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The Chess Player's Mating Guide Vol.1 and Vol.2

DVD 1

One of the first lessons you learn in chess is to bring your king into safety by castling – be it on the kingside or the queenside - after having developed your minor pieces. By ignoring this rule of thumb, not only may your king end up in trouble, but your other pieces and in particular, your rooks, may never end up playing much of a role, and before you know it, things are looking grim. Even at the highest level, the consequences of neglecting this basic element of opening theory has been frequently underestimated. In this first volume of the new Mating Guide series, the emphasis will be on how to exploit a vulnerably placed king in the centre. With 10 chapters, 20 illustrative games and key themes including a lead in development, preventing castling, the open e-file and different kinds of sacrifices, this DVD will show you everything you need to know to master mid-board showdowns. The level of the content means it is relevant to both beginners as well as master level players - as both elementary examples (also from my own practice) as well as classical attacking games by elite grandmasters are analysed in detail. After thoroughly studying the training material, you will be challenged to test your knowledge by solving the 10 training exercises. A must-have for ambitious chess players who want to improve their own attacking skills or enjoy the beauty of attacking play!

DVD 2

In the first volume of the The Chess Players Mating Guide series typical ideas have been shown how to exploit the uncastled king. In the second volume attention will be paid to the castled king and in particular on ways of exploiting the weakened kingside. Several well-known themes, pawnformations and other attacking weapons are covered in 8 chapters with the goal to challenge the viewer determining and exploiting the weaknesses. IM Robert Ris has made an interesting selection of famous games as well as games from his own practice to demonstrate the typical ideas exploiting the weaknesses in the pawnformation in front of the castled king. The selected material is a good warm-up for the exercises which are presented at the end to test your knowledge on this topic. By then you at least will have the confidence to claim you have become a dangerous attacking player as Tal, Aljechin, Fischer or any of your other favorites. Watch, learn & enjoy!

DVD 1

• Video running time: 5 hours  (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Exclusive database with mating examples
• Including CB 12 Reader

DVD 2

• Video running time: 5 hours (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Extra: Exclusive database with more examples
• Including CB 12 Reader

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bundle contains:

This is what is delivered:

  • Fritztrainer App for Windows
  • Available as download or on DVD
  • Video course with a running time of approx. 4-8 hrs.
  • Repertoire database: save and integrate Fritztrainer games into your own repertoire (in WebApp Opening or in ChessBase)
  • Interactive exercises with video feedback: the authors present exercises and key positions, the user has to enter the solution. With video feedback (also on mistakes) and further explanations.
  • Sample games as a ChessBase database.

That's what the FritzTrainer App can do for you:

  • Videos can run in the Fritztrainer app or in the ChessBase program with board graphics, notation and a large function bar
  • Analysis engine can be switched on at any time
  • Video pause for manual navigation and analysis in game notation
  • Input of your own variations, engine analysis, with storage in the game
  • Learn variations: view specific lines in the ChessBase WebApp Opening with autoplay, memorize variations and practise transformation (initial position - final position).
  • Active opening training: selected opening positions are transferred to the ChessBase WebApp Fritz-online. In a match against Fritz you test your new knowledge and actively play the new opening.

Even more possibilities: Start FritzTrainer in the ChessBase program!

  • The database with all games and analyses can be opened directly.
  • Games can be easily added to the opening reference.
  • Direct evaluation with game reference, games can be replayed on the analysis board
  • Your own variations are saved and can be added to the own repertoire
  • Replay training
  • LiveBook active
  • All engines installed in ChessBase can be started for the analysis
  • Assisted Analysis
  • Print notation and diagrams (for worksheets)

Sample video

Contents

    The Chess Player's Mating Guide Vol.2 - Weakened kingside

  • 01: Introduction [03:54]
  • The Chess Player's Mating Guide Vol.2: Weakened kingside
  • Chapter 1: The Naked King
  • 02: Game 1 - Zukertort,J - Blackburne,J [11:08]
  • 03: Game 2 - Ivanchuk,V - Almasi,Z [06:12]
  • 04: Game 3 - Hoi,C - Gulko,B [12:21]
  • Chapter 2: Back Rank
  • 05: Game 4 - Alekhine,A - Colle,E [08:34]
  • 06: Game 5 - Adams,E - Torre Repetto,C [13:55]
  • 07: Game 6 - Korchmar,E - Poliak,A [10:13]
  • Chapter 3: Power of Bishops (and their Sacrifices!)
  • 08: Game 7 - Lasker,E - Bauer,J [11:12]
  • 09: Game 8 - Nimzowitsch,A - Tarrasch,S [10:59]
  • 10: Game 9 - Spassky,B - Tal,M [15:11]
  • 11: Game 10 - Rotlewi,G - Rubinstein,A [10:49]
  • 12: Game 11 - Euwe,M - Keres,P [18:11]
  • Chapter 4: Weakness f2/f7
  • 13: Game 12 - Byrne,R - Fischer,R [13:19]
  • 14: Game 13 - Botvinnik,M - Portisch,L [09:34]
  • 15: Game 14 - Gruenfeld,E - Alekhine,A [09:32]
  • Chapter 5: h-pawn missing (open h-file)
  • 16: Game 15 - Liu Wenzhe - Donner,J [10:01]
  • 17: Game 16 - Karpov,A - Morovic Fernandez,I [07:58]
  • Chapter 6: g-pawn missing (open g-file)
  • 18: Game 17 - Fischer,R - Benko,P [06:45]
  • 19: Game 18 - B Molinari - Luis Roux Cabral [15:23]
  • Chapter 7: Weakness h3/h6
  • 20: Game 19 - Geller,E - Papapavlou,P [09:59]
  • 21: Game 20 - Peng,Z - Ris,R [11:42]
  • Chapter 8: Weakness g3/g6
  • 22: Game 21- Fischer,R - Myagmarsuren,L [10:54]
  • 23: Game 22 - Ris,R - Vaganian,R [09:48]
  • Test questions
  • 24: Test 1 [03:46]
  • 25: Test 2 [09:16]
  • 26: Test 3 [06:34]
  • 27: Test 4 [05:31]
  • 28: Test 5 [05:05]
  • 29: Test 6 [07:35]
  • 30: Test 7 [02:49]
  • 31: Test 8 [03:51]
  • 32: Test 9 [05:42]
  • 33: Test 10 [04:49]
  • 34: Outro [01:41]

    The Chess Player’s Mating Guide Vol. 1: The King in the Centre

  • Mating Guide Vol.1: The King in the Centre
  • 01: Intro [03:47]
  • Chapter 1: Lead in Development
  • 02: Game 1 - Morra Gambit [10:01]
  • 03: Game - Morphy,P - Isouard,C [12:24]
  • Chapter 2: Forcing sacrifices
  • 04: Game 3 - Anderssen,A - Dufresne,J [10:29]
  • Chapter 3: Prevent Castling
  • 05: Game 4 - Golod,V - Ris,R [11:20]
  • 06: Game 5 - Bacrot,E - Mamedyarov,S [11:00]
  • 07: Game 6 - Maiorov,N - Ris,R [09:54]
  • Chapter 4: Right to Castle
  • 08: Game 7 - Fischer,R - Najdorf,M [11:30]
  • 09: Game 8 - Heltzel,J - Ris,R [11:59]
  • Chapter 5: Open e-file
  • 10: Game 9 - Rossolimo,N - Romanenko,I [11:07]
  • 11: Game 10 - Magerramov,E - Kasparov,G [13:34]
  • Chapter 6: Weak-Colour Complex
  • 12: Game 11 - Anand,V - Morovic Fernandez,I [10:02]
  • 13: Game 12 - Nisipeanu,L - Schneider,I [10:30]
  • Chapter 7: Pawn Sacrifice: creating space for your pieces
  • 14: Game 13 - Steinitz,W - Von Bardeleben,C [13:30]
  • 15: Game 14 - Mamedyarov,S - Topalov,V [09:01]
  • Chapter 8: Piece Sacrifice: eliminating king's shield
  • 16: Game 15 - Kasparov,G - Van Wely,L [08:26]
  • 17: Game 16 - Grischuk,A - Gelfand,B [08:12]
  • Chapter 9: Destroying the centre/blockade
  • 18: Game 17 - Sokolov,I - Van Kampen,R [07:18]
  • 19: Game 18 - Short,N - Mchedlishvili,M [08:20]
  • Chapter 10: Harassing the king
  • 20: Game 19 - Polugaevsky,L - Nezhmetdinov,R [09:17]
  • 21: Game 20 - Vallejo Pons,F - Nabaty,T [05:47]
  • Quiz
  • 22: Quiz 1 [10:41]
  • 23: Quiz 2 [09:55]
  • 24: Quiz 3 [12:49]
  • 25: Quiz 4 [11:32]
  • 26: Quiz 5 [10:57]
  • 27: Quiz 6 [11:03]
  • 28: Quiz 7 [06:42]
  • 29: Quiz 8 [06:39]
  • 30: Quiz 9 [07:11]
  • 31: Quiz 10 [07:24]
  • 32: Outro [01:24]
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