Advanced Chess School by Convekta is an interactive tutorial for inexperienced players, both children and adults, who have already learn the rules of chess and now wish to become players of intermediate strength: Advanced Chess School covers a wide range of subjects in the opening, middlegame and endgame. It starts off by teaching you how to checkmate the lone king and proceeds to . . .
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Test, Evaluate and Improve Your Chess
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Test, Evaluate and Improve Your Chess with Dr. Danny Kopec who earned his Ph. D. in Computer Sience with a concentration in artificial intelligence. He is also an international master who may be the worlds greatest exponent of chess knowledge.For more than 25 years Kopec has been testing and evaluating hundreds of chessplayers in the UK, Canada and the US in order to quantify their . . .
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Test Your Chess Training CD
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In the Test Your Chess Training CD questions, the new function Multiple Choice also allows questions to be set about the evaluation of positions, or for example what chance is there of an attack on the king. Possible answers are always suggested and the training is done by clicking on what you consider to be the correct solution. But things do not have to be simple The author has . . .
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Chess Tactics for Intermediate Players
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Chess Tactics for Intermediate Players is based on a bestseller by the experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko. It is a sequel to the popular program Chess Tactics for beginners.
It is a Windows based chess tactics testing and . . .
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Power Play 1: Mating Patterns
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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. Recognizing the early outlines of mating patterns is a vital skill, not just for an attacker, but for a . . .
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Power Play 2: Attacking the King
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Checkmate ends the game thats 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 . . .
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Power Play 3: Pawn Storm
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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 . . .
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Power Play 4: Start Right
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Power Play 4: Start Right by ChessBase. 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 maneuver, or simply develop their pieces inefficiently. Whatever our playing strength, we need to take care in the opening. This DVD . . .
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Power Play 5: Pawns
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You might be a brilliant tactician or a fearsome attacker, but you wont 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, how to . . .
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Power Play 6: Pawns, Pieces and Plans
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If you want to be a well-rounded chess player, it is vital that you have a good understanding of positional play. In this 6th Power Play DVD, Daniel King discusses three classic questions: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 . . .
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Power Play 7: Improve Your Pieces
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Power Play 7: Improve Your Pieces, by Chessbase, answers the question, Why is maneuvering important, and in what circumstances should we consider maneuvering rather than another course of action?
In this 7th Power Play DVD, Daniel King helps you to recognize when a piece is poorly placed and what to do about it. Throughout the DVD, specially selected positions . . .
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Fritz Technique Trainer
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Winning won positions with Fritz technique trainer- who would not like to be able to do that, but has often enough fallen down on the job? For many people it is even the main problem when playing chess: they often have such good positions and nothing comes out of it. What then could be closer to their heart than training to convert winning positions naturally with Fritz!
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Comprehensive Chess Endings
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Comprehensive Chess Endings is a fundamental program for studying endgame theory. Material is supplied by the prominent endgame theoretician and Grand Master Yuri Averbakh.
Comprehensive Chess Endings include:
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Chess Studies 2.0
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With Chess Studies 2.0 you'll learn endgame technique with the use of breathtaking artistic endgame compositions, especially chosen for their instructive value. In it, you will find over 950 of the greatest endgame studies organized by:
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Chess Endgames 1: Basic Knowledge for Beginners
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Endgame theory constitutes the foundation of chess. You realize this in striking clarity once you obtain a won endgame, but in the end have to be content with a draw in the end because of a lack of necessary know-how. Such accidents can only be prevented by building up a solid endgame technique. This is Karsten Mueller's first DVD, and the grandmaster from Hamburg and endgame . . .
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Chess Mentor 3 - Basic Edition
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Chess Mentor Basic Edition is the perfect program for beginning and intermediate players looking to enhance their game. From a review of basic rules up to advanced tactics, Chess Mentor Basic provides hours of content and quality chess training. For a description of lessons included in Chess Mentor Basic Edition, Click Here!
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Chess Mentor 3 - Comprehensive Edition
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Chess Mentor Comprehensive Edition is an amazing tool for chess players who are strong and looking to raise their game to the next level and beyond! For a description of lessons included in Chess Mentor Comprehensive Edition, Click Here!
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Chess Mentor 3 - Deluxe Edition
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Since 1995, ChessMentor Deluxe has been the most prestigious and sought after chess instructional course. ChessMentor 3 Deluxe contains ALL the material from EVERY course offered by Chess Mentor including ALL 15 of the world renowned Supplementary Courses. Containing over 2,150 challenges, the Deluxe represents thousands of hours of personalized chess instruction from the worlds . . .
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Killer Moves
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In learning Killer Moves you occupy yourself with chess - i.e. study games, variations, endgames etc. - you store a lot of pictures in your memory, consciously or subconsciously. The more of these you can retrieve during a game, the better you play. Of course, there are also a number of additional factors determining the successful realization of this theory in practice. Still, the . . .
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The Basic Principles of Chess Strategy Vol. 1
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A comprehensive introduction to the secrets of chess strategy. With 68 extensively annotated games this volume of the "Basic Principles of Chess Strategy" shows how to successfully treat the opening and middlegame. Everything about fast piece development, safety of the king and fighting for the center. Learn how to assess positions and how to find promising plans. Pros . . .
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The Basic Principles of Chess Strategy Vol. 2
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A comprehensive introduction to the secrets of chess strategy. With 68 extensively annotated games this volume of "The Basic Principles of Chess Strategy" shows how to successfully treat the middle game. Everything about strong and weak squares, piece activity and attack on the king. Learn how to assess positions and find promising plans. Pros and cons of all center types . . .
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Right Decisions
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Make the Right Decision and Improve your chess game. The pair of authors Aagaard/Lund have an important piece of advice for the up and coming player. That is to improve ones ability to calculate and the power of ones imagination by solving demanding exercises. They offer the material needed for such a task in their CD in the classic ChessBase format, which is appearing in parallel . . .
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Pocket Chess Combinations
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Pocket Chess Combinations is the training program on chess combinations for Pocket PC. The material is developed by the prominent chess coach Sergey Ivashchenko and aimed at intermediate players.
Languages: English, German, French, Spanish and Italian SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Pocket Chess Combinations runs on Pocket PCs with Windows Mobile 2005, Windows Mobile 2003 and Pocket PC . . .
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Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual for PC
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Russian International Master Mark Dvoretsky is perhaps the most respected chess instructor in the world today. His latest work, Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, is sure to become a classic on one of the most difficult and subtle phases in chess. It covers all of the most important positions required for endgame mastery, from elementary kind-and-pawn endings to complex rook or queen . . .
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Deep Rybka 3 (Multi-Processor Version)
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Deep Rybka 3 is the newest version of Rybka and is produced by Chessbase. Rybka, which translates to little fish, is the shooting star of computer chess and the reigning world champion, having won its title in Amsterdam in 2007. Rybka 3 is one of the hottest selling playing programs we have ever carried.
Deep Rybka 3 has a drastic improvement of at least 80 Elo points . . .
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Chess Assistant 10 mega package with Deep Rybka 3 and ...
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Chess Assistant 10 with Deep Rybka 3 is a unique tool for managing chess games and databases, playing chess through the Internet, analyzing games, or playing chess against the computer.
Mega package includes the best playing . . .
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Chess Assistant 10 - Professional Package with Deep Ry...
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Chess Assistant 10 with Deep Rybka 3 is a unique tool for managing chess games and databases, playing chess through the Internet, analyzing games, or playing chess against the computer.
Professional package includes the best . . .
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Power Play Combo 10-12
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This combo combines three of the latest and greatest in the Power Play Series by Daniel King from Chessbase.
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Power Play Combo 4-6
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This combo combines numbers 4, 5 and 6 in the Power Play Series by Daniel King from Chessbase.
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Power Play Combo 1-3
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Recognizing the early outlines of Mating Patterns is a vital skill, not just for an attacker, but for a defender also. It is vital that we are able to recognize these patterns quickly! There is no excuse: now is the time to revise and rehearse those mating patterns. In this second DVD Attacking the King within the Power Play . . .
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Power Play Combo 7-9
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See all in the Power Play series. This Power Play combo saves you money when you purchase 3 of the famous Daniel King Power Play DVDs. This Power Play combo includes the following DVDs from the series:
Power Play 7: Improve Your Pieces
In this 7th Power Play DVD, Daniel King helps you to recognize when a piece is poorly placed and what to do about it. . . .
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The Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange Variation
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The Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange Variation is one of the most important opening systems. It has been played by most of the great players in history and from both sides of the board.
The most outstanding specialists in this method of play include Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Botvinnik and Samuel Reshevsky while the Black side has been championed by such . . .
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The Budapest Gambit
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Most chess players are naturally talented, but do not have the time to devote to chess theory, such is the pace of modern life. Yet it is human nature to want to do things well and to achieve good results. To make the right choice of opening system is therefore of crucial importance for these players if they want to make the most of what they have. Below master level and especially . . .
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Arkhangelsk
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The Ruy Lopez represents one of the oldest and best openings for the first player, and everyone going for the Spanish game with Black faces the question of how he wants to tackle the white ideas. One of the more aggressive fighting methods is the move order 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7, which was developed in the early sixties by players from the north . . .
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The Scandinavian the Easy Way 2nd Edition
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Its easy-to-learn and easy-to-play. Here is an opening for Black which will furnish good results in the shortest possible time. Which other opening could we be referring to apart from the Scandinavian or Center-Counter Defense; 1 e4 d5 ! International Master Andrew Martin has written extensively on the Center-Counter and here he turns his attention to 1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 . . .
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The ABC of the King's Indian 2nd Edition
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On this original and entertaining DVD, International Master Andrew Martin takes you on a guided tour of this fascinating and creative opening. Through the use of complete games, both classic and modern and some repertoire suggestions Martin paints a comprehensive picture of the current state of play and looks towards the future.
In the new, expanded 2nd edition . . .
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Intensive Course Tactics 2
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Intensive Course Tactics 2 published by Chessbase.
George Renko is a mathematician and a chess trainer. He comes from the Soviet Union , but has lived for many years in the USA . ChessBase has already published his CDs Intensive course tactics, Killer moves and Deadly threats.
With almost 3000 training positions and there over 6300 training . . .
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Deep Rybka Aquarium 2010
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Deep Rybka Aquarium 2010 is a power chess playing software that offers advanced analysis functions, game commenting, searching, powerful chess trees, playing, game databases and much more.
This exciting new package includes the Deep Rybka3 chess engine (intended for multicore/multiprocessor computers) and the BONUS software Chess Assistant 10 Professional . . .
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