Train Yourself in Chess: An Eleven Hour, Five DVD Chess Course
Train Yourself in Chess: An Eleven Hour, Five DVD Chess Course
Train Yourself Chess Course The Basic Principles, Checkmates, and Elements of Chess - Easily Explained Part 1 (Vol. 84) Contents include: Board and Board Properties, Quick Development, Piece Value, Control of the Center, Pawn Structures, Queen, Rook, Bishops, Bishop and Knight, Basic Checkmates, 7 Basic Principles, Premature Attacks, Four Elements of Chess...and more! Running time: 2 hours, 21 minutes Essential Chess Tactics - Easily Explained Part 2 (Vol. 85) Contents include: Introduction and the Pin, the Fork, the Skewer, Double and Discovered Check, Discovered Attack, Destroying the Guard, the Decoy, Deflection, the Battery, Overloading, Line Vacation, Square Vacation, Stalemate, Zugzwang, Zwischenzug, Blundercheck, Illustrative Games 1-6...and more! Running time: 1 hour and 55 minutes. Dynamics of Strategy and How to Create a Plan - Easily Explained Part 3 (Vol. 86) Contents include: Introduction to Dynamic Strategy and Planing, Basic Pawn Skeleton, Doubled Pawns (1 and 2), IQP Games, Protected Passed Pawns, Minority Attack Games, Dynamics of Strategy, Good and Bad Pieces, Pawn Chains - Rival Attacks, Material Advantage, No Strategy Without a Safe King...and more! Running time: 2 hours and 16 minutes. Attack, Defense, Space and Time - Easily Explained Part 4 (Vol. 87) Andrew Martin concentrates on attack and defense, then space and time. He will teach you skills to help you understand when to attack. In order for an attack to succeed is you must have a lead in developement and space. When defending you must create counter play to keep your oponent off balance and learn the value of patience. Running time: 2 hours 11 minutes. Endgame Self Training - Easily Explained Part 5 (Vol. 88) Contents include: Ten Important Positions, The Technique of Self Training, Five Illustrative Games...and more! Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes.
- ASIN: B002DAFM0I
- Brand: ChessCentral
- Manufacturer: ChessDVD
My Black Secrets in the Modern Italian: Fritztrainer: interaktives Video-Schachtraining
My Black Secrets in the Modern Italian: Fritztrainer: interaktives Video-Schachtraining
The Italian Game is considered a sound but quiet opening without early trades, giving rise to rich positions where plans are more important than forced variations - in short, an ideal avenue to outplay your opponent without having to learn much theory. But how should you approach new positions and keep a clear head in view of so many playable possibilities? The best way is this: you sit down next to a world class grandmaster and just listen to him! In a total of nine video clips, top ten player Wesley So talks to IM Oliver Reeh, explaining his personal preferences as Black in the Italian game. The videos are structured according to specific concepts and ideas. Should Black play ...a6 to allow the retreat ...Ba7 or rather ...a5? What's the best way to meet White's plan with Bg5, be it with or without short castling? When is it possible to unleash the early raid ...Ng4 followed by ...f5? What are benefits of the knight manoeuvre Nc6-e7-g6 combined with Nf6-h5? Can one do without ...d6 and play ...d5 rightaway to sharpen up the game immediately? These and many more features the grandmaster explains for Black, providing his White perspective too - as a top gun, • Video running time: 3 hours (English) • With annotated games by Wesley So • Exclusive database with additonal model games • Including CB 14 Reader System requirements: Minimum: Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, Windows 7 or 8.1, DirectX11 graphics card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9 and Internet access to activate the program. Recommended: PC Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen3, 8 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX11 graphics card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or more, Windows Media Player 11, DVD ROM drive and Internet access to activate the program.
- ASIN: 3866816502
- ISBN: 3866816502
- Brand: ChessBase
- Manufacturer: Chess Base
Quality School and Club Chess Set: Quadruple Weighted Pieces (Two Extra Queens) with Natural/Black Chess Pieces & Green Chess Board in Storage Box
Quality School and Club Chess Set: Quadruple Weighted Pieces (Two Extra Queens) with Natural/Black Chess Pieces & Green Chess Board in Storage Box
A Staunton design full tournament-size, felt padded plastic chess set. Get the durability of impact resistant plastic along with the classic Staunton look. The ChessCentral chess set features a full 3.75" King with a stable base of 1.5" diameter. There are 34 pieces in this set with 2 extra Queens for easy pawn promotion! The perfect set for school, club and tournament play - balanced, and durable. Mousepad board This rugged mousepad chess board is made to resist tears, spills, and daily abuse. Clear and legible algebraic notation, 20"x 20", with 2.25" square It is easy to take to tournaments, clubs, or next door. Meets all chess tournament standards. Great chess package for kids and adults! The perfect quality tournament or club set at one affordable price
- UPC: 730669690235
- ASIN: B00NC57BBG
- Brand: ChessCentral
- Manufacturer: ChessCentral
Alexie Shirov: My Best Games in the Spanish, Vol. 2
Alexie Shirov: My Best Games in the Spanish, Vol. 2
Shirov's first Ruy Lopez DVD was enthusiastically received. In this second and current volume, Alexei Shirov continues his presentation with games played October 2006 or later. In fact the Ruy Lopez was featured in Shirov's games at the high-class tournaments of 2006-7 and during his candidate matches versus GM Michael Adams and GM Lev Aronian. As Black, he successfully returned to the Archangel system 5...b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 (5 games). As White, he had to face the difficult question how to deal with the popular Marshall Attack (8...d5) (3 games). Further topics of discussion are the Berlin Defence as well as other important systems of the Closed Ruy Lopez like the Breyer, the Flohr-Saitzev or the Chigorin. Enjoy six hours of chess with one of the best players of our times. Alexei Shirov was born in Riga just like world champion Mihail Tal, and his playing style reminds many chess fans of the young Tal. In the early 90's, a comet-like rise brought the young Latvian to the top of the world rankings. Being no older than 22 years, he already had an Elo rating of nearly 2750 and belonged to the absolute elite. Since then Shirov has been one of the best players in the world, delighting all chess fans with original and amazing ideas on the board. System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Media Player 9.0, DVD drive.
- ASIN: 3866810598
- ISBN: 3866810598
- Brand: ChessCentral
- Manufacturer: ChessBase
The Classic Chess Sampler IV
The Classic Chess Sampler IV
Here is your chance to own the classics you've always wanted...but now in the latest ChessBase format! Each book faithfully follows the original, with text documents, photos, richly annotated games - and fully interactive! Just look at the titles included on this feature-packed CD: Chess Fundamentals by J. R. Capablanca Capablanca teaches chess! Let the 3rd World Chess Champion be your guide to improvement in chess, as he takes you step by step from novice to upper-grade competitor. Beginning with elementary checkmates, Capablanca moves logically through every phase of basic chess technique... Read more Common Sense in Chess by Emanuel Lasker Lasker's Common Sense in Chess has always been one of the standard works in chess literature, enjoying a place on the short list of required reading for... Read more. Chess Endings for Beginners by J.H. Blake This ingenious e-book contains the endgame knowledge that every chess player must have at his fingertips. Each of these 124 practical endings are the building blocks of winning chess, the foundation for... Read more. Plus...get this classic book specially created for the Acrobat eBook Reader (included): Art of War by Sun Tzu Although Sun Tzu's Art of War was written more than 2,600 years ago, it stands today as the pre-eminent work on military strategy, the most brilliant exposition of armed conflict ever composed. This profound... Read more. Bonus You get a special bonus folder containing chess stories, screensavers and more! This loaded CD is guaranteed to instruct, entertain and delight for years to come - a complete library on one compact disk. Order your copy of The Classic Chess Sampler today! The ChessBase Reader and Adobe eBook Reader are included. No other software is required.
- ASIN: 1886846502
- ISBN: 1886846502
- Brand: ChessCentral
- Manufacturer: ChessCentral
Killer French Defense, Parts 1 & 2 - Two Chess DVDs
Killer French Defense, Parts 1 & 2 - Two Chess DVDs
On these important DVDs Simon will guide you through Black's part in the French Defense. Simon's frank, clear and understandable delivery of material of which he has extensive knowledge certainly aids the viewer in increasing their understanding of these opening lines. Simon's first DVD has been internationally acclaimed as setting new standards in this format for his clear approach to delivering sometimes complex material. Chapters are broken up through chess-related montages maintaining a viewing interest from start to finish. This feature is a standalone product running on all platforms and requiring no additional software. Part 1: Advanced and Tarrasch Variations Part 2: Winawer, Exchange, KIA and other Possibilities Runtime: Both DVDs - 9.5 hours
- ASIN: B0043QQ9MU
- Brand: ChessCentral
- Manufacturer: ChessonDVD
Duels of the Mind (4 Chess DVDs) - GM Raymond Keene
Duels of the Mind (4 Chess DVDs) - GM Raymond Keene
Originally broadcast on Thames television in 1989 this 4 DVD set features all 12 programs making up Keene's selection of the twelve best games of chess. Running time: 6 hours. To introduce the games, Keene describes the players and the times they lived in, giving many amusing and startling facts, and illustrating the whole with photographs and snatches of film. DVD 1: Anderssen - Kieseritsky (1851), Paulsen - Morphy (1857) & Zukertort - Blackburne (1883) DVD 2: Steinitz - Chigorin (1892), Pillsbury - Lasker (1896) & Bernstein - Capablanca (1914) DVD 3: Bogolyubov - Alekhine (1922), Samisch - Nimzovitch (1923) & Botvinnik - Capablanca (1938) DVD 4: Larsen - Spassky (1970), Fischer - Spassky (1972) & Karpov - Kasparov (1985)
- ASIN: B0014ZEYCA
- Brand: ChessCentral
- Manufacturer: ChessCentral
Vienna 1922
Vienna 1922
The First– and Sadly the Last –Book by Larry EvansVienna 1922 is remembered as one of the first great tournaments after World War I. All the stars of the day (Alekhine, Bogoljubow, Grünfeld, Maróczy, Réti, Spielmann, Tarrasch and Tartakover) played except Capablanca and Lasker, but it was Akiba Rubinstein who was to turn in an outstanding success scoring an undefeated 11½ from 14 to finish a point and half ahead of second place Tartakover and two and a half (!) points ahead of Alekhine.Hindsight allows us to know that Vienna 1922 was an aberration, that the future would belong to Alexander Alekhine, but for fans of the great Rubinstein this was one last chance to dream that he might yet battle for the world championship title. Certainly his victories over Alekhine (the last of his career), Bogoljubow (which won the first brilliancy prize) and Spielmann compare with the best games he ever played. Every tournament winner needs a little luck and Rubinstein used his to save a difficult and theoretically important ending against his compatriot Tartakover in what proved to be the crucial game in the battle for first place.Vienna 1922 will also be remembered as the greatest result in the career of the Austrian master Heinrich Wolf who finished an outstanding third with 10 points, beating both Alekhine and Bogoljubow. The journeyman master Wolf, who was to perish at the hands of the Nazis in 1943, played in many other international events in his career but with nothing resembling the success he enjoyed at Vienna 1922. This was the first book ever written by American grandmaster Larry Evans. The then 16-year-old master self-published it in 1948 with English descriptive notation, no diagrams, with a plastic ring binding, mimeographed. He was persuaded to revise and update it, making use of modern figurine algebraic notation, many diagrams not to mention annotations that have made him one of the most popular chess writers of our era.Just when this boo... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1936490021
- ISBN: 9781936490028
- Manufacturer: Russell Enterprises, Inc.
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 20 - Step By Step Essential Maneuvering In Closed Positions Chess DVD
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 20 - Step By Step Essential Maneuvering In Closed Positions Chess DVD
Roman's Labs: Vol. 20, Step by Step Essential Maneuvering in Closed Positions. Over 2 hours of Chess Instruction on Chess DVD. Roman will take you step by step through several highly instructional games by the master of positional maneuvering Grandmaster Tigran Petrosian. In order to achieve a higher level in chess it is essential to have maneuvering skills, planning, and the understanding of each position. Roman will teach you the skills you need to master the art of positional maneuvering in closed positions. Learn Chess from Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili: •Former two time U.S. Champion & Russian Champion •World Open Winner, Writer & Teacher •Former Chess Coach & Trainer for World Champions Gary Kasparov & Anatoly Karpov Plus Free Bonus Windows Chess Software!! •MasterChess 3000 LE - Fully functional chess playing program "Crafty" rated 2613 with a searchable data base of over 100,000 top GrandMaster games from 2000 to March 2003. GrandMaster statistical tree also imports & exports games in PGN format. •Bookup Premiere demo - A method of mastering the chess openings. •ChessReader demo - Software to display ChessCafe eBooks. •Blitzin demo - Play chess online with the internet chess club. •Chess Tactic Arts demo - Improve your tactics by solving exercises. •Advanced School of Chess demo - Instructive tutorial on all chess fundamentals. •Chess Mentor demo - Instructional software (like having a private chess coach).
- ASIN: B004S174H4
- Brand: Roman's Lab
- Manufacturer: ChessDVDs
Chess Board - Standard Vinyl Roll-up in GREEN
Chess Board - Standard Vinyl Roll-up in GREEN
Need an inexpensive chess board of top quality that will last despite everyday use? Looking for durability at a low price in your chess board? We have the solution. This vinyl chess board is made to resist tears, spills, and daily abuse. The ChessCentral vinyl chess board comes in blue, with buff squares for contrast and visibility. You will love this lightweight, roll-up chessboard! It is easy to take to tournaments, clubs, or next door. Clear and legible algebraic notation, 20"x 20", with 2.25" square size meets all chess tournament standards.
- UPC: 783419655053
- ASIN: B001BXRLUM
- Brand: ChessCentral
- Manufacturer: ChessCentral