In the former, it was not possible to recommend an universal setup, because the play is more concrete and different replies by Black lead to markedly different positions. There is a marked difference in approach between Keep It Simple 1 e4 and 1 d4 courses. These setups are divided into 14 chapters (not including Introduction), as follows: Although the aim of the repertoire is to go for this plan almost regardless of what Black does, the author does cover 14 different setups Black can go for, in which we sometimes deviate from our ‘scheme’ (say by playing c4 before castling), due to the concrete features of the position. In the KIS: 1 d4 course, the author proposes us to play an universal system based on the fianchetto of the bishop, castling and going c4 (1 d4 – 2 Nf3 – 3 g3 – 4 Bg2 – 5 0-0 – 6 Bg2). The aim of both KIS courses 2 is to provide a complete opening repertoire for the White player on the basis of different 1st moves. e4, Keep It Simple: 1.d4 was the logical next step. Keep It Simple: 1.e4 (which became the first-ever Chessable course that got published as a print book)įollowing the success of Keep It Simple: 1.Chessexplained English: A complete repertoire based on 1.Chessexplained Benko Repertoire: A complete answer to 1.However, during the last couple of years, he has been rather busy with publishing repertoire books for Chessable where he published six courses so far: Apart for the videos for his Youtube channel, he has made video series on chess24 (on Ruy Lopez and English Opening), written a book on Nimzo and Bogo-Indian defences and live-streamed banter blitz session for both chess24 and International Chess Club. Most of his time is devoted to his work as a chess-teacher, but he has been also very active as a chess content producer. According to his website, in 2014 he gave up his day-time job and started to make a living out of chess. International Master Christof Sielecki is better known to the wider chess audience as IM Chessexplained, nicknamed after his popular Youtube Channel he started back in 2011. Hope you will find it useful! ABOUT THE AUTHOR The final result – an honest, in-depth review of the Keep It Simple: 1. 1 They gave me access to the course, I went through the variations and wrote down my impressions. d4, by International Master Christof Sielecki.Īs I have explained in the Chessable introductory post, considering I am a fervent Chessable devotee who believes their product is useful, there weren’t any internal conflicts that would prevent me from accepting it. One of them landed me into a conversation with members of Chessable, who asked me if I would be interested to write a review of their recently published course, Keep It Simple: 1. I decided to heed his advice and sent a bunch of emails. Among other things, he said it is worth to „try and knock on other people’s doors“. In the episode, Hartmann talked about his career as a chess book reviewer and offered advice to all aspiring chess writers. If you don’t know what Chessable is, or you don’t know how exactly it works, I recommend reading this introductory post to Chessable first INTRODUCTIONĪ couple of weeks ago, I listened to the 120th episode of the Perpetual Chess Podcast hosted by Ben Johnson, featuring John Hartmann, who is a book reviewer for Chess Life Magazine and editor of Chess Life Online. This review assumes the reader is familiar with Chessable and their concept
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