How to play the Sicilian Defence!

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It’s your move! The new Fritztrainer generation

Interactive, communicative and efficient. These are the distinguishing features of the recently developed training format by ChessBase. You are transformed from a spectator into a participant! Answer every one of your trainer’s questions by entering a move. It doesn’t matter whether you score a bullseye or not: your trainer will provide you with feedback. Like that, you assimilate variations and motifs with every move!

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The Sicilian Defense is an old but ne vertheless very modern opening. T he continuous stream of new ideas in the Sicilian mak es 1..c5 the most popular answer to 1.e4. On this DVD I do giv e an introduction to the most important Sicilian s ystems. However, the focus lies not on memorizing v ariations. Instead, I present some of m y own games to show typical plans and s trategies and to indicate typical and important tactical motifs, which can be used in v arious systems. The DVD is divided int o three parts. In the firs t part I annota te six illustrative games from my own practice, which provide a good o verview about the v arious possibilities to play and to attack with both c olours. The second part is based upon the first and contains a number of e xercises. The third part finally r eveals a number of typical opening traps for those who lik e a little bit of theory . Knowing these traps helps you to avoid catastrophes in the Sicilian and might allo w you to score an occasional quick win yourself.

• Video running time: 3 hours 30 minutes (English)

• Exclusive training database with 100 selected games

• New: Now with interactive video training

• Including CB 12 - Reader

Elisabeth Pähtz:

• 2002 World Champion U18

• 2004 Vice World Champion U20

• 2005 World Champion U20

• 2012 Vice European Champion in Blitz Chess

• Member of the German National Team

• since 2001 Woman Grandmaster (WGM)

• since 2004 International Master (IM)

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• Windows 7 or Windows 8 ®

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