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Play the Queen's Gambit
Few would disagree that the Queen's Gambit is one of the most important openings in chess. It has a long and distinguished history and has been played by virtually all the strongest Grandmasters: Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Anatoly Karpov, Vishy Anand - the list goes on and on!
Play the Queen's Gambit
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Chess Openings - What You Need To Know
For club and intermediate players. Presents the current state of chess openings theory in each major chess opening and the main ideas and plans to follow in each of them.
Chess Openings - What You Need To Know
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Chess King's Complete Chess Course - Opening Principles
Volume 1: Chess opening Principles. Demonstrates that you don't need to try to memorize hundreds of openings variations as long as you play the opening by following common basic ideas. You'll learn all about fast development, centralization, mobility, and defense, all of which will help you get a good position which will lead directly into a playable middle game. 20 chapters, 90 minutes.
Chess King's Complete Chess Course - Opening Principles
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Chess King's Guide to Opening Ideas - Open Games 1.e4 e5
Volume 1: Open Games 1.e4 e5. King's Gambit, Italian, Evans, Scotch, Two Knight's, Philidor, Petroff, Ruy Lopez, Marshall and many more. 32 chapters, 145 minutes.
Chess King's Guide to Opening Ideas - Open Games 1.e4 e5
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Chess King's Guide to Opening Ideas - Semi-Open Games - 1.e4 non e5
Volume 2: Semi-Open Games 1. e4 others. French, Caro-Cann, Pirc, Scandinaviam Alekhine, Sicilian defense (Dragon, Sveshnikov, Najdorf, Closed, Alapin, Smit-Morra), etc. 28 chapters, 140 minutes.
Chess King's Guide to Opening Ideas - Semi-Open Games - 1.e4 non e5
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Chess King's Guide to Opening Ideas - Closed Games 1. d4 or 1. Nf3
Volume 3: Closed Games 1.d4 or 1.Nf3. Queen's Gambit, Reti, Benko, Grünfeld, Dutch, Slav, English Opening and several Indian Defenses (Bogo-Indian, Nimzo-Indian, King's Indian). 33 chapters, 150 minutes.
Chess King's Guide to Opening Ideas - Closed Games 1. d4 or 1. Nf3
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Slav - Botvinnik and Moscow Variation - Loek Van Wely
In this DVD, Dutch top grandmaster Loek Van Wely presents both the Botvinnik Variation and the Moscow Variation of the Slav Defence, two extraordinary opening systems excelling by extreme sharpness and complexity.
Slav - Botvinnik and Moscow Variation - Loek Van Wely
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Winning in 20 Moves
This excellent CD is loaded with insightful commentary, and includes several introductory texts, video clips, and middlegame theme keys. In addition, the reader will find training keys and trainings tasks for each game.
Winning in 20 Moves
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1. Nc3... The Van Geet Opening
This CD represents both a basic van Geet openings manual and an up-to-date theoretical database, designed to serve both average and advanced players.
1. Nc3... The Van Geet Opening
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Dutch Defence A90-A99
Choosing the Dutch Defence with the black pieces is a clear signal that you are willing to go for the full point. There are no such things as exchange variations or an early trade of queens.
Dutch Defence A90-A99
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The Dutch Defense Leningrad System
People who play the Dutch Defence are usually aiming for more than a draw. This is particularly true of the Leningrad System.
The Dutch Defense Leningrad System
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How to Play the Nimzo-Indian
The Nimzo-Indian can well be called the opening of the world champions.
How to Play the Nimzo-Indian
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Bogo-Indian Defense
The Bogo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+) stands out for two reasons: the concept behind the opening is simple and therefore easy to learn; and the Bogo-Indian has the reputation of being a reliable drawing weapon (statistically backed up by a high number of draws with it).
Bogo-Indian Defense
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Sicilian Dragon - VOLUME 1
When playing as White, if you do not want to enter sharp opening systems, you would do better to fight against the Dragon by castling short. These specific variations are the theme of Rogozenko‘s CD Dragon 1.
Sicilian Dragon - VOLUME 1
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Queen's Gambit Orthodox
The Orthodox Queens Gambit is one of the most solid openings which you can play against 1.d4
Queen's Gambit Orthodox
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Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders
Learn to play chess by learning the opening mistakes and traps that have been discovered over time.
Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders
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Dutch A80-85
In the third and final part of his trilogy about the Dutch, Boris Schipkov turns his attention to some very important side lines.
Dutch A80-85
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The Chebanenko - Still Improved - Victor Bologan
After 4 years since my book on the Chebanenko Slav we can definitely say this opening is even more popular and everybody links the name of Chebanenko to the line with 4... a6 in the Slav.
The Chebanenko - Still Improved - Victor Bologan
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Opening Lab
This is a perfect opening manual. It features a theoretical review of all the chess openings, which are illustrated by instructive games of the greatest chess players.
Opening Lab
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Modern Chess Opening - Other Openings - VOLUME 7
The Modern Chess Opening, Vol. 7 course is aimed at teaching the student much of the opening and middlegame methods and intricacies of important Other Openings.
Modern Chess Opening - Other Openings - VOLUME 7
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Modern Chess Opening - Open Games (1.e4 e5) - VOLUME 1
This course is aimed at teaching a student much of the opening and middlegame methods and intricacies of the Open Games.
Modern Chess Opening - Open Games (1.e4 e5) - VOLUME 1
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Modern Chess Opening - Semi-Open Games (1.e4) - VOLUME 2
Modern Chess Opening, vol. 2, Semi-Open Games (1.e4) course is aimed at teaching a student much of the opening and middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section which includes 426 games/lectures.
Modern Chess Opening - Semi-Open Games (1.e4) - VOLUME 2
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Modern Chess Opening - Semi-Closed Games (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6) - VOLUME 4
Modern Chess Opening, vol. 4, Semi-Closed Games course is aimed at teaching a student much of the opening and middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section which includes 266 games/lectures.
Modern Chess Opening - Semi-Closed Games (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6) - VOLUME 4
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Modern Chess Opening - Semi-Closed Games (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6) - VOLUME 5
Modern Chess Opening, vol. 5, Semi-Closed Games course is aimed at teaching a student much of the opening and middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section which includes 294 games/lectures.
Modern Chess Opening - Semi-Closed Games (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6) - VOLUME 5
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Modern Chess Opening - Closed Games (1. d4 d5) - VOLUME 6
Modern Chess Opening, vol. 6, Closed Games course is aimed at teaching a student much of the opening and middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section which includes 416 games/lectures.
Modern Chess Opening - Closed Games (1. d4 d5) - VOLUME 6
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Modern Chess Opening - Sicilian Defense (1.e4 c5) - VOLUME 3
Modern Chess Opening - Sicilian Defense (1.e4 c5) - VOLUME 3
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Chess Opening Instructor
This is a perfect opening manual. The program features a theoretical review of all the chess openings, which are illustrated by instructive games of the chess players in XIX and XX centuries.
Chess Opening Instructor
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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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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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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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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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