{"id":14750,"date":"2023-12-10T18:25:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T18:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/?post_type=product&#038;p=14750"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:29:38","slug":"learn-from-vishy-anand-with-gm-marian-petrov","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/shop\/learn-from-vishy-anand-with-gm-marian-petrov\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn from Vishy Anand with GM Marian Petrov"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 56.66% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Learn from Vishy Anand\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/883382741?h=f05f45b50e&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"product_title entry-title\">Vishy Anand with GM Marian Petrov<\/h2>\n<p><em>He won the Chess Oscar six times.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He won the World Chess Champion title five times.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He is the first Indian Grandmaster.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He has crazy rapid playing speed (called the Lightning Kid).<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And he is considered one of the best attacking players of all time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you could not guess by now, I am talking about\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(Drumroll please)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vishwanathan Anand.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Viswanathan_Anand_2016-1024x681.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"257\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You know who he is \u2013 \u201cone of the greatest in the whole history of chess\u201d as per Kramnik.<\/p>\n<p>What if you could get the chance to study his playing style (along with his best games) in 10.5 hours with another seasoned grandmaster and chess coach?<\/p>\n<p>GM Marian Petrov has brand-new training for you,\u00a0<strong><em>Learn from Vishy Anand<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Broken down to 15 chapters, Petrov goes over Anand\u2019s wins over the legends, positional chess versus the top players, his mastery over the Sicilian, his long battles with Kasparov, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>This exclusive training is for anyone who is in the attacking vs positional dilemma and wants to know how they can merge these two into a powerful chess play.\u00a0<em>(Learn from Anand on how it\u2019s done!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/videoapi-muybridge.vimeocdn.com\/animated-thumbnails\/image\/821a1108-692e-43e8-bf58-47ebc5c47065.gif?ClientID=vimeo-core-prod&amp;Date=1699794252&amp;Signature=dfc113bbe7cfc5b175d6466c4b0ae180e5bb3ba2\" width=\"475\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Here\u2019s what you are going to learn:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A fork on the knight and the bishop.<\/strong>\u00a0A tremendous blow to Black, right? Anand shows you when your opponent is busy grabby your material, why you should focus on the jugular instead. Black\u2019s dark-square bishop quickly goes over to the h4 square. Then the Black queen goes to the g6. Can you see how it played out? If not, let Petrov show you.\u00a0<em>It\u2019s a beauty.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/learn-from-vishy-anand-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ratings lie.<\/strong>\u00a0One of the players was 2300-ish rated and another one was 2500+. Can you guess who? If you said Anand was the higher-rated one, you are WRONG! Anand as White pushed his g-pawn forward. So what? Black simply captures it back with the h-pawn. Not so fast. The White rook lands itself directly in front of the Black and then\u2026 a timely sacrifice. Yes, that\u2019s a 2300-rated player for you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/learn-from-vishy-anand-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What does White do next?<\/strong>\u00a0Let this be a puzzle for you. This game was played between Anand and Mamedyarov in Wijk aan Zee 2019. Black played 27\u2026Rbe4. Simple stuff\u2026 or is it? FYI White wins in the next two moves. Take your time and find out how. Or you can also check the video where Petrov covers this game for you. Learn how to see invisible tactics in winning positions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/learn-from-vishy-anand-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I probably don\u2019t have to convince you much at this point about how invaluable the training is for you.<\/p>\n<h3>About the Author:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>GM Marian Petrov [FIDE 2537]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>is an accomplished professional chess coach, theorist, and Bulgarian champion in 2002 and 2017, as well as the winner of many open tournaments around the world. Also, a FIDE trainer and coach of the team Wales at the last Olympiad in Baku in 2016. He graduated from the National Sports Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria with a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Chess Pedagogy, a four-year undergraduate program designed to prepare top-level chess trainers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/videoapi-muybridge.vimeocdn.com\/animated-thumbnails\/image\/af8a9804-71c8-4153-b8a8-1c0cb462223c.gif?ClientID=vimeo-core-prod&amp;Date=1699794556&amp;Signature=5f70e3a6956d85999af84995c09bde9993d2c119\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Outline:<\/h3>\n<p>Chapter 1. First Win over 2500 and 2600<br \/>\nChapter 2. Outplaying the Legends<br \/>\nChapter 3. Taking on the World Champions<br \/>\nChapter 4. Positional Chess vs. Top Players<br \/>\nChapter 5. Beating Karpov<br \/>\nChapter 6. Winning against Garry Kasparov<br \/>\nChapter 7. Candidates vs. Karpov<br \/>\nChapter 8. Defeating Korchnoi<br \/>\nChapter 9. The King of Sicilian<br \/>\nChapter 10. Battling Garry Kasparov<br \/>\nChapter 11. First World Championship Title<br \/>\nChapter 12. Beautiful Wins<br \/>\nChapter 13. Taking on Kramnik and Topalov<br \/>\nChapter 14. Defending the Title<br \/>\nChapter 15. Losing to Carlsen<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GM Marian Petrov has brand-new training for you, Learn from Vishy Anand. Broken down to 15 chapters, Petrov goes over Anand&#8217;s wins over the legends, positional chess versus the top players, his mastery over the Sicilian, his long battles with Kasparov, and much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Learn from Vishy Anand with GM Marian Petrov - 365Chess<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"GM Marian Petrov has brand-new training for you, Learn from Vishy Anand. 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