1. Nf3 The Reversed Queen’s Indian by IM Yuriy Krykun

Handmade for beginners and club players

You can’t fight Yuriy’s logic. After the praise to his easy-to-learn but effective The Accelerated Queen’s Indian Defense, he thought “imagine if you could add White’s extra tempo to all these benefits”.

“Is that enough for an advantage in a setup that only offers Black equality?” you may ask. The short answer is “yes”.

1.Nf3: The Reversed Queen’s Indian, is a practical, idea-based repertoire. Its aim is not to secure an opening advantage (though you’ll end up better more often than not), but to offer you rich positions to play, and the know-how to squeeze them into your favor.

Besides, no author has addressed it properly before, so you’ll easily get the upper hand!

Not just an opening repertoire

The Reversed Queen’s Indian arises after 1.Nf3 and then e3-b3. White gets sound but flexible development and is ready to strike in the center with c2/c4 or d2/d4 depending on the circumstances. That’s the kind of position where the better player wins, and Yuriy’s strategical insights and positional breakdowns will give you a major head up!

But the beauty of this course, is that its bulk is the study of ideas in the arising pawn structures and middlegame plans, so study and playing this repertoire will greatly improve your positional play.

If you are pre-FM level, this is the best use of your time. You get a playable repertoire while cementing a very important area of your chess (that decides games, in any opening!). It’s like getting two for the price of one!

And if you choose to try Yuriy’s Queen’s Indian repertoire for Black, you’ll have some ground covered already 🙂

But there are more reasons to sign up for this course today:

🎯 Easy to learn: only 237 trainable variations and 60,000+ words of detailed commentary. Along with ample use of visual cues, learning the ins of this rep will come to you as easily as a checkmate in 1.

🎯 Unique structure: introductory chapter on pawn structures ideas and characteristics + theoretical section and model games section for each chapter + examples of correct play and what-not-to-do guides at the beginning of every chapter.

🎯 Flexible: against some setups (like the Slav) you’ll play nothing like the QID, but more creatively and ambitiously. This flexibility grows your chess overall.

🎯 Surprising: Yuriy rigorously checked top authors’ previous work and most times, they didn’t address the Reversed QID. So, often you’ll easily outbook the best prepared of your opponents!

🎯 Reliable: Not only is Yuriy an acclaimed author, but 1.Nf3 is his home turf! He has a decade worth of experience in these positions and now you have access to 17+ hours of instruction with him!