Boris Avrukh
One of the foremost opening theoreticians of the modern era
Profile
Boris Avrukh is an Israel-born American Grandmaster. He became Grandmaster in 1997 at the age of 21. He has won World Under-12 Championship, the Israeli Chess Championship (twice) and participated in Chess Olympiads 6 times.
Boris is universally recognized as one of the foremost opening theoreticians of the modern era. He has trained some of the best players in the world like GM Radjabov, GM Kramnik, GM Caruana, GM Wesley So, and many more. He was also one of the team members assisting GM Boris Gelfand during the World Championship against GM Viswanathan Anand. Avrukh is widely considered to be the "God of Opening Preparations". He is the world-leading expert on 1.d4 and has authored some of the best chess books.
It's been asserted by some experts that Avrukh’s writings “elevated" chess books to a formerly unseen level.
Courses
Opening Preparation
Recording of 52 week course taken by GM Boris Avrukh
Black Repertoire Against 1.e4 c5 2.c3
Black challenging repertoire against Alapin 1.e4 c5 2.c3 vs Sicilian.
Aggressive 7.f4! vs Benoni
Very aggressive response to straight Benoni move order.
Breyer Repertoire for Black
Full comprehensive Breyer repertoire for Black against the main line of Ruy Lopez.
Repertoire for Black vs London Systems
Black challenging repertoire against very popular London system.
Fianchetto Repertoire vs London
Powerful fianchetto repertoire for Black vs London System. The examined variation mostly fits KID and Grunfeld players.
Sicilian Sidelines
Examination of seven different White 2nd moves deviating from 2. Nf3 .
Initiative - GM Thinking (Part 1)
Control the tempo and style of the game!
Favourable Tension - GM Thinking (Part 2)
Tension can be good.
Defense - GM Thinking (Part 3)
Want to win? Learn defense.
Queen Sacrifice - GM Thinking (Part 4)
When do you let go of your queen?
Opposite Color Bishops
Is position everything? Does material advantage count?
Playing with Bishop Pair
How do we maximise our bishop pair advantage?
Playing against Bishop Pair
How best do we counter the bishop pair advantage?
Pawn moves
"Pawns are the soul of the game. ...the way they are deployed decides the fate of the game." - Philidor
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Initiatives: With help of Surprising Moves
How do you make use of surprise to seize initiative?
Bishop vs Knight
Which one is better, the bishop or the knight?
Exchange Sacrifice
When do we go in for an exchange sacrifice?
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Boris Avrukh's Favourite Positional Games
Favourite positional games of Grandmaster Boris Avrukh
Choosing Opening Repertoire Strategies
How do we formulate our opening repertoire strategy?
Opening Work with Elite Players
Learn what Boris Avrukh teaches his elite students.
Latest Opening Trends
What's the latest in the world of chess openings?
Boris Avrukh's Opening Adventures
Learn from GM Boris Avrukh's experiments with chess openings.
Material Imbalance: Two Minor Pieces vs Rook & Pawn
Two minor pieces or a rook and a pawn?
Material Imbalance: Exchange
When do we go for material imbalance due to exchange sacrifice?
Material Imbalance: Queen vs Pieces
Playing with material imbalance, queen versus pieces.
Material Imbalance: Unusual Imbalances
Some interesting case studies of unusual material imbalance.
Preferred trainee
Intermediate, Advanced
Trainees interested in Openings, 1.d4
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