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Learn to Play Chess with Fritz & Chesster 1
Item #: VM0002P
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Be King for a day with Fritz and Chesster Learn to Play Chess! Fritz is in charge of the castle when his parents go on vacation. It's every kid's dream until the dastardly King Black challenges the young stand-in king to a duel! Explore the kingdom and discover 7 arcade-style games that explain everything from chess basics to master strategies. Exercise your brain and put . . .
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Learn to Play Chess with Fritz & Chesster
Item #: CB0549
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Use your wits, learn to think ahead, have fun and excitement AND learn a whole lot about chess: this great chess adventure has all of this and more in store for you! Together with Prince Fritz and his cousin Bianca learn how to play chess, then test and increase your knowledge in a whole range of exciting games and situations. How do you set up the board? Whats stalemate? When do . . .
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Learn to Play Chess with Fritz & Chesster Part 3
Item #: CB0405
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Fritz and Chesster is one of the best-selling chess programs in the world. It is aimed at young beginners (and their parents!) and involves inserting a CD into a drive and showing the very young child how to use a mouse if that is at all necessary. Then step back and watch a new chess player emerge. Within a week or two the child will challenge you to a game and you better keep . . .
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Learn to Play Chess with Fritz & Chesster Part 2
Item #: CB0547
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Jump into chess action, move by move, to rescue Chesster from deep within King Blacks castle. Join Fritz and Bianca in a thrilling chess adventure as they enter rooms of the castle, where each challenge will help you sharpen skills and prepare for the ultimate showdown.
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Using Chessbase and Fritz plus the Bobby Fischer Colle...
Item #: 1570
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Using Chessbase and Fritz plus the Bobby Fischer Collection DVD includes 3 hours of information, including two full hours on how to use Fritz and other Chessbase engines such as Shredder and Hiarcs. The Bobby Fischer Collection is in addition to those hours.

The Bobby Fischer Collection is new to this program and includes a world champion screen saver with 12 . . .
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Fritz Powerbook 2010
Item #: CB0514
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The current openings theory with 1 million games
The Fritz Powerbook 2010 contains 27 millions opening positions, derived from 1,6 million high class tournament games. Together with each position all relevant information is stored: all moves that were played in the position, by players of what average rating, with what success and performance results. The games from . . .
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Pocket Fritz 4.0
Item #: CB0517
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Pocket Fritz 4 is the chess playing software program for whenever and wherever you are. The new Hiarcs engine, written by Mark Uniacke, is impressive because of its positional play and tactical power.

Pocket Fritz 4 is much stronger than the previous version; in the 2009 Copa Mercosur Grandmaster Tournament in Buenos Aires it scored an Elo performance of 2938!
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Fritz 12
Item #: CB0499
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In the few months that Fritz 12 has been out since its 2009 release, it has quickly become the top selling chess software at Wholesale Chess. You can now purchase Fritz 12 and enjoy FREE SHIPPING via Media Mail on orders being shipped within the lower 48 states.

Why Fritz?
The Washington Post calls Fritz "the worlds most popular chess . . .
Price: $48.99

Deep Fritz 12 - Multiprocessor Version
Item #: CB0525
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You can now purchase Deep Fritz 12 - the Multiprocessor Version and enjoy FREE SHIPPING via Media Mail on orders being shipped within the lower 48 states.

Fritz 12 vs. Deep Fritz 12
So what's the difference between normal Fritz 12 and Deep Fritz 12? Deep Fritz 12 is designed to run on a Multiprocessor system - made to run faster, . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The ABC of the Vienna
Item #: CB0490
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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...
Item #: CB0486
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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 - Ftacnik: The Scheveningen Sicilian
Item #: CB0488
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The newest addition to Lubomir Ftacnik Fritz Trainer Opening software DVD series: The Scheveningen Sicilian.

The name Sicilian Defence (1.e4 c5) describes a number of systems, each of which could easily be considered as an independent opening. The problems in the Paulsen, Richter Rauzer or Sveshnikov are complex, but the Sicilian pawn structures tie them all . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Shirov: The Philidor Defence
Item #: CB0489
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The newest addition to Alexei Shirov Fritz Trainer Opening software DVD series: The Philidor Defence.

The modern form of the Philidor Defence arises via the move order 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5. Then after 4.Nf3 Nbd7, Shirov has introduced the pawn sacrifice 5.g4!? into practice - and achieved excellent results with it. Accepting the sacrifice leads to a . . .
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ABC of Chess Openings 2nd Edition with repertoire sugg...
Item #: CB0485
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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 Technique Trainer
Item #: CB0105
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Winning won positions with Fritz technique trainer- who would not like to be able to do that, but has often enough fallen down on the job? For many people it is even the main problem when playing chess: they often have such good positions and nothing comes out of it. What then could be closer to their heart than training to convert winning positions naturally with Fritz!
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Fritz Technique Trainer 2
Item #: CB0106
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Winning won positions this vital chess skill can be acquired and improved with the CDs of the Fritz Technique Trainer series. The tasks on this CD deal exclusively with the creative work of the rst official world champion, Wilhelm Steinitz. He was the rst to describe the fundamentals a promising attack is based upon. Thus most exercises are about showing how a successful attack is . . .
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Fritz Trainer - The ABC of Chess Openings
Item #: CB0141
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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: The ABC of the Caro Kann
Item #: CB0261
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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 defence was regarded as dry and boring. After . . .
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Fritz Endgame Trainer - Pawn Endings
Item #: CB0107
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Who doesn't know it, the painful experience of losing a beautiful game finally due to a lack of endgame technique? More than often, this happens because your training is one-sided, focusing only on opening or tactics. Yet endgames, particularly pawn endgames, are full of fascinating facets. So, enough reasons to tackle the classical subject of endgame training in a modern and . . .
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Fritz Trainer Middlegame - Strategy and Tactics
Item #: CB0116
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This CD Strategy and Tactics by Peter Wells addresses advanced players. It contains an introduction and five lectures which deal with purely practical subjects: the calculation of variations and how errors arise. These are important themes where a grandmaster trainer is able to draw on his rich and varied experience and provide chess students with valuable tips. There are five more . . .
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Fritz Trainer Middlegame - Positional Ideas
Item #: CB0117
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Positional chess in the basic on which success is founded. Of course material can be won and also points achieved by tactical measures, but first you have to bring the relevant positions up on your board. Jacob Aagaard teaches in six lectures important principles of positional play. Weak squares, good and bad pieces, prophylaxis and pawn weaknesses are concepts which should belong . . .
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Fritz Trainer Opening: The French Defence
Item #: CB0263
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The French defence is a very powerful opening against 1.e4-players who plays aggressively. Against the French you have to understand the underlying positional themes, if not you will quickly get a difficult position. As all major openings the French defence is full of concepts and variations. Many books leave the students with lines and ideas that are easy to mix up. In this DVD . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: O'Kelly Sicilian
Item #: CB0535
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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 - Davies: Build a 1.d4 Repertoire
Item #: CB0526
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Creating an opening 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 . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Trent: Two Knight's Defence
Item #: CB0528
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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 Knights Defense. Once labeled a foolish and primitive lunge by the old masters, White ignores his development in order to immediately attack the Achilles Heel of Blacks position on f7. However, . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Lilov: The Sicilian Kan Variation
Item #: CB0532
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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.

The many innovative ideas that the Sicilian Kan offers combined with the fool-proof teaching approach of the lecturer . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Shirov: Sicilian Najdorf 6.Bg5
Item #: CB0534
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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 Radjabovs victories over Anand and Karjakin in 2006, a great number of games have been played since then, meaning that the theory has developed enormously.

But even before then it stretched to such distant horizons . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Bologan: The Fighting Philidor
Item #: CB0543
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The Philidor Defense
The famous chess player and composer Andr Danican Philidor not only focused the attention of coming generations on the importance of pawns in the game of chess, he also worked out the basis of a new opening in which Black from the very first moves is trying to construct a solid pawn setup in the center.

What this Chess Software . . .
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Fritz Trainer Middlegame - Attacking Chess Volume 1
Item #: CB0118
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Attacking chess not only an important subject, but also a very important one. Jacob Aagaard has chosen a very beautiful example for his introduction, which illustrates important factors required for a successful. This is followed on this CD by 10 more files in Chess Media Format; these constitute an entertaining and instructive introduction to the art of conducting an attack. In . . .
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Fritz Trainer Middlegame - Attacking Chess Volume 2
Item #: CB0119
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Attacking chess not only an important subject, but also a very important one. For the second part of his work on the attack, Jacob Aagaard has selected more instructive examples, which he has analysed and presented on camera. There are 12 files in Chess Media Format; these show typical attacking methods. In total there are more than three hours of top class video training on the . . .
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Fritz Trainer Middlegame: The Path to Tactical Strengt...
Item #: CB0406
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Fritz Trainer Middlegame: The Path to Tactical Strength - Despite the fact that many books have been written on tactics in chess, many players still find it extremely difficult to recognize tactical patterns and calculate ensuing lines. With this disk the author not only gives a large number of examples of the most different kind, trying to cover as many ideas as possible, but also . . .
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Fritz Trainer Opening: Nigel Davies- 1...d6 Universal
Item #: CB0426
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1...d6 can be used as a universal defence against every White opening, offering Black the kind of dynamic play that is absent from more traditional defences. If White eschews the chance to occupy the center with e2-e4 and d2-d4 it is often Black who gains space early on, and this can be used as the basis for a powerful attack on the kingside.On this DVD Davies presents everything . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Davies: French Defense Strategy
Item #: CB0527
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The French Defense 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 Blacks game puts the onus on positional understanding and makes it immune to sharp and tricky variations. The longer you play the French the better youll play it. On this DVD Nigel Davies explains the strategy behind . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: Spanish Exchange Variation
Item #: CB0531
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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 - Lilov: The Queen's Gambit Accepte...
Item #: CB0533
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Flexible plans for Black and strong weapons against the majority of Whites 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, . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Bologan: The Sicilian Rossolimo for Wh...
Item #: CB0544
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The Rossolimo Variation
The Rossolimo Variation 3.Bb5 is considered to be one of the strongest replies to 2Nc6 in the Sicilian Defense. The fact that the move has been played by practically all the top players proves its popularity and strength. But the most interesting aspect of playing 3.Bb5 is that we force sharp, attacking players who love to have the initiative to . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Shirov: Guide to the Tkachiev Ruy Lope...
Item #: CB0548
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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 recognized name and Shirov himself has named it after Vladislav Tkachiev, the 2007 European champion, the Tkachiev Ruy Lopez. In fact the grandmaster from Kazakhstan has played a few important games with this system, but it would have been just . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Ftacnik: 1.d4 - A Classical Repertoire...
Item #: CB0551
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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 ones, like all Queens Gambit lines and the Indian defences, but also many interesting gambits, like the Benko, Blumenfeld and . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Trent: The Smith-Morra Gambit
Item #: CB0552
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What do you do against the Sicilian Defense? 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 you choose an Anti-Sicilian, a way to sidestep the mainlines at the risk of allowing Black to have a sneaking chance to achieve . . .
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Fritz Trainer Opening: My best games in the Spanish (A...
Item #: CB0257
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Fritz Trainer Opening: My Best Games In The Spanish. There are not many top grandmasters who enjoy such a great popularity among chess fans all over the world like Alexei Shirov. Thanks to his aggressive and ingenious playing style, commentators often compare him with the former world champion Mikhail Tal. He often sacrifices material easily in return for initiative and . . .
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Fritz Trainer Strategy: Mikhalchishin - Decision Makin...
Item #: CB0423
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Fritz Tainer Strategy: Mikhalchishin - Decision Making in Chess. The theory of the critical moment in the chess game was explained once by GM Iosif Dorfman, who suggested that every game has 5 or 6 forks at which the important decisions are made. Accordingly, all major erroneous decisions are made at these moments when there are multiple possible choices. Mikhalchishin describes . . .
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Fritz Trainer Opening: Nigel Davies- The Accelerated D...
Item #: CB0427
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The Accelerated Dragon is much more than just a dynamic yet solid means of countering 1.e4. By knowing how to counter the Maroczy Bind Black can counter both the English and Reti Openings and even develop the basis of a defence against 1.d4.Whilst having been used extensively by superstars such as Bent Larsen and Tigran Petrosian, Davies argues that the Accelerated Dragon is an . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Shirov: The Advance Caro-Kann 2nd Edit...
Item #: CB0545
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The Caro-Kann Defense
The Caro-Kann Defense, which arises after the moves 1.e4 c6 followed by d7-d5, is considered to be one of the most reliable defenses to Whites 1.e4. Black fights for his share of the center of the board and patiently awaits his chance. Shirovs preferred weapon against this solid setup by Black has always been the Advance Variation 3.e5 - with . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Mueller: Chess Endgames 1: Basic Knowl...
Item #: CB0250
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Endgame theory constitutes the foundation of chess. You realize this in striking clarity once you obtain a won endgame, but in the end have to be content with a draw in the end because of a lack of necessary know-how. Such accidents can only be prevented by building up a solid endgame technique. This is Karsten Mueller's first DVD, and the grandmaster from Hamburg and endgame . . .
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Fritz Trainer Opening: My best games in the King'...
Item #: CB0266
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With this DVD on the Kings Indian Defence, Alexei Shirov continues the successful and highly praised series about his best games. As in the preceding DVDs the Latvian super grandmaster succeeds in spoiling his public with analysis of a high quality and with exciting insights into his games, and he does so in his own reserved, pleasant and modest style. As is the case with many of . . .
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Fritz Trainer Opening: A World Champions Guide to the ...
Item #: CB0407
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Fritz Trainer Opening: A World Champions Kings Indian. This disk is a perfect tool for players looking for a complicated battle against 1.d4. The author suggests the Kings Indian Defence and shows with a number of examples how realistic Blacks chances are in this opening to get a complex structure with the most serious attacking potential. Apart from theoretical information, the . . .
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Fritz Trainer Opening- Sergei Tiviakov: Sicilian Defen...
Item #: CB0429
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I started playing the line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 in the Sicilian Defense as White in 1988. Since then I have employed it in more than 100 games, achieving a high performance score. My personal peak were the years 2005 - 2006, when I managed to win twelve 2.c3-games in a row. Yet I also know the other side of the coin countless times I had to face this opening with Black when the opponents . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Mueller: Chess Endgames 5: Endgame Pri...
Item #: CB0550
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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 and double rook endings. Now it is the turn of the underlying Endgame principles, which in this fifth DVD consist of activity, the . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Ashley: The Secrets to Chess How Grand...
Item #: CB0554
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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 players all have a deep insight into how to think about chess in ways that most players have never heard of. On this DVD, Maurice Ashley reveals a simple idea that will forever change . . .
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Power Play 7: Improve Your Pieces
Item #: CB0456
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Power Play 7: Improve Your Pieces, by Chessbase, answers the question, Why is maneuvering important, and in what circumstances should we consider maneuvering rather than another course of action?

In this 7th Power Play DVD, Daniel King helps you to recognize when a piece is poorly placed and what to do about it. Throughout the DVD, specially selected positions . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Davies: How to Beat Younger Players by...
Item #: CB0501
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How to Beat Younger Players by Nigel Davies is produced by ChessBase as part of the Fritz Trainer Strategy series.

Chess is turning into a young mans game. Time limits are faster, sessions last longer and computer databases and playing engines seem to dominate opening preparation. Add the fact that older players often have jobs and families that take most of their . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Mueller: Chess Endgames 3: Major Piece...
Item #: CB0252
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The third part of the endgame series tackles queen endings, rook against minor pieces, queen against rook and queen against two rooks. Queen endings are not nearly as mysterious as they appear at first sight. Knowing a few rules of thumb and principles will make things very much easier for you. In the case of rook versus knight or bishop, you should not only know how to draw a . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Mueller: Chess Endgames 4: Strategical...
Item #: CB0024
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In the fourth volume of the endgame series a lot of themes with more material are included like rook and minor piece vs rook (and minor piece), rook vs two minor pieces, double rook endings, queen and knight vs queen and bishop, the bishop pair and endgame principles. Typical topics are: the so called Fischer endgame rook and bishop vs rook and knight, which occurs quite frequently . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Mueller: Chess Endgames 2: Rook Endgam...
Item #: CB0251
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Endgame theory forms the basis for chess. This becomes painfully clear as soon as a player has reached a clearly won endgame, yet must finally content himself with a draw because he lacks the necessary know-how. Does this sound familiar? Then avoid such accidents and make endgames your strength, by building up a solid endgame technique. With this second volume of his endgame . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Shirov: The Slav and Semi-Slav Revisit...
Item #: CB0539
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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 an absolute expert and capable of giving the deepest possible insights into the secrets of this extremely solid opening.
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Fritz Trainer Opening: Andrew Martin - The ABC of Alek...
Item #: CB0424
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Alekhines ABC Defence 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 - Seirawan: My Best Games
Item #: CB0524
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Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan began playing chess in the summer of 1972 and by 1979 he had won the World Junior Championship and in January of 1980 earned his final Grandmaster norm. What had he learned in seven and a half years that propelled him so far so quickly? In this, his first DVD, Yasser takes an engaging in-depth look at 22 games he played from the period 1975-1982, . . .
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Mr. Kasparov - How to Play the Najdorf - Volume 3
Item #: CB0420
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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 . . .
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Fritz Trainer Opening: Davies - The Pirc Defence
Item #: CB0421
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The Pirc Defence is a highly flexible and double-edged opening with which Black can avoid premature simplification and go for the full point. By first developing his kingside he waits to see how White will deploy his own forces before striking back in the most effective way. The top exponents of the Pirc include Mikhail Gurevich, Alexander Chernin, Jan Timman, Yasser Seirawan, . . .
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Fritz Trainer - The ABC of the Benko Gambit (Andrew Ma...
Item #: CB0150
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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 Opening: Tiviakov - The Maroczy System
Item #: CB0422
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The Maroczy System of the Sicilian Defence is one of the modern openings where Black attacks the white centre mainly with pieces. After the moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 the pawns c4 and e4 secure White a space advantage in the middle, however, it is exactly these central pillars which may easily become targets of the black counterattack. Sergei Tiviakov has . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Mikhalchishin: Winning Structures
Item #: CB0516
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Great players always had and still have more than just broad theoretical knowledge. Every of them has some favorite methods, which simply help to score more points. The greatest even have favorite pawn structures! And they immediately exploited the knowledge of others - Alekhine invented some interesting structures, which were copied by his opponent in that game (Rubinstein), and . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Ftacnik: The Gruenfeld Defense
Item #: CB0508
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The Gruenfeld Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5) enjoys a special star status in the family of Indian openings. It involves a daring, active concept: fighting for control of the center with an early d7-d5 thrust supported only by pieces. The ensuing lines and positions promise more active play than most openings. Black has to know the critical ideas and most promising plans as . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Davies: 1...e6: A Solid Repertoire aga...
Item #: CB0507
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Many players struggle to find solid openings to play as Black, especially if they have relatively little time to study theory. This DVD addresses this problem, presenting a solid and easy to learn Black repertoire against White's two main opening moves, 1.e4 and 1.d4.

Against both of these moves Nigel Davies advocates 1...e6, which leads to a French Defense . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Mikhalchishin: Power of Planning
Item #: CB0509
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Planning is the most difficult part of the game of chess. It is everywhere - we use it from the opening to the ending. A plan is based on evaluation and that evaluation is based on the different static and dynamic elements of the position. But what the chess books dont describe is the direction of the plan. The aim of every plan is the exploitation of weakness! So, spot the . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Mikhalchishin: Power of Exchange
Item #: CB0510
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The correct technique of exchanging is the most important ability of Grandmasters! Which pieces to swap and which pieces to keep, whether to recapture with a piece or with a pawn, these are questions which every player of every level has to answer many times during a single game. And the greatest difference between GMs and amateurs is not in opening knowledge or in calculation . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Bologan: The King's Indian
Item #: CB0506
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The King's Indian is one of the most interesting and aggressive defenses Black can choose. The World Champions Robert James Fischer and Garry Kasparov used to play this opening often and with great success, and also today's word-class players are employing it frequently, like for instance Boris Gelfand, Alexei Shirov and Teimour Radjabov.

On this DVD, . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The Trompowsky The easy way - ...
Item #: CB0518
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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 . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Meyer & Muller: Magic of Chess Tactics...
Item #: CB0513
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Chess Tactics are the art of combat command. When tactics dominate concrete action is required immediately in order to put a plan into practice or to grab an opportunity. However in complicated positions and with determined resistance basic tactics are often insufficient and intuition, imagination and precision are necessary. The Magic of Chess Tactics DVD helps to develop . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Davies: A Busy Person's Opening S...
Item #: CB0511
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Players with interests and commitments away from the chess board often find it difficult to compete against those with more study time. Their opponents come to the board armed with the latest theory and can bash out moves well into the middle game. On this DVD Nigel Davies addresses this issue by demonstrating a simple and easy to learn opening system designed for the busy person. . . .
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The Closed Sicilian by Nigel Davis
Item #: CB0484
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The Closed Sicilian, by Nigel Davies is produced by Chessbase as part of the Fritz Trainer Opening series.

For players who lack either the time or inclination to study reams of opening theory the Closed Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 followed by 3.g3) is an excellent choice. The two great exponents of this method of play were World Champions Vassily Smyslov and Boris . . .
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The ABC of The Modern Slav
Item #: CB0013
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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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Fritz Trainer - Shirov: The Sicilian with 3. Bb5
Item #: CB0491
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The Rossolimo Variation of the Sicilian Defense (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5) is always an excellent choice with White if you want to avoid the deeply analyzed main lines of the Open Sicilian (3.d4), in which the analysis frequently goes deep into the middlegame or sometimes even into the endgame. For that reason the move 3.Bb5 has a firm place in the repertoire of many . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Collins: 1.e4 Repertorie - Grandmaster...
Item #: CB0515
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Constructing an opening repertoire is one of the chess players most difficult and time-consuming tasks. Turned off by masses of theory, many players shy away from critical lines and concentrate on trappy lines, universal systems, or ariations which concede the advantage of the first move in order to get a playable position.

In this DVD, Sam Collins offers another . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Mikhalchishin: Arkhangelsk
Item #: CB0496
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The Ruy Lopez represents one of the oldest and best openings for the first player, and everyone going for the Spanish game with Black faces the question of how he wants to tackle the white ideas. One of the more aggressive fighting methods is the move order 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7, which was developed in the early sixties by players from the north . . .
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Power Play 9: Major Pieces vs. Minor Pieces
Item #: CB0482
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Power Play 9 - major pieces vs. minor pieces in this 9th Power Play DVD Grandmaster Daniel King discusses the theme of Major Pieces v. Minor Pieces. In other words, positions with the material balance of queen against rook and minor piece, queen against two rooks, and rook against minor pieces, including exchange sacrifices. Sometimes a queen or rook is like an all-powerful giant, . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Davies: The f4 Sicilian
Item #: CB0493
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The f4 Sicilian is a perennial favorite with club players. It was popularised by Bent Larsen in the 1960s and then later on by British GMs such as Mark Hebden, James Plaskett and William Watson. Whites strategy is simple, the advance of his e- and f-pawns gains space on the kingside and might later be used as a battering ram behind which Whites pieces are ready to spring into the . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Bologan: The Caro-Kann
Item #: CB0492
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Viktor Bologan: The Caro-Kann is considered to be one of the safest and most reliable replies to 1.e4. So it comes as no surprise that in the list of top players who have made use of this defence there are no fewer than four world champions, namely Botvinnik, Petrosian, Karpov and Anand. In addition to that, the Caro-Kann is played by such top players as Adams, Dreev and Bareev. . . .
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Fritz Trainer - Martin: The Scandinavian the Easy Way ...
Item #: CB0497
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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...
Item #: CB0498
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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 - Davies: The Queen's Gambit Declin...
Item #: CB0494
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The Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange Variation is one of the most important opening systems. It has been played by most of the great players in history and from both sides of the board.

The most outstanding specialists in this method of play include Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Botvinnik and Samuel Reshevsky while the Black side has been championed by such . . .
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