Learn the basics of Grunfeld Defence - GM Markus Ragger (Elo: 2656)

Markus Ragger is no.1 player from Austria and the first player from the country to cross 2700 Elo. He is a phenomenal chess player who has won several strong open tournaments all across the world. Recently, he recorded a two-volume series for ChessBase to teach the basics of the Grunfeld Defence.

In this livestream we have Markus over on the ChessBase India channel. He will be teaching us one of the most active and popular openings in the chess world - The Grunfeld Defence (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5). You will learn the basics of this opening and there will also be a quiz where we will invite the audience to take part and answer the questions to improve their understanding of the opening.

If you like the opening and the way Ragger teaches, you can get the ChessBase Fritztrainers:

Power Openings Grunfeld Defence Vol.1: https://chessbase.in/online-shop#!/Po...

Power Openings Grunfeld Defence Vol.2: https://chessbase.in/online-shop#!/Po...

Power Openings Grunfeld Defence Vol1+2: https://chessbase.in/online-shop#!/Po...

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Timestamps by Shahid Ahmed
0:00 Stream Begins
1:39 Introduction and the Indian connection
3:45 Ragger on Grunfeld Defence
4:12 First moves of Grunfeld Defence
4:33 Why Markus Ragger likes the opening
5:31 When was the first time when Ernst Grünfeld played this opening?
7:59 The reasoning behind d5
10:36 How should one approach the opening
12:56 Two volumes
13:16 Main line
31:33 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.h4
46:11 It's every single line that I am also playing
50:56 Most challenging line
58:57 If white has no queen and black is without rooks, how the opening would fare
1:01:49 Grunfeld is one of the richest openings
1:15:38 Neo Grunfeld
1:20:52 4...c6 5...d5
1:26:26 Trap #1
1:30:09 Concept
1:33:17 Trap #2
1:37:00 How to start playing Grunfeld
1:40:52 What's next for Markus Ragger

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