On this DVD Grandmaster Daniel King: – demonstrates typical tactical patterns; – shows how strong players use their tactical awareness; – puts your tactical abilities to the test. But this is a test with a difference. Although the emphasis is on tacti…
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How Grandmasters Find Amazing Moves
– Most chess fans believe that knowledge of the opening, middlegame and endgame
is what separates Grandmasters from everyone else. While all of these are
important, the truth is much more profound: Top pl…
How Grandmasters Find Amazing Moves
– Most chess fans believe that knowledge of the opening, middlegame and endgame
is what separates Grandmasters from everyone else. While all of these are
important, the truth is much more profound: Top pl…
Four top tournaments are waiting for you in the new issue of ChessBase Magazine: The Kings Tournament in Bazna, the FIDE Grand Prix in Astrakhan, the Capablanca Memprial in Havanna, and the Karpov Tournament in Poikovski. Remarkably: the winners are
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What do you do against the Sicilian Defence? Do you play a mainline, safe in the knowledge that despite being the most reliable way to gain an opening advantage, you could be condemned to spending years studying a huge body of opening theory, or do yo…
This DVD by Lubomir Ftacnik is an ambitious project, presenting a comprehensive set of ideas and structures in chess openings, arising after the first move 1.d4. In 34 videos (plus intro and conclusion) the author covers all 1.d4 openings – classical …
20.403 edited games played between April and
June 2010
biggest tournament:
GER-ch U12: 517 games
Baku Presidents Cup (rapid): 1. Kramnik,
Mamedyarov und
Kamsky
Leon (rapid): 1. Gelfand
World Cup ACP (rapid): 1. KarjakinCBM Extra
with videos in…
The first 4 DVDs in the series on the endgame cast some light on theoretical endgames and were systematically organised according to the distribution of material, starting with pawn endings and going on to deal with subjects such as the bishop pair an…
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…
The Caro-Kann Defence, which arises after the moves 1.e4 c6 followed by d7-d5, is considered to be one of the most reliable defences to White’s 1.e4. Black fights for his share of the centre and patiently awaits his chance. Shirov’s preferred weap…
The variation against the Ruy Lopez presented in meticulous detail by Alexei Shirov (3…a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5) has so far had no recognised name and Shirov himself has named it after Vladislav Tkachiev, the 2007 European champion, the Tkach…
The match of the year between World Champion Vishy Anand and his challenger Veselin Topalov went the full distance, i.e. 12 tournament games, and yet at the end the decision was quite unexpected and came much more quickly than one might have thought. …
19.692 edited games played between February and April 2010
biggest tournament:
European Women Championship (1. Cramling): 863 games
Amber tournaments in Nizza (1. Ivanchuk and
Carlsen)
Championships of: Bulgaria, Danmark,
Germany, Vietnam,…
For years Rybka has been the uncontested number one in computer chess and since its great breakthrough in 2006 the program has won with remarkable regularity one world title after the other. So that this state of affairs will continue in the future, t…
For years Rybka has been the uncontested number one in computer chess and
since its great breakthrough in 2006 the program has won with remarkable regularity
one world title after the other. So that this state of affairs will continue
in the future…
The Rybka4 opening book is a high-class compilation of opening theory. It was developed for the world‘s strongest chess entity – 100 cores cluster Rybka and program Rybka4 and will maximize the program‘s playing strength. The choice of variatio…
“The pawns are the soul of chess!” And he put his money where his mouth was! The famous chessplayer and composer André Danican Philidor not only focused the attention of coming generations on the importance of pawns in the game of chess, he also …
The Rossolimo Variation 3.Bb5 is considered to be one of the strongest replies to 2…Nc6 in the Sicilian Defence. The fact that the move has been played by practically all the top players proves its popularity and strength. But the most interesting a…
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…
What is a squeeze? When you take control of a game, deprive your opponent of counterplay and slowly squeeze the life out of your opponent. The motto of the squeeze could be: “To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of ski…
The Slav and Semi-Slav revisited For Shirov the Slav and the Semi-Slav form one huge and common opening. Of course it is a mighty opening complex and the DVD cannot give a complete picture of it, but in the areas he chooses to highlight our author is …
The variation 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 a6!? does not have an especially good reputation in the theory books. Competitive players can use this unjustified assessment to their advantage because the variation is entirely playable, as International Master Andrew Mar…
The ChessBase Opening Encyclopaedia 2010 features the complete coverage of all opening sectors, offering an optimal start for opening training. Many well-known specialists have made contributions in their field of expertise, such as Anand, Avrukh, Dr …
There are few opening systems which have been undergoing such a fast and furious renaissance as the 6.Bg5 Variation of the Najdorf System. Inspired by Radjabov’s victories over Anand and Karjakin in 2006, a great number of games have been played since then, meaning that the theory has developed enormously. More information…
At the end of the super-tournament in Wijk an Zee two young heroes were in the spotlight: with a little bit of luck Magnus Carlsen won the top tournament, and at the age of only 15, Anish Giri was victorious in the B-tournament and thus qualified for the tournament for the top players for next year. On this DVD there are comments on their best games from, e.g., tournament victor Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, Alexei Shirov and Nigel Short. Whereas world champion Anand usually mostly went in controlled fashion with the flow in Wijk, his challenger for the WCh, Veselin Topalov, went about things in his usual combative way in Linares and majestically won the second great tournament highlight of this issue despite a lapse in the last round but one. On the DVD you will find all the games from these world class tournaments, more than 4 hours of video analysis (e.g. by Shirov and Short about Wijk), 13 up-to-date openings articles with suggestions for your repertoire as well as training contributions in tactics, the middlegame and the endgame. More information…
20.788 edited games played between
December 2009
and February 2010
1379 games
Movsesian amongst others
rounds 7-9
media format:
classical game Botvinnik-Tal, Moscow 1961
Andrew Martin refers to his own DVD “The Budapest Gambit"
This dynamic and flexible opening starts with moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6. Through carefully selected games and analysis made for that system, the author will help you understand the opening without the need to memorize tons of moves. More information…
Flexible plans for Black and strong weapons against the majority of White’s deviations from the main line are presented in an easy-to-understand manner. Most of the key ideas are illustrated with great examples from notable games between famous chess titans including Kasparov, Anand, Petrosian, Smyslov, and Kharlov. In this DVD, FM Lilov will teach you a plan for Black with a6, b5, Bb7, Nbd7 and c5, which is one of the best ways to meet White’s Queen’s Gambit. For those of you who like to experiment more in the opening, the FIDE Master has prepared a creative plan with Bg4. Video running time: 4 h 23 min. More information…
A simple idea underpins the Exchange Variation of the Ruy Lopez. Take all the pieces off and White wins the ending. Naturally, the execution of this plan is anything but simple because Black obtains the Bishop pair and free piece play to compensate him for his doubled pawns on c6. Nevertheless, it is useful to have something to aim for! Many World Champions have employed 4.Bxc6 and we will see some of their encounters on this DVD, along with a collection of very recent examples. Bobby Fischer was perhaps the most influential of those who played 4.Bxc6 ,as he showed the line could be played dynamically and that White was not restricted only to play for better endgames. The Exchange Variation is suitable for all levels of player, completely sound and a good tournament weapon. On this new ChessBase DVD, Andrew Martin makes a convincing case for White’s chances. In 2010, 4.Bxc6 is as dangerous as ever. Video running time: 4 hours. More information…
The French Defence is one of the best choices a player can make for his opening repertoire, especially older players with limited study time. The solid construction of Black’s game puts the onus on positional understanding and makes it immune to sharp and tricky variations. The longer you play the French the better you’ll play it. On this DVD Nigel Davies explains the strategy behind the French Defence by examining typical pawn structures and explaining the plans and ideas for both sides. More information…
On this DVD, IM Lawrence Trent presents a comprehensive repertoire and thematic analysis of the most enterprising, yet well less documented move 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 in the Two Knight’s Defence. Once labelled a “foolish” and “primative” lunge by the old masters, White ignores his development in order to immediately attack the Achilles Heel of Black’s position on f7. More information…
Deep Fritz 12 – Multiprocessor Version
Published by February 9th, 2010 in Chess Software. 0 CommentsDEEP FRITZ is the world’s most popular chess program, developed by ChessBase, “the world’s leading chess software company” (Washington Post). Whether you are a beginner, club player or professional – DEEP FRITZ has everything that chess players could want: automatically adjusting playing strength, handicap and coaching functions, explanation of positions, coloured danger warnings, openings statistics, automatic game analysis, trainings modules for openings, tactics, endgames, and a database of one million games. Available from 18. February 2010 More information…
Creating a Repertoire can be a difficult and demanding job, especially for
those with limited study time. Attempts to implement a lot of new openings at the
same time can set a player adrift in a sea of unknown chess patterns. This in turn can
have a catastrophic impact on their game.
On this DVD Nigel Davies explains how to go about this process of building a repertoire
the right way, with a minimal amount of stress or sweeping wholesale changes. More information…
ChessBase Magazine starts into 2010 with three very different tournament highlights. The FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk was once more carried out as a massive KO tournament with 128 participants and saw in Boris Gelfand a victor who threw into the scales against his rivals, who were almost all younger, his experience and strong nerves. The London Chess Classic consisted of an all-play-all with the 3-point rule and saw a neck to neck race between Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik. The world’s new number one managed to decide the tournament in his favour. And in Bursa in Turkey, Russia managed, despite an early slip-up, to defend its title as World Team Champions ahead of the USA which had been leading in the meantime. More information…
ChessBase Magazine starts into 2010 with three very different tournament highlights. The FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk was once more carried out as a massive KO tournament with 128 participants and saw in Boris Gelfand a victor who threw into the scales against his rivals, who were almost all younger, his experience and strong nerves. The London Chess Classic consisted of an all-play-all with the 3-point rule and saw a neck to neck race between Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik. The world’s new number one managed to decide the tournament in his favour. And in Bursa in Turkey, Russia managed, despite an early slip-up, to defend its title as World Team Champions ahead of the USA which had been leading in the meantime. More information…
