out the final copy. If you purchased this DVD I will replace it with a new one. Just e-mail me!

TonyRo wrote on 01/22/10 at 22:10:09:


That might be the website playing up/not quite ready.  Try emailing Simon and see how he responds.  I know for a fact he's got a box full of DVDs in cases ready to be sold ... I saw them at Hastings at his Dutch themed tournament!

That sounds like it's a thorough, up-to date introduction to the opening.
Honestly, what more can you expect from a DVD?

TonyRo wrote on 01/22/10 at 18:56:56:


It's available from the website.  It's an independent production not a Chessbase DVD. I've no idea if it will end up in chess shops.  I'm not sure 'pre-order' is the right term though.  It's out ... for sale ... you can buy it ...

Does he cover the white main moves in detail or just superficially? If he gives some variations against all of white's main replies that's fine.

From that point on you have to start to play by yourself. I guess the Classical Dutch should be relatively "theory-lite" as it is unpopular and the two armies get into contact only in the middlegame, so there are not too many forcing variations. I hope some ideas and guidelines should be enough to play it reasonably succesfully, that's why I consider it a suitable surprise weapon.

In general, I would say "theory-lite" means that you can play an opening without knowing more than 15 moves of theory (effectively it's much less as the main tabiya in the Classical Dutch is on move 7/8) in most main variations. There are many openings nowadays where theory just STARTS after 20 moves! 

Or am I wrong?