The Old-School Gurgenidze A Complete Repertoire vs. 1.e4 + PGN Oct 24, 2025

Slow 1.e4 To A Crawl With
The Light-Square Grind
of The Gurgenidze

Forget racing through razor-sharp lines and stumbling. The Old-School Gurgenidze locks White down with a simple light-square setup — while you steadily pick apart their center or cramp their flanks.

It’s a throwback to the 1960s.

One which combines the long-range control of the Modern Defense with the central strike of the Caro-Kann.

The Old-School Gurdenidze takes
the long diagonal with …g6 and …Bg7,
then rules out fast attacks by White
with …c6 and …d5

And who better to show you the ropes than Grandmaster Damian Lemos.

Known for his balanced, consistent playstyle, Lemos boasts a rock-bottom 16% loss rate on Chess.com. He’s rarely outplayed, and he complements the Gurgenidze’s fresh angles with time-tested positional IQ.

Lemos is also one of the most influential chess instructors today.

Students love his systematic, idea-based teaching style. He pairs the opening lines inside with 38 model games. So you don’t just see how the lines work in theory — you see how they actually unfold against real opponents!

Also joining you through the analysis is Michael Green.

He’s a FIDE instructor and an expert in hybrid openings.

Green blends the best traits of two or more systems to craft unique repertoires that are simple to prepare… yet frustrating to face.

Rock-solid when it’s time to hold — surprising and sharp when it’s time to be bold.

His debut course on 1.c3 fused the Reversed Caro-Kann with the London System. It earned a nomination for the Best Community Course of 2024… topped by a near-perfect 4.98 star rating from club players tired of theory wars.

With The Old-School Gurgenidze, Green’s at it again, refining your prep with Black.

Together with Lemos, they breathe new life into the Gurgenidze…

Combining Old-School Grit with Original
Analysis To Outmaneuver White

Let’s walk you through the course:

You start with the U1500 Repertoire.

Most players within this rating follow textbook development straight down the middle: e4, d4, Nf3, and Nc3. From here, the game narrows down to just 3 predictable plans.

Under 1500 Elo, you will reach this
position in the overwhelming
majority of games