The Tricky 1.Nf3 Repertoire

The Tricky 1.Nf3 Repertoire

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Hey guys,

How would it feel to play an opening that's easy for you to learn and play, and also very uncomfortable and practically difficult for your opponents?

Now imagine - what if you could also master the middlegame, developing the following key skills:

- How To Successfully Pawn Storm The Enemy King;
- How To Win When Playing Against The Isolated Queen's Pawn (IQP) - the most fundamental pawn structure in chess;
- How To Win With The IQP;
- How To Convert A Slight Endgame Advantage Into A Win, Magnus Style

Do you believe that mastering these skills would raise your chess rating by 100+ points?


My Short Training Video Here Shows You How!


If you answered 'Yes', then I have something special for you.



What makes this opening course special is that it's very easy to start playing and winning with my Tricky 1.Nf3 repertoire, as we are playing in a similar way in most variations (with c4/b3/Bb2/e3). My 25-minute 'Quick Repertoire' video at the start of the course gives you all the theory you need to know to start playing and winning with 1.Nf3 today! 

Let's see some typical positions arising from The Tricky 1.Nf3 Repertoire:




This position comes from Duda-Karjakin, Chess.com Blitz 2020. It's only White's 11th move, but already he had an immediate knockout with 11.Nce4!, when Black has no good way to stop White's queen reaching h7. Duda missed this opportunity, although he nonetheless won the game.

Now for another example, showing how to deal with the Queen's Indian setup:


This position is from the game Pechac-Jurcik, Czech Republic 2019. We see that this 'Pillsbury' plan of Ne5 backed up by the pawns on d4 and f4 is very unpleasant for Black, and in the game White quickly generated a decisive kingside attack.

One more example:




This position comes from the game Karpov-Lautier, Monte Carlo Rapid 2000. White has obtained a very comfortable Anti-IQP position, where Black is unable to create real attacking chances against White's king, while the d5-pawn remains a long-term weakness for Black.
The modern trend of 'drilling' opening variations with resources such as Chessable (among others) has led many to believe that this rote memorization (using spaced repetition) is the way to become a stronger chess player.

I do believe greatly in 'drilling' tactics puzzles to put the key tactical patterns in our long-term memory. But I find that for openings, it's a relatively inefficient way to master them and to improve our game in general.

I spent a lot of time working on chess openings throughout my chess career, and I think one reason this work proved quite fruitful is because I didn't really try to memorize all the variations, unless I was preparing for a specific game against a specific opponent.

Instead, I used the opening as a tool to greatly improve my chess understanding, master different types of chess positions (strategy), and expose myself to a range of clever tactical and dynamic ideas.

What if you could play an opening where you didn't have to revise the early moves over and over again, because you're playing similar setups each time?

Now imagine...what if, in that time you used to spend memorizing opening moves, you learned:

- How To Play Isolated Queen's Pawn Positions (both with and against the IQP);
- How To Create And Attack The Opponent's Weaknesses;
- How To Start A Successful Attack With A Kingside Pawn Storm;
- How To Convert Small Endgame Advantages Into Wins, Magnus Style;

Which do you think would lead to the biggest improvement in your chess game?


I also show you how we can favourably opt for a different setup to punish common openings such as the Grunfeld and Dutch. These systems are less effective against 1.Nf3 than 1.d4, when you follow my tricky Grandmaster move orders!

The other unique feature of this White opening repertoire is that, unlike most opening resources, most of my coverage is in explaining 20 Model Games, showing how the world's best players handle the typical middlegames and endgames as White. 
I've said many times that I believe strongly in using openings as a tool for mastering our middlegames and endgames.

This is the course that makes this a reality, and does all that work for you.

For the next 3 days only (until Friday 28th May, 11:55pm UTC+7 time), you can get instant access to my new course 'The Tricky 1.Nf3 Repertoire' for just $47.

After that, the price goes up to $67.
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See you on the inside!

Your Coach,

GM Max Illingworth

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- Are passionate about chess;


- Are based in Australia, the Americas or East Asia;


- Are rated above 1600 (if you're below 1600, I have a curriculum to get you to 1600+ rapidly);

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