E-DVD How to Beat the Petrov with the Cochrane Gambit - Chess Lecture - Volume 134 Vasily Smyslov Utilised by some of the

Utilised by some of the world’s leading grandmasters such as Michael Adams and Sergei Tiviakov

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Smyslov participated in four world championships

the chance of a kingside attack and little danger of being outgunned by tactics in the opening

Endgame – The key basic endgames are explained here covering all the essential King and pawn and Rook and pawn endings

E-DVD How to Beat the Petrov with the Cochrane Gambit - Chess Lecture - Volume 134 Vasily Smyslov Utilised by some of theContent: 1 hour and 7 minutes of instruction and analysis in a series of 3 lectures. John Cochrane was a strong nineteenth century Scottish chess master ranked only below the well known Howard Staunton the designer of modern chess pieces. Cochrane was known name in the Calcutta chess club as he played there while he lived in India. The first appearance of the Cochrane gambit against the Petrov's defense was in 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder