Most chess players are naturally talented, but do not have the time to devote to chess theory, such is the pace of modern life. Yet it is human nature to want to do things well and to achieve good results. To make the right choice of opening system is therefore of crucial importance for these players if they want to make the most of what they have. Below master level and especially . . .
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10 Easy Ways to get Better at Chess: Volume 1 by Andre...
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Senior 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.
These 10 easy to learn lessons will help the novice players, advance novice players, as well as intermediate players get better at chess. . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The Scandinavian the Easy Way ...
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Its easy-to-learn and easy-to-play. Here is an opening for Black which will furnish good results in the shortest possible time. Which other opening could we be referring to apart from the Scandinavian or Center-Counter Defense; 1 e4 d5 ! International Master Andrew Martin has written extensively on the Center-Counter and here he turns his attention to 1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The ABC of the King's Ind...
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On this original and entertaining DVD, International Master Andrew Martin takes you on a guided tour of this fascinating and creative opening. Through the use of complete games, both classic and modern and some repertoire suggestions Martin paints a comprehensive picture of the current state of play and looks towards the future.
In the new, expanded 2nd edition . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The ABC of the Vienna
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The newest addition to Andrew Martin Fritz Trainer Opening software DVD series: The ABC of the Vienna.
Old fashioned? Certainly! Infrequent ? Definitely! Underestimated ? Without doubt! Dangerous? You must draw your own conclusions...... The Vienna Game deserves a place in the repertoire of all players. With 2. Nc3 White prevents the freeing thrust ...d7-d5 . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: ABC of the Ruy Lopez 2nd Editi...
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The venerable Ruy Lopez is one of the most interesting of chess openings. In this diverse and instructive DVD, International Master Andrew Martin explains how the opening
works, with the help of mostly recent, complete master games, although there are some classics too! The most important ideas are highlighted and there are some repertoire
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: ABC of Chess Openings 2nd Edit...
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In the all new ABC of Chess Openings 2nd Edition International Master Andrew Martin explores the diverse possibilities available to everyone in the opening phase of the game. The material is broken down logically into Open Games, Semi-Open Games, Closed and Semi-Closed Games, Flank and Irregular Openings. Invaluable advice is given about what to look for and how to play each . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The ABC of The Modern Slav
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The ABC of The Modern Slav is a Chessbase Fritz Trainer Opening program by Andrew Martin.
The Slav defense to the Queen's Gambit has always had a solid reputation, dating right back to the days of Lasker, Alekhine and Capablanca. However, it's only in the last 15 years that the popularity of the opening has really taken off --and taken off at all . . .
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Train Yourself Chess Course--From Novice To Expert Vo...
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On DVD Volume Five International Master Andrew Martin will show you how to develop good endgame technique, using typical need-to know positions to lay the foundation and then full master games to show how the strongest players tackle this part of chess.He also suggests how the student might train himself at home in the most efficient way and this is invaluable advice. Learning . . .
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10 Easy Ways to get Better at Chess Volume 2 by Andrew...
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Senior 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.
These 10 easy to learn lessons will help the intermediate players get better at chess. This DVD contains lessons to reinvent your chess . . .
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10 Easy Ways to get Better at Chess Volume 3 by Andrew...
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Senior 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.
These 10 easy to learn lessons will help the advance players get to the next level of Chess IM Andrew Martin will give you 10 proven . . .
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Fritz Trainer -Andrew Martin: First Steps in Attack
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This new series for ChessBase is aimed at players below 2200. The idea of the series is to provide a basic grounding on a variety of subjects, which will assist general all-round improvement. On First Steps in Attack, Andrew Martin treats the viewer to a selection of classic attacking games and lays out a foundation course in the art of attack. Key thinking points reinforce the . . .
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Fritz Trainer -Andrew Martin: The ABC of Alekhine
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This newly released second edition has many new games and ideas!In 2007 we viewed Alekhine’s Defence as an excellent opening to play if Black wants to go for the win and four years later this has not changed. If anything, more Grandmasters are using the opening today. Black gets a tough and resilient position with ample opportunity for counter-chances. With 1...Nf6 he . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The Queen's Gambit Declin...
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The Queens Gambit Declined, 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. Basing his Black repertoire on the Cambridge Springs variation, Andrew Martin takes you on a tour of classic games, showing how Black may conveniently . . .
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Fritz Trainer-Martin:First Steps in Defense
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Andrew Martin: First steps in Defence This new series „First Steps…” is aimed at chess players below 2000 ELO points.. The idea of the series is to provide a basic grounding in a variety of subjects, which will assist general all-round improvement. In ‘First Steps in Defence’, Andrew Martin treats the viewer to a selection of classic games and lays . . .
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Train Yourself Chess Course-From Novice To Expert Vol....
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On this fourth DVD of this 5 part series, International Master and world renowned Chess Trainer Andrew Martin breaks down the elements of chess so that the game becomes easier to understand. Players of all levels will find something of interest here, including many complete games from recent years. This fourth DVD of this 5 part series by International Master . . .
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Train Yourself Chess Course-From Novice to Master: Vol...
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On this first DVD of this 5 part series, International Master and world renowned Chess Trainer Andrew Martin breaks down the elements of chess so that the game becomes easier to understand. Players of all levels will find something of interest here, including many complete games from recent years.This DVD covers:
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Train Yourself Chess Course-From Novice To Expert: Vol...
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On this second DVD of this 5 part series, International Master and world renowned Chess Trainer Andrew Martin breaks down the elements of chess so that the game becomes easier to understand. Players of all levels will find something of interest here, including many complete games from recent years. All the Basic tactical ideas are discussed fully, followed by a series of . . .
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Train Yourself Chess Course-From Novice To Expert, Vo...
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On this third DVD of this 5 part series, International Master and world renowned Chess Trainer Andrew Martin breaks down the elements of chess so that the game becomes easier to understand. Players of all levels will find something of interest here, including many complete games from recent years. This DVD will help you the next time you are playing a game and are not . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Opening Martin: First Steps in Positio...
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A strong command of middlegame skills often makes the difference between winning and losing a game of chess. The art of positional play must be included in any list of those skills. ‘First Steps in Positional Play’ attempts to equip the viewer with all the information he or she needs to begin to tackle this aspect of chess.Players below 1500 will benefit from this basic . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Opening Martin: First Steps in Opening...
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A good game of chess is made up of three phases; the opening, the middlegame and then the endgame. However, if you do not play the opening well, you will not get to see the other phases! ‘First Steps in Opening Play’ attempts to equip the viewer will all the information he or she needs to tackle this tricky area and to emerge into the middlegame with a good, playable . . .
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Play the Queen's Indian
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Play the Queen's Indian is written by openings expert Andrew Greet and published by Everyman Chess.
The Queen's Indian is a dynamic and flexible way to meet 1 d4. Using Nimzowitschs principles, Black adopts the hypermodern plan of controlling the center with pieces rather than the traditional idea of pawn occupation. This approach often leads to complex . . .
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The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess
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The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess is written by Andrew Soltis and published by Batsford Chess. As a professional journalist and popular chess author, International Master Andrew Soltis is perhaps the best qualified to collect and edit this treasury of chess wisdom through the ages.
With quotations running the gamut from timeless irony (The winner of the game . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: Trompowsky - The Easy Way
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Thirty years ago the Trompowski opening was almost totally unknown. It took a few spectacular games by Rafael Vaganian to bring 2 Bg5 into the limelight, and after that, the die was cast. Today 1 d4 Nf6 2 Bg5 is used by many of the best players in the world and a whole body of complicated theory has built up.
In this fascinating DVD, International Master Andrew . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: O'Kelly Sicilian
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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
Martin shows on this new Chessbase DVD. With careful selection of variations, Black players can make the OKelly work . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The Basics of Winning Chess
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The Basics of Winning Chess. Modern chess is a tough relentless game, which demands that all chess players, regardless of strength, keep their command of basic technique in tip-top shape. On this instructive and entertaining DVD, International Master Andrew Martin takes you on a tour of the basics of winning chess, so that you never have to worry about this part of the game again. . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The ABC of Chess Openings
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In the all new, ABC of Chess Openings International Master Andrew Martin explores the diverse possibilities available to everyone in the opening phase of the game. The material is broken down logically into Open Games, Semi-Open Games, Closed and Semi-Closed Games, Flank and Irregular Openings. Invaluable advice is given about what to look for and how to play each specific . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The ABC of the Ruy Lopez
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The venerable Ruy Lopez is one of the most interesting of chess openings. In this diverse and instructive DVD, International Master Andrew Martin explains how the opening works, with the help of mostly recent, complete master games, although there are some classics too! The most important ideas are highlighted and there are some repertoire suggestions too, all presented in the . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The ABC of the Caro Kann
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Mentioned by Polerio as early as 1590, it was Horatious Caro of Berlin and Markus Kann of Vienna who introduced 1...c6 into competitive play all the way back in the second half of the nineteenth century. At that time, swashbuckling attacking play usually connected with gambits was very popular and so it was hardly surprising that this defense was regarded as dry and boring. After . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The ABC of the Modern Benoni
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The Modern Benoni is one of the sharpest and most controversial replies to 1 d4. In return for active pieces and a queenside pawn majority, Black voluntarily inherits a position with the clear defect of a weak, backward pawn on d6, a trade-off which invariably leads to razor-sharp play. On this Chessbase DVD, International Master Andrew Martin will teach you all the nuts and bolts . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The ABC of the Leningrad Dutch...
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Andrew Martin: The ABC of the Leningrad Dutch
The Leningrad System of the Dutch is characterized by an early fianchetto of Blacks King Bishop. Thanks to the uncompromising and controversial nature of Blacks first move, 1...f5, this will always lead to sharp and difficult play. On this ChessBase DVD, International Master Andrew Martin makes a compelling case for . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: Spanish Exchange Variation
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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 . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: Enter 1.f4 - Bird Opening
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There seems very little room to create new opening ideas in 2010 and the creative competitor must work hard to find new approaches which help to win games. Enter 1.f4, Birds Opening! 1.f4 has hardly been given comprehensive coverage in the textbooks and on this new ChessBase DVD, International Master and Senior FIDE Trainer Andrew Martin examines this last frontier of sound and . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The ABC of the Benko Gambit 2n...
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The Benko Gambit is one of the most profound contributions to opening theory of the 20th century. Black sacrifices a pawn as early as move three for enduring positional pressure. On this new ChessBase DVD, International Master Andrew Martin traces the history of the gambit from the games of Opocensky, Lundin and Stoltz back in the 1930s, through the golden age of Bronstein, Benko . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The ABC of Alekhine
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Alekhines ABC Defense is an excellent opening to play if one wants to go for the win. Black invariably gets a tough and resilient position with ample opportunity for counterchances. With 1...Nf6 he immediately throws down the gauntlet to the pawn on e4 and tries to take the initiative from the very first moves. This is a particularly effective game-plan at club level, where . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: Queen's Pawn Opening
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Queens Pawn Openings such as the Trompowsky, the London System, the Colle System, the Torre Attack and many others crop up all the time at club level. From time to time they are popular with Grandmasters too! It is essential for players at all levels to have something prepared, or one runs the risk of getting smashed by a standard plan. The players who use these openings usually . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The ABC of the Benko Gambit
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Fritz Trainer: The ABC of the Benko Gambit by Andrew Martin is one of the most profound contributions to opening theory of the 20th Century. Black sacrifices a pawn as early as move three for enduring positional pressure. On this new Chess Base DVD, International Master Andrew Martin traces the history of the Gambit from the games of Opocensky, Lundin and Stoltz back in the 1930s, . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The ABC of the Sicilian Dragon...
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The ABC of the Sicilian Dragon
The Sicilian Dragon is one of the most extensively analyzed openings in the entire realm of chess theory. That is because it is one of Blacks best counterattacking options against 1 e4 and therefore very attractive. After 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6! Black develops aggressively and rapidly, has clear intentions on . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The ABC of Evans Gambit
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The ABC of Evans GambitHas the Evans Gambit been refuted in this year of 2008 ? Not according to Nigel Short and the many other strong Grandmasters that you will see on this DVD. In fact,the Evans Gambit is ideal as a weapon for all players who wish to learn the art of attack or simply want to improve their results! At the cost of a pawn White often gets complete domination of the . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The Trompowsky The easy way - ...
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ANDREW MARTIN: THE TROMPOWSKY THE EASY WAY
2nd Edition with many new games and ideas!
Thirty years ago the Trompowsky opening was almost totally unknown. It took a few spectacular games by Rafael Vaganian to bring 2.Bg5 into the limelight, and after that, the die was cast. Today 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 is used by many of the best players in the world and a whole body . . .