ChessBase 11
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System requirements. Minimal: Pentium III 1 GHz,
512 MB RAM, Windows 7, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3), DirectX9
Graphics card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows-Media Player 9
and internet connection to activate access to the online database and
updates
The last week I had the opportunity to play and use ChessBase
11,the installation on my Windows Vista was smoothly and I had direct
access to all my engines and that was included my latest chess
engines as my favorite Fritz12.
To use a engine just access kibitzer and there you shall find a list of
all your engines,my ChessBase 11 package only came with the engines
Fritz 6 and Crafty.
Eye catching are the new icons as for example a small hart for all my
games,by the way all databases where automatically opened and provided
with a large amount of icons,yes
ChessBase 11 has included a lot of extra icons,pleasant if you like to
make use of different databases.
ChessBase 11 is proved with the Microsoft Office interface and that
insures the user with the so called direct key information.
When I opened my correspondence data base I was able with one click to
see the direct theoretical novelty of that played line,and that
is one of the best novelties that I have ever seen a in ChessBase
database program.
Finding the latest novelty in a game is now a piece of cake!
For example after the moves: 1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 it gives: Relevant: 10.Nxe5N Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4
Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.Bc2 f5
19.f3 Bh3 20.Bf2 Nf4 21.gxf4 Bxf4 22.Bg3 Qg5 23.Bb3+ Kh8 24.Nf1 h5
25.Qc2 h4 26.Qf2 Bxf1 27.Qxf1 hxg3 28.Qh3+ Qh6 29.Qxh6+ gxh6 30.hxg3
Bxg3 31.Re6 Rxe6 32.Bxe6 Re8 33.Bxf5 Re2 34.a4 Rxb2 35.axb5 axb5 36.Ra6
h5 37.Rxc6 h4 38.Rb6 Kg7 39.Bd7 Be1 Shirov,A (2749)-Aronian,L
(2783)/Shanghai 2010/CB35_2010/½-½, this was done by
accessing the direct ,ChessBase online database which is good for over
million games.
Saving or replacing games is done by
clicking with your mouse in the left corner,and you will see a
lot of eye catching saving possibilities.
Also it is possible here to do transfer you moves by email,also it
keeps automatically record of your game history.
ChessBase 11 holds a lot of other useful utilities as you hold down the
mouse button,the program will indicate the best replay with a small
arrow.
In the past a game was really deleted in ChessBase but now it is
related to the recycle bin and that means that a deleted game is not
directly lost.
Included also is a embedded board for smoother overview of all
games,where all four arrow keys can be used to search through a
database without opening a board window.
In reference games,we can easy recognize the most important played line.
Pleasant to mention is the possibility to place icons to quick access
as for example replacing games or including engines.
When I compare ChessBase 10 with ChessBase 11 than I can say,ChessBase
11,does not only offer so much more, but above all, I was very pleased
with the better performance and higher stability!
Engines run very smoothly, and my computer can handle more actions when
ChessBase 11 is running on the background.
One thing is sure: ChessBase 11 is the best thing a player can get for
his or her chess development.
Included is a over 4 million database,Big database with 4463291
entries plus a large playerbase
Conclusion: ChessBase 11 really offers
you a lot of value for your money!
Jan Gustafsson
Black repertoire against 1.e4
Vol.1:The Marshall Attack
2010
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The Marshall expert GM Jan Gustafson provides the black player on
this DVD with a comprehensive repertoire for black against the Ruy
Lopez, built around black’s counter attacking system the Marshall
Gambit.
The Marshall Attack is in as we can see in latest various chess books
as Attacking the Spanish,Fighting the Ruy Lopez and Marshall Attack
from Gogdan Lalic, is in.
Jan Gustafsson does not run throw some model games but explains you on
this DVD complete openings surveys with latest developments!
The Marshall is the perfect weapon for the tactician who likes open
lines and a lot of piece pawn!
The price for this all is a small sacrifice which can offer black
excellent winning chances if white is not well prepared!
In the old main line Jan Gustafsson goes for the reliable 17…Qh5 and
prefers the alternative move 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0
Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6
12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.a4
Re6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qf1 Bh3!
Included between the Anti Marshall lines is the interesting game
Adams,Michael (2694) - Gustafsson,Jan (2627) [C88]Gibraltar Masters
playoff 8th Caleta (1.2), 04.02.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.d4
Nxd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.e5 Ne8 11.c3 dxc3 12.Nxc3 d6 13.Qf3 Be6 14.Nd5 Bxd5
15.Bxd5 Rb8 16.e6 fxe6 17.Bxe6+ Kh8 18.Qh3 g6 19.Bd2 Bf6 20.Re4 Ng7
21.Bd5 Qc8! 22.Qb3 Qd7 23.Rc1 c5 24.Rce1 c4 25.Qg3 Qf5 26.Bc6T Bxb2
27.Bb4 Rb6 28.R4e2 Rxc6 29.Rxb2 Kg8 30.Rbe2 Rcc8 31.Qxd6-+ Bangiev
31...Rce8 32.h3 Rxe2 33.Rxe2 Re8 34.Rxe8+ Nxe8 35.Qe7T Qf7
36.Qe5µ Ng7 37.Bc3 h5 38.f3 Qa7+ 39.Kh1 Kh7µ 40.a3 Qd7
41.Kh2 Qf7 42.g4 Kg8 43.Kg2 hxg4 44.hxg4 Kh7 45.Qd6 Qe6 46.Qc7 Qg8
47.Qh2+ Nh5 48.gxh5 gxh5+ 49.Kf2 Qg6 50.Qc7+ Kg8 51.Qd8+ Kf7 52.Qd5+
Ke8 53.Qe5+ Kf7 54.Bb4 Qc2+ 55.Kg3 Qg6+ 56.Kh2 Kg8 57.Kh3 Qf7 58.Qg5+
Kh7 59.f4 Qe6+ 60.Kh4 Qe3 61.Qxh5+ Kg8 62.Qd5+ Kh7 63.Qf5+ Kg8 64.Qg6+
Kh8 65.Bd6 Qe1+ 66.Kg5 Qg3+ 67.Kf6 1-0, Gustafson did manage to loose
this but there was nothing wrong with his excellent openings play!
The line with 8.d4 is after Gustafson very playable for black and
gaining in popularity for white.
Well explained by the young author is the exciting 9.Bxf7!? but black
does not have to fear it but must be aware of the tricky lines in it.
Running time is 3hrs and 45 minutes.
Conclusion: One of the best studies
that I have ever seen on the Marshall Attack!
ChessBase Tutorials Openings # 01
2010
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These new eye catching Tutorials van ChessBase don’t offer you a mass
of variations to memorize, but the four authors,
Lawrence Trent,Valeri Lilov,Lars Schandorff and GM Andrian
Mikhalchishin offer
you a wealth of ideas and strategies to play and understand
the
following openings: King’s Gambit,Vienna Opening,Bishop’s
Opening,Centre Game,Italian Game,Evans Gambit,Four Knights Game,Two
Knights Defence,Scotcg Game,Ruy Lopez,Petroff Defence and the Philidor
but no Latvian Gambit.
For example the Greco Möller attack is covered by Valeri Lilov and
he digs till the move: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4
6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.Bg5
Bxg5 13.Nxg5 h6 14.Qe2 hxg5 15.Re1 Be6 16.dxe6 f6 17.Re3 and suggest
now for black 17..Kf8 18.Rh3 Rxh3 19.gxh3 g6 20.Qf3 Kg7 21.Qxb7 Qb8
22.Qe4 c6.
Alternatives to the headlines are instructively covered and the reader
is provided on this DVD with a excellent grounding of the offered
material.
Included is on this DVD some historical background information of the
played openings as
GM Andrian Mikhalchishin does on the Ruy Lopez as the good old marshall
Gambit,which gets a very important turn! As we can see in these text
files,which are all memorized by Mikhalchishin!:
Spanish - Marshall Attack
[Adrian Mikhalchishin]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3
[8.d4 d6 a) 8...exd4; b) 8...Nxd4 9.Nxd4 (9.Bxf7+ Rxf7 10.Nxe5)
9...exd4 10.e5 Ne8 11.Qxd4 b1) 11.c3 d5 (11...dxc3 12.Nxc3 d6 13.Bf4)
12.cxd4 c6 13.Bc2 g6 14.Bh6 Ng7 15.Nc3 f6; b2) 11.c3 dxc3 12.Nxc3 d6
13.Bf4; 11...Bb7 12.Qg4 (12.c4) 12...c5 13.c3 d6 14.exd6 Bxd6 15.Bg5
Nf6!?N (15...Qc7) ; 9.c3 Bg4;
8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.Nc3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Ne2 c5] 8...d5 9.exd5 [9.d4
exd4 10.e5 Ne4 11.cxd4 Bg4 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 f5 15.Kh1
Na5 16.Rg1 Kh8N (16...Qd7) ] 9...Nxd5 [9...e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.d4
(11.Qxf3 Bg4 12.Qg3 Re8) 11...fxg2 12.Qf3] 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6
[11...Bb7 12.d4 Qd7 13.Nd2 Nf4 14.Ne4 Bd6 15.Nxd6 cxd6 16.Rg5 Ng6
17.Rg3! (17.Be3) ;
11...Nf6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Ng4 14.h3 Qh4 15.Qf3 Nxf2 16.Bd2 Bxh3
(16...Bb7) 17.gxh3 (17.Qxf2? Bg3 18.Qf1 Bg4-+) 17...Nxh3+ 18.Kf1] 12.d4
[12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qf5 16.Nd2 Qg6 17.Re1 f5
(17...Qxd3 18.Bc2) 18.a4 Rb8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Ra7!?N (20.Ne4) 20...Kh8
Morozevich,A (2718)-Grischuk,A (2702)/Dubai ] 12...Bd6 13.Re1 [13.Re2
Bg4 (13...Qh4) 14.f3 Bh5 15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Nd2 f5 17.Qb3 Re8!? N
(17...Bf7 18.f4!? Bxf4 19.Nf3 Bd6 20.Ne5²) 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Nf1
1/2 Kotronias,V (2550)-Nunn,J (/] 13...Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 [15.Re4 g5
16.Qf3 Bf5 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Re3 Rad8 19.Nd2 Rfe8 20.b3 (20.a4 53/(340))
20...Kg7!N (20...Be6; 20...Be6 21.Bb2 f5) 21.Bb2 1/2 Leko,P
(2745)-Adams,M (2746);
15.Bxd5 cxd5] 15...Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 [16...f5 17.f4 Kh8 18.Bxd5 cxd5
19.Nd2 g5 (19...Bc7) 20.Qf1 Qh5 21.a4! N 21...bxa4 22.fxg5 (22.c4)
22...f4 23.Bxf4 Rxf4 24.gxf4 Rf8 25.Re5] 17.Nd2 Re6 [17...f5] 18.a4 f5
[18...Qh5 19.axb5 axb5] 19.Qf1 Qh5 20.f4 bxa4 21.Rxa4 g5 22.Rxa6 gxf4!?
[22...Kh8] Line
Learning from video files offer much more than going throw a
openings book, just let these video files come at you and you will be
surprised what you will be able to remember at the board!
With ChessBase Tutorials you have some private chess teachers who are
never tired to repeat there moves!
All together there are 24 video files with a running time of five
hours,plus a extra game file from 101 entries and of course a ChessBase
reader!
All files are in the English and German language!
Conclusion: Honest there is no better
way to learn and understand chess openings!
Corr Database 2011
2010
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ISBN 978-3-86681-2003-1
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9.0, hard disk spacerequirements: 350 MB.
This new updated and expanded
correspondence database 2011 is good for 834849 entries and that is
over 160000 more correspondence games than it’s
previous 2009 edition.
But still 246927 correspondence
games less than Harding’s latest Ultra-3a that we had some time ago on
our site,but Tim Harding
has withdrawn his sales and I fear it could be the end of his Ultra
collections.
So this is at the moment the one and
only available correspondence database!
It is not easy to lay hands on ICCF
correspondence games and this DVD offers you a unique insight in to the
fascinating world of correspondence chess.
Nowadays correspondence players are
usually engine chess players and these correspondence games are
often overloaded with latest novelties.
For example in the Poisoned Pawn
variation of the Najdorf,{ 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 }I found 3360 entries!
But there are also some strange
mistakes as for example Alexander Alekhine is still playing
correspondence chess in the year 1988: Alekhine,Alexander - Carls,Carl
[B50]
corr corr, 1988
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.b4 Nf6 4.bxc5 Nxe4
5.cxd6 e6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bxd6 8.Rb1 Nc6 9.Ne4 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Re1 b6
12.Nfg5 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Bxg5 14.Bxc6 Rb8 15.Ba3 Be7 16.Bb2 Bb7 =
Bit this is the game
Alekhine,Alexander - Carls,Carl Johan Margot [B50]
Cracow-Warsaw Cracow/Warsaw (2), 1941
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.b4 Nf6 4.bxc5 Nxe4
5.cxd6 e6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bxd6 8.Rb1 Nc6 9.Ne4 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Re1 b6
12.Nfg5 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Bxg5 14.Bxc6 Rb8 15.Ba3 Be7 16.Bb2 Bb7 17.Be4 Bf6
18.Ba3 Be7 19.Rb3 Bxa3 20.Rxa3 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Rb7 22.Rg3 g6 23.h4 Rd7
24.d3 Rd4 25.Rge3 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Qd5 27.Ra4 Qd7 28.Qg4 Rc8 29.Rd4 Qe7
30.Qe2 Rc5 31.g3 Qc7 32.c4 h5 33.Qf3 Rf5 34.Qa8+ Kh7 35.Re4 Qc5 36.Re2
Qd4 37.Qe4 Qxe4 38.Rxe4 Ra5 39.Re2 Kg7 40.d4 Kf6 41.Rc2 Ke7 42.Kf1 Kd6
43.Ke2 ½-½.
Included on this DVD are all the
games of the correspondence world championships,E mail tournaments plus
a very usefull correspondence chess playerbase,which includes over
71000 names!
Conclusion:
Certainly a must have chess DVD!
Nigel Davies
Tricks & Traps Vol.1
1.e4 Openings
2010
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GM Nigel Davies provides the reader
with a lot of useful traps and tricks where you as chess player have to
be aware of.
Davies has filled the VDV with
instructive examples as the following game from Jonathan Speelman
against John Fletcher,
BCF-ch U14 Rhyl, 1969
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.d4 c6 10.Qe4 Kf7 11.a3
Qa5 12.axb4 Qxa1 13.Nxd5 Qxc1+ 14.Ke2 Qxh1 15.Nc7+ Ke7 16.Qxe5+ Kd7
17.Nxa8 Qxg2 18.Qc7+ Ke8 19.Bf7#
As Davies explains, Fletcher could
easy have made a draw with the good old Fegatello {Fried Liver}
Attack,but the 14 year old Speelman played a brilliant game!
The Fried Liver Attack takes us back
to the time of Polerio – Domenico,Rome 1600!
But the following game from Davies is
not bad either: Von Heydebrand und der L,Tassilo - Mayet,Carl, Berlin,
1839
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nce7 9.d4 b5 10.Nxb5 c6 11.Nc3
Qb6 12.dxe5 Bb7 13.Ne4 Qb4+ 14.Bd2 Qxc4 15.Qg4+ Kxe5 16.f4+ Kd4 17.c3+
Nxc3 18.Bxc3+ Kxe4 19.f5+ Kd5 20.0-0-0+ Kc5 21.b4+ Kb5 22.a4+ 1-0,
Interesting is black’s pawn sacrifice
9…b5,as Davies explains after 11…Ng6 it is all very unclear.
I would like to end with a shortcut from the great Lasker and missing
in Graham Burgess his ook: The Quickest Chess Victories of all time:
Lasker,Emanuel - Radsheer ,
NED tour sim Netherlands, 1908
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4
Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Ne5 Bh7 8.Qh5 g6 9.Bc4 e6 10.Qe2 Bg7 11.Nxf7
Kxf7 12.Qxe6+ Kf8 13.Qf7#
These games and all the others more
on this DVD will help you to sharpen your tactical skills, specially
with the instructive video explanations from Nigel Davies!
Conclusion: This
DVD will certainly help you to sharpen your tactical skills!
Nigel Davies
Bamboozle
Your opponents with 1.g3!
2010
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Grandmaster Nigel Davies digs this time in the old pet line
of the great Bent Larsen,with the move 1.g3!?
Exciting is the set-up with a kind of Alekhine Defence reserved as we
can see against his game against Jan Hein Donner: Larsen,Bent -
Donner,Jan Hein [A00]
Zuerich 1959
1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nd4 c5 5.Nb3 c4 6.Nd4 Bc5 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nxc6
bxc6 9.0-0 Ne7 10.b3 Ba6 11.Ba3 Qb6 12.bxc4 Bxc4 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.d3
exd3 15.exd3 Ba6 16.Re1 0-0 17.d4 Qd6 18.Nd2 c5 19.Qa4 cxd4 20.cxd4 Bc8
21.Rac1 Bd7 22.Qa5 Be6 23.Nb3 Rfb8 24.Qc7 Rd8 25.h4 Kf8 26.Qc3 Bf5
27.Nc5 Rdb8 28.Qf3 Rb4 29.Rxe7 Qxe7 30.Qxf5 Kg8 31.Nb3 1-0,as Davies so
well explains on this DVD 18…c5 is the mistake.
Larsen has analysed this game also in his book; Larsen’s Selected Games
Of Chess 1948-1969
And he writes after move 18…c5? Dangerous. True, it is tempting to
trade off one of the pawns that are fixed on the wrong colour in
related to the bishops. Also the black knight gets the square QB3,where
it can attack the white Queen’s pawn.
But the white Bishop grows much stronger now. It was biting on granite
and did not do much more than defend the king; now it will threaten the
isolated black queens pawn.
In addition, the control of the king’s file, which looked like a merely
temporary advantage for white, now becomes very important.
Larsen played 1.g3 with a lot of success but he later preferred more
experimental lines as his game against Lehman : Larsen,Bent -
Lehmann,Heinz [A00] Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca (12), 1968
1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d3 Nc6 5.a3 Nf6 6.Rb1 a5 7.a4 0-0 8.Nf3 d6
9.0-0 Ne8 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Bxd4 cxd4 12.Nb5 e5 13.c3 Bd7 14.cxd4 Bxb5
15.axb5 exd4 16.Qa4 Qd7 17.Rfc1 Nc7 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Nxb5 20.Qa4
Rfd8 21.e3 Ra7 22.h4 Nc7 23.Qd4 Nb5 24.Qb6 Rb8 25.Bc6 Qc7 26.Qxb5 bxc6
27.Qxc6 Qxc6 28.Rxc6 a4 29.Ra1 Rxb2 30.Ra3 d5 31.d4 Ra5 32.Rc7 h5
33.Kg2 Kg7 34.Kf3 Kf6 35.Rc1 Ke6 36.Rca1 Rb4 37.Kf4 f6 38.f3 Ra8 39.Rc1
Kd6 40.Rc5 Rc4 41.Rb5 Kc6 42.Rb1 Re8 43.g4 hxg4 44.fxg4 Re4+ 45.Kg3 f5
46.gxf5 gxf5 47.Rh1 f4+ 48.exf4 Rcxd4 49.Rf3 Re8 50.h5 Rg8+ 51.Kh4 a3
52.h6 a2 53.Rf2 Ra4 54.Ra1 Kd6 55.Kh5 Ra3 56.Rh2 Ke6 57.h7 Rh8
½-½
1.g3 offers the white player a lot of interesting key concepts and
there is still a lot of scope for new ideas!
Running time is 4 hours!
Conclusion: Well done Nigel
Davies!
Fit
for the French
My complete white repertoire by Viktor Bologan
2010
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GM Viktor Bologan presents you in Fit for the French with a
complete repertoire for white against the French Defence,where Bologan
is not shy to share his secrets with you!
Now and than he even tries to help you to improve the lines on
this DVD with the help of computer and database.
Repertoire lines are all ways a matter of tastes but if you ask me
there is nothing wrong with games as: Bologan Victor Viorel (MDA)
- Rasidovic Sead (BIH) [C18]
open Sarajevo (BIH) (4), 08.05.2010
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 Kf8
[7...Qa5 8.Bd2 Kf8 (8...Ng6 9.h4 h5 10.Qg3 c4 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Qg5 Qd8
13.Bxh5 Qxg5 14.hxg5) 9.a4 Nbc6 10.Nf3 Qb6 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.Bd3 h6
13.0-0 Qb6 14.Rfe1 Bd7 15.c4 Qc7 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Qf4±;
7...Nf5 8.Bd3 h5 9.Qf4 cxd4 (9...Nc6 10.Nf3 Nce7 11.dxc5; 9...Qh4
10.Ne2 %04! 10...Qxf4 11.Nxf4± Tal M - Petrosian T, 1983 USSR
(ch)) 10.cxd4 Qh4 11.Qxh4 Nxh4 12.Bg5 Nf5 13.Ne2 Nc6 14.c3 Na5 15.Nf4
Ne7 16.Be2 g6 17.Bf6 Rh7 18.Nh3 Ng8 19.Bg5;
7...cxd4 8.Bd3 (8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 Qc7) 8...Qa5 (8...Qc7) 9.Ne2 Nbc6
(9...Ng6 10.Bd2 dxc3 11.Bxc3 Qc7 12.h4 Nc6 13.f4 h5 14.Qg5) 10.Bd2 dxc3
11.Bxc3 Qc5 12.Qxg7] 8.Qd1 Qc7 9.Nf3 b6 10.a4 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.0-0
Rc8 13.a5 b5 14.Qe2 cxd4 15.Qxb5 Nc5 16.cxd4 Ne4 17.Ba3 f6 18.c4 dxc4
19.exf6 gxf6 20.Rfe1 f5 21.d5 Kg7 22.d6 1-0.
Included is the sharpest and most dangerous line of the Winawer,where
white goes for the pawn on g7,lines we don’t see much anymore in
the modern repertoire books:
Shirov Alexei (ESP) (2692) - Ganguly S (2695) [C18]
Edmonton Edmonton, 2009
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 Qc7
8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 Bd7 [11...dxc3 12.Qd3 d4
Kamsky2009 a) 12...Nf5 13.Nxc3 Ncd4 14.Bb2 Bd7 15.0-0-0 Qc5 (15...Rc8
16.Rd2 Qc5 17.g3±) 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Bxd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Qxa3+
19.Kd2 Qa5+ 20.Ke3 Rc8 21.Ra1 Qc7 22.Bd3±; b) 12...b6 13.Nxc3
Nf5 14.Bb2 Na5 15.0-0-0 Nc4 16.Ne4±; 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bd7
15.Rg1 Nf5 (15...0-0-0 16.Qxa7 Qc6 17.Be3) 16.Qf2 Qc6 17.Bd3 Rh8
(17...Qd5 18.Rb1 Bc6 19.Rb3 0-0-0 20.Rxc3 Kb8 21.g3 Nd4 (21...b6 22.Be3
Bb7 23.g4±) 22.Be3 Nf3+ 23.Kd1±) 18.h3 Qd5 19.Rb1 Bc6
20.Rb3 Nh4 21.Kf1 Qa5 Goloshchapov,A (2536)-Liepold,S (2258)/Bad
Wiessee 2002 22.Qd4 !$16] 12.Qd3 dxc3 13.Qxc3 0-0-0 14.Rb1 Nf5 15.Rg1
d4 [15...f6 16.g4 Nh4 17.exf6 e5 18.f7 Rh8 19.f5 Rdf8 20.Bg5 Rxf7
21.Qg3 Nxf5 22.gxf5 Bxf5 23.Rb5 d4 24.Bg2 Bxc2 25.Bd5 Rff8 26.Bxc6 bxc6
27.Rxe5±] 16.Qd3 Na5 [16...f6 17.g4 Nh4 (17...Ne3 18.exf6 e5
19.Bxe3 dxe3 20.f5 Nd4 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Bg2 Bc6 23.Bxc6 Qxc6
24.g5±; 17...Nh6 18.exf6 Rxg4 19.Rxg4 Nxg4 20.f7± e5
21.Bg2) 18.exf6 e5 (18...Be8 19.Rg3 Bg6 (19...e5 20.f5 Bf7 21.g5 Bd5
22.g6) 20.f5 exf5 21.Bf4 Qd7 (21...Ne5 22.Bxe5 Qxe5 23.Qc4+ Qc7
24.Qxc7+ Kxc7 25.g5±) 22.g5 Bh5 23.Kf2 Ng6 (23...Rge8 24.Bd2 Ne5
25.Qb5 d3 26.cxd3 Qxb5 27.Rxb5 Nxd3+ 28.Kg1 Rxe2 29.Bxe2 Bxe2 30.g6+-)
24.Qd2±) 19.Kf2 Be6 (19...e4 20.Qxe4 Rxg4 21.Rxg4 Bxg4
22.Ng3±) 20.Bh3 Rh8 21.c3 Qf7 22.cxd4 exd4 23.g5 Bxh3 24.Qxh3+
Kb8 25.Qb3 Qd7 26.g6 Nf5 27.g7± Kurnosov Igor 2556 - Vitiugov
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16...Be8 17.g4 Nfe7 18.Rg3 f6 19.exf6 Nd5 20.g5 Bg6 21.Qc4 Rge8 22.Bd2
e5 23.Bh3+ Kb8 24.f5 Bh5 25.Bg2 e4 26.Bf4 Nxf4 27.Nxf4 Bf7
28.Ne6± Timman Jan H (NED) 2665 - Martin Benjamin (NZL) 2358,
Manila (Philippines) 1992] 17.Rb4 Nc6 [17...a6 18.g4 Nh4 (18...Ne3
19.Bxe3 Bb5 20.Qd2 dxe3 21.Qxe3 Qxc2 (21...Nc6 22.Re4±) 22.Nd4
Rxd4 23.Rxd4) 19.Nxd4 Bb5 !? 20.Qe4± Nc6 21.Nxb5 axb5
22.Rxb5±;
17...Bc6 18.g4 Nh4 19.Rg3 Bd5 20.Nxd4 Nc6 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.Qc3 Qd7
23.Rd3+- 1-0 Smirnov,P-Kazakov,P/Russian Cup Tomsk 2002] 18.Rc4 Be8
[18...f6 19.g4 fxe5 20.gxf5 Rxg1 21.Nxg1 exf5 22.fxe5] 19.g4 Nh4 20.Rg3
f6 21.exf6 Bg6 22.Rxc6 ! 22...Qxc6 23.Nxd4 Qh1 24.f5 exf5 25.Bf4 Be8
26.Qc4+ Bc6 27.Qe6+ Bd7 28.Rc3+ 1-0 Shirov,A (2732)-Ganguly,S
(2637)/Edmonton 2009 1-0.
Not only very instructive but also overloaded with latest
devolvement!
Running time is 5hrs and 20 minutes!
Conclusion: A very instructive Chess
DVD!
Chess Endgames 6 by Karsten
Müller
2010
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The phenomenal endgame professor Grandmaster Karsten Müller,
explains in his outstanding Chess Endgames 6 the endgame techniques from
domination, prophylaxis, Zugzwang, schematic thinking and more.
Schematic thinking is related to the horizon of the computer, and here
is the human brain still superior! But as Karsten Müller explains
but schematic thinking can not replace concrete calculation!
When we look at the position Bisguier – Mednis,USA Championship from
1969 we can learn to take your time and not to play as Bisquer did with
his hasty 52.g4?
With this move white destroys his dominated commanding position.
Winning was after Müller the move 52.Be4 Bd2 53.Rb7+ Kh6 54.Rf7
Nh7 55.h4 etc.
Under prophylaxis, I found this golden beauty from Botvinnik:
06.11 Botvinnik,Mikhail - Alekhine,Alexander [D41]AVRO Holland (7),
15.11.1938
[Müller,Karsten]
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bc4 cxd4
8.exd4 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 b6?! 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Bb5 Bd7? 13.Qa4 Nb8
14.Bf4 Bxb5 15.Qxb5 a6 16.Qa4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Rac1 Ra7 19.Qc2 Re7
20.Rxe7 Qxe7 21.Qc7 Qxc7 22.Rxc7 f6 23.Kf1 Rf7 24.Rc8+ Rf8 25.Rc3! g5
26.Ne1 h5
1n3rk1/8/pp3p2/3p2pp/3P4/2R5/PP3PPP/4NK2 w - h6 0 0
27.h4!! Nd7?! [27...Kf7!? 28.Rc7+ Kg6 29.hxg5 fxg5 30.Nf3 Kf5
(30...g4?! 31.Nh4+ Kg5 32.g3 Rf6 33.Rg7+ Kh6 34.Rb7+-) 31.Rh7 g4
32.Rxh5+ Ke4 33.Rh4 Rf4 34.Ne5 Kxd4 35.Nxg4±] 28.Rc7 Rf7 29.Nf3!
g4 30.Ne1 f5 31.Nd3 f4 32.f3!? [32.Nb4 Nf6 33.Nxa6 f3] 32...gxf3
33.gxf3 a5 34.a4 Kf8 35.Rc6?! [35.b4!? Kg7 36.bxa5 bxa5 37.Kf2 Nb6
38.Rc5 Nxa4 39.Rxd5+-] 35...Ke7 36.Kf2 Rf5 37.b3 Kd8 38.Ke2 Nb8?!
39.Rg6! [39.Rxb6? Kc7 40.Rg6 Nc6"] 39...Kc7 40.Ne5 Na6 41.Rg7+ Kc8
42.Nc6 Rf6 43.Ne7+ Kb8 44.Nxd5 Rd6 45.Rg5 Nb4 46.Nxb4 axb4 47.Rxh5 Rc6
[47...Rxd4 48.Rf5 Kc7 49.h5+- (Kasparov)] 48.Rb5 Kc7 49.Rxb4 Rh6 50.Rb5
Rxh4 51.Kd3 1-0,Borvinnik later wrote in his book: Botvinnik’s Best
Games,Volume 1:1925-1941:This is one of those endings where there are
no brilliant moves or complicated calculations; all the moves seem
simple,but not one of them can be excluded, since they are all solidy
interlinked. It is this that constitutes their real strength.
Had it not been for this game,after the tournament I would not have
dared beginning discussions with the World Champion about a match.
Fascinating is the position: 09.03 Karpov – Kasparov,
World Championship (9), 1984
[Karsten Müller]
Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual (Russell 2008); Dvoretsky's Endgame
Manual (Russell 2003); Mihail Marin in Learn from the Legends, Quality
Chess 2004; Tibor Karolyi's, Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov, New
in Chess 2007; Power Chess with Pieces by Jan Timman, New in Chess
2004,:{ 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0
0-0 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qb3 Na5 13.Qc2 Bg4
14.Nf5 Rc8 15.Bd4 Bc5 16.Bxc5 Rxc5 17.Ne3 Be6 18.Rad1 Qc8 19.Qa4 Rd8
20.Rd3 a6 21.Rfd1 Nc4 22.Nxc4 Rxc4 23.Qa5 Rc5 24.Qb6 Rd7 25.Rd4 Qc7
26.Qxc7 Rdxc7 27.h3 h5 28.a3 g6 29.e3 Kg7 30.Kh2 Rc4 31.Bf3 b5 32.Kg2
R7c5 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.Rd4 Kf8 35.Be2 Rxd4 36.exd4 Ke7 37.Na2 Bc8 38.Nb4
Kd6 39.f3 Ng8 40.h4 Nh6 41.Kf2 Nf5 42.Nc2 f6 [42...Bd7² Geller]
43.Bd3 g5 44.Bxf5 Bxf5 45.Ne3 Bb1 46.b4} 1...gxh4? 2.Ng2!! hxg3+ 3.Kxg3
Ke6 4.Nf4+ Kf5 5.Nxh5 Ke6 6.Nf4+ Kd6 7.Kg4 Bc2 8.Kh5 Bd1 9.Kg6 Ke7!
10.Nxd5+? [10.Nh5! Bxf3 11.Nxf6 Be4+ 12.Kg5 Bd3! 13.Ng4! Bf1 14.Ne5 Bh3
15.Kg6! Ke6!? 16.Nc6 Kd6 17.Na5 Ke7 18.Nb3 Bd7 19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Kg7? Bf5!
21.Nxa6 Bd3] 10...Ke6?! 11.Nc7+ Kd7?! 12.Nxa6 Bxf3 13.Kxf6 Kd6 14.Kf5
Kd5 15.Kf4 Bh1 16.Ke3 Kc4 17.Nc5 Bc6 18.Nd3 Bg2 19.Ne5+ Kc3 20.Ng6 Kc4
21.Ne7 Bb7? [21...Bh1!=] 22.Nf5 Bg2?! [22...Kd5!? 23.Kd3 Ke6 24.Ng7+!
Kd7 (24...Kd6 25.Ne8+ Ke7 26.Nc7 Bc6 27.d5+-; 24...Kd5 25.Ne8+-;
24...Ke7 25.Nh5+-) 25.Nh5 Bg2 26.Nf4! Bf1+ 27.Ke4 Kd6 28.Ke3 Bc4
(28...Kc6 29.d5+ Kd6 30.Kd4 Bc4 31.a4+-) 29.Ne2+-] 23.Nd6+ Kb3 24.Nxb5
Ka4 25.Nd6 1-0,splitup in 3 different instructive video files!
Conclusion: This DVD will help you to
improve your endgame knowledge in a impressive way!
ChessBase Magazine issue 138
2010
October
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Again there is a heavy loaded tournament file covering games
from,latest tournaments as Shanghai,Amsterdam, Dortmund, Bie,
Pamplona,Britsch Championship and more!
Included are excellent analysed games as for example the following one
from Michael Adams,(2706) - Conquest,Stuart (2523) [B12]
GBR-ch97th Canterbury (8), 03.08.2010
[Adams,M]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.0-0 Bg6 7.c3 Nh6 [I
noticed that Stuart normally doesn't challenge the centre directly on
the Black side of the Caro-Kann. Here he chooses an interesting way to
mobilise Black's minor pieces. If instead 7...Ne7 White has the option
to go after the light squared bishop with 8.Nh4 . Taking the knight on
h6 immediately didn't look promising to me although it's the most
common choice. However it's a nice option to have available so I gained
some space on the queenside.] 8.a4 Rc8 [I was expecting 8...a5 , the
rook move isn't justified in the game as Black isn't able to make the
c5 break.] 9.a5 a6 [There was a case for not fixing the queenside
structure and playing 9...Be7 ] 10.Bf4 Be7 [At the moment the opening
of the centre following 10...c5 11.c4 looks very dangerous for Black.]
11.Re1 0-0 12.b4 [I had hoped not to have to spend a tempo on this now
but 12.Nbd2 c5 13.c4 Nf5! is fine for Black.] 12...f6 13.exf6 Rxf6 [I
thought White had a small edge after 13...Bxf6 14.Bd3 Qe7 but it's not
easy to say which capture is stronger.] 14.Bg5 It's important to drive
the rook to a worse square. 14...Rf7 15.Bxh6 gxh6 16.Bd3 Bh5 [The most
ambitious move 16...Rf6 17.Bxg6 (17.Ra2 Bd6 18.Rae2 Qe7 19.Bxg6 hxg6
20.Nbd2 Rcf8 is nothing special despite the apparently efficient manner
in which I doubled my rooks.) 17...hxg6 18.Nbd2 Bd6 19.Nb3 Qe7 20.Nc5
is only a liitle better but will make for an unpleasant defensive task
for Black.] 17.Nbd2 Nf8 [I felt this was the key moment in the game,
now I get a grip on the position that I was able to maintain to the end
of the game. Instead I was anticipating 17...Rf6! Stu was concerned
about 18.Qc2 but (The computer suggestion 18.Re3 is stronger 18...Bd6
19.Qe1 Qe7 20.Ne5 but much less clearcut than the game.) 18...Bd6!
giving up a pawn for activity isn't that clear 19.Bxh7+ (or 19.Ne5 Qc7
20.Ndf3 Rcf8! (we checked 20...Kh8 21.Nxd7 Qxd7 22.Ne5 Qg7 23.Re3 in
the post mortem but the rook move is stronger) ) 19...Kh8 20.Ne5 Qc7
21.Nxd7 Qxd7 22.Bd3 Rcf8 and in both cases Black's forces are
coordinating very well.] 18.Re5 Breaking the pin is very strong, all my
pieces can mobilise freely and Black's structure starts creaking.
18...Bg6 [My opponent played this quite fast but 18...Bg5 was worth
considering 19.h4 (19.Qf1 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Rxf3 21.gxf3 Qf6 also makes
White show some precision.) 19...Bxd2 20.Rxh5 Bxc3 21.Rb1 Qe7 doesn't
look very healthy but Black will certainly get some material for his
troubles.] 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Re3 [Retreating the rook is an important
finesse as 20.Qc2 Bd6 21.Re2 Qf6 22.Rae1 is not so effective.] 20...Bd6
21.Ne5 Rf4 [Understandably Stuart didn't want to part with his best
piece but 21...Bxe5 22.Rxe5 Qf6 does improve his coordination.;
I was thinking about 21...Rf5 but the longer rook move aims to provoke
g3 cutting off my rook's access along the third rank.] 22.Qe2 Rc7
23.Ndf3 Rf5 24.Re1 Rg7 25.g3 [I had an interesting alternative in
25.Nd3 Qe7 26.Nfe5 but thought that simpler measures were also strong.]
25...Be7 26.Kg2 Qc8 27.Qd2 Aiming to force the move h5 which gives my
knights another outpost on g5. 27...Kh7 28.R3e2 Qd8 29.h4 h5 Black has
to acquiesce as ¤g4 was threatened.
30.Nd3 Rgf7 31.Nfe5 Rg7 32.Nf4 Qc8 [The desperate sacrifice
32...Bxh4 33.gxh4 Qxh4 shouldn't work but there is some activity 34.Nh3
g5 35.Rh1 Ng6 36.Nxg6 Qg4+ 37.Kf1 Rxg6 38.Qd3 should be good enough.]
33.Nh3 [Maybe 33.Ned3 Rf6 34.Nh3 was more precise.] 33...Kg8 34.Re3 The
rooks creep forward again so White's pieces can triple on the e-file in
the right order. 34...Qc7 [Now was a good moment to try a break out
34...g5 35.Nxg5 Bxg5 36.hxg5 Rgxg5 37.Rf3 Qd8 38.Rxf5 Rxf5 was the best
practical chance.] 35.Nf3 Rgf7 36.R1e2 [The rooks beat the queen after
36.Nfg5 Bxg5 37.Nxg5 Rxf2+ 38.Qxf2 Rxf2+ 39.Kxf2 but there is no reason
to allow this.] 36...R7f6 [The e-pawn's number is also up after
36...Qc8 37.Qe1] 37.Nfg5 Qd7 38.Qe1 Bd6 39.Nxe6 Nxe6 40.Rxe6 Rxe6
41.Rxe6 Kf7 A pawn down with a pretty rotten position I thought the
game would be over soon but Stuart puts up stiff resistance.
42.Re3 Be7 43.Qe2 [For some reason I considered 43.Nf4 for a
while before realising 43...Bxh4 was possible.] 43...Bd8 44.Qd3 [I
could have got on with it with 44.f3 but I thought that changing the
order of my major pieces and introducing the possibility of £h6
would be enough to cause a collapse.] 44...Be7 45.Re2 Bf6 46.Qe3 Qe7
47.Qd2 Qf8 48.Nf4 [Now would have been a good moment for 48.f3 ]
48...Qc8 49.Nh3 [Both 49.Nd3 and;
49.Ne6 were pretty good but I decided to go back to my previous idea.]
49...Kg7 [Stuart decides to vary as 49...Qf8 50.f3 Bd8 51.Qe3 Kg8
52.Nf4 Rxf4 53.Qxf4 Qxf4 54.gxf4 Kf7 55.f5 gxf5 56.Re5 Bf6 57.Rxf5 Kg6
58.Re5 is an easy win.] 50.Qe3 Qd7 [If 50...Kf7 51.Nf4 is deadly.]
51.Qe8 [51.Nf4 was still strong here.] 51...Qc7 [After 51...Qxe8
52.Rxe8 the b-pawn can't be protected.] 52.Re6 Qf7 53.Qc8 g5 [The last
throw of the dice as 53...Be7 54.Re2 Bf6 55.f3 leaves Black move
bound.] 54.Re2 [The alternative 54.hxg5 Bxg5 55.Rd6 Be7 56.Rd7 wasn't
bad.] 54...Kg6 55.hxg5 [I pondered 55.f3 but the clinical way to take
advantage of Black's cornered rook was;
55.g4! hxg4 56.h5+ , exchanging everything is good enough.] 55...Bxg5
56.Nxg5 Rxg5 57.Qe6+ Kg7 58.Qxf7+ Kxf7 59.Re5 1-0.
The theory files handle: Anic: Old Indian Defence A55,
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Qc2
a6 9.Rd1 Qc7
10.Bg5 Re8 11.Rac1 Qb8,Knaak: Nimzowitsch Defence B00,
1.e4 Nc6 3.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.d5 Nb8,Kritz: Caro-Kann B12
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3,Karolyi: Sicilian B92,
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0
0-0 9.Kh1 Nc6,Ftacnik: Sicilian
B96,1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Nc6,Stohl:Ruy Lopez C92,
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3
0-0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8
11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4,Postny: Slav Defence D18,
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3
Bb4 9.Bxc4 0-0 10.0-0 Nbd7,Kuzmin: Catalan E01
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2,Krasenkow: Queen's
Indian Defence E12 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5
Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.e4 0-0 10.Bd3 c5 11.0-0, Grivas: Sicilian
B33,1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be3 Qc7
and at last Schipkov with the good old King's Indian Defence E81,
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.d5
Ne5 9.Ng3.
Included are video files from Alexei Shirov,Leonid Kritz,Valeri Lilov
and Igor Stohl!
And of course endgames from Karsten Müller,Opening Traps from
Rainer Knaak,David King Move by Move,Peter Wells Strategy and Oliver
Reeh does the tactics.
But there is more as new releases,service and a excellent booklet from
25 pages in two Languages!
Conclusion: One of the most important
chess releases of this moment!
