Endgames of the World Champions Vol 1 & 2

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Learn Endgames from the World Champions!

All world champions left their mark on chess. And although they had different styles each and every one of them played the endgame exceptionally well. The material on this DVD is based on the ChessBase MasterClass series, and gives you a good opportunity to enjoy some of the best endgames in the history of chess.

Enjoy how Bobby Fischer plays the “Fischer Endgames”: let Karsten Müller show you how the 11. World Champion made Petrosian and Taimanov despair in endgames with rook and bishop against rook and knight! The endgame skills of the 12. World Champion Anatoly Karpov are also legendary. To generate a decisive advantage from seemingly harmless positions – Karpov was a master of this art as is Magnus Carlsen today! Or let Garry Kasparov’s or Vishy Anand’s dynamic style and their striving for initiative inspire you. And watch how Vladimir Kramnik exasperated Kasparov with the “Berlin Wall” endgame. Let endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller show and explain the finesses of the world champions. Enjoy highlights of chess history, e.g. the Fischer-Spassky match in Reykjavik 1972 when games were still adjourned and chess fans all over the world enthusiastically joined the endgame analyses.

• Video running time: 9 h (English)
• With interactive training incuding video feedback
• Including CB Reader

Endgames of the World Champions Vol. 2 - from Steinitz to Spassky

All world champions left their mark on chess. They had different styles but each and every one of them played the endgame exceptionally well. The material on this DVD is based on the ChessBase MasterClass series, and gives you a good opportunity to enjoy some of the best endgames in the history of chess.

Enjoy Capablanca’s fine technique, Tal’s magic, Lasker’s fighting spirit, Petrosian’s defensive skills, Smyslov’s feeling for harmony, and Alekhine’s and Spassky’s flair for the attack. Learn from the theoretical-scientific approach of Botvinnik, Euwe and Steinitz. The first World Champion in fact also laid the foundations of positional chess theory. He, for example, was the first to show how to restrict bishop and knight with the pair of bishops, a method that still is exemplary today. His successors built on his theories and everyone of them contributed to the theory of the endgame. Take a trip back in time to the old days when games were still adjourned and the whole world followed endgame analyses feverishly.
• Video running time: 13 hours (English)
• Interactive training including video feedback
• Extra: Morphy’s endgames
• Including CB 15 Reader

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Endgames of the World Champions Vol. 2 - from Steinitz to Spassky

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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.
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Endgames from Fischer to Carlsen

01: Introduction [03:19]
Bobby Fischer
Chapter 1: Theoretical endgames
01: Centurini's Rule - 01.01 Taimanov,M - Fischer,R [08:09]
02: Rauser's Drawing Zone - 01.02 Walther,E - Fischer,R [05:13]
03: To exchange rooks or not to exchange rooks that is the question - 01.03 Reshevsky,S - Fischer,R [08:22]
04: The duel active king against outside passed pawn - 01.04 Fischer,R - Bisguier,A [09:30]
05: A bolt from the clear blue sky - 01.05 Bisguier,A - Fischer,R [03:16]
Chapter 2: Rook endings
01: The short side - 02.01 Gligoric,S - Fischer,R [04:42]
02: The cut off - 02.02 Fischer,R - Sherwin,J [05:20]
03: The missed zwischenschach - 02.03 Gligoric,S - Fischer,R [03:44]
04: The race - 02.04 Fischer,R - Benko,P [07:03]
05: The power of the passed pawn - 02.05 Fischer,R - Portisch,L [04:08]
06: Duel of the passed pawns - 02.06 Geller,E - Fischer,R [02:23]
07: Activity is the order of the day - 02.07 Fischer,R - Bisguier,A [07:06]
08: Geller's brilliant idea saves Botvinnik - 02.08 Botvinnik,M - Fischer,R [06:24]
09: The old riddle of Petrosian vs Fischer - 02.09A Tigran V Petrosian - Bobby Fischer; 02.09B Tigran V Petrosian - Bobby Fischer [05:35]
Chapter 3: The Fischer endgame
01: Taimanov's Knightmare Part 1 - 03.01 Fischer,R - Taimanov,M; 03.01A Fischer,B - Taimanov,M; 03.01B Analysis of Fischer,B - Taimanov,M; 03.01C Analysis of Fischer,R - Taimanov,M [09:58]
02: Taimanov's Knightmare Part 2 - 03.02 Fischer,R - Taimanov,M [05:53]
03: Taimanov's Knightmare Part 3 - 03.03 Fischer,R - Taimanov,M [04:22]
04: Even Fischer's bad bishop wins - 03.04 Petrosian,T - Fischer,B [07:40]
05: One of Fischer's most amazing moves - 03.05 Fischer,B - Petrosian,T [04:47]
06: Magic against the Magician - 03.06 Fischer,R - Tal,M [05:30]
Chapter 4: Famous games, riddles and mysteries
01: The famous riddle of 29...Bxh2? - 04.01 Spassky,B - Fischer,B [05:35]
02: The amazing 13th match game from Reykjavik - 04.02 Spassky,B - Fischer,R [04:07]
03: The first win against a Soviet grandmaster - 04.03 Fischer,R - Keres,P [04:16]
04: Benko's brilliant idea - 04.04 Fischer,R - Euwe,M [03:33]
05: A mistake Fischer never made - 04.05 Saidy,A - Fischer,R [02:55]
Anatoly Karpov
01: Karpov's cavalry attacks - part 1 - Bouaziz,S - Karpov,A [05:27]
02: Karpov's cavalry attacks - part 2 - Spassky,B - Karpov,A [06:34]
03: The legendary - knight versus bishop classic" against Kasparov - part 1 - Karpov,A - Kasparov,G [09:18]
04: The legendary - knight versus bishop classic" against Kasparov - part 2 - Analysis of Karpov - Kasparov,G [04:26]
05: A lasso for the steed - the Karpov distance - Karpov,A - Ftacnik,L [05:06]
06: Even pure opposite coloured bishop endings are not always drawn - Ljubojevic,L - Karpov,A [02:58]
07: Bishops of opposite colours favour the attacking side in the middlegame - Braga,F - Karpov,A [02:59]
08: The classic against Kavalek in the Karpov ending - Karpov,A - Kavalek,L [07:23]
09: Restriction and domination strategy - part 1 - Karpov,A - Uhlmann,W [06:03]
10: Restriction and domination strategy - part 2 - Karpov,A - Ljubojevic,L [07:06]
11: Kortschnoj's counter - Kortschnoj,V - Karpov,A [04:45]
12: Safety in Rauser's drawing zone - Kortschnoj,V - Karpov,A [05:21]
Interactive tests
01: Accurate rook moves - Karpov,A - Gligoric,S [07:35]
02: The congenial rook and knight duo - Karpov,A - Jussupow,A [09:25]
Garry Kasparov
01: The basics of endgame theory - Alburt,L - Kasparov,G [07:38]
02: Triangulation - Seirawan,Y - Kasparov,G [02:52]
03: A long ending against Short - Short,N - Kasparov,G [02:51]
04: The greatest enemy of the knight - Kasparov,G - Adams,M [04:37]
05: The dire straits of the king in the corner - Polgar,J - Kasparov,G [04:18]
06: The gem - Anand,V - Kasparov,G [01:34]
07: Two rook endings against Kortschnoj, Part 1 - Kortschnoj,V - Kasparov,G [04:12]
08: Two rook endings against Kortschnoj, Part 2 - Kortschnoj,V - Kasparov,G [06:41]
09: Two rooks against Topalov, Part 1 - Topalov,V - Kasparov,G [05:53]
10: Two rooks against Topalov, Part 2 - Topalov,V - Kasparov,G [07:31]
11: A rook dominates two minor pieces - Van Wely,L - Kasparov,G [06:46]
12: The King's Indian classic - Danailov,S - Kasparov,G [07:54]
Interactive Test
01: Kamsky's king in the crossfire - Kamsky,G - Kasparov,G [06:09]
Vladimir Kramnik
Chapter 1: Kramnik's technique
01: An open file is like an open wound - Kramnik,V - Vocaturo,D [09:42]
02: Kramnik's central majority - Kramnik,V - Leko,P [04:52]
Chapter 2: Endgame - Rook and Knight vs Rook and Bishop
03: Mating attack out of clear blue sky - Kramnik,V - Leko,P [03:55]
04: Powerplay on the light squares - Nakamura,H - Kramnik,V [04:29]
Chapter 3: Strategical initiative
05: The power of the bishop pair - Kamsky,G - Kramnik,V [04:06]
06: Small army strong attack - Kramnik,V - Carlsen,M [02:35]
07: The power of the passed d-pawn - Kramnik,V - Howell,D [02:55]
08: Kramnik's king - Kramnik,V - Ponomariov,R [04:15]
09: All rook endings are drawn - Kramnik,V - Topalov,V [04:37]
10: Kramnik's battering ram - Ivanchuk,V - Kramnik,V [02:33]
11: The fine art of transformation - Kramnik,V - Gelfand,B [06:35]
Chapter 4: Kramnik vs Kasparov
12: Opposite coloured bishops favor the attacker - Kramnik,V - Kasparov,G [04:40]
13: Kramnik's match strategy- Kramnik,V - Kasparov,G [10:37]
Interactive Tests
01: Kramnik's knight defense - Nakamura,H - Kramnik,V [06:07]
02: The bishop wants dynamics the knight static - Kramnik,V - Khalifman,A [05:50]
Viswanathan Anand
01: White knight's knightmare - Gustafsson,J - Anand,V [05:56]
02: The power of the bishops - Anand,V - Lautier,J [02:43]
03: The green bishop - Anand,V - Aronian,L [07:35]
04: A light initiative weighs heavily - Anand,V - Kasimdzhanov,R [05:29]
05: Opposite colored bishops favor the attacker - Anand,V - Karjakin,S [11:53]
06: The Queen wants dynamics the rooks static - Shirov,A - Anand,V [04:22]
07: The Berlin wall falls - Anand,V - Ponomariov,R [07:50]
08: Anand's counterattack - Carlsen,M - Anand,V [06:48]
09: The Berlin wall holds - Anand,V - Carlsen,M [13:56]
Interactive test
01: Double rook ending technique - Anand,V - Gelfand,B [08:48]
Magnus Carlsen
01: The Carlsen endgame - Carlsen,M - Caruana,F [14:26]
02: In Capablanca's footsteps - Radjabov,T - Carlsen,M [06:52]
03: Do not rush - Carlsen,M - Kramnik,V [07:05]
04: Carlsen endgame with knights - Palo,D - Carlsen,M [07:41]
05: h- and f-pawn can win in the Carlsen case - Leko,P - Carlsen,M [06:21]
06: From the opening into the endgame - Carlsen,M - Anand,V [08:56]
07: Rook endings are not always drawn - Anand,V - Carlsen,M [02:48]
08: Knight on the rim is dim - Carlsen,M - Naiditsch,A [05:25]
09: Attack with opposite coloured bishops - Carlsen,M - Karjakin,S [05:39]
10: Magnus mighty knight - Kramnik,V - Carlsen,M [08:42]
Interactive test
01: Small army, great attack - Carlsen,M - Aronian,L [07:38]
02: The eternal pin - Carlsen,M - Onischuk,A [04:15]

Endgames of the World Champions Vol. 2 - from Steinitz to Spassky

01: Introduction [05:33]
To navigate to the chapters, use the menu on the left.
Steinitz
01: The Steinitzian method of restriction - Englisch,B - Steinitz,W [19:37]
02: Two bishops vs two knights - Steinitz,W - Chigorin,M [11:54]
03: Opposite coloured bishops favour the attacker - Steinitz,W - Sellman,A [03:25]
04: Good knight bad bishop - Steinitz,W - Porges,M [08:21]
05: Opening attacking inroads - Steinitz,W - Mackenzie,G [05:29]
06: The transformation of advantages - Steinitz,W - Zukertort,J [06:55]
Interactive Video
01: A knightmare - Neumann,G - Steinitz,W [06:51]
Lasker
Endgames with rook and minor piece or two rooks against rook and minor piece
01: Mating attacks out of the blue - Lasker,E - Schiffers,E [05:19]
02: Lasker's long-range bishop - Marshall,F - Lasker,E [10:06]
03: Lasker's monster rooks - Alekhine,A - Lasker,E [07:03]
Minor piece endgames
01: Lasker's light-footed knight - Lasker,E - Marco,G [06:05]
02: Extended knight maneuvers - Tarrasch,S - Lasker,E [05:14]
Classics
01: Lasker's miraculous king - Lasker,E - Tarrasch,S [01:51]
02: The gem in the rook ending against Rubinstein - Lasker,E - Rubinstein,A [03:27]
03: Activating the rook in the rook ending - Schlechter,C - Lasker,E [03:45]
04: The monster knight e6 - Lasker,E - Capablanca,J [06:09]
05: The legendary fifth game of the World Championship Match against Carl Schlechter - Schlechter,C - Lasker,E [10:16]
Interactive Videos: Lasker the defender
01: A queen like a hurricane - Marshall,F - Lasker,E [04:17]
02: The fortress knight - Lasker,E - Lasker,E [08:18]
Capablanca
Minor piece endings
01: The hammer blow - Corzo y Prinzipe,J - Capablanca,J [03:41]
02: The fortress breaker - Nimzowitsch,A - Capablanca,J [03:25]
Rook endings
01: Capablanca's immortal king march - Capablanca,J - Tartakower,S [10:06]
02: The breakthrough in the centre - Capablanca,J - Yates,F [09:15]
03: Activity: the be-all and end-all in rook endings - Capablanca,J - Kostic,B [10:53]
Double rook endings
01: The correct exchange - Kan,I - Capablanca,J [09:34]
02: Opening up the kingside - Capablanca,J - Janowski,D [08:46]
Three classics
01: Capablanca's control - Capablanca,J - Alekhine,A [04:36]
02: Euwe's monster knight - Euwe,M - Capablanca,J [05:24]
03: Lasker's downfall - Capablanca,J - Lasker,E [03:58]
Interactive Videos
01: A breakthrough - Capablanca - Kalantarov [13:28]
02: A brilliant bishop endgame - Capablanca,J - Janowski,D [12:48]
Alekhine
The fourth phase of the game
01: Flexibility first - John,W - Alekhine,A [06:54]
02: Four Queens invite for a dance - Capablanca,J - Alekhine,A [04:00]
03: Not all rook endings are drawn - Alekhine,A - Eliskases,E [03:55]
04: Not all queen endings are drawn - Alekhine,A - Stoltz,G [10:02]
Alekhine's attacking king
01: Queen and Knight win the fight - Feigins,M - Alekhine,A [03:53]
02: Triumph on the dark squares- Alekhine,A - Yates,F [04:36]
Classical endgames
01: The power of the bishops - Alekhine,A - Reti,R [04:06]
02: The classcial rook ending against Capablanca - Alekhine,A - Capablanca,J [08:18]
03: The classcial rook ending against Bogoljubow - Alekhine,A - Bogoljubow,E [02:51]
04: Tricky pawns in the ending - Ilyin Zhenevsky,A - Alekhine,A [03:26]
Euwe
01: The eternal pin - Euwe,M - Alekhine,A [06:27]
02: The pearl of Zandvoort - Euwe,M - Alekhine,A [05:15]
03: Knight surprise - Euwe,M - Alekhine,A [05:34]
04: Powerplay on the light squares - Euwe,M - Capablanca,J [04:25]
05: "What a knight!" - Euwe,M - Capablanca,J [05:29]
06: Missed win against Capablanca - Euwe,M - Capablanca,J [06:21]
07: Euwe outfoxes Spielmann - Spielmann,R - Euwe,M [07:20]
08: Euwe's active king part 1 - Keres,P - Euwe,M [06:17]
09: Euwe's active king part 2 - Euwe,M - Landau,S [05:06]
10: Cochrane's defence and Philidor's win- Grob,H - Euwe,M [05:29]
Interactive Video
01: Knight magic - Alekhine,A - Euwe,M [05:05]
Botvinnik
01: Iron logic against magic - Tal,M - Botvinnik,M [09:43]
02: Geller's brilliant ressource - Botvinnik,M - Fischer,R [09:39]
03: The classical win against Najdorf - Botvinnik,M - Najdorf,M [06:23]
04: A light initiative weighs heavily - Botvinnik,M - Alekhine,A [08:38]
05: The rolling pawns - Taimanov,M - Botvinnik,M [03:43]
06: Bronstein's Knightmare - Bronstein,D - Botvinnik,M [04:03]
07: Long horse races - Botvinnik,M - Thomas,G [08:06]
08: Botvinnik's Law - Botvinnik,M - Keres,P [07:41]
09: Knightfortress - Spasski,B - Botvinnik,M [05:11]
10: Knight domination Part 1 - Botvinnik,M - Robatsch,K [02:32]
11: Knight domination Part 2 - Botvinnik,M - Kottnauer,C [05:06]
12: The power of the bishops- Botvinnik,M - Bronstein,D [07:45]
Interactive Videos
01: Botvinnik's great breakthrough - Kotov,A - Botvinnik,M [05:43]
02: Botvinnik the defender - Botvinnik,M - Euwe,M [04:20]
Smyslov
Rook endings
01: The wall of umbrellas - Lilienthal,A - Smyslov,V [05:03]
02: Complete attacking harmony - Smyslov,V - Konstantinopolsky,A [05:22]
03: Textbook defence against h- and f-pawn - Gligoric,S - Smyslov,V [08:03]
Miscellaneous endings
01: Miraculous defence in the pawn ending - Aronin,L - Smyslov,V [04:28]
02: The clumsy knight - Smejkal,J - Smyslov,V [05:19]
03: The mighty knight - Smyslov,V - Derkatsch [04:49]
04: The blockading knight - Geller,E - Smyslov,V [03:56]
05: An old riddle - Botvinnik,M - Smyslov,V [06:53]
06: The classic against Reshevsky - Smyslov,V - Reshevsky,S [06:20]
07: A light initiative weighs heavily - Smyslov,V - Benko,P [04:52]
08: The attacker does not exchange attacking potential- Smyslov,V - Ernst,T [06:09]
Interactive Videos
01: The mating net - Smyslov,V - Oll,L [03:32]
02: Duel of the passed pawns - Lilienthal,A - Smyslov,V [03:55]
Tal
Magic Endgames
01: A miracoulous escape - Lipnitsky,I - Tal,M [03:46]
02: Activity counts - Kasparov,G - Tal,M [05:45]
03: Queen and Knight win the fight - Medina Garcia,A - Tal,M [03:32]
04: Party with Four Queens - Tal,M - Kasparian,G [04:33]
05: Tal's mighty rook part 1 - Tal,M - Cabrilo,G [05:34]
06: Tal's mighty rook part 2 - Tal,M - Geller,E [03:13]
Rook endings
01: The power of connected passed pawns - Tal,M - Bisguier,A [04:48]
02: The power of a dangerous passed pawn - Velikov,P - Tal,M [03:09]
03: The invasion of the king - Birbrager,I - Tal,M [02:24]
Legendary Endgames
01: Botvinnik's escape without coffee - Tal,M - Botvinnik,M [05:17]
02: Tal's magic bishops - Botvinnik,M - Tal,M [04:13]
03: The bishop opens the gates - Smyslov,V - Tal,M [04:42]
Petrosian
Petrosian's trumps
01: The exchange sacrifice - Troianescu,O - Petrosian,T [07:15]
02: Excellent Technique and the knowledge of theoretical endgames - Petrosian,T - Ivanovic,B [03:31]
03: The space advantage - Petrosian,T - Arutiunov,A [06:26]
The Andersson-Petrosian endgame
01: Petrosian's powerplay - Belkadi,R - Petrosian,T [05:25]
02: The outpost squares - Petrosian,T - Lokvenc,J [08:49]
03: The king to the centre - Petrosian,T - Pavey,M [04:28]
04: The pawn levers - Sefc,J - Petrosian,T [09:22]
05: Powerplay on the light squares - Petrosian,T - Planinc,A [10:09]
06: Petrosian's prophylaxis - Petrosian,T - Ljubojevic,L [05:51]
07: The long king march - Petrosian,T - Botvinnik,M [04:14]
The Art of Defence
01: Counterplay counts- Spassky,B - Petrosian,T [09:16]
Interactive Videos
01: Defence against Fischer - Fischer,R - Petrosian,T [04:21]
02: Mating attack out of the blue - Petrosian,T - Ivkov,B [02:37]
Spassky
01: Powerless queen - Kortschnoj,V - Spassky,B [05:09]
02: The queen's revenge - Portisch,L - Spassky,B [10:19]
03: Miracle escape - Ribli,Z - Spassky,B [04:56]
04: Beating Karpov with Q+N vs Q - Spassky,B - Karpov,A [02:23]
05: Rook endgame technique part 1 - Polgar,J - Spassky,B [04:33]
06: Rook endgame technique part 2 - Spassky,B - Torre,E [04:42]
07: Rook endgame technique part 3 - Spassky,B - Ivanovic,B [03:27]
08: Double rook endgame technique - Honfi,K - Spassky,B [05:53]
09: The famous mystery of the poisoned pawn h2 - Spassky,B - Fischer,R [07:03]
10: The bishops are hard to beat - Spassky,B - Fischer,R [06:28]
11: Spassky's strong bishops - Spassky,B - Fischer,R [06:07]
12: Do Knights really like all closed positions ? - Spassky,B - Cramling,P [08:40]
Interactive Videos
01: Breaking the wall - Spassky,B - Byrne,R [04:10]
02: Beating Garry Kasparov - Kasparov,G - Spassky,B [04:14]
Bonus: Morphy
01: Morphy's Fortress - Morphy,P - Loewenthal,J [04:26]
02: Morphy's escape - Morphy,P - Thomas,W [01:59]
03: Morphy's mating attack - Morphy,P - Thompson,J [02:47]
04: Heavy pieces attack - Owen,J - Morphy,P [10:42]
05: Did Morphy miss the win ? - Morphy,P - Loewenthal,J [05:46]
06: Morphy overpresses - Morphy,P - Loewenthal,J [04:55]
07: Opening a second front - Harrwitz,D - Morphy,P [07:56]
08: Morphy's mighty pawns - Anderssen,A - Morphy,P [06:59]
09: The old riddle Bird - Morphy - Bird,H - Morphy,P [05:20]
10: The refutation of my "winning proof" - Bird,H - Morphy,P [05:16]
11: The critical 22.Kb1! Bf5!? - Bird,H - Morphy,P [05:38]
Interactive Video
01: Morphy's mighty passed pawns - Morphy,P - Paulsen,L 1-0 [02:49]