Play Like Gukesh by GM Eugene Perelshteyn

GM Eugene Perelshteyn has taken upon the task to analyze some of the best games by Indian Grandmaster Gukesh D.

In this course, GM Perelshteyn is going to cover how the young Indian prodigy became the World Championship challenger at the age of 17, winning the FIDE Candidates Tournament and showcasing amazing skills.

He is the youngest player ever to win the Candidates.

Gukesh will play against the Chinese Grandmaster Ding Liren for the World Champion title .

It is still to see if Gukesh will also become the youngest world chess champion in the history of the game.

This young Indian pearl plays elegant chess full of unbelievable tactics, good board vision, nerves of steel.

No matter what the position on the board is, Gukesh D keeps calm and shows maturity, which is not that common for a 17-year old.

GM Perelshteyn analyzes some of his games from his younger years, his breakthrough win in the Olympiad, how he faces strong GMs, his unbelievable results, and the fact that he is the youngest player ever to break the 2750 rating barrier.

The games are very thoroughly analyzed by GM Perelshteyn, who also goes through Gukesh’s performance on the Candidates, his ups and downs and his incredible mentality to recover after hard rounds.

GM Perelshteyn also analyzes his deep and universal opening preparation, and the fact that Gukesh feels perfectly comfortable playing both e4 and d4.

You will be presented with fun puzzles from Gukesh games along the way that you will have to solve.

The course is divided in 6 main chapters: Gukesh early years, his gold medal at the 2022 Olympiad, being in the 2700 club, the 2024 FIDE Candidates, tactics, and miniatures.

There are many lessons to be learned from analyzing Gukesh D games, and teaching those lessons in a clear way is exactly what GM Eugene Perelshteyn does in this course.

So go ahead and allow Gukesh D and GM Perelshteyn inspire you with these invaluable lessons.

GM Eugene Perelshteyn

GM Eugene Perelshteyn has over 30 years of experience teaching chess at all levels.

He has written books and produced many chess courses over the years.

Outline

1) Early Years
– Amazing Tactical Vision (Praneeth-Gukesh)
– Deep Positional Understanding (Gukesh-Cornette)

2) Breakthrough – 1st Board Gold Medal at 2022 Olympiad
– Endgame Virtuoso (Albornoz-Gukesh)
– Deadly Attack on the Open File (Gukesh-Sargissian)

3) Established 2700
– Amazing Queen Sacrifice (Gukesh-Jones)
– First Blow, Tricked by Giri (Giri-Gukesh)
– A Masterpiece in the Ruy Lopez (Gukesh-Keymer)

4) Winning FIDE Candidates 2024
– Defense & Nerves of Steel (Pragg-Gukesh)
– Time Pressure Disaster (Firouzja-Gukesh)
– Total Domination & Mating Attack (Vidit-Gukesh)
– Amazing Prep and Endgame Technique (Abasov-Gukesh)

5) Gukesh Tactics!

6) Gukesh Miniatures!