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

Name: Endgames of the World Champions Vol. 2 - from Steinitz to Spassky
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by Dr. Karsten Müller

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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.

Languages:

English

Level:

Any

System:

Windows 10 or higher

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Download, Postal Delivery

Published:

May 2019

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]