At the turn of the century, Fritz fascinated the chess world with victories over Garry Kasparov and then-reigning World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. The "most popular chess program" (according to German magazine Der Spiegel) offers you everything you will need as a dedicated chess enthusiast, with innovative training methods for amateurs and professionals alike, plus access to the full suite of ChessBase web apps, including the Playchess playing server.

ChessBase Magazine is the most comprehensive and most sophisticated chess magazine there is. World class players analyze their brilliancies and explain the ideas behind the moves to you, opening specialists present the latest trends in opening theory and offer exciting ideas for your repertoire. Master trainers in the fields of tactics, strategy, and the endgame show you the tricks and techniques a successful tournament player needs! DVD with several hours of video + booklet.Also available for download including the booklet in pdf!
 

El ajedrez es el no va más en juegos de tablero. Se lleva jugando más de 1500 años y, gracias a Internet, cada vez se hace más popular. La gente de todo el mundo se reúne en Internet para disfrutar del ajedrez: jugar, aprender y mirar los principales torneos. Con este DVD podrá aprender ajedrez desde cero para unirse a la comunidad ajedrecística mundial. Daniel King, un experimentado gran maestro, le enseña con vídeos fáciles de seguir todo lo que necesita para empezar: como colocar el tablero, como se mueven las piezas y como dar jaque mate. Tras los rudimentos, aprenderá la mejor forma de comenzar una partida, los motivos tácticos más habituales y verá como la captura de piezas pueden llevarle en último término a ganar la partida. Al final del curso podrá reproducir partidas de algunos de los más grandes ajedrecistas del mundo para estudiar sus estrategias. El manual que acompaña al DVD le sirve de recordatorio rápido de las reglas y de algunos de los temas tratados en el disco. Además aborda la historia del campeonato mundial, el máximo premio en el ajedrez. Si quiere comenzar a jugar inmediatamente, instale el programa Playchess.com incluido en el DVD. Playchess.com es el servidor de ajedrez más grande del mundo. Podrá encontrar allí gentes de todos los rincones del globo y jugar una partida de ajedrez cuando lo desee.

For Garry Kasparov it had been clear for quite some time who would be his successor as world chess champion: none other than Vladimir Kramnik! In 1992 Kasparov brought the 17-year old into the Russian team and the latter justified his early inclusion with eight wins and one draw in the Chess Olympiad in Manila. Eight years later Kramnik in fact defeated his mentor in the world championship match in London and became the 14th chess world champion. It was thanks to Kramnik that the split between world championships which had begun in 1993 was brought to an end. Kramnik defended his title in 2004 against Peter Leko and in the reunification match in 2006 he defeated Veselin Topalov. In 2007 Kramnik lost the title to Viswanathan Anand at the world championship tournament in Mexico and was also defeated by the Indian in 2008 in the return match. Even after losing the title of world champion Vladimir Kramnik has continued to remain among the absolute elite of players in the world – till the present day. With his deep understanding of chess Vladimir Kramnik is considered one of the greatest masters of strategy in the history of the game. His flawless technique has enabled him to bring to a successful conclusion innumerable encounters in the endgame. In the realm of opening theory too Kramnik is one of the leading players. In addition to many other contributions, he has decisively shaped the theory of the Berlin Defence to the Ruy Lopez and that of the Catalan Opening with many original ideas. This DVD allows you to learn from the example of one of the best players in the history of chess and from the explanations of the authors (Yannick Pelletier, Mihail Marin, Karsten Müller and Oliver Reeh) how to successfully organise your games strategically, consequently how to keep your opponent permanently under pressure and how to bring your games to a successful conclusion with accurate technical endgame play. Through Vladimir Kramnik’s games it is possible, moreover, to follow the history and development of numerous popular openings and thus obtain a better understanding of the ideas behind them.