The English Opening was Simon Williams' first love and this was the opening that he used to progress from the rank amateur player to 2400+ International Master.

He will now share his secrets of this opening with you, in the hope that the English Opening can help you improve in a similar way.

His main teaching method behind this DVD is to teach you some simple yet effective set ups, without the need to rely on memorising numerous complicated variations.

He has explained what you are trying to achieve with each move and set up, then you will know what plans to put into motion in the middlegame and endgame.

This DVD covers:

1: The Symmetrical English – 1 c4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 g3 g6 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 a3!?

2: …d5 from Black in the Symmetrical English – 1 c4 c5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 d5

3: The Kings Indian Defence – 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 g6 3 g3 Bg7

4: The Anti-Grunfeld – 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 d5

5: The English Defence – 1 c4 b6

6: An interesting way to play against the Slav – 1 c4 c6 2 Nc3 d5 3 e3!?

7: Playing against the Dutch – 1 c4 f5

• Video running time: 5 h 50 min (English)
• With interactive training including videofeedback
• Exclusive training database with 50 essential games
• Including CB 12 Reader

Simon Williams became a IM in 1998 and a GM in 2008. For the last 15 years he has concentrated on teaching, playing and making instructional chess DVDs. His first chess book. ‘Play the Classical Dutch’ got voted, in New in Chess, as one of the top 10 chess books of all time.

System requirements:
Minimum: Pentium III 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3), DirectX9 graphic card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9 and internet connection for program activation.
Recommended: PC Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 7 or Windows 8, DirectX10 graphic card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or better, 100% DirectX10 compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD-ROM drive and Internet connection for program activation.