Cuban-American Grandmaster Leinier Dominguez has been a fixed world top-20 player for the past 15 years, peaking at #10 with a 2768 rating. Among his many tournament achievements, he’s won 4 Cuban Championships, 3 Capablanca Memorials, the 2008 Blitz World Championship, a first board Silver Medal at the 2016 Baku World Chess Olympiad, and the 2019 Dortmund super-tournament.
Similarly, Leinier is known for his vibrant tournament victories. At the Casino de Barcelona 2006 International Tournament, he posted a 2932 rating performance, spectacularly defeating Vassily Ivanchuk in the last round to claim the title with an 8/9 score. At the 2013 FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki leg, Leinier posted a 2926 rating performance after scoring 8/11 ahead of virtually the complete world elite.
And Dominguez translates the quality of his play into analysis and explanations.
If you seek a low-risk, high-reward repertoire for Black, the Classy Semi-Tarrasch Defense is the first course you need to check out. In it, Leinier delivers high-quality instruction with such naturality that you won’t have any problem making the Semi-Tarrasch your own.
His secret is a deep knowledge of the Semi-Tarrasch’s concepts and plans. With it, Dominguez has held his own and beaten the likes of Carlsen, Nakamura, Vachier-Lagrave, or Gelfand.
But what’s maybe more incredible is his ease of sharing his knowledge. Right off the bat, you’ll learn the strategical fight at the core of the Semi-Tarrasch Defense and the reason behind every recommendation in the course. So you’ll be familiar with every situation and will know what to do after the opening.
So, instead of just learning an opening, you’ll be enriching your chess with 2700-level approved middlegame and endgame ideas. If you love a good dose of logic and solid foundations at the core of your opening repertoire, you won’t regret signing up for Dominguez’s master class in the Semi-Tarrasch.
