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The Complex Najdorf by Bologan for Rs.999/-

by ChessBase India - 08/04/2016

A week ago ChessBase came out with a DVD on the Najdorf Opening by Viktor Bologan. The Opening is rich and has been played by many great players in the past, most notably Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov who used the Najdorf as their main weapon against 1.e4. And the credentials of GM Victor Bologan (Elo:2654) are never in doubt. When the two combine, what you get is six and half a half hours of high class chess material. And if you are an Indian resident you can enjoy this DVD for just Rs.999/-. Check the article for more details.

When you go to the international ChessBase website shop, on the right you have the bestseller list, which is dynamic in nature. As on 7th of April 2016 this is how the bestseller list looks like.

On top of the list is the Complex Najdorf by Victor Bologan
When a world class player like Victor Bologan delves into the complexities of one of the richest openings that the game of chess has ever seen, you can be sure that it is high quality material.
The complex Najdorf by Victor Bologan is a complete repertoire for Black which has been released by ChessBase only a week ago
This is how Bologan describes the Najdorf Opening:
When choosing an opening repertoire, it is common to consider two types of variations. One is usually a solid opening, like 1...e5 against 1.e4, with plenty of strategical ideas and quiet paths of play. However, there are of course days when you want to play for a win with Black, when you want to bear down on your opponent’s position with a potentially crushing attack. The Najdorf is perfect for just such occasions – and it’s no coincidence that Garry Kasparov played it the most out of all the variations in the Sicilian – the opening served him well throughout his brilliant career. I myself have played it with both colours, but even I discover more to its endless depths every day! Strategy, combinations, attack and defence, sacrifices and marvellous manoeuvres – exciting chess is all about the Najdorf!
Highlights of the DVD:
  • Video running time: 6 hours 31 min (English) 
  • With interactive training including video feedback 
  • Extra: 50 Model games and full analysis of variations by GM Victor Bologan  
  • Including CB 12 Reader

 

You can watch a sample video clip of the sharpest 6.Bg5 line
The complex Najdorf DVD costs € 29.90 on the international website, which comes to Rs.2270/-. However for Indian residents ChessBase India offers this DVD for just Rs.999/-. All you have to do is write to us on chessbaseindia@gmail.com and we will let you know the procedure. You can only avail this offer if you are an Indian resident.
How the offline shop works: Until the online shop begins, you have to write to us at chessbaseindia@gmail.com and let us know that you are interested in the DVD. We will send you the bank details (which can also be found here). Once you deposit the amount, we will send you the download link as well as the serial key to activate your product.
Contents of the DVD:
  1. 01: Introduction [05:40]
  2. Najdorf: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
  3. 02: Video 1 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.Bg5/g3 - Video Analysis [19:25]
  4. 03: Video 2 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4/Bd3/Bc4 - Video Analysis [18:43]
  5. 04: Video 3 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3/Nde2 - Video Analysis [13:30]
  6. 05: Video 4 6.Bc4 e6 7.a4/a3/Be3/Bg5 - Video Analysis [15:03]
  7. 06: Video 5 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Bb3 0-0 9.f4 b5 10.e5/f5/Qf3/Be3 - Video Analysis [14:20]
  8. 07: Video 6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Bg5/0-0/Qf3/f4 - Video Analysis [17:46]
  9. 08: Video 7 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qf3 h6 8.Be3/Bh4/Bxf6/Bd2 - Video Analysis [07:56]
  10. 09: Video 8 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.f4/h4/0-0-0 - Video Analysis [08:11]
  11. 10: Video 9 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4/Bxf6 - Video Analysis [11:00]
  12. 11: Video 10 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.e5/f5/Be2/Bxf6 - Video Analysis [23:39]
  13. 12: Video 11 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5/g4 - Video Analysis [08:08]
  14. 13: Video 12 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.Nd5/Qd2/f4/Qd3 - Video Analysis [14:54]
  15. 14: Video 13 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.a4 Be6 10.Bf3/f4 - Video Analysis [16:41]
  16. 15: Video 14 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 Be6 10.Bf3/Bf1 - Video Analysis [12:08]
  17. 16: Video 15 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Kh1 Nc6 10.f3/f4/Be3 - Video Analysis [21:12]
  18. 17: Video 16 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qd3 Be6 different 10th moves - Video Analysis [07:47]
  19. 18: Video 17 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.a4/f4/f3 - Video Analysis [10:51]
  20. 19: Video 18 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5/f3 - Video Analysis [11:04]
  21. 20: Video 19 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 different 10th moves - Video Analysis [20:49]
  22. 21: Video 20 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qe2/Qd2 - Video Analysis [13:32]
  23. 22: Video 21 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.f4 b5 10.f5 Bc4 11.0-0-0 Be7 12.Kb1/h3/g4 - Video Analysis [11:44]
  24. 23: Video 22 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.h3 Be7 different 9th moves - Video Analysis [16:47]
  25. 24: Video 23 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 b5 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2/a4/Nd5 - Video Analysis [10:42]
  26. 25: Video 24 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4/Ra4/0-0-0 - Video Analysis [13:27]
  27. 26: Video 25 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 b5 10.0-0-0 Be7 11.g4 b4 12.Nd5/Ne2/Na4 - Video Analysis [17:49]
  28. Test positions
  29. 27: Position 1 [02:28]
  30. 28: Position 2 [03:22]
  31. 29: Position 3 [03:20]
  32. 30: Position 4 [02:56]
  33. 31: Position 5 [02:42]
  34. 32: Position 6 [03:49]
  35. 33: Position 7 [02:17]
  36. 34: Position 8 [02:17]
  37. 35: Position 9 [02:56]
  38. 36: Position 10 [02:58]

Just to give you an idea about how complex Najdorf is, here is a game by Viktor Bologan in which he indulges in crazy complications against Alexander Motylev and comes out on top.

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O b4 10. Na4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bc4 Bb7 {The line chosen by
Bologan is very risky despite the fact, that it was introduced to the praxis
by Topalov.} (12... N7f6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Rhe1 Bb7 16. Qe2 Qd6 17.
Kb1 h6 18. Bh4 Nf4 19. Qf2 $14 {0-1 Leko,P (2763)-Topalov,V (2788)/San Luis
2005/ (40)}) 13. Bg5 (13. Rhe1 Qa5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bb6 Qxa4 16. Bxd5 Be7 17.
Bxb7 Nxb6 18. Rxe6 O-O 19. Rxe7 Qxa2 20. Qd4 Rf6 21. Bxa8 {1-0 Wang Hao (2519)
-Nava,R (2317)/Instanbul 2005/}) 13... Qc7 (13... Be7 $2 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nf5
$1 $18) 14. Qe2 Ne5 (14... Bd6 $2 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ $18) 15. Bb3 h6 16.
Bd2 (16. Bh4 Nf4 17. Qd2 Neg6) 16... Be7 {Serious improvement could have been
the more active development of the bishop.} (16... Bd6 $5 17. f4 Ng6 18. g3 O-O
$13) 17. Rhe1 Nc6 (17... Nd7 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Kb1 $14) 18. Nf5 Na5 $2 {This
provocative move in the face of serious crises is not boding well for black´s
future.} (18... O-O-O 19. Nxe7+ Ncxe7 20. Qe5 $14) 19. Nxg7+ $6 (19. Bxd5 $1
Bxd5 20. Nxe7 Bxa2 (20... Qxe7 21. Nb6 $18) 21. b3 Nxb3+ 22. Kb2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2
Qxe7 24. Kxa2 $18) 19... Kf8 (19... Kd7 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nf5 Rac8 22. Be3 $16)
20. Nxe6+ (20. Nh5 Rc8 21. Qd3 Nxb3+ 22. axb3 Ke8 $14) 20... fxe6 21. Qxe6
Nxb3+ 22. axb3 Qc6 23. Qf5+ Qf6 (23... Ke8 $2 24. Re6 $18) 24. Qh3 $6 {Motylev
is consequent in chosing the second rate continuations, with more exact 24.
Qd7! he could have forced the draw.} (24. Qd7 $1 Bc6 25. Qh3 Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kf8
27. Qh3 $11) 24... Kf7 25. Qh5+ Qg6 $1 26. Qxg6+ (26. Qh3 Bc8 27. g4 Be6 $17)
26... Kxg6 27. Nb6 $1 Rae8 $1 {Bologan finishes the development and enjoys
pleasant advantage in the endgame.} (27... Nxb6 $2 28. Rxe7 Bd5 29. Bxb4 $18)
28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 (29... Bxf3 30. Bxe7 Bxd1 31. Kxd1 Rh7 32. Bb4 $14)
30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxd5 Re1+ 32. Rd1 Re2 33. Rd4 Be7 (33... a5 34. c3 Be7 35.
Rg4+ Kf5 $17) 34. g3 (34. Rg4+ Kf7 35. h4 Bf6 $17) (34. Ra4 Rxg2 35. Rxa6+ Kf5
$19) 34... Rxh2 35. Ra4 (35. Rd3 Rh1+ 36. Kd2 h5 $17) 35... a5 $1 {Tactics is
present in the simplest of positions, black wins time for attack on the white
pawn establishment.} 36. Kb1 (36. Rxa5 $4 Rh1+ 37. Kd2 Bb4+ $19) 36... Rh3 37.
g4 (37. Rg4+ Bg5 38. c3 h5 39. Ra4 Rxg3 $19) 37... Rxf3 38. Rxa5 Rf4 39. Ra4
Kg5 40. Ra7 (40. c4 Kxg4 41. Ra7 Bf6 $19) 40... Re4 41. c3 (41. Ra4 Rxg4 $19)
41... Kxg4 42. b4 h5 {White´s pawn advance is no match for the speed of the
black h trumph card.} 43. b5 h4 44. b6 h3 45. b7 Bd6 (45... Bd6 46. Ra6 h2 47.
Rxd6 h1=Q+ 48. Ka2 Re8 $19) 0-1
About the author of this DVD

Photo by Amruta Mokal
Viktor Bologan (born 14 December 1971) is a Moldovan chess grandmaster and chess author. His major accomplishment has been winning the Dortmund Sparkassen 2003, ahead of higher-rated and well-known players such as Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, and Peter Leko.
Bologan won the first two editions of the Karpov Poikovsky Tournament, in 2000 and 2001. He tied for first in the same tournament in 2005[3] and 2015. In 2003 he won the Aeroflot Open, one of the largest open tournaments with 150 grandmasters participating. He won the 2005 Canadian Open Chess Championship.
You can know more about this super GM from the eight minute video interview done by Pascal Simon at the ChessBase Studio in Hamburg. 
*** Note: This special offer of Rs.999/- is available only to Indian residents. Others can order this DVD for € 29.90 from the ChessBase Shop. ChessBase India has tied up with ChessBase headquarters in Hamburg to make the world class CB products available to Indians at an affordable price.
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