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A top-notch 1.e4 e5 repertoire by a former world U16 champion and lifetime king’s pawn playerThis
Lifetime Repertoire is a comprehensive library built to support your life-long growth as a player. Immerse yourself in this deep and comprehensive repertoire and you will never have to learn another opening as Black against 1.e4 again.
Turn 1...e5 into an aggressive, adrenaline fueled opening with Sethuraman
People who play 1.e4 want it all: central dominance, active pieces, and relentless attacking chances against your king.
Now, imagine when you
take those wishes and
turn them against the other player.
If the idea of this makes you laugh with excitement, then let
Grandmaster S.P. Sethuraman show how you can do
exactly that with 1...e5.
GM Sethuraman is one of the finest players to ever come out of India. In his youth he won the
Asian U12 and
World U16 Chess Championships . He also won many cutthroat invitational and open tournaments as a full-time
professional.
All throughout his career, GM Sethuraman has relied on the classical 1...e5 to neutralize 1.e4. He's happy to play the opening against
all comers, even beating top-100 players like Pentala Harikrishna and Sanan Sjugirov with it.
So when he offered to create such a repertoire for us, we had to say, "YES!"
Two months and over 300 hours of analysis later, GM Sethuraman is now ready to teach you his "secrets" to winning with 1.e4 e5.
You can be certain: the responsibility of handling a repertoire that lasts a lifetime is one I take very seriously! - GM S.P. Sethuraman
Play 1.e4 e5 The Sethuraman Way
Lifetime Repertoires: Sethuraman's 1.e4 e5 strikes the perfect balance between an elite-level repertoire and what the ambitious club player desires.
Its clear roads to equality give you a safety net in the opening (a must for 2600+ grandmasters), while its punchy middlegame positions let you mix things up and play for the win (a must for developing players).
In creating the repertoire, GM Sethuraman avoided heavily analyzed main lines in favor of less explored paths.
This decision led to
brand new discoveries and
refreshing takes on long-established lines of play. Many of which are covered in-depth for the first time. (The surprise alone can
tip the game in your favor.)
But
Lifetime Repertoires: Sethuraman's 1.e4 e5 goes beyond breathtaking opening ideas. Inside the course, you also learn mind-blowing tactics, crafty defensive moves, and flawless piece maneuvers that can only
improve your play.
Here's what you'll see:
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Counter the Ruy Lopez, with a subtle
twist on the 6th move, which gives you an iron grip on d4 and lets your pieces to spring into action.
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Quickstarter Guide with 37 core lines that allows you to start playing 1.e4 e5 almost
overnight.
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How to deal with all of those annoying gambits the White player can throw at you such. Bust the Danish, Goring, King's, and Vienna Gambits once and for all!
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Plan-based strategies to shut down tricky but dubious sidelines, like the early queen swing with 2.Qh5, the Ponziani Opening, and the hazy Bongcloud.
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Smashing novelties powered honed by GM Sethuraman intuition in combination with extensive use of super engine's LeelaChessZero
andStockfish 12’s latest neural network edition.
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168 training positional puzzles that will help you remember the key ideas even better. These positions teach you the
new plans and strategies, which the Indian grandmaster discovered in his analysis. So you can play 1.e4 e5 like an expert, even if the game strays away from theory.
Plus, a special segment with
19 deeply annotated model games, to see how grandmasters are able to build out pleasant positions into convincing victories.
With over 1,200 trainable variations and ALMOST 40 hours of video-sync instruction, GM Sethuraman's first Chessable course isn't just an opening trainer. It's a lifetime guide!
Stand Tall And Ready Against 1.e4 With GM Sethuraman's Lifetime Repertoire1...e5!
