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CHESS OPENING SOFTWARE
Learn From The Open Games - Sam Collins
In this DVD Sam Collins explains the games from which he has learned the most, arising out of 1.e4 e5. Topics covered include: exchanges, attacking strategy, gambits and sacrificial play, opening selection, play with opposite coloured bishops, restriction of the opponent's pieces, play in queenless middlegames and endgame technique. The themes are of critical importance for an understanding of how to play the middlegame. However, Collins also gives a full explanation of the themes from the opening and early middlegame, making this an invaluable collection for players who play the open games with either colour, or who simply want to learn more about this central touchstone of chess development. Video running time: 4 hours System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard
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Learn From The Open Games - Sam Collins
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English 1.c4 e5
With the move 1.c4, you can avoid some of the openings and lines to be feared after 1.d4. Following 1.c4 e5 – this move order is also called reversed Sicilian.
English 1.c4 e5
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Queen's Gambit with 5.Bf4
The Queen's Gambit Orthodox is one of the most solid defences for Black against 1. d4.
Queen's Gambit with 5.Bf4
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Queen's Gambit Accepted
The Queens Gambit Accepted is one of the classical openings against 1.d4 and has been (is) part of the repertoire of all World Champions.
Queen's Gambit Accepted
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King's Gambit
In the hands of the inventive attacking player, the King's Gambit is an extremely dangerous weapon.
King's Gambit
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French with Nc3
The French Defense has a proven reputation for adaptibility and soundness, and is attractive to the Black player who seeks a complex strategical fight in unbalanced positions, with healthy counterplay and many chances to decide sharp battles in his favor!
French with Nc3
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French without Nc3
he French Defense has a proven reputation for adaptability and soundness, and is attractive to the Black player who seeks a complex strategic fi ght in unbalanced positions, with healthy counterplay and many chances to decide sharp battles in his favor!
French without Nc3
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Modern Ways of Playing the Sicilian
The Cuban grandmaster Amador Rodriguez introduces six modern, partially rediscovered systems with which Black without extensive theoretical knowledge can cause his opponent some very unpleasant problems.
Modern Ways of Playing the Sicilian
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Classical Sicilian
This is the position which has been examined by our English author. GM Kosten's very commited work is an exclusive database with "only" 942 entries.
Classical Sicilian
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Paulsen System
The CD offers to the player of the black pieces an almost complete repertoire against 1.e4, but is also well suited to the player with White, since the author also offers the latter his recommendations.
Paulsen System
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The Dragon for Experts
His first CD is intended first of all for players who already have some experience with the Dragon.
The Dragon for Experts
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The Accelerated Dragon
The Accelerated Dragon is much more than just a dynamic yet solid means of countering 1.e4
The Accelerated Dragon
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Sveshnikov Sicilian
The Sicilian Sveshnikov variation is a increasingly popular line in the Sicilian Defense.
Sveshnikov Sicilian
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The Vienna Game C23-C29
Gregory Huber’s CD actually covers two openings, including the Bishop’s Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4) as well as the Vienna Game.
The Vienna Game C23-C29
Catalog Code: WIN0198CB
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Nimzo Indian 4.f3 and Sämisch Variation
The variations 4.f3 and the Sämisch, which are presented on this CD, are ideally suited to fight the Nimzo Indian.
Nimzo Indian 4.f3 and Sämisch Variation
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Classical Nimzo-Indian
The Nimzo-Indian is not only one of the most solid openings against 1.d4, but it also suits the player with Black who is aiming from the start for the full point.
Classical Nimzo-Indian
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Secret Weapons of Champions - Adrian Mikhalchishin
Modern middlegame theory does not exist in written form. That is why players and trainers have to go back to the old recommendation by Nimzowitsch – to study typical positional methods. But who is better placed to teach us about their own powerful weapons than the great champions of the past?
Secret Weapons of Champions - Adrian Mikhalchishin
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Budapest Gambit - 2nd Edition
The Budapest Gambit results after the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5. It is a popular surprise weapon of many top young grandmasters.
Budapest Gambit - 2nd Edition
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Caro-Kann Panov Attack B13
The Caro-Kann opening (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5) is said, possibly unfairly, to be a bit on the tame side.
Caro-Kann Panov Attack B13
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Gambit Lexicon
The exclusive annotated database. Contains more than 4 millions games from 1560 to 2008 in the highest ChessBase quality standard. 62,000 games contain commentary from top players, with ChessBase opening classification with more than 100,000 key positions, direct access to players, tournaments, middlegame themes, endgames.
Gambit Lexicon
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Chigorin Defense
On master level, the Chigorin Defence has been played relatively seldom, and probably that's one of the reasons why it has been analysed less intensively than other openings.
Chigorin Defense
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The Colle System
The Colle System is rather a playing scheme than an opening.
The Colle System
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An Opening Repertoire for Black
The CD is suitable for club players and contains the ChessBase Reader based on ChessBase 9.
An Opening Repertoire for Black
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Trompowsky Attack
The Trompowsky attack, which arises after 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 has matured into a full-blooded opening. On this CD a repertoire from White´s point of view is given.
Trompowsky Attack
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The Bird's Opening
It is no pleasure to play with Black against the Bird-Opening (1.f4) – one is vaguely familiar with some bad disasters, but less familiar with ways to avoid them.
The Bird's Opening
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Gruenfeld Defense
The Gruenfeld is one of the most aggressive replies to 1.d4. It is no wonder that Garry Kasparov has included it in his opening repertoire.
Gruenfeld Defense
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King's Indian with h3
The system with h3, which offers White many tactical possibilities, has been proven to be quite successful in practice.
King's Indian with h3
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Modern Benoni
The Modern Benoni is a fighting defence that will suit players aiming for active play rather than patient defence.
Modern Benoni
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Philidor Defense
The Philidor Denfence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 combines a number of advantages. The black player has a choice of various types of positions - he can play with or without capturing on d4.
Philidor Defense
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Pirc Defense
The Pirc Defence is a highly flexible and double-edged opening with which Black can avoid premature simplification and go for the full point.
Pirc Defense
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Reti Opening
What is the Reti opening anyway? Okay, 1.Nf3 d5, but then? Well, almost anything, only d2-d4 should not be played immediately (for that would be queen's gambit).
Reti Opening
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Scandinavian Defence
The Scandinavian has long lost its former exotic status. Thanks to practical success and a number of publications by some players from Hamburg gathered around the several times German champions Matthias Wahls in Germany this opening even managed to gain the reputation of being a rather solid weapon against 1.e4
Scandinavian Defence
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Meran Variation
The Meran Variation is an extremely dynamic opening, and its no coincidence that it belongs to the opening repertoire of geniusses such as Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Shirov.
Meran Variation
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The Slav Defense - Andrew Martin
After three introductory texts grandmaster Dorian Rogozenko follows up with no less than 86 database texts, which introduce the respective variations. The author scrutinized 154 games especially for this CD.
The Slav Defense - Andrew Martin
Catalog Code: WIN0196CB
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Queen's Gambit Declined - Andrew Martin
Orthodox Variation is an opening choice for Black which will never be refuted. It perhaps has an unjust reputation of being solid and passive, but this all-new ChessBase DVD will challenge that perception
Queen's Gambit Declined - Andrew Martin
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Nimzo-Indian Defense: The Easy Way - Jacob Aagaard
On this DVD Danish IM Jacob Aagaard introduces you to the secrets of the Nimzoindian Defence.
Nimzo-Indian Defense: The Easy Way - Jacob Aagaard
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