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Key Concepts of Chess - Pawn Structures Vol.1 & 2 and The Hedgehog

In this series it’s all about strategy for club players, explained in a simple way with clear examples! The idea is to focus on certain themes using specific pawn structures. The central question is: how can the pieces be manoeuvred into good positions and what should we then consider? IM Herman Grooten will offer rules-of-thumb and concepts to give clubchess players the necessary guidance to try and find the right paths in their own games.

Key Concepts of Chess - Pawn Structures Vol.1

In this series it’s all about strategy for club players, explained in a simple way with clear examples! The idea is to focus on certain themes using specific pawn structures. The central question is: how can the pieces be manoeuvred into good positions and what should we then consider? IM Herman Grooten will offer rules-of-thumb and concepts to give clubchess players the necessary guidance to try and find the right paths in their own games.

In this two-part course the emphasis will be on typical pawn-structures, ones that appear quite often in games and that will be very recognisable to club-chess players. Hence, the topics “Open and half-open files” and “the pawn chain” will be covered extensively on this video course.

• Video running time: 6 hours 30 Minutes (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Extra: Model Games and Training with ChessBase apps - Play key pawn structures

Key Concepts of Chess - Pawn Structures Vol.2

A new production in the “Key Concepts of Chess” series. The idea is to focus on certain themes by means of specific pawn structures. The central question is: how can the pieces be manoeuvred into good positions and what should we then consider? IM Herman Grooten offers rules-of-thumb and concepts to give club-chess players the necessary guidance so that they can try to find the right paths in their own games.

In this second part the emphasis will be on typical pawn structures that appear quite often in games, and that will be very recognizable for clubchess players. For example, on this video course the topics “the isolated queen pawn (IQP)” and “the passed-pawn in the middlegame” will be discussed in detail. Because the IQP can appear on the board in many opening variations, it is worthwhile to study. The fact that sometimes a passed-pawn can be invaluable and can cause an astonishing effect will be music to the ears of the club-chess player.

• Video running time: 4 hours (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Extra: Model Games and Training with ChessBase apps - Play key pawn structures against Fritz on various levels

Key Concepts of Chess - The Hedgehog

In order to understand openings properly, the middlegame should actually be studied first. Because all plans in the middlegame link directly to the ideas from the opening. Almost everything is hung up on pawn structures. Therefore, IM Herman Grooten takes the club chess player by the hand to take a closer look at common middlegame structures. 

On this video course Grooten discusses the basic ideas for both White and Black of a typical structure that can arise from various opening variants. This is the so-called “hedgehog system” which is characterised by at least four black pawns on the sixth rank which we call the “spikes” of the hedgehog. Another essential aspect is that the exchange of a black c-pawn for a white d-pawn (as in the Sicilian) creates a position in which, partly due to c2-c4, a large space advantage is obtained by White. But that the “hedgehog” is viable will become clear in all the examples shown, as the author likes to use this system himself!

• Video running time: 4 hours (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Extra: Model Games and Training with ChessBase apps - Play key pawn structures against Fritz on various levels

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This is what is delivered:

  • Fritztrainer App for Windows and Mac
  • 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.
  • New: many Fritztrainer now also available as stream in the ChessBase video portal!

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)

Extrait vidéo

Contenu

    Key Concepts of Chess - Pawn Structures Vol.1

  • Introduction
  • Fundamentals Part 1
  • Definitions 1
  • Definitions 2
  • To create doubled pawns: Spiesberger-Galdunts
  • To create doubled pawns: Van Wely-Short
  • To get rid of doubled pawns: Constructed Position
  • To win with tripled pawns: Lysyj-Ernst
  • To play against a backward pawn: Estrin
  • To deal with tension between two pawns: Gerlagh-Mollema
  • Tension: Hibma-Breuker
  • Tension: Fischer-Taimanov
  • Typical structures: Suba-Zadrima
  • Fundamentals Part 2
  • Capture towards the center: Babula-Rustemov
  • Capture off the center: Carlsen-Naiditsch
  • Capture off the center Topalov-Van Wely
  • Capture off the center: Gershon-Shinkevich
  • Capture off the center: Atalik-Metin
  • Capture off the center: Lanchava-Schuurman
  • Release the tension: Sokolov-Marcelin
  • The pawn chain, attacking the base: Moskalenko-Fedorchuk
  • The Isolated Queen's Pawn - attacking plan: Roiz-Beccaris
  • The Passed Pawn: Van der Wiel-Haver
  • Exercises
  • Exercise 1
  • Exercise 2
  • Exercise 3
  • Exercise 4
  • Exercise 5
  • Exercise 6
  • Exercise 7
  • Exercise 8
  • Open and Half-Open File Part 1
  • Backward pawn: Gheorghiu-Shapiro
  • Minority-attack: Van den Berg-Kramer
  • Manoeuvres in front of the pawns: Gashimov-Ivanchuk
  • Open file and seventh rank: Zivanic-Kovacevic
  • Open up files with the king in the center 1: A.Haast-Coenen
  • Open up files with the king in the center 2: Avrukh-Schripkenko
  • Which is the right file? 1: Leniart-Kriebel
  • Which is the right file? 2: Berg-Bareev
  • Open and Half-Open File Part 2
  • Eliminating defender 1: Suba-Spraggett
  • Eliminating defender 2: NN-NN
  • Eliminating defender 3: Anastasian-Chatalbashev
  • Entering the seventh rank 1: Kveinys-Comp
  • Entering the seventh rank 2: Leko-Mamedyarov
  • Demolishing the seventh rank: Fleming-Knopf
  • Queen entering on the right way: Grandelius-Sokolov
  • The back rank 1: NN
  • The back rank 2: Lautier-Onischuk
  • The sixth rank: Kasparov-Gavrikov
  • Exercises
  • Description
  • Exercise 1
  • Exercise 2
  • Exercise 3
  • Exercise 4
  • Exercise 5
  • Exercise 6
  • Exercise 7
  • Exercise 8
  • The Pawn Chain
  • Instructive Example
  • Attacking the chain with White
  • Attacking the chain with Black
  • Demolish the structure 1: Moskalenko-Fedorchuk
  • Demolish the structure 2: Forgacs-Tartakower
  • Demolish the structure 3: Hess-P.Gerlagh
  • Making use of a space advantage: Ostovic-Rogul
  • Standard Sacrifice 1: P.Kuipers-P.Gerlagh
  • Standard Sacrifice 2: Kosten-Adrian
  • King’s Indian Defense Overview
  • Model Game for White: Korchnoi-Van Wely
  • Model Game for Black: Tratat-Ye Jiangchuan
  • Exercises
  • Exercise 1
  • Exercise 2
  • Exercise 3
  • Exercise 4
  • Exercise 5
  • Exercise 6
  • Exercise 7
  • Exercise 8

    Key Concepts of Chess - Pawn Structures Vol.2

  • Introduction
  • The Isolated Queen's Pawn Part 1
  • Introduction, pro’s and con’s
  • The Nxf7-sacrifice
  • The pawn break d4-d5
  • The pin over the d-file
  • The Nxf7-sacrifice 1: Khenkin-Bertran
  • The Nxf7-sacrifice 2: Iturrizaga-Papin
  • The Nxf7-sacrifice 3: Botvinnik-Batuyev
  • The Nxf7-sacrifice 4: Janev-Ilchev
  • The Nxf7-sacrifice 5: Botvinnik-Vidmar
  • The Isolated Queen's Pawn Part 2
  • The rook lift and rook switch 1: Timofeev-Svidler
  • The rook lift and rook switch 2: Buhmann-Wichmann
  • The rook lift and rook switch 3: Onischuk-Vescovi
  • The pawn break d4-d5 1: Ligterink-Donner
  • The pawn break d4-d5 2: Portisch-Bilet
  • The pawn break d4-d5 3: Sokolov-Fischer
  • The pawn break d4-d5 4: Rodshtein-Diamant
  • Transition to ‘hanging pawns’: Donaldson-Kudrin
  • Exploiting weaknesses 1: Bojkov-Dreev
  • Exploiting weaknesses 2: Arngrimmson-Damljanovic
  • Exercises
  • Description
  • Exercise 1
  • Exercise 2
  • Exercise 3
  • Exercise 4
  • Exercise 5
  • Exercise 6
  • Exercise 7
  • Exercise 8
  • Passed Pawn Part 1
  • To create a passed pawn 1: Razuvayev-Honfi
  • To create a passed pawn 2: Nielsen-NN
  • Pawn break: Thipsay-Peng
  • Push pawn!: A.Haast-M.Bensdorp
  • Piece positioning in relation to a passed pawn 1: Hughes-Chirila
  • Piece positioning in relation to a passed pawn 2: Reinderman-Bosboom
  • Piece positioning in relation to a passed pawn 3: Holt-Shetty
  • To lure or chase away a defender: Cano Sanchez-Carrasco
  • Interference: Morozevich-Adams
  • Pin: Mentasi
  • To block a square 1: Troitzky
  • To block a square 2: Wall-Schuurman
  • Double Attack: Engels-Maroczy
  • Passed Pawn Part 2
  • To exploit a passed pawn: Halkias-Asrian
  • To create a second passed pawn 1
  • To create a second passed pawn 2: Nunn
  • To create a second passed pawn 3: Schuurman-Gara
  • To defend against a passed pawn 1: Zenyuk-Abrahamyan
  • To defend against a passed pawn 2: Van den Ende
  • To defend against a passed pawn 3: Zheltukhov
  • To defend against a passed pawn 4: Kasparov-Timman
  • To exploit weaknesses and make use of the passed pawn 1: Grooten-Douven
  • To exploit weaknesses and make use of the passed pawn 2: Petrosian-Korchnoi
  • Exercises
  • Description
  • Exercise 1
  • Exercise 2
  • Exercise 3
  • Exercise 4
  • Exercise 5
  • Exercise 6
  • Exercise 7
  • Exercise 8

    Key Concepts of Chess - The Hedgehog

  • Introduction
  • Schematic plan a
  • Schematic plan b
  • Schematic plan c
  • Background knowledge
  • Stean-Andersson
  • Learning from the Hedgehog Classics
  • Fischer-Andersson
  • Byrne-Andersson
  • Typical Plans for White
  • Shaving the Spykes: The Nd5!? Motif
  • Shaving the Spykes: a2-a4-a5
  • Shaving the Spykes: b2-b4 & c4-c5
  • Shaving the Spykes: e4-e5
  • Weakness provocation: f4-f5
  • Push g & h-pawns: g2-g4-g5; h2-h4-h5; g6
  • Summary plans for White
  • Typical Plans for Black
  • Pawn Trusts: b6-b5
  • Pawn Trusts: d6-d5
  • Pawn Trusts: b5 and ...d5
  • Pawn Trusts: h-pawn bayonet
  • Bishop redeployment
  • Fischer's ...g5 plan I
  • Fischer's ...g5 plan II
  • The Marozcy Bind in relationship to the Hedgehog
  • Move orders with e4
  • Move orders with c4
  • Move orders with d4
  • Move orders with Nf3
  • Own Games in the Hedgehog
  • Wintzer-Grooten
  • Hausrath-Grooten
  • I.Böhm-Grooten
  • Conclusion
  • Exercises
  • Exercise 01
  • Exercise 02
  • Exercise 03
  • Exercise 04
  • Exercise 05
  • Exercise 06
  • Exercise 07
  • Exercise 08
  • Exercise 09
  • Exercise 10
  • Exercise 11
  • Exercise 12
  • Exercise 13
  • Exercise 14
  • Exercise 15
  • Exercise 16
  • Exercise 17
  • Exercise 18
  • Exercise 19
  • Exercise 20
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