Attacking Chess is a highly rated series on analyzing plans to initiate attack against strategic positions. Valeri explains both theory and in practice. Disk 1 covers The Uncastled King French Defense: Paulsen Variation, The Castled King, Striking the Center Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical, 6...a6, Time is Everything! King's Indian: Fianchetto, The Piece Fist Dutch Defense: Leningrad, Main Variation. Content: 2.3 hours of instruction and analysis in a series of 5 lectures. Members of ChessLecture.com rated this series a 4.7 out of 5 Fans on Chesslecture.com said: Excellent lecture and beautifully explained. It’s like the whole rest of the board was shut down but the attacking pieces and the enemy castle. Initiative is powerful business. IM Valeri Lilov is a young chess talent from the small European country of Bulgaria. He is based in Varna, Bulgaria and has been working as successful chess coach and lecturer over the internet for more than seven years. In 2000 in Moscow, Russia, he became the European Individual School Chess Champion U10 with the record result of 6,5 out of 7. In 2005, he made a record in the history of Bulgarian chess by achieving 32 consecutive wins from national championships, which included two magnificent victories in simuls against the top Bulgarian grandmasters, Veselin Topalov and Kiril Georgiev. In 2008, he achieved his highest FIDE rating and in 2013, the title of International master.
