Michael Ayton wrote on 05/27/20 at 11:50:39:


One of the inconsistencies I have in my chessable version is that in the introduction of the line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5, he gives 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 (and stops there), while in the other ...Bc5 variations, he gives e3 without a3. If you haven't this problem in your ebook, then your version is better than mine.

hicetnunc wrote on 05/27/20 at 06:23:30:


I think you bought a very old product. His 1.c4 repertoire isn't out yet. His previous repertoires have a lot of explanation and practical, very well researched lines.

My experience is more lines covered, but almost no explanations.

kylemeister wrote on 05/11/20 at 17:32:18:

Thats a shame. The lifetime repertoires are not really simple ones are they - so i wonder if KIS 1.C4 will appear at a later date, i hope so. Would also be keen to see what he would present as a black repertoire.

TopNotch wrote on 05/09/20 at 18:48:35:


It is set out in their FAQ on the same page as the Membership payment screen.

On the payment options itself it says it will be billed monthly.

Perhaps i am just used to this sort of payment option, but that to me means my card or whatever will be charged each month. I'm not expecting an email to alert me.

It might be useful, but i could see it as also being rather annoying. Perhaps it could be an option upon sign up.

MW wrote on 05/08/20 at 05:21:19:


I tried that once and Chess24 kept debiting my Credit Card after the month was up even though I did not request renewal. I have noticed that many online businesses have started adopting that sneaky practice, and for that reason alone I have never become a Premium Member of Chess24, it just left a bad taste in my mouth. The ethical way to do business would be to send a reminder that your sub is coming to an end, and asking would you like to renew, consequently I am now wary of all paid sites. 

By the way, they never tell you up front that your Card will be automatically debited every month and I consider such a deliberate omission to be fraud. Moreover, their pricing policy is all over the place, there is no consistency. I assume that's their way of trying to boost membership, good luck to them, they don't even offer free Premium Membership to IM's like most similar sites do and it makes me wonder how many titled players actually play there as compared to say Chess.Com.

MW wrote on 05/08/20 at 02:01:11:

You know one month of chess24 Premium membership is USD 12,99, right? If you can get all you need out of that Cuenca series (plus anything else you may be interested in) within a month, there's no need to worry about the individual series prices.

MW wrote on 05/07/20 at 20:01:27:

I think most people just get the premium membership to watch these videos anyway. That has to make sense pricewise unless you're only interested in one or two series.

If you're unsure you want to be a member for a long time, you can get a membership that's renewed monthly and end it when you've had your fill of videos and ebooks.

I've never really considered buying these chess24 video series individually, though I see the prices seem to vary quite a lot. I did pick up a bundle of around 60 of them on sale from iChess a few years ago.

By the look of it the video is just over 1 hour 20 minutes long and they are asking USD29.99 for it .....or have I got that wrong?

kylemeister wrote on 05/07/20 at 18:03:10:

It's already available, but only in Spanish I think.

kylemeister wrote on 04/26/20 at 22:49:00:


Don't suppose that you have seen anything since that suggests a release for this video?

Lanark wrote on 04/29/20 at 08:56:05:


Actually now that I think about it was really Tony's Dangerous Weapons chapter that triggered my memory of this line, I sorta dismissed it as a false memory because I confused Tony's earlier book The Dynamic English which does not feature that e4 line with the Dangerous Weapons one that does.

On a real side note, 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 (which was one of Nimzovich's favorite lines according to Reuben Fine) has been played in Hell.  A game between GMs Johan-Sebastian Christiansen and Sebastian Bogner at an open event in that Norwegian town last year saw 4...d6 5. d4 Bg4 (one of the old book possibilities).

an ordinary chessplayer wrote on 04/29/20 at 03:48:29:

I had actually wondered if Burgess might choose that.  Maybe I became aware of it from Chess Publishing, where it appeared in Dec. 2018.

an ordinary chessplayer wrote on 04/29/20 at 03:48:29:

Well, there is 5...Nc6, which doesn't allow Nxe5 and could transpose to some old book stuff I knew of in the line chosen by Cuenca (2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4).  I half-remembered a game Gulko-Karpov, and I notice that GMTonyK has been on both sides.

kylemeister wrote on 04/29/20 at 00:52:13:

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.e4 looks ridiculous - but it's not! In fact my first thought was you misquoted Burgess. Showing my age, I guess. 4...Bxc3 5.dxc3 is a tempo up on what black wants in a Rossolimo Sicilian, except... 5...Nxe4!? 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 d6 9.Bg2 Nc6 10.Nf3 Rg6 11.Qe3 Be6 12.b3 it was still roughly equal up to here 12...Qd7? 13.Nh4 and the engine says black was lucky in Berkes - Timman, Gyorgy Marx Memorial 2010.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1587813

4...Bc5!? caught my eye. I'm not sure if it's a novelty, but it's not in the ChessBase database. However it transposes to a bunch of games, arising from ...e7-e6-e5 rather than ...Bf8-b4-c5. Whites have even played 5.Nf3 and 5.Nge2 in that position. Unfortunately, 5.Bg2 or 5.d3 or even 5.h3!? must be good.

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kylemeister wrote on 04/26/20 at 22:49:00:


That happens to be the same recommendation as Burgess in his recent Idiot Proof repertoire, just in case you are looking for other sources. I think this is also the choice of Chess-Stars two volume English repertoire series for White.

MW wrote on 04/27/20 at 03:57:06:


No downloading of vids there, no.
They often provide an ebook though (but it can take time to be put up). Which you can copy and paste. Text though, not pgn.

By the way, "Pepe" Cuenca said a few weeks ago that he had just a finished a video series on 1. c4 for Chess24.  The only detail I know is that he goes with 1...e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4.

I wonder what he is recommending. I am curios about c5, slav, and queens gambit.

Did he happen to mention if 'Fight Like Magnus' will come out as a book?

I‘ve just read the may issue of german chess magazine Rochade Europa. There‘s a long interview with IM Christof Sielecki about his life and chess career, about training and books and tips and other topics.
At one point Sielecki says that at the moment he‘s working on KIS 1.c4 . The belonging lectures and videos will be available at chessable in the course of this year. A book is possible but not fixed yet.

„Ich arbeite tatsächlich im Moment an diesem Projekt. Keep ist Simple 1.c4 wird im Laufe des Jahres auf der Plattform Chessable erscheinen, so wie alle meine Repertoires. Das enthält dann den Kurs zum Lernen des Repertoires und die ergänzenden Videos. Später ist auch eine Printversion möglich, aber noch nicht terminiert.“ (Rochade Europa #5/2020, p.37)

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