Download How to play the Queen's Gambit - Garry Kasparov (Full DVD) | Chessbase Fritz Trainer

How to play the Queen's Gambit - Garry Kasparov (Full DVD) | Chessbase Fritz Trainer

Wherever he appears, chess fans gather in crowds. Garry Kasparov is the strongest chess player of our time – and a great personality who can represent the sport like no other chess professional. Now Kasparov comes into your home and shares with you his knowledge of one of the great openings in chess. Garry Kasparov took to the Queen’s Gambit at a relatively late stage of his chess career, but then had the best training anyone could imagine: in his first match for the world championship against Anatoly Karpov, this opening appeared on the board no less than 19 times. Now he shares his knowledge with you. With great eloquence Kasparov speaks about variations and ideas of the Classical Queen’s Gambit, the basics of which were laid by the champions of their times – Steinitz, Lasker, Rubinstein, Capablanca and Alekhine.

Kasparov does not just work through the variations one by one – fl uent transitions make the chess students understand the ideas and see new connections. Even people who don’t actually play this opening will benefit enormously from Kasparov’s explanations, learning from this genius’s vast knowledge of the game and his views on chess history. More than three hours of first-class private tuition. The DVD can be played both on a PC and a DVD player, using your living-room TV set. It contains subtitles in English, German, Spanish and Italian. The package includes the latest ChessBase 9.0 Reader, a big reference database featuring more than 100,000 Queen’s Gambit games, as well as a complete

opening book that can be used to practice what you have learnt with Fritz.

1. Talking about Queen‘s Gambit 8:28 min
2. Possible deviations 10:50 min
3. Lasker defence 16:03 min
4. Capablanca‘s approach 19:32 min
5. Carlsbad structure 18:45 min
6. Alatorsev variation 13:10 min
7. Steinitz and 5.Bf4 19:39 min
8. Tartakower system 14:51 min
9. 5...h6 - a big nuance 13:02 min
10. Look at some games 1:17 min
11. Steinitz - Lasker 4:17 min
12. Rubinstein - Salwe 10:14 min
13. Capablanca - Alekhine 7:45 min
14. Kasparov - Andersson 4:45 min
15. Kasparov - Short 4:02 min
16. Alekhine - Lasker 3:55 min
17. Beliavsky - Geller 5:39 min
18. Kortschnoj - Karpov 12:18 min
19. Kortschnoj - Karpov 2 8:24 min
20. Résumé 3:55 min
    Total running time: 3 h
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Download How to play the Najdorf Vol. 3 - Garry Kasparov (Full DVD) | Chessbase Fritz Trainer

How to play the Najdorf Vol. 3 - Garry Kasparov (Full DVD) | Chessbase Fritz Trainer

The Najdorf system in the Sicilian Defence has a legendary reputation as a defensive weapon for Black. It is an opening where people often strive for a full point, instead of simply defending the position with the black pieces. Many great players have contributed to the development of this complex opening. Two world champions formed much of their careers using the Najdorf system as their weapon of choice against 1.e4: Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. Both players celebrated spectacular successes with it, both used the Najdorf (pronounced “neigh-dorff”, rhyming with “high morph”) during their child prodigy years and retained it as an important part of their repertoire during their entire careers. For Garry Kasparov this added up to experience with the Najdorf at the very highest levels of chess.

For chess amateurs and professionals alike it is a great moment when the world’s leading expert shares all the secrets in his favourite opening. In part one Garry Kasparov introduced the various subsystems of the Najdorf, including the central „Poisoned Pawn“ variation. Part two was devoted to the main lines against 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4, including the legendary Polugaevsky Variation. In Part three he examines the move 6.Be3, which is today considered the main line in the Najdorf System. The DVD contains more than five hours of first-class private tuition. The package includes the latest Chess Base 9.0 Reader, a big reference database featuring all relevant Najdorf games, as well as a complete opening book that can be used to practice what you have learnt with Fritz.

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Download How to play the Najdorf Vol. 2 - Garry Kasparov (Full DVD) | Chessbase Fritz Trainer

How to play the Najdorf Vol. 2 - Garry Kasparov (Full DVD) | Chessbase Fritz Trainer

The Najdorf system in the Sicilian Defence has a legendary reputation as a defensive weapon for Black. It is an opening where people often strive for a full point, instead of simply defending the position with the black pieces. Many great players have contributed to the development of this complex opening. There were two world champions who formed much of their careers using the Najdorf system as their weapon of choice against 1.e4: Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. Both players celebrated spectacular successes with it, both used the Najdorf (pronounced „nigh-dorff“, rhyming with „high-dwarf“) during their child prodigy years and retained it as an important part of their repertoire during their entire careers.

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For Garry Kasparov this added up to experience with the Najdorf at the very highest levels of chess. For chess amateurs and professionals alike it is a great moment when the world’s leading expert shares all the secrets in his favourite opening. In part one Garry Kasparov introduced the various subsystems of the Najdorf, including the central „Poisoned Pawn“ variation. Part two is devoted to the main lines against 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4. This includes the legendary Polugaevsky Variation. The DVD contains more than two hours of first-class private tuition. The package includes the latest Chess Base 9.0 Reader, a big reference database featuring all relevant Najdorf games, as well as a complete opening book that can be used to practice what you have learnt with Fritz.

Total running time: More than 2,5 h

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Download How to play the Najdorf Vol. 1 - Garry Kasparov (Full DVD) | Chessbase Fritz Trainer

How to play the Najdorf Vol. 1 - Garry Kasparov (Full DVD) | Chessbase Fritz Trainer

The Najdorf system in the Sicilian Defence has a legendary reputation as a defensive weapon for Black. It is an opening where people often strive for a full point, instead of simply defending the position with the black pieces. Many great players have contributed to the development of this complex opening. There were two world champions who formed much of their careers using the Najdorf system as their weapon of choice against 1.e4: Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov celebrated spectacular successes with it. Both players used the Najdorf (pronounced “ny-dorff”, rhyming with “high-dwarf”) during their child prodigy years and retained it as an important part of their repertoire during their entire careers.

For Garry Kasparov this added up to experience with the Najdorf at the very highest levels of chess. For chess amateurs and professionals alike it is a great moment when the world‘s leading expert shares all the secrets in his favourite opening. In part one Garry Kasparov introduces the various sub-systems of the Najdorf, including the central “Poisoned Pawn” variation. The development of each line is placed in historical perspective and examined in great depth, with Kasparov‘s characteristic intensity. More than two 2.5 hours of fi rst-class private tuition. The DVD can be played both on a PC and a DVD player, using your living-room TV set (PAL). It contains subtitles in English, German, Spanish, Italian and Turkish. The package includes the latest ChessBase 9.0 Reader, a big reference database featuring more than 16,000 Najdorf games, as well as a complete opening book that can be used to practice what you have learnt with Fritz.

1. Introduction 12:37
2. Possible deviations 9:43
3. 6.Bg5 Nbd7 18:35
4. 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qf3 19:21
5. Gothenburg variation 19:59
6. Poisoned pawn variation 9.Rb1 19:36
7. Poisoned pawn variation 13.e5 22:46
8. Poisoned pawn variation 13.Be2 and 9.Nb3 27:49
9. Poisoned pawn variation 8.Nb3 17:24

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American Gambit: Kasparov vs US Juniors

Yesterday was Garry Kasparov's 47th birthday. Reader Ben Vinyard of Woodstock, USA, sent us a YouTube link with "a cool video on a simul Kasparov gave in 1988". A perfect birthday gift for the former World Champion, who was 24 at the time. We know for a fact that Garry has not seen the video – at least not in the last fifteen or twenty years. Happy Birthday Garry Kimovich!

Kasparov's clock simuls

Kasparov's stint of playing impossibly strong clock simultaneous exhibitions began in 1985, when he took on the Bundesliga team of Hamburg, Germany. This was the professional squad of eight players, led by GM Murray Chandler on board one. Kasparov knew nothing about most of the other opponents, was tired and got into time trouble. He lost that simul by 3½-4½ – the first and only time this has ever happened to him. He swore to return for revenge.

And return he did, in January 1987. A couple of days before the simul Frederic Friedel and Matthias Wüllenweber handed him the very first copy of a program they had named "ChessBase" – no number behind it, but the serial number of the 3.5" floppy disk was 00001. It contained all available games of Kasparov's opponents, this time from a Hamburg team that was nominally stronger than the one to which he had lost just over a year earlier.

The ChessBase program on Atari ST back in 1987

Kasparov spent two days preparing for the opponents, on an Atari ST – a computer with 512 kilobytes of memory and no hard drive, but with a sharp black and white monitor. With the home prep the clock simul went differently: Kasparov crushed his opponents 7:1.

In late 1988 Kasparov was working on an Atari ST with a 20 MB hard disk (!)

This experience was so exhilirating that Garry started to do it on a regular basis – and take on stronger and stronger opposition: the Swiss national team, the French (twice), the US junior team, the German junior team, the German Olympiad squad and finally the Argentenians and the Israelis. It was always preceeded by careful preparation, initially on the Atari, then on PCs when ChessBase migrated to this generation of computers.

Kasparov proudly presents the latest ChessBase running on a PC – in 1988

American Gambit: Kasparov vs the US Juniors

In early 1988 Kasparov took on the American juniors. This was a viciously strong squad of six young players, and the general consensus was that in a clock simul he did not stand a chance. The match took place in the famous Russian Tea Room in New York. The rest of the tale is told in three parts by the following film that was produced after the event. Take the time to absorb the atmosphere, listen to the players and experience how a clock simul is played. The games are given at the bottom of the page.

In one section (starting from around seven minutes into the video) Danny Edelman says: "Tonight, it doesn't matter if I win, it doesn't matter if I draw, it doesn't matter if I lose. I hope to engage in one of the brilliant games. If I lose it is because of a beautiful attack, and wonderful that I am part of something; and if I draw then equally so; and if I win, well, that will be excellent as well." Watch what happens in the next segment.

There is a cute section starting from 8 min 30 sec: Sofia Rohde, wife of the grandmaster, had been intructed to have Toblerone available for Kasparov, who used it to get his blood sugar up after a number of hours of play. Sophia got chocolate for the other players as well, but warns them repeatedly not to touch the Toblerone. She is on Facebook in case you want to know more about the staging of such events.

The commentator at the demo boards is Sofia's husband GM Michael Rohde, who is in the Manhattan Chess Club across the road and getting the moves on scoresheets carried by a running courier – cutting edge technology at the time.

The most poignant scene in this video comes at 3 min 20 sec, where Kasparov repeats moves, expecting his opponent to deviate.

Edelman,Daniel (2360) - Kasparov,Garry (2750) [B33]

New York sim New York, 1988

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qd8 12.Bg5 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qd8

This is a strategy of simultaneous masters, and Garry used a number of times in his own exhibitions. White can repeat and take the draw, or play on with a deviation that leads to an unclear position without a clear advantage. Watch Edelman's face when Kasparov plays 13...Qd8. After some thought he takes the draw: 14.Bg5 ½-½. Kasparov is deeply upset: "You have white, you have to play. That is my opinion, sorry. When I was young I would never have missed a chance to play the World Champion." He offers Edelman the chance to continue, but after consultation Sophia signals that the draw is taken.

Starting from 8 minutes you see Patrick Wolff with his at the time trademark hat putting the pressure on Kasparov. Watch him glare at his opponent and then play 22.Qh6-d2, knowing that he is winning.

The final section show Patrick, who later worked with Vishy Anand, defeat Kasparov. It is quite moving to hear him explain what that feels like. Meanwhile Rachels, who was doing very well in the middlegame, gets blitzed by Kasparov. The film very nicely captures the end of the game, starting from around 3 min 15 sec. Watch the faces and the demeanor of the two players. Beautiful stuff. At around 6 min 30 sec, Kasparov blunders into a draw against Alex Fischbein – watch Garry flash out the winning move, 56...d2!, immediately after the draw is agreed.

In the end Kasparov wins the simul 4-2. Click here to replay and download these historical games.

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