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ADVANCED CHESS SCHOOL (PC-CD)

ADVANCED CHESS SCHOOL (PC-CD)

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55 lessons with over 450 examples to illustrate basic chess principles. Over 750 quiz problems with built in playing engine to test your progress. Covers all aspects of the game from openings & endings to tactics & strategy. For players who already know the rules but want to make sense of the game. A follow up to the Chess School for Beginners CD.
System requirements: Windows 98/2000/Me/XP/NT4.0, 32Mb RAM, SVGA, CD ROM, Mouse.


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ATTACKING THE KING FOR EXPERTS (PC-DVD)

ATTACKING THE KING FOR EXPERTS (PC-DVD)

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Rustam Kazimdzhanov
Ever since the beginning of chess, the assault on the king has had its own special magic; masterly attacking games, crowned by sacrifices and unforgettable combinations, have never ceased to attract and thrill the audience. On this DVD in fritztrainer video format, Rustam Kasimdzhanov shows us that particularly the World Champions were outstanding attackers from who we can learn a lot. From Steinitz, Lasker and Capablanca to Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov, one exemplary attacking game is presented reflecting the individual playing attitude of each of these chess legends.
The second part of the DVD is dedicated to games of Kasimdzhanov's own practice. In his typical vivid and instructive manner, he comments on the decisive stages of the attack explaining the spectator which specific train of thought led him to success during play. The result is an entertaining outline of historical and modern attacking chess, giving you all the skills required to succeed in your own practice. Video running time: 4 hours. This fritztrainer can also be run with Pocket Fritz 3 (audio format).
Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Born in 1979, the grandmaster from Uzbekistan has for many years been known as a very strong and imaginative player. However in 2004 Rustam Kasimdzhanov shocked the chess world by winning the FIDE world chess championship title, beating a string of world-class players like Ivanchuk, Grischuk, Topalov and Adams in the process. Kasimdzhanov is a very deep player, who is able to explain chess ideas in an eloquent, lucid style, with a fine touch of humour. His lessons are both entertaining and instructive - perfect for students who seek to avoid "dry" theory.
The DVD also contains the whole training course in audio-format for Pocket Fritz 3.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP/Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard. Published 2009.
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BASICS OF WINNING CHESS (PC-DVD)

BASICS OF WINNING CHESS (PC-DVD)

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Andrew Martin
Modern chess is a tough relentless game, which demands that all chessplayers, regardless of strength, keep their command of basic technique in tip-top shape. On this instructive and entertaining DVD, International Master Andrew Martin takes you on a tour of the basics of winning chess, so that you never have to worry about this part of the game again. Through the use of classic games and game fragments, Martin charts a survival course through the competitive minefield. His firm conviction is that everyone is capable of great improvement, if the right mental attitude is combined with a strong grasp of essential chess ideas. This DVD will guide you in the right direction. The DVD is based on the new instructional Fritz8-Chess Media System: all the lectures are presented in their entirety with video pictures and synchronised chess graphics. I.M. Andrew Martin lives in England. He is a professional chess teacher and writer. His recent works include the ABC of the Ruy Lopez and the ABC of the King’s Indian.
System requirements: PC-233MHz, 64 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, sound card, mouse, Windows Vista, XP, 2000, Me, 98SE, Windows Media Player 9. This package includes the ChessBase 9.0 Reader viewing software.
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CHECK AND MATE! (PC-CD)

CHECK AND MATE! (PC-CD)

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This 2nd edition of Daniel King's attack course is in multimedia format with video, sound and on screen graphics to demonstrate the right way to conduct an offensive. Effective patterns and motifs are explained in 10 chapters, each with test and illustrative games. Learn how to plan and execute attacks with one of the game's leading coaches.
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CHESS: EASY WAYS OF TAKING PAWNS & PIECES (PC-CD)

CHESS: EASY WAYS OF TAKING PAWNS & PIECES (PC-CD)

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* Rating: 800-1200 ELO
* Difficulty: beginner player
* Topics: Tactics, Middlegame
The course is intended for players who are already acquainted with the rules of the game. If you are a beginner, you just cannot afford to give away your piece in 1 move - presuming, of course, that you wish to improve your play! Another thing you cannot afford is to miss a chance of grabbing an undefended piece of your opponent's! This course includes more than 5800 exercises with lots of pieces on the board. Such a great number of exercises makes this course an excellent tool for quick training of chess beginners. Even if you study and solve only 20% of exercises you are sure to improve your chess skills and not to miss a chance to take an undefended piece in your practical game!
All the exercises are taken from practical games and arranged according to the names of pieces and difficulty levels.
You get plenty of feedback and opportunity to track your progress.
* Study the training material and test your knowledge
* Review your rating history
* Keep track of the progress of multiple users. Compete against your friends and family members
* Practice by playing against a chess program
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC, 64 Mb RAM, Hard Disk 50 Mb of free disk space, Windows 7/XP/Vista. No additional software required.


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CHESS: FROM BEGINNER TO CLUB PLAYER (PC-CD)

CHESS: FROM BEGINNER TO CLUB PLAYER (PC-CD)

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This teaching program is a guide to learning chess and improving your level. It will introduce you to the rules and laws of chess and let you work your way up from the level of Beginner to the level of Club Player.
In the course 100 chess topics are considered including rules of chess game; methods of playing in opening, middle game and ending; combinational techniques and basic elements of strategy. All in all, the course contains 500 teaching examples and 700 exercises useful for consolidation of the acquired knowledge.
A built-in playing program makes your own additional training possible and provides you with an opportunity to get answers while solving the exercises.
Languages: English
System Requirements: IBM-compatible PC, 256 Mb RAM, Hard Disk 100 Mb of free disk space, Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7. No additional software required.


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CHESS: FROM BEGINNER TO CLUB PLAYER (DOWNLOAD VERSION)

CHESS: FROM BEGINNER TO CLUB PLAYER (DOWNLOAD VERSION)

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Order the download version of Chess: From Beginner to Club Player and we will email you a link to enable you to download the program to your PC.
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System requirements: IBM-compatible PC, 256 Mb RAM, hard disk 100Mb, Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7. No additional software required.


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CHESS: SIMPLE DEFENCE (PC-CD)

CHESS: SIMPLE DEFENCE (PC-CD)

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* Rating: 800-1200 ELO
* Difficulty: beginner player
* Topics: Tactics, Middlegame
If you are a beginner, you just have to learn how to defend your pieces from being taken! Every chessplayer has to master and consolidate some basic defensive skills such as withdrawing or protecting a piece, interception or attacking an opponent’s piece. Having consolidated your knowledge by doing a great number of exercises you will be able to improve your level of playing.
This course includes more than 3000 exercises with lots of pieces on the board. Such a great number of exercises makes this course an excellent tool for quick training of chess beginners.
You get plenty of feedback and opportunity to track your progress.
* Study the training material and test your knowledge
* Review your rating history
* Keep track of the progress of multiple users. Compete against your friends and family members
* Practice by playing against a chess program
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC, 64 Mb RAM, Hard Disk 50 Mb of free disk space, Windows 7/XP/Vista. No additional software required.


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CHESS EXPERTISE STEP BY STEP (PC-DVD)

CHESS EXPERTISE STEP BY STEP (PC-DVD)

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Efstratios Grivas
Vol. 1: Unexpected Tactics
Tactics in chess are sequences of moves which limit the opponent’s options and may result in a tangible gain by force. They are usually contrasted with strategy, in which advantages take longer to be realised and where the opponent is less constrained in his choice of reply. Tactics are an essential part of chess, since even purely positional games may contain certain moments where one cannot do without sharp calculations.
The fundamental building blocks of tactics are forks, skewers, batteries, discovered attacks, undermining, overloading, deflection, pins and interference. This DVD covers important sections of this field and helps to understand in depth the proper handling of (unexpected) tactics in certain cases. We will examine how to achieve (or to avoid) mate on the back rank, the strength of the ‘dancing’ knights, how to sac the queen near the opposing king, how to march with the king, how to use efficiently the f4-break and finally how to make sacrifices to gain the initiative. As Nigel Short once said, "Modern chess is too much concerned with things like pawn structure. Forget it - checkmate ends the game!".
Efstratios Grivas is a Grandmaster and highly experienced chess trainer and chess author. He lives in Athens, and he is also a FIDE Senior Trainer (Secretary of the FIDE Trainers’ Commission), an International FIDE Chess Arbiter and an International FIDE Chess Organizer.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.
Published 2011. Video running time: 4 hours.

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CHESS EXPERTISE STEP BY STEP VOL. 2 (PC-DVD)

CHESS EXPERTISE STEP BY STEP VOL. 2 (PC-DVD)

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Efstratios Grivas
Vol. 2: Mastering Strategy
Mastering chess strategy is a matter of constant practice and analysis. Many good books have been written on this subject and almost all important (or even less important) strategic assets have been examined in great depth. But there is still enough room in the endless variety of the game of chess for an attempt to classify various themes and a proper description of mechanisms and ways of handling specific types of position. This DVD, called "Mastering Strategy", tries to cover important aspects of this field and to help you to assimilate knowledge and understand in depth the proper handling of strategy in certain cases. We will examine how to exploit the important f5-square, how to make the most of your own apparently useless isolani, how to handle positions with a pawnless queenside, the handling of the a7 outpost, how to increase small advantages and finally how to handle the weak d5-square. As James Whitaker has mentioned, "The person who knows 'how' will always have a job. The person who knows 'why' will always be the boss".
Efstratios Grivas is a Grandmaster and highly experienced chess trainer and chess author. He lives in Athens, and he is also a FIDE Senior Trainer (Secretary of the FIDE Trainers’ Commission), an International FIDE Chess Arbiter and an International FIDE Chess Organizer.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.
Published 2011. Video running time: 4 hours.


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CHESS EXPERTISE STEP BY STEP VOL. 3 (PC-DVD)

CHESS EXPERTISE STEP BY STEP VOL. 3 (PC-DVD)

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Efstratios Grivas
Vol. 3: Rook Handling
Rook handling and generally speaking endings constitute one of the most fascinating elements in chess. Rich in both tactical and strategic possibilities, they offer us the opportunity to marvel at its endless creative potential and unique ideas. Of all chess endings (pawn, queen, rook, bishop and knight), rook endings are the ones encountered most frequently. Like all aspects of chess technique, rook endings (and in in general the correct handling of rooks) encompass a significant amount of theoretical and repeated motifs, which we have to be aware of - just like our openings. In this way we will be able to make correct decisions at important junctures of the game, decisions that will either promise us victory or allow us to secure the draw. This DVD, called "Rook Handling", tries to cover important parts of this field and help you to assimilate knowledge and to understand in depth the proper handling of rooks in certain cases. We shall examine how to keep our rook active, how to trap a rook, how not to lose a drawn rook ending, how to handle technical rook endings, how to successfully transfer our rook, how to enhance cooperation between rook & knight and finally how to defend against a knight & 3 pawns. To be honest, this is just a small amount of the huge quantity of material that one has to learn about rooks, but in any case it is a good start!
Efstratios Grivas is a Grandmaster and highly experienced chess trainer and chess author. He lives in Athens, and he is also a FIDE Senior Trainer (Secretary of the FIDE Trainers’ Commission), an International FIDE Chess Arbiter and an International FIDE Chess Organizer. He has represented his country on a great many occasions, winning the 4th position in the World Junior Championship 1985, an individual gold medal at the 1989 European Team Championship and an individual silver medal at the 1998 Olympiad. In 2010 he was awarded the worldwide highly important FIDE TRG Awards - Boleslavsky Medal (best author) for 2009.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows 7/XP/Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.
Published 2011. Video running time: 4 hours.
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CHESS EXPERTISE STEP BY STEP VOL. 4 (PC-DVD)

CHESS EXPERTISE STEP BY STEP VOL. 4 (PC-DVD)

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Volume 4: Endgame Magic
The last part of the game is where a well educated player can set the opponent the most problems. The weight of each move increases; each mistake can prove very costly, great accuracy is required. In our times, with the abolition of adjournments and the increasingly faster time-controls, endgame knowledge has acquired greater significance than never before. This DVD, called "Endgame Magic", tries to cover important parts on this field and help to assimilate knowledge and understand in depth the proper handling of endgame in certain cases. We will examine how to benefit from the isolani in the endgame, how to try to win or defend when a rook and rook-pawn vs a bishop and rook-pawn (on the same side) endgame arise, the technique of the "square" when the advantage of the exchange-up seems to be difficult to capitalise, how to win or defend with a plain queen vs a plain rook, how to benefit from our opponent's shattered pawns, how to play some specific pawn endings and finally what are the problems of the exchange-up when facing the bishop-pair.
Efstratios Grivas is a Grandmaster and highly experienced chess trainer and chess author. He lives in Athens, and he is also a FIDE Senior Trainer, an International FIDE Chess Arbiter and an International FIDE Chess Organizer. He has represented his country on a great many occasions, winning an individual gold medal at the 1989 European Team Championship and an individual silver medal at the 1998 Olympiad. In 2010 he was awarded the highly important FIDE TRG Awards - Boleslavsky Medal (best author) for 2009.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows 7/XP/Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.
Published 2012. Video running time: 4 hours.
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CHESS FOR SCOUNDRELS (PC-DVD)

CHESS FOR SCOUNDRELS (PC-DVD)

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Nigel Davies
Psychology is one of the most important aspects of chess yet most players put themselves at a serious disadvantage by ignoring this aspect of the game. Being "nice" is all very well in civilian life but in the war zone of the chess board a more ruthless approach is required. The fact of the matter is that a good chess player must be something of a scoundrel in order to survive. On this DVD Davies discusses the various ways by which a player can conduct psychological warfare, from inducing Pavlovian responses to insulting the opposition with provocative moves. A knowledge of these methods is essential for the serious tournament competitor, if only to avoid becoming another victim.
Nigel Davies has been a Grandmaster since 1993 and is a former British Open Quickplay and U21 Champion. With more than 30 years international tournament experience he is well versed in the various tactics that can be used.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP/Vista/7, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.
Published 2008. Video running time: more than 4 hours.


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CHESS GUIDE FOR CLUB PLAYERS (PC-CD)

CHESS GUIDE FOR CLUB PLAYERS (PC-CD)

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Victor Golenishchev
This is a course for club players based on a textbook by a distinguished Russian chess trainer Victor Golenishchev. The source material is supplemented with examples of play by leading chess players from the latest major contests and is organized in chess lessons. The course is designed for 1 year and contains 75 lessons, including theoretical material and practical exercises.
The theoretical part includes more than 400 examples of play. The practical part includes more than 200 exercises of varying difficulty.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC, 256 Mb RAM, hard disk 100Mb, Windows 2000/XPNista/7, CD-ROM drive.
Languages: English and Russian together. Published 2012.


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CHESS GUIDE FOR INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS (PC-CD)

CHESS GUIDE FOR INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS (PC-CD)

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This course is designed for 1 year and includes theoretical material and practical exercises.
The theoretical part includes more than 290 examples and the practical part includes more than750 exercises of varying difficulty.
Part 1. Basics of Strategy
Part 2. Endings
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC, 256 Mb RAM, hard disk 100Mb, Windows 2000/XPNista/7, CD-ROM drive.
Languages: English and Russian together. Published 2012.


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CHESS HIGHWAYS (PC-DVD)

CHESS HIGHWAYS (PC-DVD)

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Dejan Bojkov
Almost all the chess pieces (except for the tricky knights) have the ability to move along straight lines, whether vertically (files), horizontally (ranks) or on the diagonals. These straight lines, which connect different areas of the board and give the pieces the chance to decide the outcome of the battle, are most important in chess, and thus the title - highways. Understanding the abilities of the pieces is absolutely crucial for every player, from beginner to master. In a game of chess you are the general, and the pieces are your soldiers - the better your relationship with your soldiers - the better your results. In his third DVD for ChessBase, GM Dejan Bojkov from Bulgaria gives you an insight into the properties of those pieces which move in straight lines, and tips of how to best exploit the open diagonals, ranks and files to get the maximum out of each piece. In 30 clips you will find out how to better understand your major pieces and exploit the open and half open files; you will learn what their fears are, and how you can help them. The DVD contains at the end a training session to better promote the understanding of the material. It is an invaluable handbook for both chess players and trainers.
Dejan Bojkov is a Bulgarian GM, rated 2544. He was Bulgarian national champion in 2009, and is a member of the Bulgarian national team. He is also the current trainer of former world women's champion Antoaneta Stefanova.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows 7/XP/Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.
Published 2012. Video running time: 5 hours 38 minutes.
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CHESS SCHOOL FOR BEGINNERS (PC-CD)

CHESS SCHOOL FOR BEGINNERS (PC-CD)

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Created by GM Yury Razuvaev, a former coach to Anatoly Karpov. Includes The Rules of Chess, Development of your Intellectual Abilities (concentration, imagination, logic etc.) and Playing Tests. With 700 instructive examples for solving and a built in playing engine for assistance this is an ideal first course for pupils and coaches.
System requirements: 32Mb RAM, 50Mb disk space, Win 95/98/2000/Me/XP/NT4.0/2003, CD ROM drive, Mouse. Not for Windows Vista/7


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CHESS TRAINING PACKAGE FOR BEGINNERS (PC-CD)

CHESS TRAINING PACKAGE FOR BEGINNERS (PC-CD)

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Chess Training Package for beginners consists of five magnificent educational chess programs:

•Elementary Checkmates I
If you are a beginner, you can’t afford to miss mate in one if you want to improve. This course addresses that problem. This program includes 40,000 exercises taken from practical games with few pieces left on the board.

•Elementary Checkmates II
This training course contains 77,000 mate in one exercises taken from practical games with many pieces on the board. Even if you only study and solve 10% of the exercises, you will learn a huge number of mating patterns and probably never miss a mate in one again!

•Easy Ways to Take Pieces
If you are a beginner, you just cannot afford to give away your piece in 1 move – presuming, of course, that you wish to improve your play! This course includes more than 5800 exercises with lots of pieces on the board. Such a great number of exercises make this course an excellent tool for quick training of chess beginners.

•Chess Tactics for Beginners
Chess Tactics for Beginners is an indispensable training tool for beginners (1320 exercises in total).

•Complete Chess Course
This course covers a wide range of opening, middlegame and endgame subjects and includes 55 lessons with more than 1200 instructive examples and exercises.
Altogether Chess Training Package for beginners includes more than 125,000 positions to be solved for chess players with ELO rating from 300 to 1500!
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC, 256 Mb RAM, hard disk 100Mb, Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, CD-ROM drive. No additional software required.


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CHESS TRAINING PACKAGE FOR BEGINNERS (DOWNLOAD VERSION)

CHESS TRAINING PACKAGE FOR BEGINNERS (DOWNLOAD VERSION)

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Chess Training Package for intermediate players consists of five magnificent educational programs that cover all the aspects of chess: Opening, Tactics, Strategy and Ending.

•Chess Endgame Training
More than 2450 endgame exercises taken from practical games and endgame studies. Training examples are all classified according to no less than 500 endgame themes. The material was written by IM ICCF Alexander Alpert

•Attack on the King II
This course includes more than 2500 exercises. You will have to use your fantasy and precise calculation in order to find a correct way of attacking the king.

•Chess Tactics for intermediate players
The course includes about 1200 tactical exercises classified according to topics (20 methods) and difficulty. The training exercises are based on carefully selected positions from practical games, endgame studies as well as specially designed training examples.

•CT-ART 4.0
This excellent tactics course has been voted more than once by the chess experts as the best chess training program. Chess Tactics ART is an indispensable training tool for intermediate players. This course includes 2,200 basic exercises and 1,800 auxiliary exercises altogether.

•Chess Strategy
The course includes 250 instructive examples and 1100 selected exercises for 18 most important strategic themes such as Advantage in development, Advantage in space, Attack on the king, Attack on the queenside, Weak squares, Pawn structure, Open files and diagonals and others.

Altogether Chess Training Package for intermediate players includes more than 10,000 commented games and positions to be solved for intermediate players with ELO rating from 1800 to 2400!
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CHESS TRAINING PACKAGE FOR INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS (DOWNLOAD VERSION)

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CHESS TRAINING PACKAGE FOR CLUB PLAYERS (PC-CD)

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Chess Training Package for club players consists of five magnificent educational chess programs:

•Opening Lab
Perfect opening manual. It features a theoretical review of all the chess openings, which are illustrated by instructive games of the greatest chess players.

•Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders
designed for studying the blunders in more than 40 openings and contains over 1,250 instructive exercises of varying difficulty.

•Chess Combinations Encyclopedia
A fundamental program on chess tactics includes about 3900 exercises classified by tactical methods and motifs.

•CT-ART. Mating Combinations.
Includes 1200 instructive examples on 14 themes and 700 exercises. The program is using new iBook technology that uses hyperlinks for comfortable usage of the studying material.

•Theory and Practice of Chess Ending
Includes over 700 instructive examples, each of them illustrating endgame methods, and 300 endgame exercises.
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CHESS TRAINING PACKAGE FOR CLUB PLAYERS (DOWNLOAD VERSION)

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COMPLETE CHESS COURSE (PC-CD)

COMPLETE CHESS COURSE (PC-CD)

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This course covers a wide range of opening, middlegame and endgame subjects. It starts off by teaching you how to checkmate the lone king and proceeds to more advanced topics, such as utilizing a material or positional advantage. This program includes 55 lessons with more than 1200 instructive examples and exercises. Improve your play by studying, practicing and solving the carefully selected examples and exercises in Complete Chess Course. It is intended for players with ELO rating of 1000 or higher.
You get plenty of feedback and opportunity to track your progress. Languages: English and Spanish. ELO 1000-1800.
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Course content:
1.Utilizing decisive material advantage
2.The three stages of chess game
3.Basics pawn endings
4.The fundamentals of chess tactics
5.Utilizing a material or positional advantage
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC, 64 Mb RAM, Hard Disk 50 Mb of free disk space, Windows 7/XP/Vista, CD-ROM Drive. No additional software required. Published 2009.
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DECISION MAKING IN CHESS (PC-DVD)

DECISION MAKING IN CHESS (PC-DVD)

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Adrian Mikhailchishin
The theory of the critical moment in the chess game was explained once by GM Iosif Dorfman, who suggested that every game has 5 or 6 "forks" at which the important decisions are made. Accordingly, all major erroneous decisions are made at these moments when there are multiple possible choices. Mikhalchishin describes different critical moments in detail and explains how to react correctly. Understanding the play at such a critical moment is the key to improving one’s results and general understanding of chess. Critical moments are characterized by the presence of between 2 and 4 different possibilities: the exchange of pieces, the calculation of a long variation, a positional solution or transposition into an endgame. Mikhalchishin shows how to perform correctly in the above situations. Adrian Mikhalchishin, a Grandmaster since 1978, is currently among the top 5 world trainers and FIDE Trainers Committee Vice-Chairman. He trained the USSR team in the 1980s, the national teams of Slovenia, Poland and Netherlands, and was the trainer of Anatoly Karpov (1980-1986), Zsuzsa Polgar, Alexander Beliavsky, Maja Chiburdanidse, Arkadij Naidich and Vasily Ivanchuk.
Published 2007, Video playing time: 3 h 26 min. System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard. Published 2007


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DINOSAUR CHESS (PC-CD)

DINOSAUR CHESS (PC-CD)

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Sign up to Professor MacDinosaur's chess class. You will grow from a hatchling, fresh from the egg, into a huge dinosaur ready to take on the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex. The action takes you through different parts of the dinosaur's world from jungles to forests. Here you learn the chess skills that will help you grow enough to defeat the other dinosaurs in battle.
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A fun way for children to learn to play chess
Over 20 mini games and puzzles
Play simplified and full chess games against the dinosaurs
Entertaining and challenging.
Chess is Good for you!
Playing chess gives brains of any age a good workout
Kids especially benefit from learning and playing the game
Improve IQ scores & increase concentration
Challenges gifted children
Helps developmental and abstract thinking in children
Develops critical thinking skills
System requirements: Pentium III or equivalent, 128 MB RAM, screen resolution of 1024X768, Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista, CD-ROM drive.


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DINOSAUR CHESS (DOWNLOAD VERSION)

DINOSAUR CHESS (DOWNLOAD VERSION)

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ELEMENTARY CHECKMATES I (PC-CD)

ELEMENTARY CHECKMATES I (PC-CD)

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If you are a beginner, you can't afford to miss mate in one if you want to improve. This course addresses that problem. This huge number of exercises also makes it an excellent tool for speed training, even for stronger players. This program includes 40,000 exercises taken from practical games with few pieces left on the board. It is intended for players with USCF rating of 300 or higher. Even if you only study and solve 10% of the exercises, you will learn a huge number of mating patterns and probably never miss a mate in one again!
You get plenty of feedback and opportunity to track your progress. Languages: English, German and Spanish.

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Practice by playing against a chess program

System requirements: IBM-compatible PC, 64 Mb RAM, Hard Disk 50 Mb of free disk space, Windows 7/XP/Vista, CD-ROM drive. No additional software required. Published 2009.
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This training course contains 77,000 mate in one exercises taken from practical games with many pieces on the board. An excellent follow-up to CD Elementary Checkmates I. The huge number of exercises also makes this course an excellent tool for speed training, even for stronger players. It is intended for players with USCF rating of 500 or higher. Even if you only study and solve 10% of the exercises, you will learn a huge number of mating patterns and probably never miss a mate in one again!
You get plenty of feedback and opportunity to track your progress. Languages: English, German and Spanish.

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System requirements: IBM-compatible PC, 64 Mb RAM, Hard Disk 50 Mb of free disk space, Windows 7/XP/Vista, CD-ROM drive. No additional software required. Published 2009.
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FIRST STEPS IN THE ATTACK (PC-DVD)

FIRST STEPS IN THE ATTACK (PC-DVD)

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Andrew Martin
This new series for ChessBase is aimed at players below 2200. The idea of the series is to provide a basic grounding on a variety of subjects, which will assist general all-round improvement. On ‘First Steps in Attack’, Andrew Martin treats the viewer to a selection of classic attacking games and lays out a foundation course in the art of attack. Key thinking points reinforce the analysis and the games. The DVD is designed to be as easy to understand as possible.
Andrew Martin is the Manger of Coaching for the English Chess Federation. He is a Senior FIDE Trainer and International Master.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows 7/XP/Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.
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Andrew Martin
This new series "First Steps.." is aimed at chess players below 2000 ELO points.. The idea of the series is to provide a basic grounding in a variety of subjects, which will assist general all-round improvement. In ‘First Steps in Defence’, Andrew Martin treats the viewer to a selection of classic games and lays out a foundation course in the art of defending. Key thinking points reinforce the analysis and the games. The author shows that defence can be fun, and he gives a lot of precious tips. Tricks which help in defence such as perpetual check or the exchanging of pieces play a decisive role, and examples which involve somewhat passive but solid positions are presented. The DVD is designed to be as easy to understand as possible.
Andrew Martin is the Manger of Coaching for the English Chess Federation. He is a Senior FIDE Trainer and International Master.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows 7/XP/Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.
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FIRST STEPS IN OPENING PLAY (PC-DVD)

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Andrew Martin
A good game of chess is made up of three phases; the opening, the middlegame and then the endgame. However, if you do not play the opening well, you will not get to see the other phases! "First Steps in Opening Play" attempts to equip the viewer will all the information he or she needs to tackle this tricky area and to emerge into the middlegame with a good, playable position. Players below 1500 will benefit from this basic advice. Players above 1500 will enjoy the detailed examination of many current master games. This is an enjoyable tour of opening play from which everyone can learn.
Andrew Martin is a FIDE Senior Trainer.
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Andrew Martin
A strong command of middlegame skills often makes the difference between winning and losing a game of chess. The art of positional play must be included in any list of those skills. "First Steps in Positional Play" attempts to equip the viewer with all the information he or she needs to begin to tackle this aspect of chess.
Players below 1500 will benefit from this basic advice. Players above 1500 will enjoy the detailed examination of many current master games. This is an enjoyable tour of opening play from which everyone can learn. Andrew Martin is a FIDE Senior Trainer.
System requirements: Windows 7/XP/Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.
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FIRST STEPS IN CHESS TECHNIQUE (PC-DVD)

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Andrew Martin
The acquisition of excellent technique seems elusive to the average player, but on this new ChessBase DVD, FIDE Senior Trainer Andrew Martin shows how to take first steps in the right direction. Hard work, the study of master games and plenty of over the board practice will form the basis of a routine and if you are thinking correctly at the board, the battle is half won. The other half is actually all down to playing good moves and winning more games! This DVD will help you to think in the right way and thus improve your technique. Through targeted guidance and inspiration, a student may get stronger - quicker than they ever could have imagined. This is what the "First Steps" series is all about.
Andrew Martin is the Manager of Coaching for the English Chess Federation. He is a Senior FIDE Trainer and International Master.
Published 2012. Video running time: 3 hours 35 min.
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FRITZ & CHESSTER LEARN TO PLAY CHESS (PC-CD)

FRITZ & CHESSTER LEARN TO PLAY CHESS (PC-CD)

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For ages 8 years +
Use your wits, learn to think ahead, have fun and excitement and learn a whole lot about chess: this great chess adventure has all of this and more in store for you! Together with Prince Fritz and his cousin Bianca learn how to play chess, then test and increase your knowledge in a whole range of exciting games and situations. How do you set up the board? What’s stalemate? When do you call it a draw? What does opposition mean? And what’s "up the stairs mate"? Find the answers to these questions and many more in animated games and contests. Tips and tricks are explained step by step. Then you can provide and test your skill in the special games and tasks. And once you’ve got the hang of everything, join Fritz to take on King Black in the grand finale.
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FRITZ & CHESSTER: PART 2 (PC-CD)

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Jump into chess action, move by move, to rescue Chess from Deep within King Black’s castle. Join Fritz and Bianca in a thrilling chess adventure as they enter rooms of the castle, where each challenge will help you sharpen skills and prepare for the ultimate showdown. Part two of the famous chess game "Learn to play Chess with Fritz &Chesster" - Powered by Fritz, the world’s leading chess software - Learn about tactics and strategy, the opening and endgame - Developed together with experienced children’s chess coaches.
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FRITZ & CHESSTER: PART 3 (PC-CD)

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Fritz and Chesster 3 - Chess for winners
This unforgettable chess adventure is designed to advance young chess players' skills, move by move. Discover mini-games, brain-twisters and more at every attraction. Pick up chess tips and skills as you ride in bumper cars and the Ferris wheel. Polish up your chess strategy and tactics, opening, middle game and endgame and use what you’ve learned to win. You’ll have lots of fun while you learn more about the serious business of playing - and winning - chess!
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HOW TO BEAT YOUNGER PLAYERS (PC-DVD)

HOW TO BEAT YOUNGER PLAYERS (PC-DVD)

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Nigel Davies
Chess is turning into a young man's game. Time limits are faster, sessions last longer and computer databases and playing engines seem to dominate opening preparation.
Add the fact that older players often have jobs and families that take most of their time and it's no surprise they suffer painful defeats at the hands of spotty youths. Nigel Davies is no stranger to this situation; a more mature Grandmaster who refuses to grow old with dignity he is still slugging it out with young players in tournaments and matches. On this DVD he argues that an older player with very little time can nonetheless remain competitive, but only if he uses guile and common sense rather than bluster and machismo. There are several aspects to Davies' plan, for example using "low maintenance openings", seeking out particular types of position, making the endgame your hunting ground and looking after your health. He goes on to show how several great players have used such techniques to make outstanding results in their 60s and even 70s. Nigel Davies has been an International Grandmaster since 1993 and is a former British Open Quickplay and U21 Champion. Video running time: 3 hours.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP/Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard. Published 2009.
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KILLER MOVES (PC-CD)

KILLER MOVES (PC-CD)

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A follow-up to George Renko's "Intensive Tactics Course", this CD focuses on tactical patterns and motifs which are frequently encountered in play. Repeated exposure to these patterns tunes a player's brain to be able to find similar tactics during a live game. The "Killer Moves" are multi-purpose moves which force an immediate decision. There are nine training databases on the CD, split according to difficulty, containing about 1600 tests in all.
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You think you have seen enough checkmating combinations? I find it staggering how many checkmates are missed (by both sides) in games by the top players, let alone by us mortals. Recognising the early outlines of mating patterns is a vital skill, not just for an attacker, but for a defender too: surviving wave after wave of threats can be discouraging for your opponent. Very often we see these checkmates when they are put before our eyes: on a puzzle page in a chess magazine, for example. But then we must ask ourselves, why do these kind of mating combinations occur time and again in games - at all levels? In an actual game, when we are distracted by other factors - positional, strategic, tactical and psychological, not to mention our old friend time pressure - it is all too easy to miss these mating combinations. No one stands behind us whispering "Stop! It is mate in 3" (unless you are cheating and someone has fl icked on Fritz.) Moreover, these critical moments often occur late in the game - generally near the time control. Therefore it is vital that we are able to recognise these patterns quickly! There is no excuse: now is the time to revise and rehearse those mating patterns. Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books.
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Checkmate ends the game - that’s an undeniable fact. Yet one sometimes gains the impression that players who gleefully and unashamedly play for the attack are treated as a joke by their colleagues. Launching a successful attack is a skillful business that often demands great creativity. And like most themes in chess, this is a skill that can be honed and polished. In this second DVD in the Power Play series, Grandmaster Daniel King looks at attacking play and asks, what makes for a successful attack? At the end of the DVD you can test your attacking and defensive skills by examining a series of specially selected test positions. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer. Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books.
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Launching a successful attack is a skilful business that often demands great creativity. And like most themes in chess, this is a skill that can be honed and polished. In this 3rd DVD in the Power Play series, Grandmaster Daniel King examines more devilish methods of attacking the castled king - this time by means of a pawn storm. But which is the right pawn to use? And when is the right moment to launch a pawn in the direction of your opponent's king? At the end of the DVD you can test your attacking and defensive skills by examining a series of specially selected test positions. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer.
Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions. At the same time he has distinguished himself as a coach, helping many of England's younger generation to achieve their potential. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books.
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In this day and age of opening databases you might be surprised to find players getting caught out in the opening. Yet one sees it all the time. Players take liberties - they grab a hot pawn, attempt a complicated manoeuvre, or simply develop their pieces inefficiently. Whatever our playing strength, we need to take care in the opening. This DVD will help you to analyse and reassess your opening play so that you can begin the game on the right footing. At the end of the DVD you can test your attacking and defensive skills by examining a series of specially selected test positions. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer. Video playing time: 5 hrs 50 min.
Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions, including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykjavik, 1990. At the same time he has distinguished himself as a coach, helping many of England's younger generation to achieve their potential. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books.
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You might be a brilliant tactician or a fearsome attacker, but you won't always be able to apply these skills when you play. If a game takes on a quieter nature, it is crucial that you develop an understanding of pawn structures, pawn play and pawn weaknesses. In this fifth Power Play DVD, Daniel King discusses strong and weak pawn structures, isolated pawns and pawn islands, He shows how to create pawn weaknesses, how to cramp a pawn structure, the power of centre pawns - and much more. Remember, weak pawns can decide the game. At the end of the DVD you can test your understanding of pawn play and pawn structures by examining a series of specially selected test positions. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer. Video running time: more than 6 hours.
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If you want to be a well-rounded chessplayer, it is vital that you have a good understanding of positional play. In this 6th Power Play DVD, Daniel King discusses three classic questions: - the Isolated Queen’s Pawn - central passed pawns - when to exchange pawns (and when not to exchange pawns) In each case, the slightest difference in the placement of pieces can make a massive difference to the assessment of the position. At the end of the lectures, you can test your understanding of these themes by examining a series of specially selected test positions. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer.
Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. During that time he has represented England on many occasions, including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykjavik, 1990. At the same time he has distinguished himself as a coach, helping many of England's younger generation to achieve their potential. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books. Video running time: 5 hours.
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Why is manoeuvring important, and in what circumstances should we consider manoeuvring rather than another course of action? In this 7th Power Play DVD, Daniel King helps you to recognise when a piece is poorly placed and what to do about it. Throughout the DVD, specially selected positions will enable you to test your understanding of the subject. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer.
Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions, including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykjavik, 1990. At the same time he has distinguished himself as a coach, helping many of England's younger generation to achieve their potential. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books. Published 2008, Video running time: 4hrs 20 min.
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When we are starting out in chess we are told that knights and bishops both have a value of three points, but it is quite clear that in some positions a bishop is clearly superior to a knight - and vice versa. After watching this 8th Power Play DVD you’ll have a better idea of how to play positions with knights and bishops - what to look for, what to avoid, and how to place your pawns.
Throughout the DVD, specially selected positions will enable you to test your understanding of the subject. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer. "The PowerPlay DVD series by GM Daniel King is one of the most succesful chess instruction tools today." - New In Chess magazine.
Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions, including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykjavik, 1990. At the same time he has distinguished himself as a coach, helping many of England's younger generation to achieve their potential. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books.
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In this 9th Power Play DVD Grandmaster Daniel King discusses the theme of Major Pieces v. Minor Pieces. In other words, positions with the material balance of queen against rook and minor piece, queen against two rooks, and rook against minor pieces, including exchange sacrifices. Sometimes a queen or rook is like an all-powerful giant, striding across the chessboard.
So how can you best defend yourself against a queen? Or if you are battling with a bishop against a rook, what should your strategy be? Among other things, Daniel King considersTopalov’s dynamic exchange sacrifices. These material imbalances are incredibly common - be prepared and take control. Throughout the DVD, specially selected positions will enable you to test your understanding of the subject. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer. Video running time: 4 hrs. 15 min.
Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions, including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykjavik, 1990. At the same time he has distinguished himself as a coach, helping many of England's younger generation to achieve their potential. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books.
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You play 20 moves of elegant positional chess - but throw the game away by miscalculating. To play a good game of chess you must know how to calculate. However, the ability to calculate is not something that chessplayers are born with: calculation is a core skill that can be improved through practice. In this 10th Power Play DVD Grandmaster Daniel King will help you to assess how good you are at calculating, and gives you tips as to how you might sharpen your thought processes at the chessboard. Throughout the DVD, specially selected positions will enable you to test your understanding of the subject. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer. Video running time: 4 hours 30 min.
Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions, including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykjavik, 1990. At the same time he has distinguished himself as a coach, helping many of England's younger generation to achieve their potential. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard. Published 2009.
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There is a seeming inevitability to many defeats - one side has the initiative, goes on the attack and from that moment it is very difficult to turn back the tide. In this 11th Power Play DVD Grandmaster Daniel King will help you to identify those key moments where there is potential danger. The secret to good defensive play is to avoid falling into a passive defensive position! Throughout the DVD, specially selected positions will enable you to test your understanding of the subject. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer. Video running time: 5 h 25 min.
English Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions, including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykjavik, 1990. At the same time he has distinguished himself as a coach, helping many of England's younger generation to achieve their potential. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books.
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The Hedgehog is not just an opening, it is a system. A system that can be used against 1 c4, against 1 e4 and also 1 d4. Some players, such as the Swedish Grandmaster Ulf Andersson, appear to play very little else with the black pieces. Black’s pieces curl up behind a row of pawns on the third rank and invite White to attack – at which point they spring out from behind the barricades to give the aggressor a nasty shock. The Hedgehog can easily transform into a tiger... This is modern chess. Karpov was one of the first great exponents of the counter-attacking Hedgehog, Kasparov was also a great devotee and Kramnik and Anand are also experienced users. This DVD not only gives you specific theoretical advice on the main Hedgehog lines, but also looks at general strategy for both sides. Whether you play with White or Black, this DVD will help your game. Throughout the DVD, specially selected positions will enable you to test your understanding of the subject. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer.
Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions, including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykjavik, 1990. At the same time he has distinguished himself as a coach, helping many of England's younger generation to achieve their potential. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books.
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What is a squeeze? When you take control of a game, deprive your opponent of counterplay and slowly squeeze the life out of your opponent. The motto of the squeeze could be: "To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill." from The Art of War, Sun Tzu, Chinese general, born c. 500 BC This DVD will help you to recognise when a squeeze is possible and how to execute it. Throughout the DVD, specially selected positions will enable you to test your understanding of the subject. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer.
Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions, including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykjavik, 1990. At the same time he has distinguished himself as a coach, helping many of England‘s younger generation to achieve their potential. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books.
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On this DVD Grandmaster Daniel King:
- demonstrates typical tactical patterns;
- shows how strong players use their tactical awareness;
- puts your tactical abilities to the test.
But this is a test with a difference. Although the emphasis is on tactics, there are also positions that require a strategic solution. You don’t know what's coming next... When we are discussing tactics, the concept of pattern recognition is very important. Almost every chess game is different, but there are familiar tactical themes that recur over and over. Being able to spot these motifs rapidly is essential to chess mastery. This DVD is a good starting point! The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer.
Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions, including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykjavik, 1990. At the same time he has distinguished himself as a coach, helping many of England‘s younger generation to achieve their potential. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard. Published 2010. Video running time: 6 hours approx.


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The aim of this DVD is to provide you with the practical skills and knowledge that you will need to play a king and pawn endgame. Based on his own playing experience, Grandmaster Daniel King reveals what is essential knowledge, saving you time in your studies. In the first section of the DVD he takes you through typical motifs and themes. In the second section he tests your knowledge with typical scenarios from actual games.
Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions, including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykjavik, 1990. At the same time he has distinguished himself as a coach, helping many of England's younger generation to achieve their potential. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books.
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The aim of this DVD is to provide you with the practical skills and knowledge that you will need to play a rook and pawn endgame. Based on his own playing experience, Grandmaster Daniel King reveals what is essential knowledge, saving you time in your studies. The first section of the DVD compromises some basics - common positions you simply must understand if you enter a rook and pawn endgame, such as rook and pawn against rook. In the second section common scenarios are discussed, for example, endgames with all pawns on one wing, and endgames where one side has an extra pawn on one side of the board. In the third section you can gauge your knowledge by studying some specially prepared test positions. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer.
Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions, including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykjavik, 1990. At the same time he has distinguished himself as a coach, helping many of England's younger generation to achieve their potential. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books.
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This DVD provides you with a repertoire of attacking lines against the four major defences to 1.e4, - that is, 1...e5, the Sicilian, the French, and the Caro Kann. These systems will put your opponent under pressure, and when players are under pressure, mistakes occur.
This is a practical repertoire: if we study openings we want to be sure to use them in our games. For example 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 is one of the recommendations. After just a few moves, you will be dictating play.
Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions, including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykjavik, 1990. At the same time he has distinguished himself as a coach, helping many of England‘s younger generation to achieve their potential. Besides his chess career, he has built up a reputation as a commentator on television, radio and the internet. He is also an award-winning author of more than 15 books.
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Published 2012. Video running time: 6 hours.
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Jacob Aagaard / Esben Lund
The pair of authors Aagaard/Lund have an important piece of advice for the up and coming player, which is to improve one’s ability to calculate and the power of one’s imagination by solving demanding exercises. They offer the material needed for such a task in their CD which is a CD version of their book, "Excelling at chess calculation", but with a greater number of exercises. Five databases provide the keen learner with an enormous amount of material. The number of training questions alone comes to approximately 4000! These are accompanied by valuable remarks and commentaries and also 30 positions, taken from games, which are marvellously suited to being played out against a chess program such as Fritz 8. The individual databases are:

1. Exercises to help you spot opportunities (200 positions)
2. Positions for calculation (89 positions)
3. Endgame studies (200 studies)
4. Pawn endings (75 pawn endings taken from games)
5. Positions for playing out (30 positions you can play out against Friz8).
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Maurice Ashley
How Grandmasters Find Amazing Moves
Most chess fans believe that knowledge of the opening, middlegame and endgame is what separates Grandmasters from everyone else. While all of these are important, the truth is much more profound: top players all have a deep insight into how to think about chess in ways that most players have never heard of. On this DVD, Maurice Ashley reveals a simple idea that will forever change the way that you see chess. He shares the secret he discovered on his path to the Grandmaster title, a secret that every player must understand in order to reach the highest level. Introducing his new term "Drawback Chess", he shows that chess is often not about looking for a winning move, but more about searching to find the flaws hidden deep inside your opponent's moves. With instructive examples and engaging practice positions, all explained with a clarity that anyone can understand, Maurice opens the door to a Grandmaster's thinking process that will put you on the path to real chess improvement.
Maurice Ashley is an International Grandmaster well known for his dynamic brand of chess commentary and effective coaching style. He was a commentator for the Anand-Kasparov World Championship match as well as all of Kasparov‘s epic computer matches.
Published 2010. Video running time: 4 hours
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Adrian Mikhailchishin
Modern middlegame theory does not exist in written form. That is why players and trainers have to go back to the old recommendation by Nimzowitsch - to study typical positional methods. But who are better placed to teach us about their own powerful weapons than the great champions of the past? So the key to understanding the middlegame lies in understanding how to execute certain positional manoeuvres. In this DVD Mikhalchishin explains, for example, Botvinnik's famous "flank against centre" strategy, which is one of the corner-stones of positional play. Also Petrosian's white square strategy is an extremely important form of the control of squares and space. Tal was a great master of changing the material balance in every position - for example, rook and pawn against two pieces. GM Makogonov, once a trainer of Vassily Smyslov, invented the famous secret positional rule of the Soviet chess school. How and when it is possible to apply this method you will find out from this disc.
Adrian Mikhalchishin, a Grandmaster since 1978, is currently among the top 5 world trainers and FIDE Trainers Committee Vice-Chairman. He trained the USSR team of the 1980s, the national teams of Slovenia, Poland and Netherlands, and was the trainer of Anatoly Karpov (1980-1986), Zsuzsa Polgar, Alexander Beliavsky, Maja Chiburdanidse, Arkadij Naidich and Vasily Ivanchuk.
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Alexander Bangiev
The Bangiev way of thinking is a strategy based on squares. This means that before every move, the piece set-up is checked out against quite specific pre-defined criteria. The method does not develop your memory, but rather your thought processes: you learn to understand the logic of the game by means of a few rules! In each phase of the game, you have to ask yourself the same restricted number of questions and then answer them. Once you have grasped the principle you can always find the best move yourself.
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Alexander Bangiev
The Bangiev way of thinking is a strategy based on squares. This means that before every move, the piece set-up is checked against quite specific pre-defined criteria. The Bangiev method does not develop your memory, but rather your thought processes: learn to understand the logic of the game by means of a few rules! In each phase of the game, you have to ask yourself the same restricted number of questions and then answer them. Once you have grasped the principle, you will be happy to realise how - after some practice - you can always find the best move yourself. You can test your progress by using grandmaster games; this is because grandmasters make use of the correct thought process, without perhaps realising that they are doing so!
This second CD with Bangiev‘s new method of training is dedicated to the opening. In a Learning database, the new method is presented by means of 11 chapters and 162 annotated game fragments. After that, in an interactive Training database, there are practice questions to be answered in 27 game fragments, thus developing the correct thought processes through your own practice.
Features: suitable for club players, databases for learning the new method, training database with 27 game fragments, Viewing software included on CD.
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Alexander Bangiev
The Bangiev method of thinking is a strategy based on squares. Before every move, it therefore checks the constellation of pieces against quite specific pre-determined criteria. What it encourages is not your memory but your thinking: learn to understand the logic of the game by means of a few rules! It is always the same restricted number of questions which you have to ask yourself and to answer at whatever stage of the game. Once you have understood the principle, you can have the pleasure of discovering that, with a little practice, you are always able to find the best move. You can check your progress with grandmaster games, because grandmasters apply the correct thought processes without even being aware of it! The third CD, which is based on Bangiev‘s new method of training, is dedicated to the middlegame. There is a Learning database in which the new method of training is presented in 20 introductory texts and 131 annotated game fragments. In a second database there are then 69 game fragments by means of which you can put into practice what you have learned.
Features: suited to club players, thorough learning database, training database with 69 exercises, Viewing software based on ChessBase 9.
International Master AlexanderBangiev has made his name as a chess trainer and the author of various chess books, openings disks and CDs.
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This CD includes 5 excellent programs covering every aspect of chess: Chess Tactics Art 3.0; Strategy 2.0; Encyclopedia of Middlegame; Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders; Studies 2.0. Includes new printing possibilities:
Openings: Learn to play by learning the opening mistakes and traps that have been discovered over time with Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders
Middlegame: Become a wizard in the art of combinations with the intensive course on tactics, CT-Art 3.0, and learn the positional methods used by grandmasters in Strategy 2.0. Study typical middlegame structures and their plans, arranged depending on the openings they come from, with Encyclopedia of Middlegame.
Endgame: Learn endgame technique with the use of breathtaking artistic endgame compositions, chosen for their relevance to real play, with Studies 2.0.
Altogether Total Chess Training includes more than 9000 commented games and positions to be solved for chess players with ELO rating from 1800 to 2400! (150-2200BCF) Total Chess Training is the product of the best Russian chess instructors' efforts. Take advantage of their training and knowledge now, and raise your playing level to a new standard.
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This is the second compilation of popular training programs for studying the opening, middlegame and endgame.
On this CD you will find five programs not included in the first Total Training package:
Encyclopedia of Middlegame, Vol. II - the program for studying middlegame opening plans and playing techniques. Theoretical section includes over 600 games/lectures, each of them illustrating the typical plans and methods. A special training section includes more than 500 exercises for the user to solve as well as 150 training positions. Course composed by GM Kalinin.
Chess Tactics for Intermediate players - the program including over 1180 tactical exercises, classified by themes and difficulty.
Mate Studies - about 5000 exercises and problems. An excellent program for developing your combinative skills!
Theory and Practice of Chess Endings - the best program for studying endgame! Its author, the well-known coach GM Panchenko, worked on the chess material for over 20 years. Many experts regard his endgame handbook as the best in this field. Thousands of chess players in Russia used it to study the endgame and many of them are now grandmasters. Theoretical section includes as many as 700 lectures. Training section with 300 exercises as well as 180 examples.
Chess Endgame Training - the program consists of more than 2450 endgame exercises taken out of practical games, endgame studies as well as training examples, all classified according to no less than 500 endgame themes.
Total Chess Training II includes more than 11,000 study examples and exercises for chess players with the ELO rating from 1700 to 2400!
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This is the third compilation of popular training programs that covers various aspects of chess: Tactics, Combinations, Strategy and Middlegame. It comprises the following 5 training programs, on 5 CDs:
Advanced Chess School
Advanced Chess School is an interactive tutorial for those inexperienced players, both children and adults, who have already learnt the rules of chess and now wish to become players of intermediate strength.
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Chess Tactics for Beginners is based on a bestseller by the experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko. This program includes positions from practical games, endgame studies as well as training examples. More than 1,300 tactical problems.
Chess Combinations Encyclopedia
A fundamental chess tactics program including more than 4000 training examples and exercises on more than 100 tactical methods and motives. The exercise complexity increases from beginner to advanced player level inside each theme.
Encyclopedia of Middlegame III
Theoretical section includes more than 560 games/lectures illustrating typical plans and methods in the following openings: Two Knights' Defence, Sicilian Defence (Richter attack), French Defence, Caro-Kann Defence, etc.
Encyclopedia of Middlegame IV
Theoretical section includes more than 520 games/lectures illustrating typical plans and methods in the following openings: Sicilian Defence, Scandinavian Defence, Gruenfeld Defence, Queen's Gambit Accepted, etc.
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Maurice Ashley
Vol. 1: Protected Squares
Many times when a top player blunders, it is routinely described by the esoteric term "chess blindness." In the series What Grandmasters Don't See, chess trainer and world-class commentator Maurice Ashley strips away the myth, and for the first time explains why the root of these mistakes is more often based on the psychology of human learning.
In Volume 1 of the series, Ashley coins a new term Protected Squares, and shows how many errors occur on squares that seem invulnerable because they are clearly guarded by pawns. In example after example and in his trademark style, Ashley will teach you how to avoid this kind of mistake and how to look for moves that will shock and amaze your opponents. In the first 19 videos on the DVD Ashley demonstrates both well-known and little known games in which a move on to a protected square plays an important part. In the second half of the DVD you are tested on what you have learned about protected squares with a series of exercises of increasing difficulty. This material is also drawn both from classics and from recent games.
Maurice Ashley is an International Grandmaster well known for his dynamic brand of chess commentary and effective coaching style. He was a commentator for the Anand-Kasparov World Championship match as well as all of Kasparov's epic computer matches.
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Published 2011. Video running time: 4 hours 18 minutes.
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Vol. 2: Discovered Attack
Many times, when a top player blunders, it is routinely described by the esoteric term "chess blindness". In this series What Grandmasters Don't See, chess trainer and worldclass commentator Maurice Ashley strips away the myth and for the first time explains why the root of these mistakes is more often based in the psychology of human learning.
In this DVD, volume 2 of the three part series, Ashley shows that no other standard tactical theme is more over-rated, overlooked and misunderstood than the Discovered Attack. In each example, Ashley illustrates how often players are confused by discovered attacks because the examples in the majority of chess books are poorly chosen to show how this important tactical idea really works in most practical games. In the first half of the DVD, Ashley uses interesting and entertaining positions to explain the points in his trademark effervescent style. The second half of the DVD is filled with examples to test what you have learned about discovered attacks, with a series of exercises of increasing difficulty. The material is drawn both from classic and from recent games.
Maurice Ashley is an International Grandmaster well known for his dynamic brand of chess commentary and effective coaching style. He was a commentator for the Anand-Kasparov World Championship match as well as all of Kasparov's epic computer matches.
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Vol. 3: Summary and Test
Many times, when a top player blunders, it is routinely described by the esoteric term „chess blindness“. In this series What Grandmasters Don't See, chess trainer and worldclass commentator Maurice Ashley strips away the myth and for the first time explains why the root of these mistakes is more often based in the psychology of human learning. In this DVD, the third volume of the three part series, Ashley completes his idea of Protected Squares from Volume 1, showing that squares seemingly guarded by pieces are often the breeding ground of amazing tactical oversights. He also blends the themes from all three volumes to give a thorough picture of the key ways that the viewer can exploit the typical mistakes by players of all levels. In the first half of the DVD, Ashley uses brilliant games and positions to explain each lesson in his dynamic commentary style. The second half of the DVD is filled with examples to test the viewer, with a series of exercises of increasing difficulty. The material is drawn both from classic and from recent games.
Maurice Ashley is an International Grandmaster well known for his dynamic brand of chess commentary and effective coaching style. He was a commentator for the Anand-Kasparov World Championship match as well as all of Kasparov's epic computer matches.
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