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Practical Chess Strategy: The Bishop
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When it comes to strategy, one of the key things that chess professionals understand much better than amateur players is the role of the bishop. Why do two bishops (‘the bishop pair’) complement each other to such an extent that they are a major long term force? How is being a long-range piece an essential trademark of the bishop? Why do strong players regularly tuck their bishop away on its initial square? Questions like these will be examined on this strategy video course.
| Languages: | German, English |
| EAN: | 4027975008905 |
| System: | Windows 7 or higher, Mac OS X (only download) |
| Delivery: | Download, Post |
| Level: | Advanced, Tournament player, Professional |
Sample video
- Introduction
- Winning with the bishop pair
- Van Delft-Van Beek, Meesterklasse 2013
- Van Delft-Baider, Queenstown 2009
- Svidler-Kasparov, Linares 1999
- Hansen-Van Delft, Hofheim am Taunus 2017
- Winning with opposite-coloured bishops
- Van Delft-Jelen, Groningen 1996
- Carlsen-So, Wijk aan Zee 2018
- Carlsen-Matlakov, Wijk aan Zee 2018
- Winning with a bad bishop
- Shirov-Leon Hoyos, Khanty-Mansiysk 2011
- Eljanov-Meins, Porto Carras 2018
- Kramnik-Radjabov, Baku 2016
- Winning with knights
- Zhao Jun-Bojkov, Queenstown 2009
- Kramnik-Vitiugov, Paris 2013
Windows 7 or higher
Minimum: Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, DirectX11, graphics card with 256 MB RAM, (DVD-ROM drive), Windows Media Player 9, ChessBase 14/Fritz 16 or included Reader and internet access for program activation. Recommended: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore), 4 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX11, graphics card with 512 MB RAM or more, 100% DirectX10-compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, (DVD-ROM drive) and internet access for program activation.
MacOSX
only available as download! Minimum: MacOS "Yosemite" 10.10
One of the most persistent misunderstandings among chess fans is that positions with opposite-coloured bishops are drawish. In fact, opposite-coloured bishops tend to make the position sharper and are a favourite and often winning weapon of World Champion Magnus Carlsen. The way the bishop moves is much easier to grasp for beginners than the way the knight moves, but, paradoxically, its ways turn out to be more mysterious. Sometimes a seemingly bad bishop turns out to be a good bishop. Experienced trainer IM Merijn van Delft from the Netherlands has carefully selected 12 instructive games. Most of these games are from absolute elite players, while some are from his own tournament practice, and thus contain first hand explanations. The games are thoroughly analysed and played through with the interactive Chessbase video software. Every one of these games will provide you with a serious training session. Good luck and enjoy!
• Video running time: 6 hours (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• More than 100 questions
in video format
• 12 instructive games explained
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