Lifetime Repertoires: Swiercz's 1.d4 Part 2 - GM Dariusz Swiercz

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Opening d4 course by GM Dariusz Swiercz
Includes video and PGN

Language: English
Lectures: 56
Total Running Time: 55 hours 40 minutes

From the course:

The Most Flexible and Fighting 1.d4 Repertoire Is Now Complete


As a 1.d4 player, you’ll spend a lot of time facing the symmetrical reply 1…d5. This solid response is hardly going to be refuted any time soon - but you can absolutely create problems for your opponent, and GM Dariusz Swiercz will show you how.

This ambitious repertoire builds upon Lifetime Repertoires: Swiercz’s 1.d4 Part 1 with the same approach. The goal is to take the game into rich, interesting middlegames where you can put real pressure on your opponent.

The course is packed full of alternative lines, making it much harder for your opponent to prepare for you and giving you extra options, depending on the situation. The surprise factor of deviating from your “normal” repertoire is a very underestimated skill.

So what does this course cover? Part 1 covers everything after 1…Nf6 and this course covers the rest. 1...d5 setups make up the bulk of the course, as the Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Queen’s Gambit Declined and various types of Slav Defense are the most commonly played responses.

Against the Queen’s Gambit Accepted - GM Swiercz suggests a solid setup with 2. Nf3 and an early e3. He opts for the topical 7.b3 in the mainline, with Re1 being his suggested backup weapon.

Against the Queen’s Gambit Declined - GM Swiercz suggests systems where you’ll either delay Nf3 or go without it entirely. The goal is a good Carlsbad pawn structure, which is explained in impressive depth.

Particular care is given to the different plans and ideas that can arise from the Carlsbad structures, with two whole chapters dedicated to the topic. Move orders are important, but deepening your knowledge of this crucial structure is an essential part of your chess education.

You’ll tackle the Slav with solid e3-based setups - the Meran variation is the theory-heavy part of the chapter, though the potential for an opening advantage here means it will be time well spent.


There are still plenty of sidelines to cover after 1...d5. GM Swiercz gives you a challenging repertoire against the Chigorin Defense, the Albin Countergambit and various Dutch setups.

As a bonus, there are also chapters on taking down the Philidor and Pirc (after 1…d6), giving you the option to play the most principled way by transposing with 2.e4.

Files:

Swiercz's 1.d4 Part 2
  • 0.1) Introduction (1 variation).mp4 (187.5 MB)
  • 0.2) Quickstarter Guide Slav (14 variations, 15.4 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (220.4 MB)
  • 0.3) Quickstarter Guide Queen's Gambit Declined (25 variations, 16.1 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (362.0 MB)
  • 0.4) Quickstarter Guide Queen's Gambit Accepted (18 variations, 15.3 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (201.2 MB)
  • 0.5) Quickstarter Guide Other Defenses (14 variations, 12.9 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (211.6 MB)
  • 1) The Queens Gambit Accepted (QGA) Introduction.mp4 (80.7 MB)
  • 10) QGD 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Bb4 (10 variations, 13.5 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (84.3 MB)
  • 11) QGD 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 & 6.Bd2 Marshall Gambit (46 variations, 20.1 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (365.7 MB)
  • 12) QGD Tarrasch 4...cxd4 (Von Hennig-Schara) (19 variations, 17.2 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (161.4 MB)
  • 13) QGD Tarrasch 5...Nc6 6.dxc5! (39 variations, 17.9 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (231.1 MB)
  • 14) QGD Tarrasch 5...Nf6 6.Bg5 Sidelines (12 variations, 13.1 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (263.8 MB)
  • 15) QGD Tarrasch 5...Nf6 6.Bg5 Be6 (34 variations, 18.5 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (253.9 MB)
  • 16) QGD 3.Nc3 a6 (49 variations, 17.0 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (330.2 MB)
  • 17) QGD 3.Nc3 h6 (10 variations, 14.6 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (109.3 MB)
  • 18) QGD 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 - 5.Bf4 Nf6 (28 variations, 15.1 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (194.0 MB)
  • 19) QGD 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 - 5.Bf4 c6 (43 variations, 16.6 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (334.1 MB)
  • 2) QGA 3.Nf3 a6 (19 variations, 14.7 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (128.5 MB)
  • 20) QGD 3.Nc3 Bb4 (18 variations, 11.9 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (149.1 MB)
  • 21) QGD Semi-Tarrasch 7.Rb1 (35 variations, 17.4 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (306.5 MB)
  • 22) QGD Carlsbad - delayed ...O-O (7 variations, 13.6 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (86.0 MB)
  • 23) QGD Carlsbad - Classical Setups (29 variations, 16.0 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (282.1 MB)
  • 24) QGD Carlsbad - Bd6 plans (9 variations, 15.4 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (111.0 MB)
  • 25) QGD Carlsbad - 5...Bb4 Ragozin-Style (19 variations, 15.9 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (198.3 MB)
  • 26) QGD Carlsbad - 6...Bf5 Endgame (21 variations, 17.0 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (244.3 MB)
  • 27) Slav Introduction (1 variation).mp4 (200.1 MB)
  • 28) Slav 3.Nf3 e6 Stonewall (12 variations, 13.2 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (113.9 MB)
  • 29) Slav 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 Meran (36 variations, 18.1 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (350.4 MB)
  • 3) QGA 3.Nf3 c5 (11 variations, 11.3 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (156.4 MB)
  • 30) Slav 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 Chebanenko.mp4 (134.6 MB)
  • 31) Slav 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 Schlechter (46 variations, 15.6 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (372.8 MB)
  • 32) Slav 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 (29 variations, 13.8 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (211.4 MB)
  • 33) Slav 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 - 5...a6 (19 variations, 15.8 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (208.3 MB)
  • 34) Slav 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 - 5...e66...Bg6 (24 variations, 15.6 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (174.0 MB)
  • 35) Slav 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 - 5...e6 or 6...Bg4 & 6...Be4 (45 variations, 18.9 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (374.3 MB)
  • 36) 1...d5 Various Openings Introduction.mp4 (127.6 MB)
  • 37) 2...Nf6 (9 variations, 8.7 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (207.3 MB)
  • 38) 2...Bf5 (4 variations, 10.8 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (124.3 MB)
  • 39) Chigorin Defense (15 variations, 14.5 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (166.1 MB)
  • 4) QGA 3.Nf3 - 3rd move sidelines (14 variations, 13.8 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (257.3 MB)
  • 40) Albin Countergambit (12 variations, 12.3 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (100.4 MB)
  • 41) 2...c5 (17 variations, 11.8 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (127.1 MB)
  • 42) Dutch Introduction (1 variation).mp4 (104.7 MB)
  • 43) Dutch - Stonewall (13 variations, 11.9 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (99.6 MB)
  • 44) Dutch - Classical (9 variations, 11.2 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (209.9 MB)
  • 45) Dutch - Leningrad (33 variations, 15.4 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (270.7 MB)
  • 46) Miscellaneous Openings Introduction (1 variation).mp4 (110.9 MB)
  • 47) Keres Defense (18 variations, 11.7 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (132.7 MB)
  • 48) English Defense (16 variations, 10.3 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (154.1 MB)
  • 49) Philidor Defense (1.d4 d6 2.e4) (25 variations, 14.9 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (278.5 MB)
  • 5) QGA 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 4...Bg4 or 4...Be6 or 4...g6 (47 variations, 15.4 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (250.0 MB)
  • 50) Pirc Defense (1.d4 d6 2.e4) (17 variations, 10.9 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (133.6 MB)
  • 6) QGA 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 - ...a6, ...b5 plans (8 variations, 13.6 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (222.1 MB)
  • 7) QGA 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 - 5...c5 6.O-O Nc6 (57 variations, 19.3 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (367.1 MB)
  • 8A) QGA 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 - 5...c5 6.O-O a6 7.b3 (55 variations, 17.4 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (327.8 MB)
  • 8B) QGA 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 - 5...c5 6.O-O a6 7.Re1 ALT (15 variations, 16.7 avg. trainable depth).mp4 (140.1 MB)
  • 9) The Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD) Introduction (1 variation).mp4 (110.4 MB)
  • Swiercz's 1.d4 Part 2.pgn (2.5 MB)

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