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Chess Training Kit

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System requirements :

  • IBM-compatible PC

  • 256 Mb RAM

  • hard disk 100Mb

  • Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7

  • CD-ROM drive

No additional software required.

CHESS GUIDE FOR INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS:

This is a course for intermediate players. It is based on a textbook by a distinguished Russian chess trainer Victor Golenishchev. The source material is supplemented with examples of play by lead chess players from the latest major contests and is organized in chess lessons. The course is designed for 1 year and contains 75 lessons, including theoretical material and practical exercises. The theoretical part includes more than 290 examples of play. The practical part includes more than 750 exercises of varying difficulty.

The course allows you to:

  • Study the theoretical material and test your knowledge

  • See changes in your rating

  • Keep track of your progress

  • Play against computer starting with a set position

  • Print exercises

Languages: English

CONTENT:

BASICS OF STRATEGY

1. Pawn majority on one of the flanks

EXPLOITING A PAWN MAJORITY ON THE QUEENSIDE

FIGHTING THE PAWN MAJORITY ON FLANK

2. Pawn chain

3. A qualitative pawn majority

4. RESTRICTION OF THE MOBILITY AND BLOCKADE.

5. A pawn pair "c3+d4" on the semi-opened files

6. An isolated pawn in the center of the board

7. Hanging pawns

8. Carlsbad structure

9. Closed center

10. Compensation for a pawn

A DYNAMICAL PAWN SACRIFICE

POSITIONAL PAWN SACRIFICE

ENDINGS

1. A bishop against the pawns

2. The bishops of the same color

3. The bishops of opposite color

4. A knight against the pawns

5. The knight endings

6. A bishop against a knight

A BISHOP AGAINST A KNIGHT.

A BISHOP IS STRONGER THN A KNIGHT

A KNIGHT IS STRONGER THAN A BISHOP

7. A rook against the pawns

8. The rook endings

9. A rook against a minor piece

A ROOK AGAINST A BISHOP

A ROOK IS STRONGER THAN A BISHOP

A BISHOP IS STRONGER THAN A ROOK

A ROOK AGAINST A KNIGHT

A ROOK IS STRONGER THAN A KNIGHT

A KNIGHT IS STRONGER THAN A ROOK

10. The queen endings

11. A queen versus a rook

METHODIC DIRECTIONS FOR THE LEARNING PLAN

CHESS GUIDE FOR CLUB PLAYERS:

This is a course for club players based on a textbook by a distinguished Russian chess trainer Victor Golenishchev. The source material is supplemented with examples of play by lead chess players from the latest major contests and is organized in chess lessons. The course is designed for 1 year and contains 75 lessons, including theoretical material and practical exercises. The theoretical part includes more than 400 examples of play. The practical part includes more than 200 exercises of varying difficulty.

The course allows you to: Study the theoretical material and test your knowledge See changes in your rating Keep track of your progress Play against computer starting with a set position Print exercises

CONTENT:

1. Attacking the king in the center 2. Attacking the king when both sides castle to the same flank 3. The calculation mistakes 4. Training the technique of calculation 5. The "good" and the "bad" bishops 6. The bishop is stronger than the knight 7. The knight is stronger than the bishop 8. The bishops of opposite color in the middlegame 9. Bringing a piece out of play 10. Exploiting the open and semi-open files 11. Open and semi-open files and attacking the king 12. An outpost on an open or semi-open file 13. Fighting for an open file 14. Strong pawn center 15. Undermining the pawn center 16. Pieces against the pawn center 17. Pieces and pawns in the center 18. The center's role in flank operations 19. Two bishops in the middlegame 20. Two bishops in the endgame 21. Successful struggle against a bishop pair 22. The weak points in opponent's camp 23. The weakness of a complex of squares 24. About some strong points 25. The pawn weaknesses 26. The doubled pawns 27. A retarded pawn on a semi-open file 28. A passed pawn 29. Queen vs. two rooks 30. Queen vs. Rook and a minor piece 31. The queen vs. the three minor pieces 32. Compensation for the queen 33. Two rooks vs. three minor pieces 34. Two minor pieces vs. Rook (with pawns) 35. The rook vs. the minor piece and two pawns 36. Compensation for the rook 37. The minor piece vs. the three pawns 38. Compensation for a minor piece 39. The learning positions 40. Geometry of the chessboard. The "shoulder charging" technique 41. The endings with the passed pawns for both sides 42. The breakthrough 43. A better deployment of pawns 44. The reserve tempi 45. The activity of the king 46. Obtaining the pawn endgame as a method of realization of a material or a positional advantage 47. About the study composition. Some study ideas in practice 48. Learning positions 49. Control of the seventh rank 50. Using the open file 51. The endgames with the passed pawns 52. The activity in the rook endings 53. Exploiting the pawn weaknesses 54. Some resources of the defense 55. Realization of a material advantage 56. Realization of a positional advantage 57. Some rook studies

CHESS TACTICS IN OPEN GAMES

This course is aimed at the club and intermediate players and presents the theory and playing hooks in Open Games, appearing after moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4: Two Knight’s Defense, Italian Game, Evans Gambit.

The course presents the overview of the actual variants and 630 exercises to solve.

The course will be useful for the chess players who practice Open Games on either white or black sides. The playing program allows to fix the knowledge by playing the appearing positions.

More Information
Weight 300 g
Manufacturer Convekta
Medium CD
Required CPU min. Pentium
Operating System Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Language English
Copy Protection unlimited installations
Sound Board Yes