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The English Opening Vol. 1
by Simon Williams
2015
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The English Opening Vol. 2
by Simon Williams
2015
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The chess genius GM Simon Williams provides the use of these two DVD’s with a complete coverage of the English opening where Williams handles in part one the following lines:
The Reversed Sicilian – 1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4.d4
,c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3 f5 4 d4,1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3 g6 4 d4,1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Bb4.
The Mikenas-Carls variation – 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3.e4,
1 c4 e6 2 Nc3 d5 3 e3!? And some crazy lines as we can see in the game: Williams,Simon Kim (2513) - Rudd,Jack (2305) [A22]
London e2e4 Diamond Jubilee op London (2), 03.06.2012
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 b5 5.d3 bxc4 6.Ngxe4 cxd3 7.Qxd3 Bb7 8.Bg5 Qe7 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.0-0-0 Bg7 11.Ng3 Qe6 12.Nf5 Bf8 13.e4 Nc6 14.Qb5 0-0-0 15.Bc4 Qe5 16.Qxe5 Nxe5 17.Bd5 c6 18.Bb3 Bc5 19.f3 Rhg8 20.Na4 Bf2 21.f4 Ng6 22.Rhf1 Bb6 23.Nxb6+ axb6 24.Nd6+ Kc7 25.Nxf7 Rde8 26.Nd6 1-0.
Running time is a impressive 6 hours and 21 minutes.
All material is brought up under set-ups so there is not to much memorizing here!
Just go for the six hours!
Part two covers The Symmetrical English 1 c4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 g3 g6 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 a3!?
2: …d5 from Black in the Symmetrical English 1 c4 c5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 d5,
The Kings Indian Defence – 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 g6 3 g3 Bg7,
The Anti-Grunfeld – 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 d5,
The English Defence – 1 c4 b6,
The Slav – 1 c4 c6 2 Nc3 d5 3 e3!? and at last the Dutch 1 c4 f5 where Williams is a great expert of,so it is no suprice to see Williams here on the black side: Snape,Ian (2258) - Williams,Simon Kim (2452) [A10]
Hastings Masters op Hastings (1), 28.12.2005
1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.d3 0-0 6.e4 fxe4 7.dxe4 Nc6 8.f4 e5 9.Nf3 exf4 10.gxf4 Ng4 11.h3 Bh4+ 12.Ke2 Nh6 13.Be3 d6 14.Qd2 Kh8 15.Nd5 Bf6 16.Raf1 Re8 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.fxg5 Ng8 19.g6 Ne5 20.Bg5 Qd7 21.gxh7 Kxh7 22.Qf4 Re6 23.Qh4+ Nh6 24.Nf6+ Rxf6 25.Rxf6 Nef7 26.Bxh6 Nxh6 27.Rf8 Qa4 28.Rhf1 Qc2+ 29.Ke3 Qxg2 30.R1f2 Qg1 31.Qd8 Qg3+ 32.Kd2 Ng8 33.R2f3 Qg2+ 34.Ke3 Qg1+ 35.Kd3 Qd1+ 36.Ke3 Qc1+ 37.Kf2 Qxb2+ 38.Kg1 Qd4+ 39.Rf2 Qxe4 40.R2f4 Qe3+ 41.Rf2 Qe1+ 42.Kh2 Qe5+ 43.Kg1 b5 44.Qxc7 Bxh3 45.R8f4 Nh6 46.R2f3 Qg5+ 47.Kf2 Qg2+ 48.Ke3 Re8+ 49.Kd3 Qe2+ 0-1.
Video running time is 5 hours and 50 minutes.
Included are extra databases and testing positions to see if you have understood the lessons from Williams.
Conclusion: These two DVD’s off you an killing coverage of the move 1.c4!

ChessBaseDatabase
Corr Database 2015
2015
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Correspondence Database 2015 is a heavy loaded collection of correspondence games, the American economic basis for correspondence chess can be credited to the New Jersey banker John Lee,who served in Congress from 1867 to 1873 and in 1881-1882.
In a later interview with a local newspaper,Lee took well deserved credit for inventing America’s “penny postcard,” some thirty years after Gossip claims its origin in Europe.
Correspondence Chess in America by B.Avery McFarland 2000.
Nowadays correspondence games are played by mail and by webserver. This CD contains 1 274 459 games,all played from 1804 until 2015.
So you will find all games from the World championships correspondence chess, but also European chess championships plus various National championships.
Compared with Correspondence Database 2013 we have here over 232316 more correspondence games!
The nowadays correspondence player or may I say computer chess player is well prepared with fast computers and multi core processors.
And that makes these correspondence game interesting for latest chess developments because correspondence chess players enjoy the latest lines of chess theory.
One of the greatest correspondence players is certainly CJS Purdy,the first world champion is correspondence chess,the story is that Purdy did not loose a game of correspondence chess between 1937 and 1952!
Not many are aware of it but when Purdy was educated at the Cranbook School in Tasmania one of his classmates was future film star Errol Flynn.
Purdy decided at the age of 16 to become a full time chess writer and player.
Included on this DVD is a correspondence chess players base from around 80.000 entries.
Conclusion: Impressive made!

Master Class Vol. 5: Emanuel Lasker
by Dr. Karsten Müller, Mihail Marin, Oliver Reeh, Niclas Huschenbeth
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Emanuel Lasker born, December 24, 1868 – died January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years and well from 1894 till 1921.
John Nunn wrote in his book: John Nunn’s Chess Course Gambit 2014; I decded on Lasker for variety of reasons. His chess credentials are impeccable. as he was World champion for 27 years, longer than any other person. Moreover he had what is often termed a universal style, in that he could handle all types of position well, and there fore a study of his games would
Benefitts all aspects of the reader’s play.
On this DVD you shall find all Lasker games 1224,Lasker trainings questions 106 games, tables, background knowledge, and even a short biography.
Interesting to mention is that there are detailed investigations of Lasker’s playing style (by Knaak, Rogozenco, Stohl, etc.
Plus a Lasker powerbook with the world champion’s opening repertoire as a variation tree.
Lasker’s most famous game is probably Lasker,Emanuel - Bauer,Johann Hermann [A03]
Amsterdam Amsterdam (1), 26.08.1889
[Kasparov]
This game contains one of the beautiful combinations of the young Lasker which created a blueprint for future similar double bishop sacrifices that destroyed the lives of dozens of his opponents' kings. Diese Partie beinhaltet eine der schönsten Kombinationen des jungen Lasker, die späteren Läuferpaaropfern als Vorbild diente und zahlreiche gegnerische Könige das Leben kostete. 1.f4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 e6 4.Bb2 Be7 5.Bd3 b6 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Ne2 c5 10.Ng3 Qc7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Qc6 13.Qe2 a6
r4rk1/1b2bppp/ppq1pn2/2ppB3/5P2/1P1BP1N1/P1PPQ1PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 0
After very passive Black play in the opening White's army is ready for action, and Lasker begins the final storm Nach sehr passivem schwarzen Spiel in der Eröffnung stehen die weißen Figuren zum Angriff bereit. Lasker beginnt nun die entscheidende Attacke. 14.Nh5 Nxh5 [14...d4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Qg4 Kh8 (16...e5 17.Be4!) 17.Rf3 Rg8 18.Bxh7!] 15.Bxh7+! [15.Qxh5 f5 achieves nothing. führt zu nichts.] 15...Kxh7 16.Qxh5+ Kg8 17.Bxg7!! Today Lasker might have tried to copyright this idea. Heutzutage würde Lasker vielleicht versuchen, diese Idee urheberrechtlich für sich in Anspruch zu nehmen. 17...Kxg7 18.Qg4+ Kh7 19.Rf3 e5 20.Rh3+ Qh6 21.Rxh6+ Kxh6 Black has narrowly escaped mate, but Schwarz ist knapp dem Matt entronnen, aber 22.Qd7! wins a piece and the game. gewinnt eine Figur und die Partie. 22...Bf6 23.Qxb7 Kg7 24.Rf1 Rab8 25.Qd7 Rfd8 26.Qg4+ Kf8 27.fxe5 Bg7 28.e6 Rb7 29.Qg6 f6 30.Rxf6+ Bxf6 31.Qxf6+ Ke8 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Qg7+ Kxe6 34.Qxb7 Rd6 35.Qxa6 d4 36.exd4 cxd4 37.h4 d3 38.Qxd3 1-0.
17.Bxg7 and 15.Bxh7+!! established Lasker’s reputation,as Carlos Torre did with 25.Bf6!! against lasker at Moscow 1925 and Fischers 17….Be6!! against Donald Byrne.
There are not many Lasker games between 1927 and Zurich 1934 but I did like the following one: Lasker,Emanuel - Bernstein,Sidney Norman [B03]
New York clock sim (1:10) New York, 08.11.1928
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Be3 c5 9.dxc5 N6d7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Nf3 Qa5 12.Rc1 Nxc5 13.Bd4 e5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 Nd3+ 16.Bxd3 Qxe5+ 17.Qe2 Nc6 18.0-0 Qxe2 19.Bxe2 Be6 20.Rfe1 0-0-0 21.Bf3 Bxc4 22.Bxc6 bxc6 23.Rxe7 Rd7 24.Rxd7 Kxd7 25.Kf2 Re8 26.b3 Bf7 27.Na4 Re5 28.Rc5 Kd6 29.Rxe5 Kxe5 30.Ke3 Bd5 31.g3 Be4 32.Nc5 Bb1 33.a3 Ba2 34.Kd3 Kd5 35.b4 a5 36.Kc3 axb4+ 37.Kxb4 Bc4 38.Nd7 Bd3 39.a4 Kd4 40.a5 Ke3 41.Kc5 Kf2 42.Nf8 Kg2 43.Nxh7 Kxh2 44.g4 Kg3 45.g5 Bb5 46.Kb6 1-0.
Conclusion: This is a must buy for all lovers of the great Lasker!

ChessBase Magazine issue 167
2015
August /September
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First of all I would like to start with the Tournaments file,good for 1772 entries where a small 32 of them cover excellent annotations as the following one from Vladimir Kramnik,(2783) - Caruana,Fabiano (2805) [D78]
Dortmund SuperGM 43rd Dortmund (5), 03.07.2015
[Sagar Shah]
After four rounds Kramnik was jointly leading the tournament with Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu with 3.0/4. Caruana was half a point behind with 2.5/4. 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.0-0 0-0 6.c4 c6 The solid setup against the Fianchetto Grunfeld is one of the toughest systems for white to crack. But who better than the big Vlad to give it a try! 7.Nbd2 [7.Qb3 has become quite popular recently.;
7.cxd5 cxd5 Even though White has an extra tempo I don't believe he has serious chances of obtaining an advantage.;
7.b3 dxc4 8.bxc4 c5 is quite a heavily analyzed line.] 7...a5 [7...Bf5 is much more common. A typical line of play would go something like this: 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nd7 10.Nh4 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Be6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Bh3 14.Rfe1² with a slight edge for White. This had been played between Nakamura and Leko in 2012 London GP.] 8.b3 a4 9.Ba3!? [9.Bb2 is the more common move but î?§a3 is the latest innovation and has been scoring quite decently for White. 9...Bf5 with an interesting position.] 9...axb3 10.axb3 Bf5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Re1 White prepares the move e4. [12.e4? dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Qxd4µ;
12.Qc2!? has a nice trap of î?§xe7 unleashing a discovered attack on the rook on a8. 12...dxc4? (12...Nbd7 13.e3² (13.e4?! dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Qb6³) ) 13.Bxe7!±] 12...Ne4 13.Bxe4!? A very unorthodox exchange by Kramnik. He is trying to spice up the position. [13.e3 was a safer choice with a slightly preferable position for White.;
13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Qxd4 15.Qxd4 Bxd4 16.Bb2! Rxa1 17.Bxa1 Bg7= would have lead to a handshake pretty soon.] 13...dxe4 14.Nxe4 [14.e3= was necessary as the move chosen by Kramnik in the game leads to a clearly inferior position.] 14...Qxd4 [14...Bxd4? 15.Bxe7!± just drops a pawn.] 15.Qc2!? This is objectively a bad move. However, it takes many precise moves from Caruana to prove that. If Black were to play anything apart from î?§f5 on the next move then White has a fine position. [15.Qxd4 Bxd4 16.Bb2 Rxa1 17.Bxa1 Bb6³ Keeping the double bishops. Of course, this was not the reason why Kramnik had given up his light squared bishop on e4.] 15...Bf5! An excellent tactical resource that might have been missed or underestimated by Kramnik. [15...Qxa1?! 16.Rxa1 Bxa1 17.Bxe7± The queen will prove to be much stronger in such a position, with the knights on the board, than the two rooks.;
15...Nd7 16.Rad1 Qb6 17.Bxe7 Rfe8 18.Bd6÷ Black has compensation but White is not worse.;
15...Re8 16.Bb2 Rxa1 17.Bxa1 Qb6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rd1=] 16.Nxf5 gxf5 17.Ng5 [17.Nd2 Qc3! is the neat little point. 18.Qa2 Qa5µ The exchange is lost.;
17.Nc5 Rxa3 18.Rxa3 Qxc5µ] 17...Qg4 The queen attacks the knight and the bishop on g7 uncovers an attack on the a1-rook. 18.f4 Bxa1 19.Rxa1 h6?! [19...c5! would have given Caruana a nearly decisive advantage. The idea is to develop the knight on c6 where it will be much more active than on d7 as in the game. 20.Bb2 (20.Qc3 Nc6 21.Bxc5 Rxa1+ 22.Qxa1 Qxe2-+ The is the difference of not playing h6 and pushing the knight back to f3.) 20...Rxa1+ 21.Bxa1 Nc6µ] 20.Nf3 Nd7 [20...c5 would no longer be strong because 21.Qc3 Nc6 22.Bxc5³ when Black's advantage is reduced to a minimum.] 21.Rd1! Kramnik takes his best practical chance to keep the rooks on board. 21...Rxa3 22.Rxd7 Qh3! Keeping an eye on the white king. 23.Qc3 e6?! This terribly weakens the f6 square and gives White enough counterplay against the f7-point. [23...Rfa8 would have been much stronger as after 24.Rxe7?! (24.Rxb7? Ra1+ 25.Kf2 Rf1+ 26.Ke3 Qg2-+) 24...Ra1+ 25.Kf2 (25.Ne1 Rb1 (25...Rd1 26.b4 b6 27.c5 bxc5 28.bxc5 h5-+) 26.b4 b6 The rook on e7 cannot give up the e-file is the main reason for the zugzwang. 27.c5 b5 28.Rd7 Re8-+) 25...Rf1+ 26.Ke3 Qg2-+ The attack against the white king breaks through. The most critical move î?¥f6 is refuted in the following manner: 27.Qf6 Rxf3+! (27...Qf2+?! 28.Kd3 Rd1+ (28...Rd8+ 29.Kc2±) 29.Kc3 Rc1+ 30.Kd2 (30.Kd3? Rd8+-+) 30...Ra2+ 31.Kd3 (31.Kxc1 Qf1++-) 31...Rd1+ 32.Kc3 Rc1+ 33.Kd3=) 28.exf3 Qg1+ 29.Kd3 Qd1+ 30.Ke3 (30.Kc3? Qa1+-+) 30...Qe1+ 31.Kd3 Rd8+! 32.Kc2 Rd2+ 33.Kc3 Re2+-+] 24.Rxb7 Rfa8 25.Kf2 Ra1 26.Ke3! The king is safe on the e3-square. 26...Rf1 27.Qf6 Rf8 Once the rook has to passively defend the f7-point, it is clear that White cannot be worse. 28.Rd7 [28.Kd4!? In this age where we are seeing king walks in almost every other tournament this move would have been really loved by the spectators. It doesn't really change the assessment of the position but Black has to quickly find a way to get his queen into the game. Most probably the game would end something like this 28...Qg2 29.Qxh6 Qxe2 30.Qg5+ Kh7 31.Qh4+ Kg8 32.Qg5+=] 28...Rb1 29.Rb7 c5 30.Rb5 Rf1 31.Nd2? It is quite possible that Kramnik was under time pressure as this gives Black the golden opportunity to get a winning position. [31.Rxc5 Rxf3+ 32.exf3 Qxh2= would have ended in a draw.] 31...Rc1 32.Qb2 [32.Nf3 Qf1! 33.Qxh6 Rc3+ 34.Kd2 Qc1#] 32...Rd1 33.Qc2 Rh1 White has lost all his co-ordination and now the Black pieces weave a deadly attack. 34.Nf3 Qg2 35.Qc3 Rf1 36.Qf6 Rf2 37.Kd3 [37.Qb2 Rxf3+-+] 37...Rxe2 38.Ng5 Rd2+ What an exciting game. First Kramnik plays the opening in dubious fashion and gets a minus position. Caruana makes one inaccurate move and just when we felt that the game was heading towards a draw, Kramnik makes a very huge mistake by playing î?¨d2. After that Caruana finished off the game to perfection.[38...Rd2+ 39.Kc3 Rc2+ 40.Kd3 Qd2#] 0-Others are: 1. Nakamura analyses his swift black win against Aronian (English with 1.c4 e5 and 3...Bc5)
2. Yu,Y - Dominguez Perez,L: The shooting-star from China shows his attacking game full of Najdorf patterns
3. Tiviakov: The Scandinavian expert reveals in a video why his system with 3...Qd6 no longer works!
4. A comfortable Anti-Sicilian: 1.e4 c5 2.b3 - Opening article by IM Illingworth
5. Taktics! Solve Oliver Reeh's favorite combination. With videofeedback.
6. Norway Chess 2015: Enjoy the best games of "Norway Chess 2015" with video analyses by Daniel King!
7. Opening trap: 1.Nf3 f5 2.d3! After 2...Nf6 Black already fell for it! Rainer Knaak shows how White gets an advantage.
8. How good is your endgame technique? Find the win in Tomashevsky-Grischuk (video)
9. The brilliancy Wei Yi - Bruzon Batista: rook sacrifice, king hunt, and a lot of quiet moves!
10. "Move by Move": Play like Anish Giri! Join GM Williams to find the masterful moves of the Dutch GM.
Included are the following openings surveys: Opening Surveys
Stohl: English Mikenas A18
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 Ne4,Ris: English A22
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 0-0 5.e4 Bxc3 6.bxc3,Marin: Kangaroo Defence A40
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 b6,Schipkov: Wade Defence A41
1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3,Illingworth: Sicilian Defence B20
1.e4 c5 2.b3,Berg: Sicilian Defence B22
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Nf6,Krasenkow: Sicilian Defence B30
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6,Gormally: Sicilian Defence B47
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4,Postny: Sicilian Defence B90
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5,Havasi: French Defence C03
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 h6,Souleidis: Philidor Defence C41
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 exd4,Kuzmin: Queen's Gambit D38
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Qb3,Schandorff: Semi-Slav D48
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 and at last Szabo: King's Indian E90
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.e4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 a6 11.Re1.
Included are the following colums:Williams Move by Move,Rogozenco: The classic,Reeh Tactics,Müller endgames,Knaak The Opening Trap,and a Super Telechess file from over 12000 entries!
Conclusion: Super material!
This all come with a eye catching booklet in two languages!