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4.e3 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Bd3 e5 / 
6... Re8 7.Ne2 e5 (7.Nf3 d6 and later e6-e5)

He does not cover 5.Nf3. 

But in the database around 650 games included - starting with Euwe - Colle, Amsterdam 1926. Tiviakov mentions several times that you have study more material to master the opening (esp. the Huebner Variation). But i think kylemeister shows the right idea.

I like both DVDs because you get an excellent starting point for developing your repertoire. Often he makes comments how to handle the middle game or how to evaluate the position.

thx !

I like to play 4...c5 against 4.Dc2. How many annotated games are in this line? Especially in the 5.Nf3 var, because nobody plays 5.dc5 against me at my level (between 1900-2100).

ErictheRed wrote on 11/16/12 at 17:10:34:


+1

I don't play QID, but I'm interested in Nimzo.

thx

BobbyDigital80 wrote on 07/19/12 at 18:51:35:


I think it's to cut down on the amount of theory he has to learn because he also plays something very similar to 1.Nf3 i.e. 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Nc3 0-0 and now if 7.d4 we have a transposition to his Queen's Indian mainline. 7.Re1 is more popular though (instead of transposition), and Tiv responds with Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.d3 Bb7 10.e4 c5. Khalifmann in his 2nd edition of OFWAK vol 2, gives the following assessment; "7...Ne4, and it leads to positions with slight, but stable positional pressure for White as he obtains plenty of extra space. Black's best defensive line seems to be 10...c5".

Generally, I liked the repertoire presented in Vol#2 (the NID) with those early ..c5s.
He recommends two different methods for meeting the fianchetto, depending on White's move-order. (4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d5 or 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 0-0 7.Bg2 d5)
As for the Leningrad, I had not seen a repertoire book/video which advocated taking on d5 almost on the first opportunity. (4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 exd5) Is it good or just simpler?

Does Tiviakov cover white sidelines, such as Colle, Trompowsky etc? Judging by the description on the Chessbase website, I guess not?

I just received this DVD last night. The chessbase trainers by strong Grandmasters are great for improvement. I am mainly refering to Bologan, Ftacnik,Shirov and Tiviakov. I haven't seen any by Kramnik or Anand but im sure they are top class. 

Anyway, Tiviakov presents the material in a very orgainzed fashion with links to games next to each video file. He gives clear evaluations and plans for black in almost every variation per video file.  He is very thorough. Also, each video file consists of many many games, where he only concentrates on the opening and plans for both sides as they transition into the middlegame. He does not take one game and go through the whole game, including endgame, like other presenters do such as Andrew Martin, Nigel Davies, Sam Collins, etc.. This always seemed as a way for the author to really make the whole video long and put little effort into it since they are only going over less than 30 games for the whole chessbase trainer. Its opening dvd stop doing half ass analysis on endgames to take up time. 

Tiviakov also includes a Giant Database of 58,000 QID/Catalan games of the lines he presents. There is lalso a database of all of his games from these two opening and then another database of all of his games from these two openings that he has annotated. 

This chessbase trainer has risen the bar very high. Hopefully other presenters take note and make adjustments.

I would say it is a must buy for anyone who plays these openings.

It's not the world's most inspiring line, but it's very solid, and understanding is usually more important than theoretical knowledge in these 'system' lines, at least if his Yearbook survey on this setup is anything to go by.

Apparently Tiviakov is doing two DVDs on the Nimzo, QID and Catalan. The first one is on the latter two. http://www.chessbase-shop.com/en/products/tiviakov_no_fear_of_1d4_vol.%201

I haven't seen his other DVDs but I've enjoyed his contributions to NiC yb.