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V2014 Chess DVD Ready-Steady-Go - Andrew Martin DVD 2 hours 15 minutes A comprehensive and entertaining approach for learning the game of chess. In less than 3 hours, International Master Andrew martin shows you all you need to become a proficient player. You will learn how to play chess quickly and efficiently. Split into 18 chapters INTRODUCTION 1. The Board 2. The Pieces 3. The Pawns 4. Practice games 5. Piece Values 6. Capturing 7. Chess Notation 8. Checking 9. Checkmates 10. Special Rules 11. Basic Tactics 12. Attack & Defense 13. Basic Strategy 14. Opening Survey 15. The Endgame 16. Advanced Tips 17. Sample Games 18. Closing Remarks Note: This product is not regioned. So can be played by all DVD players worldwide READ MORE...
V2005 Chess for Absolute Beginners - Susan Polgar - Chess DVD DVD Running for over four hours this DVD is by far the best ever made to teach absolute beginners how to play chess. With the aid of great graphics and animation Susan Polgar will teach you tactics, checkmates, rules, notation, setting up the board and everything there is to know for a beginner to learn to play chess. READ MORE...
V2006 Winning Chess the Easy Way - Vol 1 - Susan Polgar - Chess DVD DVD Vol 1: The Basic Principles of Chess (beginners). First part of a 5 volume DVD set presented by 4-time Women’s World Champion and Grandmaster, Susan Polgar. Susan will take you through 8 easy to follow, highly instructive games covering the basic principles of chess. This will help your understanding of chess and is guaranteed to improve your chess game. She will show you how to avoid the most common mistakes made in chess and give your chess game a strong, fundamentally sound foundation. This DVD was designed to help the novice to intermediate player; so sit back and let one of the World’s strongest players train you. Running time: approx 2 hours 20 minutes. READ MORE...
V2007 Winning Chess the Easy Way - Vol 2 - Susan Polgar - Chess DVD DVD Vol 2: Learn How to Create a Plan in the Opening, Middle & Endgame. Planning in chess is essential throughout the entire game. On this DVD, Susan will teach you the general ideas and concepts for short and long term planning in the opening, middle and endgame. You will come away with a better understanding and insight on all three phases of a chess game. Your moves will have more meaning and purpose, which will result in more wins. So, sit back and let Susan teach you the foundation of essential chess planning. Running time: approx 2 hours 20 minutes. READ MORE...
V2008 Winning Chess the Easy Way - Vol 3 - Susan Polgar - Chess DVD DVD Vol 3: Essential Chess Tactics and Combinations. As the famous saying goes "Chess is 99% tactics." What are chess tactics? Tactics are maneuvers that take advantage of short-term opportunities, often (but not necessarily) involving combinations or sacrifices. In this DVD, Susan will introduce the most common tactical elements in chess. READ MORE...
V2009 Winning Chess the Easy Way - Vol 4 - Susan Polgar - Chess DVD DVD Vol 4: Learn How to Avoid Opening Traps and Pitfalls. It is always nice to win a game quickly. But some opening traps are based only on hopes that the opponent will make a serious mistake. If the opponents play correctly, the trap could backfire. On this DVD Susan will take you through a number of opening traps & short games. By knowing what to do and what to avoid, you can turn the tables on your opponent, giving you the win instead of becoming the falling victim to a 'cheap win'. Running time: approx 2 hours 20 minutes. READ MORE...
V2010 Winning Chess the Easy Way - Vol 5 - Susan Polgar - Chess DVD DVD Vol 5: Bobby Fischer's Most Brilliant Games and Combinations. Susan Polgar will share with you her personal knowledge of Bobby Fischer. Susan answers some of the questions everyone wants to know like who would have won the Fischer - Karpov match in 1975; the impact Fischer had on chess; what she learned from Bobby and how he compares with today’s best. Susan will also take you through 10 highly instructive chess games and combinations. So let one World Champion take you through another World Champion’s timeless masterpieces, which will certainly enhance your chess knowledge and ability. READ MORE...
V2012 Prelude to Armageddon - Raymond Keene - Chess DVD DVD Set of Two Review the run up to the titanic struggle between Kasparov and Karpov, with commentary by GM Raymond Keene. Before their titanic struggle began in late 1984 which resulted in no fewer than five world championship duels over almost seven years, Gary Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov both participated in key events in London. Kasparov had to overcome Viktor Korchnoi in order to challenge Karpov for the supreme title, while Karpov had to prove himself in a tournament of elite Grandmasters as the prelude to his title defence against the young genius from Baku. This DVD set includes coverage of the critical games as well as sensational archival footage of leading Grandmasters and champions, many of whom are no longer with us. There is fabulous archival footage of the greats such as Kasparov, Karpov, Smyslov, Ribli, Najdorf, Gligoric, Robert Byrne, Miles, Mestel, Speelman, Timman as well as additional commentary by Bob Wade.
DVD One: World chess championship candidates semi-finals 198.
V2011 Duels of the Mind by Raymond Keene - Set of Four - Chess DVD DVD Set of Four Originally broadcast on Thames television in 1989 this 4 DVD set features all 12 programs making up Keene’s selection of the twelve best games of chess. Running time: 6 hours. To introduce the games, Raymond Keene describes the players and the times they lived in, giving many amusing and startling facts, and illustrating the whole with photographs and snatches of film.
V2013 Great British Chess Triumphs - Chess DVD DVD Set of Two Once again Impala brings chess fans incredible archive footage – for decades feared lost – of British wins by Nigel Short, Tony Miles and Jon Speelman against two of the greatest world champions. The DVDs feature the players own remarks and has an overall commentary by GM Ray Keene.
DVD One: Miles beats Karpov (1983). Miles beats Karpov in a brilliant cliffhanger but was then derpived of his moment of glory when BBC technicians went on strike and refused to screen the game. Impala has no located long lost footage of this incredible win in archives in Berlin and for the first time this historic Black win by Miles is presented to the chess playing public. Speelman beats Kasparov (1989)
DVD Two: Short beats Kasparov I (1987), Short beats Kasparov II (1987)
V2001 Set of Five of The Bad Bishop Series - Chess DVD DVD Set of Five DVD 1: Bashing the Sicilian with Bb5 Vol 1 Moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5. The move 3. Bb5 against the Sicilian is enjoying a renaissance as a sound and forceful attacking system for White, as well as one which sidesteps the huge mass of normal Sicilian theory. Converts include Gary Kasparov, Vishy Anand, and Ruslan Ponomariov. In this video, Grandmaster Murray Chandler presents a cunningly selected and superbly consistent repertoire to counter every important Black response. Using 16 outstanding illustrative games, White's optimum strategies are clearly explained, and the lessons are reinforced by easy-to-understand summaries. This video, volume 1, deals with lines after 2...Nc6. Volume 2 of Bashing the Sicilian with Bb5 covers the variation 2...d6 3 Bb5+. DVD 2: Bashing the Sicilian with Bb5 - Vol 2 Moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+. The system 3 Bb5+ against the Sicilian is an excellent weapon for White - and has the bonus of cancelling out defences such as the Najdorf and the Dragon. In this video, Grandmaster Murray Chandler presents an aggressive repertoire to deal with every important Black response. Using 15 outstanding illustrative games - including some from Michael Adams, Sergei Rublevsky and Vladimir Kramnik - White's optimum strategies are clearly explained. The lessons are reinforced by easy-to-understand summaries, giving the viewer an instant new way to Bash the Sicilian. This video, volume 2, deals with lines after 2...d6. Volume 1 of Bashing the Sicilian with Bb5 covers the variation 2...Nc6 3 Bb5. DVD 3: Accelerated Dragon The Accelerated Dragon is a versatile and easy-to-learn system for Black to have in his repertoire. Black can force the variation via the Sicilian Defence (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 g6), and there are cunning transpositions via different move orders - even via 1 c4, when an unsuspecting opponent starts with the English Opening. Using illustrative games, Andrew Martin reveals how White can so easily go astray immediately when faced with the Accelerated, and how refutation attempts rebound disastrously. Against the positional Maroczy Bind system, Martin shows how Black can create active counterplay with pawn breaks. DVD 4: Scheming Scandinavian The Scandinavian Defence (1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5) is hugely popular at club level, because Black dictates the opening struggle from move one. In this instructive DVD, International Master Andrew Martin takes the viewer through all of the basic themes required to play the opening with confidence - and success. Particular attention is devoted to key strategies for Black, and major sections end with an easy-to-understand summary. The comprehensive coverage extends to transpositions, where Martin reveals a simple method of disarming the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (arising after 2 d4). Over 2 hours 15 mins. DVD 5: Knockout Nimzo In this DVD Grandmaster Tony Kosten hacks a path for you through the jungle of opening theory. He presents a complete and powerful repertoire for Black against the main lines of the Nimzo.The Nimzo-Indian Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4) offers dynamic winning possibilities for Black that persist throughout the game. Black trades the bishop pair, but in return gains the tactical advantage of quick development, and often also saddles White with long-term pawn weaknesses. READ MORE...
V2002 'Better Chess Now' - Set of Four - plus Free Masterchess 6000 - Chess DVD DVD Set of Four plus MasterChess 6000 DVD 1: 20:20 Calculation A common problem is to plunge into a maze of variations, lose your way, see your time disappearing, then choose the first move that comes into your head - a recipe for disaster! There's got to be a better way - and Danny King is here to let you into the secrets of 20:20 calculation, helping you to cut through the fog and home in on what's crucial. DVD 2: Attack with Confidence - King We all enjoy an attack against the enemy king. However, at this moment a dangerous feeling of invincibility creeps over us. Here, Danny King helps you to build up an attack from a sound basis and spotlight the vital weaknesses around your opponent's king. DVD 3: Endings: The Essentials - King If there is one phase of the game which separates the professional from the amateur, it is the endgame. For the vast majority of players going into an ending is just casino chess - now you can load the odds in your favour! These are the essential endings you will actually reach in your own games, where Danny King's tips will make all the difference. DVD 4: Positional Inspiration - King Does your mind go foggy when there is no clear method of attack? Do your games too often consist of a beginning, a muddle and an end? Then this is the video for you. A better understanding of positional chess will immediately improve your game, and bring you greater creative satisfaction. MasterChess 6000: New graphics and interface that allow optional large 2D chess boards for large monitors. Five new piece sets including Krill, Merida, Linares, Hastings, and Zurich. Challenge the Ruffian chess engine rated at 2671 at standard chess & over 3000 at Blitz chess. Includes Fischer clock. Easiest to use database system that searches for games by player names, ECO codes, move orders & results. Use a GM statistical tree, analyze games, import and export PGN files, export board graphics and more. Contains over 1.4 Million games of Master quality. Contains the Kramnik vs. Topalov's World Championship match. Contains demonstrations of Bookup, Chess School Advance, ICC Blitzin software, Chess Mentor, and CT-Art. READ MORE...
V2003 Karpovs Best Games - Set of Four - Chess DVD DVD Set of Four DVD 1: Karpov's games against Shirov, Khalifman, Kamsky and Topalov. DVD 2: Karpov's games against Adorjan, Sax, Kasparov and Yusupov. DVD 3: Karpov's games against Portisch, Shirov, Kramnik and Leko. DVD 4: Karpov's games from his match against Kamsky. READ MORE...
V2004 Garry Kasparov - My Story - Set of Five - plus Free Masterchess 6000 - Chess DVD DVD Set of Five plus MasterChess 6000 DVD 1: Teenage Prodigy By the age of 12 Garry was the Junior Champion of the mighty USSR, the youngest ever. Back then fashion bowed to the immaculate safety-first style of the reigning titan Anatoly Karpov. Along came young Kasparov, raging onto the scene and riding some new contraption called glasnost. His style - brash, energetic and aggressive took the chess world by storm and reinvented the standard for future generations of chess players. DVD 2: Joining the Elite If one element characterised the games of teenage Garry Kasparov, it was the whirlwind aggression of his play. By 1981, though still a tender 18 years of age, his ferocious talent demanded that he clear ever-higher hurdles. Now it was time to take on the grown-ups, and for him this meant one thing - the world elite. DVD 3: Rebels and Rengades A close look at Garry Kasparov's career reveals a remarkable amount of sheer brinkmanship. At a time when the Soviet Union was wired with paranoia and run by invisible connections, the winds of political change were beginning to stir and the brash renegade Kasparov would be in the right place at the right time to capitalize on the new climate. DVD 4: Hitting the Wall The shadows of political intrigue would threaten to do what no chess player could manage - to eliminate Garry from the hunt for the World Title. And when the long awaited confrontation between Karpov and Kasparov arrived, it turned out to be the most remarkable and controversial match ever played. DVD 5: Rite of Passage On the eve of the most important game he would ever play, Garry Kasparov sought the advice of legends Botvinnik and Tal. If Kasparov succeeded, he would take Tal's place as the youngest World Champion in history. Was this another one of Garry's magic numbers? READ MORE...
