The sniper (winning with ...g6, ...Bg7 and ...c5!) av Charlie Storey

The Sniper – officially created in 2010 - has now been tested with success against top grandmasters and computer programs and still manages to ensure new and creative opening situations full of imbalance - and hence winning prospects for Black. DVD author Charlie Storey has used the Sniper, in conjunction with deep computer analysis, to help gain 145 UK Open victories and has seen his students employ it successfully in European Youth Championships. The Sniper is a universal opening framework which can be played against all main first white moves - 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4, 1.f4 and 1.Nf3. It is defined by: 1 (Any White move) …g6 – 2 (Any White move) …Bg7 – 3 (Any White move) …c5 In other words, Black plays 1…g6, 2…Bg7 and 3…c5 against practically anything! And where White prevents this deliberately, good suggestions are given for these ‘Anti – Sniper ’ variations to blow them away. The major benefit to any Sniper practitioner is that they build up a familiarity with the pawn structure in the resulting middle games which helps to prevent errors and saves time in practical play. Start your Sniper training as your first or secondary repertoire – and remember you can also play it as White! • Video running time: 8 h 34 min (English) • With interactive training including video feedback • Extra: Exclusive database with 50 model games • Including CB Reader System requirements Minimum: Pentium III 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3), DirectX9 graphic card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9, ChessBase 12/Fritz 13 or included Reader and internet connection for program activation. Recommended: PC Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, DirectX10 graphic card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or better, 100% DirectX10 compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD-ROM drive and internet connection for program activation. Contents 01: Introduction Charles Storey [01:15] 02: Introduction Part 1 [11:11] 03: Introduction Part 2 [03:38] 04: Introduction Part 3 [04:26] 05: State of the Art Tools and Scaffolding [04:59] Crystal Line - Winning with the Terydactyl: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 06: Teradactyl Part 1- Crystal Line - Winning with terydactyl [14:10] 07: Teradactyl Part 2- Crystal Line - Winning with terydactyl [11:38] 08: Teradactyl Trap- Crystal Line - Winning with terydactyl [03:31] Manchester United Variation - 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc3 09: Line 1 - 5.bxc3 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bc4 [06:25] 10: Line 2 - 5.bxc3 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Qd4 Qa5 [04:30] 11: Line 3 - 5.bxc3 Nf6 6.f3 Qa5 7.Be3 b6 8.cxb6 axb6 [04:58] 12: Game 1 - Wells,P - Storey,C [16:53] 13: Game 2 - Busnardo - Saduleto,G [22:11] 14: Game 3 - Roberts,D - Storey,C [09:07] Manchester United Closed Variation: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6 15: Line 1 - 5.Nf3 [03:13] 16: Line 2 - 5.h3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O exd5 9.exd5 Na6 [03:54] 17: Line 3 - 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ [01:36] 18: Game 1 - Akopian,V - Zvjaginsev,V [12:13] 19: Game 2 - Blagojevic,D - Ivanisevic,I [10:36] 20: Game 3 - Hebden,M - Petrov,M [07:12] 21: Game 4 - Docx,S - Danielsen,H [07:48] Manchester City Variation: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 c5 22: Line 1 - 4.d5 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O [01:53] 23: Line 2 - 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 Qxc5 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nd5 Be6 8.Bb4 Qc8 [02:06] 24: Line 3 - 4.d5 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Be2 e6 8.dxe6 Bxe6 9.Ng5 Nc6 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.O-O Qe7 [01:47] 25: Game 1 - Bareev,E - Speelman,J [10:18] 26: Game 2 - Cioara,A - Chatalbashev,B [11:19] 27:Game 3 - Radulov,I - Keene,R [08:28] 28:Game 4 - Battaglini,G - Sethuraman,S [10:25] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Be3 29: Line 1 - 3.Be3 c5 4.Nc3 Qa5 [03:18] 30: Line 2 - 3. Be3 c5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Qd2 Nc6 [01:17] 31: Line 3 - 3.Be3 c5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.dxc5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qxc3+ 7.Bd2 Qxc5 [02:47] 32: Game 1 - Petrov,M - Metev,M [14:22] 33: Game 2 - Kharchenko,B - Rakhmanov,A [05:12] 34: Game 3 - Mrva,M - Azmaiparashvili,Z [10:55] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 c5 35: Line 1 - 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3 Qxc5 [01:43] 36: Line 2 - 4.d5 d6 5.Bg2 Nf6 [01:04] 37: Line 3 - 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 Qxc5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg2 d6 8.Nge2 O-O [01:41] 38: Game 1 - Tsyhanchuk,S - Hillarp Persson,T [10:13] 39: Game 2 - Hodgson,J - Carton,P [03:37] 1.e4 g6 2.Bc4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 40: Line 1 - 4.c3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d5 7.exd5 exd5 8.Bb3 Ne7 [04:33] 41: Line 2 - 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qa5+ [01:59] 42: Line 3 - 3.Qf3 e6 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.Bb3 d6 [02:22] 43: Game 1 - Safarli,E - Iturrizaga Bonelli,E [05:11] Closed Sicilian/Grand Prix: 1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.f4 c5 44: Line 1 - 4. Bc4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nge7 [02:48] 45: Line 2 - 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nd4 [01:18] 46: Line 3 - 1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d4 Bg7 or 2...Bg7 3.d4 [02:26] 47: Game 1 - Tiviakov,S - Kasparov,G [14:39] 48: Game 2 - Al Modiahki,M - Ivanchuk,V [02:30] 49: Game 3 - Fedorov,A - Van Wely,L [05:35] 50: Game 4 - Ivanov,A - Goganov,A [05:13] Bermuda Triangle with d4/c4/Nc3: 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 51: Line 1 - 4.d5 e5 5.dxe6 fxe6 [03:45] 52: Line 2 - 4.d5 e5 5.d6 Nc6 6.Nd5 Rb8 [01:59] 53: Line 3 - 4.d5 e5 5.e4 d6 [02:09] 54: Game 1 - Vorobiov,E - Efimenko,Z [05:46] Chelsea Variation: 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5 55: Line 1 - 4.Nf3 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Nf6 [03:31] 56: Line 2 - 4.Nf3 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Nb3 Qc7 [01:50] 57: Line 3 - 4.Nf3 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 Qb6 6.Bc3 cxd4 7.Bxd4 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 [02:06] 58: Game 1- Kanarek,M - Markowski,T [08:57] 59: Game 2- Ram,S - Belous,V [05:18] Beating the English: 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 60: Line 1 - 4.Bg2 [01:25] 61: Line 2 - 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Rb1 d6 6.a3 a5 7.e3 e5 8.Nge2 Nge7 9.O-O O-O 10.d3 Rb8 11.Bd2 Be6 12.e4 h6 13.Nb5 f5 14.Nec3 Nd4 [03:31] 62: Line 3 - 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Rb1 d6 6.a3 a5 7.e3 e5 8.Nge2 Nge7 9.O-O O-O 10.d3 Rb8 11.Bd2 Bf5 [01:15] 63: Game 1- Carlsen,M - Aronian,L [05:25] Beating the London System/Torre Attack: 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Bf4 c5 or 3.Bg5 Nf6 64: Line 1 - 3.Bf4 c5 4.c3 Qb6 [02:04] 65: Line 2 - 3.Bg5 Nf6 4.c3 d6 5.e3 O-O 6 Be2 c5 7.Nbd2 b6 8.O-O Bb7 [02:29] 66: Line 3 - 1.d4 g6 2.Bf4 Bg7 3.e3 c5 4.Nf3 d6 5.dxc5 Qa5+ 6.c3 Qxc5 [03:47] 67: Game 1- Frometa Castillo,Z - Araque,R [02:01] The Reti: 1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.g3 c5 68: Line 1 - 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.d3 Rb8 [02:22] 69: Line 2 - 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 [01:39] 70: Line 3 - 3.d4 c5 4.d5 d6 [01:30] 71: Game 1- Giri,A - Grischuk,A [02:27] The Bird: 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 72: Game 1 - Schmidt,R - Sadler,M [03:24] Arsenal Variation: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 73: Line 1 - 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c5 [22:11] 74: Line 2 - 4.c4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 Nc6 7.d5 Nd4 8.Nc3 c5 [03:00] 75: Line 3 - 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nc6 [02:19] 76: Game 1 - Andersson,U - Gelfand,B [05:40] 77: Game 2 - Camarena Gimenez,R - Malakhov,V [05:46] 78: Game 3 - Van Mil,J - Hodgson,J [05:36] 79: Game 4 - Howell,D - Aronian,L [04:50] Leicester Variation: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.h4 80: Line 1 - 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.h4 [02:29] 81: Line 2 - 1.h4 g6 2.h5 Bg7 3.hxg6 c5 [01:28] 82: Line 3 - 1.d4 g6 2.h4 Bg7 3.h5 c5 [01:02] 83: Game 1 - Kobese,W - Bologan,V [03:59] 84: Game 2 - Okhotnik,V - Kazhgaleyev,M [02:07] Newcastle United Variation: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 85: Line 1 - 3...d5/c5 [01:50] 86: Line 2 - 3...d5 4.Nd2 c5 [01:33] 87: Line 3 - 3...d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 c5 [01:58] 88: Game 1 - Tiviakov,S - Storey,C [10:49] The King of Anti Snipers: 1.b3 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 89: Line 1 - 4.c4 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qa5 [03:33] 90: Line 2 - 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O [01:35] 91: Line 3 - 1.b4 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.b5 a6 [01:33] 92: Game 1 - Klein,D - Demchenko,A [08:29] 93: Summary [07:29] 94: Outro [03:32] Charlie Storey is an FM from England, English Chess Federation Academy Coach and U18 Team Coach. Also, he is a Qualified Teacher of Business and Computer Science, performing at ‘A’ in his Masters in Teaching & Learning. Storey regularly teaches 1-1 via Skype using Chessbase and ‘screenshare’. At present, he is taking a break from school teaching to focus on his chess grandmaster aspirations from 2017-2019 – Skype chess students are welcome whilst he plays in the many international tournaments needed to achieve this goal.