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Monday, January 31, 2011
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Strategy University Vol 1: The Central Approach by Adrian Mikhalchishin | Fritz Trainer (Full DVD)
The centre is the most important part of the battlefi eld. In chess we study various different kinds of centre, some special forms of which were already discussed on the DVD ‘Winning Structures’. But in chess literature we have a huge lack of educational material on the role of the centre and on the power of pawns and pieces in the centre. And the most important part which is missing - how to change the pawn structure in the centre. This is really the knowledge which marks out the champions, and on this DVD with the help of classical games played...
Monday, January 31, 2011
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Foxy 116: 10 Easy Ways To Get better At Chess Vol 3 (Advanced) - Andrew Martin (DVD)Vol 3 - Advanced ( 1800+), Running Time: 2 hoursSenior FIDE Trainer and International Master Andrew Martin chooses easy-to-understand key ideas to help you improve. Adopt his simple recommendations and you will find your game improving quicker than you ever thought possible.Contents:1) Don't run yourself down
2) Concentrate on positives
3) Make notes to your own games
4) Look over your best wins
5) Play like Portisch!
6) Sister pawn structures
7) The theory of infinite resistance
8) Counterplay is the essence of defence
9) Study the endgame in chunks
10) Stay...
Friday, January 28, 2011
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Foxy 115: 10 Easy Ways To Get better At Chess Vol 2 (Intermediate) - Andrew Martin (DVD)
Vol 2 - Intermediate ( 1000-1800), Running Time: 2 hoursSenior FIDE Trainer and International Master Andrew Martin chooses easy-to-understand key ideas to help you improve. Adopt his simple recommendations and you will find your game improving quicker than you ever thought possible.Contents:1) Think about pawn structures
2) Coordinate the pieces
3) Winning won positions
4) What to do when you are losing.
5) How to play against weaker opponents
6) How to play against equal opponents
7) How to play against stronger opponents
8) Time trouble!
9) Develop depth-avoid...
Friday, January 28, 2011
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Foxy 114: 10 Easy Ways To Get better At Chess Vol 1 (Novice) - Andrew Martin (DVD)Vol 1 - Novice ( ELO 0-1000), Running Time: 1 hour 53 minutesSenior FIDE Trainer and International Master Andrew Martin chooses easy-to-understand key ideas to help you improve. Adopt his simple recommendations and you will find your game improving quicker than you ever thought possible.Contents:1) Concentration.
2) Stick to the basics
3) Ask the important question
4) Chess is an attacking game
5) Dont ignore the endgame
6) Learn tactical control
7) Cut out big, game-losing mistakes
8) Playing vs Study
9) Write all games out and look at them with a stronger player
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
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The name is perhaps deceptive. Playing against Junior is not necessarily something for children, as Garry Kasparov discovered in a match in New York. He was held to a 3-3 draw by the Israeli program. Junior played in its typically dynamic style, greatly surprising the former World Champion with now-famous bishop sacrifice on h2 that forced him to concede a draw. Junior has its own special search techniques and evaluation functions, which makes it different to any other chess program. It is enterprising and entertaining, sacrificing material for initiative whenever it sees a chance, providing new ideas in traditional positions against man or...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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Chessbase Magazine 125Furioso in Foros: Magnus CarlsenForos and the Dortmund Chess Festival are the outstanding tournaments of ChessBase Magazine #125. In Foros, the young star Magnus Carlsen progressed smoothly from start to finish with his final victory never in danger, whereas in Dortmund the tension was high and it looked like a sensation was in the making. However, in the penultimate round Peter Leko wrested the lead from Jan Gustafsson and held on to it until the end.
From Foros, we have five of the participants, Carlsen, Karjakin, Eljanov, van Wely and Nisipeanu, taking a look at some selected games and explaining the decisive...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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ChessBase Magazine 119 Full DVD
This summer issue focuses on three top tournaments: Dortmund, the Candidates matches in Elista (Kalmykia) and the tournament in Foros (Ukraine). On one hand, in Dortmund the struggle for victory in the tournament was over relatively quickly on account of the great levels of concentration and the determination of the World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, which seemed to rob the tournament as a whole of some of the necessary tension. On the other, in Elista and only a few days later in the Crimea the interest was maintained from the beginning till the end of the contest. At the end of the Candidates matches in Elista...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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Chessbase Magazine 124Baku, Plovdiv, Sofia – the last few months have seen the great chess circus more or less far away in the east. Of the four highlights in this issue, two were classical all-play-all tournaments: the FIDE Grand Prix in Baku and the M-Tel in Sofia. The other two highlights were championships, on one hand the European Individual Championships and on the other the Russian Team Championships.
Whereas the circle of participants and potential victors in the major all-play-all tournaments tends to be constant and predictable, the FIDE Grand Prix in Baku was an exception, thanks to the nomination...
