From Berlin to Rio: 1.e4 e5 for Black - IM Piotr Nguyen & GM Luka...

Opening course against 1.e4 for black by IM Piotr Nguyen and GM Lukasz Jarmula
Includes video and PGN

Language: English
Lectures: 31
Total Running Time: 18 hours 41 minutes

From the course:

   A beginner should avoid Queen's Gambit and French Defence and play open games (1.e4 e5) instead! - Richard Réti

Get Rid Of Your 1.e4 Worries
Once And For All!

The legendary Réti was only half-correct, because...

Whether you are a beginner or a world-class grandmaster, 1...e5 is the most reliable way to match White's show of force and play for the WIN after 1.e4.

And with International Master Piotr Nguyen and Grandmaster Lukasz Jarmula as your guide, you too can...

Surprise And Outplay
Even The Most Hardcore Main Line 1.e4 Experts

IM Nguyen and GM Jarmula are two of the earliest authors here on Chessable.

Their latest course From Berlin To Rio: 1.e4 e5 Repertoire For Black shows you sound but unusual strategies for playing 1...e5.

Many of which can prove wickedly effective, even against seasoned veterans.

At the core of the repertoire is the underrated Rio De Janeiro Variation versus the Ruy Lopez.

This low-key opening dangles the drawish Berlin Endgame in front of White...only to pivot to an improved version where you get a lingering positional advantage before move 10!

But the course covers so much more than the Ruy Lopez.

Inside From Berlin To Rio: 1.e4 e5 Repertoire For Black, you will learn how to:

💪 Take control of the initiative versus the Italian Game with a quick ...d7-d5 thrust. After which, White's pieces must keep defending their backward d-pawn...while yours march towards the center and the enemy king.

💪 The bust to Daniil Dubov's Guioco Piano. Put Dubov-wannabes back in their place, with the authors' 12th move improvement to Dubov-Karjakin, Russian Superfinal 2020.

💪 Melt away the enemy center, while your pieces burst into action in the Scotch Game. Best part? The "streamlined" Mieses Variation recommended here also cuts down your study time in half.

💪 Fortify your "weak" f4-pawn in the Vienna and King's Gambit, and turn it into a thorn in White's throat. With its cramping effect, White can't help but fall behind in development.

💪 Take the wind out of the Evans Gambit's sails, and equalize effortlessly with a shocking counter-gambit on move six. Even better, the burden is on the first player to play with near-impossible accuracy just to stay in the game.

💪 PLUS, you also get practical and ambitious antidotes to rarely played sidelines, including the Bishop's Opening, Centre Game, Ponziani, and Halloween and Goring Gambits.

With 567 trainable variations and 18 hours of video, this beefy repertoire brings you months-worth of learning and improvement. But thanks to the Quickstarter chapter, you can start playing and WINNING with 1...e5 in as little as 100 minutes.