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6 CHAMPIONS COLLECTION (PC-CD)

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6 World Champions: Mikhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine, Mikhail Botvinnik, Emanuel Lasker, Boris Spassky and Jose Raul Capablanca. Each program contains:
The most complete collection of World Champions games ever compiled.
Biography, tournament and match records
A number of rare photos
Special tutorial section, "Play as ..." with many quiz positions for you to try and find those strong and beautiful moves played by the champions in their games.
English, German, French, Spanish, Italian language installations included.
Requires: Win 2000/Me/XP/NT, 64Mb RAM, 300Mb disk space.

TWO MASTERS FROM SEATTLE (PC-CD)

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John Donaldson
The CD version of two John Donaldson books on Elmars Zemgalis and Olaf Ulvestad. The CD includes games, biographies of the two, an interview with Zemgalis, contemporary pictures and Ulvestad's report on the Soviet Union - USA match in Moscow 1946. Elmars Zemgalis was born in Latvia in 1923 but left when the Soviets came in 1944. He scored some impressive (GM standard) results in Germany in the late 1940s and early 1950s before emigrating to the U.S.A. The American, Olaf Ulvestad is perhaps best remembered for giving his name to a line in the Two Knights Defence.
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WORLD CHAMPION ALEKHINE (PC-CD)

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Dr Robert Hubner
Alexander Alekhine dominated the chess scene from 1927 until his death in 1946. Historical picture documents and more than 2000 Alekhine games make the great master come back to life. For the ambitious learner, the CD features two training databases. In topical videos, contemporary grandmasters tell us which of Alekhine's qualities they appreciate most. Gary Kasparov, the world's strongest chess player of our time, says: "My idol in chess is Alexander Alekhine. His chess style corresponds best to the way I want to play chess." Grandmaster Dr Robert Huebner has been the best German chessplayer for 30 years and repeatedly fought for the world championship in candidate tournaments. He is considered one of the best chess commentators in the world and has studied Alexander Alekhine since his youth. Viewing software included.
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ALEXANDER ALEKHINE 4th WORLD CHAMPION (PC-CD)

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Alexander Alekhine Game Collection CD contains 1300 annotated games with Alekhine's own notes being supplemented with those of Russian IMs. Also included are rare photographs, complete tournament results and 200 test positions in a "Play Like Alekhine" section. Comes with Dragon and Crafty analysis modules for assistance. All necessary viewing software is included. Requires: P75, 12Mb RAM, 30Mb disk space, Win 95/98/2000/NT/XP

BEST OF CHESS INFORMANT: VISHY ANAND (PC-CD)

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Contents: CLOSE-UP (Foreword, Bio & Facts, Tournaments), GAMES (1052 published games, 456 annotated by Anand, White/Black repertoire trees, Stats), CREATIVITY (Best games, 100 best games, Chess Informant Jury, Most important theoretical novelties, Theoretical surveys B12, C45, E05), PLAY LIKE ANAND (Combinations, Excellent moves, Attack, Storming initiative, Defense, Endings, Rare Blunders & Misconceptions).
In 4 different formats (Chess Informant Expert, PGN, ChessBase and Chess Assistant). Published 2008

VISWANATHAN ANAND: MY CAREER VOLUME 1 (PC-DVD)

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Viswanathan Anand
Acclaimed as the Fastest Brain in the World, Viswanathan Anand is the world number one and World Champion. Experts rate him as one of the biggest natural talents in the history of the game. In March 2007 he reached the number one spot on the world ranking lists by winning the prestigious Linares tournament. In September 2007 Anand won the World Championship for the second time in his career when in Mexico he became the undisputed World Chess Champion, ending a schism in the chess world which had lasted for many years. If his talent as a rapid chess player is legendary, his records in classical chess have been superlative. In January 2006 he became the only player in the tournament's 70-year history to win the Corus Chess event five times (1989, 1998, 2003, 2004 and 2006). He has won the Linares Super Tournament twice (1998 and 2007), the Dortmund GM three times (1996, 2000 and 2004), and countless other important events like, Madrid Masters, Biel, etc.
The first DVD with videos from Anand's chess career reflects the very beginning of that career and goes up to 1999. It starts with his memories of how he first learned chess and shows his first great games (including those from the 1984 World Championship for juniors). The high point of his early developmental phase was the winning of the 1987 WCh for juniors. After that, things continue in quick succession: the first victories over Kasparov, World Championship candidate in both the FIDE and PCA cycles and the high point of the World Championship match against Kasparov in 1995. 3:48 hours playing time.
System requirements: PC, Windows Vista or XP (SP2), DVD-ROM drive, sound card.
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VISWANATHAN ANAND: MY CAREER VOLUME 2 (PC-DVD)

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Viswanathan Anand
The second DVD begins in 2000, when Anand became FIDE World Champion, and it ends with his victory in the 2007 World Championship in Mexico. Anand not only analyses his best games, but casts a look back at the World Championshp in Delhi/Teheran in 2000 and the years before, he discusses the situation in the Bundesliga and Kasparov's retirement from tournament chess. 4:28 hours playing time.
Acclaimed as the Fastest Brain in the World, Viswanathan Anand is the world number one and World Champion. Experts rate him as one of the biggest natural talents in the history of the game. In March 2007 he reached the number one spot on the world ranking lists by winning the prestigious Linares tournament. In September 2007 Anand won the World Championship for the second time in his career when in Mexico he became the undisputed World Chess Champion, ending a schism in the chess world which had lasted for many years. If his talent as a rapid chess player is legendary, his records in classical chess have been superlative. In January 2006 he became the only player in the tournament's 70-year history to win the Corus Chess event five times (1989, 1998, 2003, 2004 and 2006). He has won the Linares Super Tournament twice (1998 and 2007), the Dortmund GM three times (1996, 2000 and 2004), and countless other important events like, Madrid Masters, Biel, etc.
System requirements: PC, Windows Vista or XP (SP2), DVD-ROM drive, sound card.
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MIKHAIL BOTVINNIK - 6TH WORLD CHAMPION (PC-CD)

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This is the most complete collection of Botvinnik’s games ever compiled. It contains 1.069 games played between 1924 & 1970. The games have been annotated by GM Alexander Khalifman, World Fide Champion in 1999 and IM Sergey Soloviev. The CD includes a biography, a tournament and match record as well as 25 rare photos. There is also a tutorial section, "Play as Botvinnik", which includes 350 quiz positions.
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WORLD CHAMPION CAPABLANCA (PC-CD)

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The Cuban Jose Raul Capablanca, World chess Champion 1921-1927, was considered at the height of his career to be almost unbeatable and received the nickname: "the chess machine". Even those of his colleagues who reached the chess throne would call him "a genius" (Alekhine) or "the greatest player in the history of chess" (Fischer). This CD came into being as a result of the co-operation between various authors.
Contents:
The main database with all available games by Capablanca, introduced by a biography. Approximately 300 of the games are annotated. The largest contribution to this database was made by Peter Schneider.
An appreciation by Dr Robert Hübner of the 1927 WCh-Match between Capablanca and Alekhine.
An endgame database by GM Mihail Marin. It contains 1 text and 14 games (or parts of games). The Romanian grandmaster focuses on the moment of the transition to the endgame.
A tactics database put together by Martin Seifert. Perhaps there are not so many brilliant combinations known from Capablanca‘s play, but these do exist. The author has put together a database of 103 games, in each of which a training question (or questions) allows you to test and improve your vision.
System requirements: Pentium 166, 32 MB RAM, Win98SE/Me/2000/XP/Vista

WORLD CHAMPION ROBERT JAMES FISCHER (PC-CD)

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Robert Hubner
All world champions take an important place in the history of chess. However, none have achieved such popularity outside the chess scene as Robert Fischer. In his short heyday, he did an incredible amount for chess. We have the Fischer clock, Fischer victories (i.e. winning by a large margin), the Fischer disease (opponents falling sick after losing several game in a row) and finally Fischer random chess. Yet his legacy, of course, is the many brilliant games he played.
Dr. Robert Huebner has thoroughly examined Fischer's biggest and best known publication, "My Sixty Memorable Games". Includes tournament reports on Fischer's most important chess matches, including contemporary material.
All features at a glance: about 1,000 games, extensive text and picture material, Fischer videos.
System requirements: PC, 32 MB RAM, Windows 98/Me/2000/ XP/Vista

VLASTIMIL HORT: FACING THE WORLD CHAMPIONS (PC-DVD)

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Vlastimil Hort
During his career, Vlastimil Hort, who himself belongs to the same generation as Bobby Fischer, met no less than eight world champions over the board. In the early 60s he crossed swords with Mikhail Tal, and at the end of the eighties he was sitting over the board from Garry Kasparov. Between the two there were meetings with chess legends Botvinnik, Petrosian, Smyslov, Spassky, Fischer and Karpov.
On this DVD the Czech-German grandmaster looks back to these encounters and devotes a chapter to each of the world champions, Thus we have eye-witness accounts which form a personal gallery of chess world champions, during which we get not only a presentation of the games but also details and stories of things which happened off the board and in the wings, as it were. So, for example, Hort tells us about his phone call from Botvinnik, about Bobby Fischer's "frenemy" and describes the shadowy figure of the political minder...
Vlastimil Hort was born in Prague in 1944 and won the grandmaster title in 1965. Among his great successes are the qualification for the WCh Candidates' tournament of 1977 in which he reached the quarter finals in Reykjavik, only just going down to ex world champion Boris Spassky. Hort won the Czech championships on several occasions, and after taking German nationality in 1986 he was also German champion on several occasions. For over 30 years he took part in many chess Olympiads for both of these countries, starting with 1960 in Leipzig, and finishing in 1992 in Manila. Vlastimil Hort is best known to the German public for his appearances with Helmut Pfleger as a team of commentators in TV programs.
Running time: 4 hours. Published 2008.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor 300 Mhz+, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP/ Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.

BEST OF CHESS INFORMANT: ANATOLY KARPOV (PC-CD)

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This CD relives Anatoly Karpov's chess career as it appeared in the pages of Chess informant.
Contents include:
CLOSE-UP - About Chess Informant - Bio & Facts - Tournaments
GAMES - System of Signs - Classification of Openings - 1600 published games, 559 annotated by Karpov - White/Black repertoire trees - Stats
CREATIVITY - Best games - 14 golden games - 100 best games - Most important theoretical novelties - Theoretical surveys (C 42, C 80, D 87)
PLAY LIKE KARPOV - Combinations - Excellent moves - Attack - Storming initiative - Defense - Endings - Rare Blunders & Misconceptions
In 4 different formats (Chess Informant Expert, PGN, ChessBase and Chess Assistant) System requirements: Win Me/2000/XP/Vista. Published 2007

BEST OF CHESS INFORMANT: GARRY KASPAROV (PC-CD)

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This CD relives Garry Kasparov's chess career as it appeared in the pages of Chess Informant.
Content:
FOREWORD by Garry Kasparov
CLOSE-UP - Bio & Facts, Farewell to Chess at the Peak of His Fame by Aleksandar Matanovic, Tournaments
GAMES - 1193 published games, 595 annotated by Kasparov, White/Black repertoire trees, Statistics
CREATIVITY - Best games, 13 selected by Kasparov himself, 100 best games (Chess Informant Jury), The Best Game 1966-1996 - 40/202 (Kasparov audio), Most important theoretical novelties, theoretical surveys (B 80, C 45, E 04, E 92)
PLAY LIKE KASPAROV - Combinations, Excellent moves, Attack, Storming initiative, Defense, Endings, Rare Blunders & Misconceptions
CD Content is In 4 different formats (Chess Informant Expert, PGN, ChessBase and Chess Assistant)

MY LIFE FOR CHESS: VOL. 2 (PC-DVD)

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Viktor Korchnoi
Volume 2 features about four hours of "Korchnoi live". The great chess legend portrays the second part of his eventful career, presenting among other things his games against Kasparov (1986), Spassky (1989) and Short (1990) in his typical gripping style. Embedded in the game commentaries are many details of Korchnoi’s biography. For instance, before commenting on his game against Spassky, the veteran speaks extensively about his personal relationship towards the ex-world champion. Throughout these lectures you can feel Korchnoi’s ever-enduring love for chess. Whenever the great master gets to the heart of an opening (King’s Indian, English and French) or shows an astonishing move, one can see the joy sparkling from his eyes. No wonder hardly any other chess genius has lived chess as intensively as "Viktor the Terrible".
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows 98 SE/2000/XP/Vista, Windows Media Player 9.0, DVD drive.
Package includes: DVD-ROM with ChessBase 9 Reader software, video running time: 4 hours.

BEST OF CHESS INFORMANT: VLADIMIR KRAMNIK (PC-CD)

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Contents: CLOSE-UP (Foreword, Bio & Facts, Tournaments), GAMES (843 published games, 391 annotated by Kramnik, White/Black repertoire trees, Stats), CREATIVITY (Best games, 5 golden games, 100 best games, Chess Informant Jury, Most important theoretical novelties, Theoretical surveys C 42, D 85, E 04), PLAY LIKE KRAMNIK (Combinations, Excellent moves, Attack, Storming initiative, Defense, Endings, Rare Blunders & Misconceptions).
In 4 different formats (Chess Informant Expert, PGN, ChessBase and Chess Assistant) Published 2007

VLADIMIR KRAMNIK: MY PATH TO THE TOP (PC-DVD)

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Vladimir Kramnik
Born in 1975 in Tuapse on the shores of the Black Sea, Vladimir Kramnik studied at the Botvinnik-Kasparov chess school. At 16 he was included in the Russian Olympiad team and scored a sensational 8.5/9, the best result at the Olympiad. After that followed a string of great tournament results, culminating in a world championship challenge. In 2000 Kramnik played the chess legend Garry Kasparov and beat him to take the title, which he successfully defended in 2004 against Peter Leko and 2006 against FIDE champion Veselin Topalov, whom he defeated to take the unified world championship title.
On this DVD Vladimir Kramnik retraces his career from talented schoolboy to World Champion in 2006. With humour and charm he describes his first successes, what it meant to be part of the Russian Gold Medal team at the Olympiad, and how he undertook the Herculean task of beating his former mentor and teacher Garry Kasparov. Kramnik dissects his wins against Leko and Topalov, giving us a vivid impression of the super-dramatic final games of the 2006 match. His commentary is full of useful advice and provides a fascinating insight into the thought processes that govern top level play.
The DVD contains more than six hours of video with narrative and game analysis. There are also five additional segments from an exclusive video interview on the intrigues that surrounded the 2006 world championship, and on the state of the chess world in general.
Published 2007. System requirements: Win XP(SP2)/Vista, sound card, DVD drive.

EMANUEL LASKER - 2nd WORLD CHAMPION (PC-CD)

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The most complete collection of Emanuel Lasker’s tournament games ever compiled. Contains 630 games, covering the entire long career of the 2nd World Champion in chess (held the title from 1896 to 1921). All the games deeply annotated by GM Khailfman and Petersburg IMs. Biography, tournament and match records, plus a number of rare photos. Special tutorial section, "Play as Lasker" with 203 quiz positions to try and find both strong and beautiful moves played by Lasker in his games. No additional software required.
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WORLD CHAMPION EMANUEL LASKER (PC-CD)

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Emanuel Lasker became world champion in 1894 and kept this title until 1921. These 27 years on the throne are more than enough to yield Lasker a very special place in the history of chess. However, Lasker's fantastic series of tournament successes emphasize his extraordinary position in the chess world even more. Lasker's style wasn't understood by his contemporaries, and misjudgement of his play persists until this day. That's why the ChessBase biography above all takes a very close look at Lasker's chess.
Features at a glance:
- extensive curriculum vitae
- complete collection of all 1182 Lasker games or game fragments available
- informative reports of all significant tournaments
- special reports on Lasker's world championship matches
- special analyses trying to explain Lasker's superiority
- many annotated games
- multimedia database containing interviews (with Averbakh, Baumbach among others) and video clips from lectures held at the Lasker conference in Potsdam (by Hubner, Unzicker, Lilienthal and others).
Requires: Pentium (or equivalent) PC, 32Mb RAM, Win 98/2000/Me/XP/Vista

PAUL MORPHY: GENIUS AND MYTH (PC-CD)

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Paul Morphy: Genius and Myth
The history of chess contains many remarkable stories but none as spectacular as the meteoric rise of Paul Morphy. Within only two years of active play, the American defeated the strongest players of his time and gained the title of unofficial world champion. His retirement at the height of his glory, the mysterious circumstances of his life and his tragic end made him a legendary figure. This CD features an extensive biography, 450 of Morphy's games and a special tactics database. In addition there are expert analyses of Morphy’s playing style, by GMs Karsten Müller and Rainer Knaak, dealing with the interesting question: "How was Morphy superior to this contemporaries?"
CD features at a glance:
* more than 450 Morphy games * biography by Thomas Eichhorn * many historical pictures * player’s portrait by GM Karsten Müller * player’s portrait by GM Rainer Knaak * tactics database by GM Karsten Müller
"The impression Morphy made on me cannot be better described than by saying that he treats chess with the gravity and conscientiousness of an artist." (Adolf Anderssen after losing his match against Morphy)
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YASSER SEIRAWAN: MY BEST GAMES (PC PC-DVD)

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Yasser Seirawan
Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan began playing chess in the summer of 1972 and by 1979 he had won the World Junior Championship and in January of 1980 earned his final Grandmaster norm. What had he learned in seven and a half years that propelled him so far so quickly? In this, his first DVD, Yasser takes an engaging in-depth look at 22 games he played from the period 1975-1982, explaining his style, strategy and tactics against Larsen, Gligoric, Korchnoi, Tal, Timman, Karpov and others. Yasser's engaging personality and desire to share his knowledge shines through as does the clarity and the ideas behind his moves. Running time: 5 hours. Published 2010.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.

ALEXEI SHIROV: MY BEST GAMES WITH BLACK (PC-DVD)

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Alexei Shirov
If you want to win with Black, you must decide which is the best strategy to achieve your aim. Should you take risks and go for the win right from move one, or should you patiently set about achieving equality and then wait for mistakes by White? Which opening should you choose and what is the role played by opening preparation? What can you do when you even have to win with Black, because, e.g., a match can only be saved by a win with Black in the very last game - a situation which has become all the more familiar because of the ever-rising number of knock-out tournaments? Alexei Shirov tries to answer these questions by referring to his own games as Black. In doing so, he describes how his own attitude to this problem has changed over his career, right up to his successes in the 2007 World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, in which he reached the final. Video running time: 6 h 45 m.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP/Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard. Published 2008

NIGEL SHORT'S GREATEST HITS: VOL. 1 (PC-DVD)

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Nigel Short
Nigel David Short is generally regarded as the strongest British grandmaster of the 20th century. Born on June 1st 1965 he started out as a chess prodigy, first attracting media attention by beating Viktor Korchnoi and Tigran Petrosian in simultaneous exhibitions at the age of ten and twelve years respectively. At the age of 14 he became the youngest IM in history, breaking Bobby Fischer's previous record, and at 16 he came second (to Garry Kasparov) at the under 20 World Junior Championship in Dortmund. In 1985 Nigel became Britian’s first ever candidate for the World Championship, and in 1993 he made it all the way to the final by beating Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman. He only lost to World Champion Garry Kasparov in the title match in London. Since then he has remained active at the highest levels of competitive chess, but has also become a chess columnist, commentator and also a coach for promising young talents. He is considered one of the most entertaining and outspoken personalities in the chess world. In his DVDs "Greatest Hits" Nigel takes us on an electrifying journey through a very rich chess career, which saw him beat no less than twelve world champions. His experience in tournaments and matches all over the world - Short has visited a total of 89 countries - can be seen in the narratives that precede the games which he annotates with humour and instructive insights.
Games Vol.1:
01: Short - Lein: "Hastings brilliancy"; 02: Short - Timman: "Daring king march"; 03: Short - Kasparov: "First victory over the champ"; 04: Short - Ponomariov: "Wild, weird and previously unknown"; 05: Short - Anand: "Last round triumph"; 06: Short - Ljubojevic: "Ripping sacrifices"; 07: Short - Karpov: "With a little help from my friend"; 08: Short - Mchedlishvili: "Georgia's always on my mind"; 09: Short - Cheparinov: "You've got to hand it to him"; 10: Kramnik - Short: "Kremlin blues"; 11: Topalov - Short: "Better than Garry?"; 12: Mamedyarov - Short: "Short and sweet"; 13: Short - Smyslov: "Endgame virtuouso"; 14: Short - Akopian: "King's Gambiteer"
System requirements: Pentium-Processor (or equivalent) at 300 Mhz +, 64 MB RAM, Windows 7/XP/Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.
Published 2010. Video running time: more than 4 hours.

NIGEL SHORT'S GREATEST HITS: VOL. 2 (PC-DVD)

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Nigel Short
Nigel David Short is generally regarded as the strongest British grandmaster of the 20th century. Born on June 1st 1965 he started out as a chess prodigy, first attracting media attention by beating Viktor Korchnoi and Tigran Petrosian in simultaneous exhibitions at the age of ten and twelve years respectively. At the age of 14 he became the youngest IM in history, breaking Bobby Fischer's previous record, and at 16 he came second (to Garry Kasparov) at the under 20 World Junior Championship in Dortmund. In 1985 Nigel became Britian’s first ever candidate for the World Championship, and in 1993 he made it all the way to the final by beating Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman. He only lost to World Champion Garry Kasparov in the title match in London. Since then he has remained active at the highest levels of competitive chess, but has also become a chess columnist, commentator and also a coach for promising young talents. He is considered one of the most entertaining and outspoken personalities in the chess world. In his DVDs "Greatest Hits" Nigel takes us on an electrifying journey through a very rich chess career, which saw him beat no less than twelve world champions. His experience in tournaments and matches all over the world - Short has visited a total of 89 countries - can be seen in the narratives that precede the games which he annotates with humour and instructive insights.
Games Vol.2:
01: Short - Miles: Chester, 1979; 02: Short - Ye: Shianjin, 2004; 03: Short - Gelfand: Brussels, 1991; 04: Gurevich - Short: Manila, 1991; 05: Short - Seirawan: Luzern, 1989; 06: Short - Khalifman: Bundesliga 1991; 07: Short - Ljubojevic: Belgrade, 1989; 08: Kasparov - Short: London, 1987; 09: Short - Pogorelov: Gibraltar, 2004; 10: Epishin - Short: Malmö, 2002; 11: Short - Timman: Reykjavik, 1987; 12: Short - Adams: England, 1991; 13: Illescas - Short: Pamplona, 1999; 14: Korchnoi - Short: Luzern, 1989; 15: Gligoric - Short: London, 1980.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor (or equivalent) at 300 Mhz +, 64 MB RAM, Windows 7/XP/Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.
Published 2010. Video running time: more than 4 hours.

BORIS SPASSKY: 10TH WORLD CHAMPION (PC-CD)

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Alexander Khalifman
This CD contains all the games of the 10th World Champion, one of the greatest masters of attack in the history of chess. Grandmaster Alexander Khalifman thoroughly annotates 400 of the best games and attacks. Also included are 1965 other Spassky games with short annotations. Tournament and match records included. Photo gallery of 50 rare photos. A tutorial section, "Play as Spassky" consists of 185 quiz positions for you to try and solve, finding the beautiful moves once played by Boris Spassky.
Language versions included on the CD: English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. The program includes a CD, a printed manual and a plastic box.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC, 128 Mb RAM, Hard Disk 200 Mb of free disk space, Windows 2000/Me/XP, CD-ROM drive.

COLLECTED WORKS OF WILHELM STEINITZ (PC-CD)

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The Collected Works of Wilhelm Steinitz, a wonderful compendium of the craftsmanship of the great thinker who was called the Michelangelo of chess. - The Washington Post
Here is your chance to discover the first World Chess Champion in his own words! This breakthrough CD-Rom showcases only writings by Steinitz himself, literally thousands of pages by the most successful match player in history. The founder of modern chess, the inventor of scientific analysis - and now you can meet the "Great Theorist" in a way never possible before!

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WORLD CHAMPION WILLIAM STEINITZ (PC-CD)

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Thorsten Heedt
William Steinitz became the first official world champion by winning a match against Zukertort in 1886 and then held the title until 1894. Furthermore, Steinitz enjoyed (and still enjoys) a reputation as the founder of the positional school of chess, the basic principles of which have kept their validity in modern times. Applying them, Steinitz was far superior to his contemporaries in practical play. Thorsten Heedt’s biography features a comprehensive portrait of the first world champion. An important part is played by the stations of his life: Prague, Vienna, London and finally America (Philadelphia as well as New York) are the places where Steinitz settled down. Naturally, also his 5 matches for the world championship are fully covered. Short texts about "appearance and constitution" as well as "character and manners" complete the picture of the first world champion.
Features at a glance
* more than 1,000 games
* 42 texts
* database with training questions
* database with special topics such as Steinitz’s provocative openings.
Requires: Pentium, 32Mb RAM, Win 98/2000/Me/XP/Vista

MIKHAIL TAL 8TH WORLD CHAMPION (PC-CD)

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Alexander Khalifman et al
The most complete collection of Tal's games ever compiled. Contains 2,592 games, covering the entire career of the most brilliant attacking chessplayer in history. All the games thoroughly annotated by GMs Khalifman, Kochiev, Makarichev, Sveshnikov, Yudasin, and Petersburg IMs.
Contents: Biography, tournament and match records, plus 45 rare photos, 260 carefully chosen quiz positions on the basis of both strong and beautiful moves played by Tal in his games in a special additional section, "Play As Tal". In English, French, German, Italian and Spanish languages.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: IBM-compatible PC, 64 Mb RAM, Hard Disk 50 Mb of free disk space, Windows 2000/NT/Me/XP (Not Vista/7), CD-ROM Writer. No additional software is required.

WORLD CHAMPION MIKHAIL TAL (PC-CD)

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The meteoric tempo with which the young Tal took the chess world by storm at the end of the 50s and seized the world champion’s title from Botvinnik in 1960, was already sufficient to grant him a special place in the world of chess. But more than this, it was the art of his attacking play which conquered the hearts of chess fans all over the world. Despite his short reign on the throne, Tal thus became a legend during his own lifetime. Johannes Sondermann, author of the biographical part of this CD, has painted an objective portrait of the world champion's character. During his extensive research, he also interviewed Tal's widow - the video is on this CD- and so reveals a lot about the "private" Tal as well.
Features at a glance
collection of all 2857 games of Mikhail Tal
biography included (text + pictures)
extensive video interview with Tal's widow
additional historic videos
training database with 250 Tal combinations.
System requirements: Pentium, 32Mb RAM, Win 98/2000/ME/XP/Vista