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Opening Training
 
software di scacchi

Powerbook 2003
The Fritz Powerbook 2003 is an openings book and database that will run with Fritz or any Fritz compatible engine (Shredder, Junior, Tiger, Nimzo, etc.). You can also use it in ChessBase 7.0 or 8.0 to conduct openings training and hone your repertoire.
The Fritz Powerbook 2003 contains 7.6 million openings positions, which were derived from 750,000 high-class tournament games. Together with each position all relevant information is stored: all moves that were played in the position, by players of what average rating, with what success and performance results. The games from which the Fritz Powerbook 2003 was derived are also included on the CD. This means that in any position of the opening tree, you can load and replay the games in which the position occurred.
The Fritz Powerbook 2003 represents the state of the art of current opening theory. It can be used to discover exciting new lines (e.g. never before played transpositions) and practice them against Fritz
Euro 49,90

Eniclopedia delle aperture

Openings Encyclopedia A00-E99 2002 
The ChessBase Opening Encyclopaedia features the complete coverage of all opening sectors, offering an optimal start for the opening training. Many well known specialists have made contributions in their field of expertise, such as Anand, Bareev, Dautov, Jussupow, Kasparov, Kortschnoj, Nunn and Ribli. For each of the 500 opening sectors according to ECO standard there is at least one opening survey, so that the database is the ideal tool for building up a complete opening repertoire.
More than 3200 openings surveys
More than 1.1 million games, all featuring ECO codes
More than 60000 of them annotated
Access to the games with the big opening key "big key"
With big tree of all games for quick overview and statistical access

Euro 101,00

The Franco-Benoni by Don Maddox

Pioneered by GM Gideon Barcza and later revived by Danish GM Bent Larsen, the Franco Benoni is, as its name implies, a cross between the French and the Benoni based on 1…e6 and 2…c5. This resilient, spring-like pawn structures is especially effective against unsuspecting 1. e4 players and can serve as a universal black defence against 1. e4, 1. d4. or 1. c4. Black has to be prepared to meet Benoni lines after 3. d5, but most 1. e4 players hang back from queen’s pawn structures, often entering a little known Sicilian Paulsen or Alapin backwater where the black player is better prepared. Includes more than 13,000 games, 800 annotated, a discussion of basic ideas and patterns, an Opening Tree, and 37 training positions.
Euro 19,99

White Repertoire 1.e4 by Alexander Bangiev

The main focus of Alexander Bangiev’s repertoire CD is the Grand Prix Attack of the Sicilian Defence, featuring a wealth of introduction texts, playing suggestions and annotated games about this sharp attacking weapon. Yet this is only the starting point of the complete White 1.e4-repertoire which offers a playing plan against all common replies by Black. The point: the suggested lines have a lot in common, often transpose and many times lead to similar middlegame positions – effective opening study guaranteed.

Euro 24,99

Dutch Defence A90-A99 by Boris Schipkov

Choosing the Dutch Defence with the black pieces is a clear signal that you are willing to go for the full point. There are no such things as exchange variations or an early trade of queens. What's more, limited theoretical knowledge will serve you quite well here, for a change. What both parties do have to know in the Dutch Defence, however, is a couple of good ideas and manoeuvres – then a successful opening is guaranteed. On his new CD Boris Schipkov deals with the variations in which Black plays e6, mainly the Stonewall (with d5) and the Iljin-Schenewski Variation (with d6 and eventually e5). The database on the CD contains about 14,000 games, 300 of which annotated. 17 database texts feature introductions to the variations, 57 sample games have been annotated by the author. A training database includes 20 games with 70 training tasks to check your freshly acquired knowledge.
Euro 24,99

King's Indian Attack by Don Maddox

Building an opening repertoire can be a daunting task. So much to learn; so little time. The King’s Indian Attack (KIA) offers a remarkable three-pronged solution to this problem: 1) A universal hypermodern repertoire based on NF3/d2-d3/g2-g3/Bg2; 2) A customisable 1 e4 repertoire channelling virtually every black response (except 1…d5) into familiar KIA waters; and 3) A permanent fall back for those times you need to rest your regular repertoire while you fine-tune it, modify it, or repair holes in it. The KIA is versatile and varied enough to serve you for the rest of your career in any one of these three capacities. Don Maddox co-authored the Bluebook Guide to the Winning with the King’s Indian Attack, and he has taught and played the KIA extensively. On this CD he discusses the basic principles of the KIA theory – from both the white and black sides. The CD contains more than 20,000 games (740+annotated), a complete KIA tree, and a KIA Training Database. The text introduction are extensive.
Euro 24,99

King's Indian with h3 by Martin Breutigam

Many players are in search of a weapon against King’s Indian. The system with h3, which offers White many tactical possibilities, has been proven to be quite successful in practice. White scores a solid 60 percent of all points. Theory, however, neglects this set-up. The standard opening books about the King’s Indian either fail to mention the move h3 or only give it a cursory treatment. In the past, players such as Bent Larsen and Lubomir Kavalek used to employ this system regularly, and today renowned grandmasters such as Michal Krasenkow, Evgeeny Baarev, Vassily Iwanchuk, Alexander Beliavsky like to advance their h-pawn with success. World champion Kasparov, Anand and Kramnik have tried this system with good results. On this CD Martin Breutigam provides a comprehensive introduction to this attractive opening. In 18 texts Breutigam explains it basic ideas and analyses the most important variations. Thus, this CD offers both an easy CD-to-learn introduction and the first in-depth theoretical analysis of this system. 130 illustrative games, a lot of them annotated, demonstrate the most important strategies for both sides. A training database invites you to check your knowledge.
Euro 24,99

Nimzo-Indian 4.f3 and Samisch variation - by Vadim Milov

The Nimzo-Indian is one of Black's most popular and reliable openings. If White strives for an opening advantage and interesting, rich positions with ample room for creativity it is often a good idea to avoid the well trodden paths. Thus, the variations 4.f3 and the Sämisch, which are presented on this CD, are ideally suited to fight the Nimzo-Indian. They usually give rise to sharp, unbalanced positions with chances for both sides. In the past, players such as Botvinnik, Bronstein, Geller, Spassky have used these systems successfully, while today e.g. Shirov and Jussupow play these lines with success. On this CD grandmaster Vadim Milov presents the most important ideas and lines of this opening. Ten introductory texts with links to the most important games explain the basic ideas and variations. Numerous proposals improve today's theory while 68 games annotated by Milov offer additional information and advice. A training database invites you to test your acquired knowledge
Euro 24,99

Scandinavian - by Curt Hansen

The Scandinavian has long lost its former exotic status. Thanks to practical success and a number of publications by some players from Hamburg gathered around the several times German champions Matthias Wahls in Germany this opening even managed to gain the reputation of being a rather solid weapon against 1.e4. The Scandinavian - basically these are two different openings after 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Black can now play 2...Qxd5 or 2...Nf6, and accordingly two different systems arise, and there is hardly any practitioner, who has both moves in his repertoire. Thanks to Curt Hansen, who scrutinized both systems extensively. His study of the current theoretical works is well reflected in his 62 database texts. But he also goes beyond the current state of theory and presents his own research. More than 30 games extensively annotated by the author (there are all in all about 500 annotated games); a real gem are his 12 games in the training mode; 316 questions are posed, and answering them you can reach a maximum number of 924 points.
Euro 29,99

How to play the Nimzo-Indian? - by Reinhold Ripperger

The opening arising after the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 carries the name of Aaron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935), who played some wonderful games with it and contributed many important ideas. However, the Nimzo-Indian can well be called the opening of the world champions. Capablanca employed it and lost one of the most legendary games in chess history - against Botwinnik, another world champion. His successors adopted the Nimzo-Indian as well, often even with both colours. Robert Fischer scored his greatest achievements with this opening in 1972 when he -among other things thanks to a brilliant Nimzo-Indian victory - became world champion. Also his heir to the throne, Karpov, used it to good success, and after him Kasparov. Having less the character of a theoretical work, Reinhold Rippberger ´s CD follows a similar approach like "King 's Indian with f4 " - not concentrating on concrete variations, but rather showing how to play certain types of positions. Apart from the 21 introductory texts, the heart of the CD are the 300 games with many text commentaries. Furthermore, the author presents a database with 35 games featuring training questions. On top of that, the CD contains two additional databases with more than 47,000 games.
Euro 19,99

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The Slav Defence - by Dorian Ragozenko

The solidity of the Slav is obvious. With the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 Black supported his center while at the same time leaving scope for his bishop c8. Experience has shown that White has grave difficulties to obtain an opening advantage. There are nearly 32.000 games on this CD. Thus, what is called theory, here is of an enormous size and accordingly the achievement of the author far surpasses the usual standards. After three introductory texts grandmaster Dorian Rogozenko follows up with no less than 86 database texts, which introduce the respective variations. The author scrutinized 154 games especially for this CD. Together with the Slav-games regularly reviewed by Robert Hübner for the ChessBase magazine, this amounts to an enormous fund, from which the user can draw. In addition, there is a tree of all games and a training database.
Euro 29,99

Bird Opening - by Dmitrij Oleinikov

It is no pleasure to play with Black against the Bird-Opening (1.f4) - one is vaguely familiar with some bad disasters, but less familiar with ways to avoid them. This opening theory in the traditional sense to learn. The focus lies rather on plans and manoeuvres, which can be applied in a variety of ways. To allow the opening into a compact database: 14 texts contain links to 200 illustrative games. The Russian does not hide his liking for the white side. But also comes up with solutions for the second player, who obviously profits from knowing White´s plan. Another database contains the approximately 15000 games ChessBase has to offer about this opening. The CD is rounded off by a tree of all games and two training databases dealing with tactics/traps and strategy/plans.
Euro 25,50

Pirc Defence - Grandmaster School St. Petersburg

There is a huge quantity of games played with the Pirc Defence. However, the number of really important ideas is comparatively small, and the central variations which are called theory are still easily comprehensible. That’s why this opening is very wide-spread, particularly among club players. The centrepiece of our new Training CD is a "small database" with eight database reports and 116 key games, where the author Grandmaster Aleksei Lugovoi has compiled all his knowledge about this opening. The entire material has been checked and revised by Alexander Khalifman, FIDE world champion 1999, so the quality of this database is very high. A further databases includes all Pirc games available from ChessBase, more than 80,000 in total, make the CD a top product also from the quantitative point of view.
Euro 25,50

Queen's Gambit accepted by Boris Schipkov 

The Queens Gambit Accepted is one of the classical openings against 1.d4 and has been (is) part of the repertoire of all World Champions. These days Viswanathan is the top player who most often employs this solid defence. But Kasparov, Shirov and Ivanschuk also occasionally resort to 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4. Schipkov characterizes the opening in the following way. "The Queen´s Gambit Accepted is a postmodern opening because it combines and deepens classical and hypermodern ideas. Black is not afraid to surrender the centre (hypermodern) and has no weaknesses (classical). The Queen's Gambit Accepted offers a wealth of different possibilities. In contrast to the Queen's Gambit Declined we can develop the c8-bishop to b7 or g4; counter attacks such as e7-e5 or c7-c5 are possible without losing a tempo as in the Slav. But White also has various in the QGA. The large database includes 19 texts explaining the different variations as well as 20779 games, of which about 1200 are annotated. A training database contains 30 games with 86 training questions. In addition the CD-ROM contains a tree made of all games. suitable for advanced players -extensive opening course in 17 chapters
-database with nearly 21000 games
-ChessBase Reader included
-complete English version

Euro 25,50

Philidor Defence by Alexander Bangiev 

The Philidor Denfence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 combines a number of advantages. The black player has a choice of various types of positions - he can play with or without capturing on d4. The typical plans and maneuvers are easy to learn and there is hardly ever any red-hot new theory. But you have to like playing a passive position while waiting for your chance. If you play 1.e4 with White you can hardly avoid this opening . The author, Alexander Bangiev, does not hide his liking for the black side but still never fails to indicate and analyse plans, ideas and promising lines for White. He writes: "This old defence, which was already played by Philidor, is characterized by active pawn-play. Philidor thought that pawns should not hinder the development of the pieces but should themselves become active. Famous is his saying: "Pawns are the soul of Chess", with which he wanted to express the idea that the pawn carries the positional ideas in chess, an idea that is supported by today´s views" The CD contains 13.400 games, 300 of which are annotated, (134 by the author), a training database and a tree of all games.
Euro 25,50

cd sulle aperture ABC of Openings by D.King e G.Gauthier

The CD consists of three parts. First you learn the basics of opening play, the strategy and tactics of the different openings. In the training database you can then test your progress by answering practical questions or solving specific positions. Each chapter is accompanied with a video introduction by the Grandmaster and chess trainer Daniel King. Multimedia: In video clips the well-known English Grandmaster Daniel King gives you valuable advice on how to play the opening. Language: English and German
Euro 25,50

Queen's Gambit with 5.Bf4 by Rustem Dautov 

The Queen´s Gambit Orthodox is one of the most solid defences for Black against 1. d4. From White's point of view, the system after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 has enormously gained in adherents and nearly superseded 5. Bg5 in popularity. In view of fantastic 63% score for the first player, this can hardly be surprising. Rustem Dautov has included into his Database 13 texts and 3657 games. 255 games have been annotated, 81 of which by the author himself - most of them exclusively for this CD. A second database contains 20 games with 46 training questions. The heart of the database are the 13 database texts in which the author describes the various variations with the links to the most important games. At the of each text, there is a summary of the particular variation. Although Dautov has collected much practical experience with 5. Bf4 as White, he still tries to be very objective in his assessments. With the CD at hand, he presents us with the current status of an opening.
Euro 25,50

Meran variation D47-D49 by Alexey Dreev 

The Meran Variation is an extremely dynamic opening, and its no coincidence that it belongs to the opening repertoire of geniusses such as Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Shirov. The lines arising after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 e6 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3 dxc4 7 Bxc4 b5 often are of a very sharp nature, and Black´s good possibilities for active counterplay make this choice a popular weapon on all chess levels. With Alexey Dreev, now for the first time an absolute world class player and specialist has taken on this opening for ChessBase.
The former youth world champion and manyfold candidate for the world championship has compiled well over 930 games, 35 of which saw himself at the board. More than 500 games are annotated. Dreev himself has provided comments on 116 encounters and another 41 are explained by German grandmaster Christopher Lutz, also a top expert on the Meran. The big database (about 5300 games) and the variation tree featuring all games have become standard with all ChessBase opening CDs. Fillet piece of the CD is the training database. The 20 sample games, assorted according to variations and accessible by index, contain up to 13 training questions each.

Euro 25,50

Reti Opening by Don Maddox 

What is the Reti opening anyway? Okay, 1.Nf3 d5, but then? Well, almost anything, only d2-d4 should not be played immediately (for that would be queen´s gambit). The typical moves are 2.c4 and 2.g3, less topical is a setup with b3 and Bb2. The first player should be prepared to react to any black scheme. Yes, if necessary even d2-d4 will be played in the end. But it's just this variability which makes the white setup so dangerous.
The Reti CD includes 32.000 games, more than 1.000 of which with annotations. The opening key contains more than 14.000 games both for 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 and for 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4, so most of the games belong to the ECO codes A06-A14. Because as mentioned above, the move d2-d4 involves transpositions to other openings, also these systems are covered on the CD with some important variations. Don Maddox is the president of ChessBase USA and a strong Correspondence Chess player. He has many years experience as a chess trainer, and this definitely leaves its mark on the CD. His presentation of the Reti openings is intended less for the grandmaster but for the typical club player, as particularly in the extremely flexible Reti opening it is of great importance to understand the plans for play - merely learning variations will not take you very far here.
Furthermore, the CD includes a tree of all games and a training database with 79 examples.
Euro 25,50

The Dragon for experts by Attila Schneider 

The CD covers all variations of the Dragon System of the Sicilian Defense after the starting moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6. Hungary´s International Master Attila Schneider has an excellent reputation among the fans of this opening, having excelled with many publications and discoveries in his favourite chess field. His first CD is intended first of all for players who already have some experience with the Dragon.
This CD contains: 
- a small special database featuring the main piece of the author's work, 34 surveys with clear evaluations of each line in words and variations.
- a database with 9300 selected quality games, 500 of which with annotations.
- a big tree of all Dragon games available from ChessBase.

Euro 25,50

The Chigorin Defence by Martin Breutigam 

"On master level, the Chigorin Defence has been played relatively seldom, and probably that´s one of the reasons why it has been analysed less intensively than other openings - good prerequisites for freethinkers and adventurers on the chess board!" (Breutigam) The Chigorin Defence resulting after the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 has become popular again thanks to the young Russian Alexander Morozevich, who with this choice has been holding his own even against the players of the absolute world top. It was high time for a publication to make the subtleties of this opening understandable also to the non-grandmaster, and this gap in chess literature now has been filled by FIDE master Martin Breutigam. In a small but swell database with 100 entries - 7 texts and 93 sample games - the long time player in the German Bundesliga has compiled all his knowledge on the Chigorin Defence. Another database includes 54 training questions enabling the user to test his freshly acquired knowledge. Furthermore, the CD features a big database of more than 4.000 games as a reference database plus a big tree of all games. 
Euro 25,50

The Accelerated Dragon B34-B39 by Claudio Minzer & Gustavo Albarran

The Sicilian Accelerated Dragon after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 is a solid defense, enabling Black to go for a long term struggle for the full point. Due to its clear strategic conception, the learning player is able familiarize himself with its objectives in a logical way which is something of a rare exception in the Sicilian Defense with its excessively analysed tactical sequences. That´s why this opening is very popular above all with positional players. The extensive treatment is divided into three parts. First the different opening variations are presented in 15 chapters, each of which containing the relevant sample games. The complete database includes more than 8.000 games from which no less than 150 have been annotated by the authors themselves. After this introduction to theory, the middlegame part dwells on the strategic facets of the opening. In the concluding test part, you can finally check the freshly acquired knowledge in 20 games with 57 training questions sweating against the clock
Euro 25,50

Classical Sicilian by Anthony Kosten

After the moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6, the basic position of the Classical Sicilian arises on the board. This is the position which has been examined by our English author. GM Kosten´s very committed work is an exclusive database with "only" 942 entries. His expert preselection of relevant material considerably facilitates the study of this quite extensive opening sector for the learning player. The individual variations are presented in 27 detailed texts with links to 915 sample games (22 games from Kramnik) of which 200 are annotated (40 games analysed by Kosten exclusively for this CD). The training database features 25 test games with 55 training questions where you can gain points sweating against the clock. Moreover, the CD contains a reference database with more than 8.000 games (i.e. all games available in ChessBase format) and a tree of all games.
Euro 25,50

Sveshnikov Sicilian by Dorian Rogozenko

It´s not difficult to indulge in superlatives on the Sveshnikov System of the Sicilian Defense, which arises after the moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5. The very names of the top players of our time who have taken up this line in their repertoire is quite impressive. Kasparov, Kramnik, Shirov, Leko, Khalifman... This is one feature Rogozenko points at in his introduction, the other is that more than half of the games were played within the last six years - up to date at its best. On the other hand the author thinks the opening is easy to learn once you have understood the basic principles and plans. Grandmaster Dorian Rogozenko is one of the greatest experts of the Sveshnikov, and his thorough investigation of the system in 27 chapters is a treat for every ChessBase user. The database contains more than 12.000 games, many of them annotated by the author himself. Plus training database and a big tree.
Euro 25,50

French with 3.Nc3 by Knut Neven 

"The French Defense has a proven reputation for adaptibility and soundness, and is attractive to the Black player who seeks a complex strategic fight in unbalanced positions, with healthy counterplay and many chances to decide sharp battles in his favor! Black´s defensive resources are based on a sound strategic foundation, and White must be alert at all times and willing to play forcefully and incisively in order to try to prove his advantage in positions with chances for both sides." (Neven) The first CD of Knut Neven's work on the French Defense covers all variations arising after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3. The main database contains more than 44.000 games, about 1.000 of which with annotations. In 15 database texts the author explains not only the most important variations but also themes and plans, with links allowing you to immediately play through the relevant sample games. Furthermore the CD features a theme key granting specific access to all motifs and games, a large variation tree as well as a special database with training tasks.
Euro 25,50

French without 3.Nc3 by Knut Neven 

"The French Defense has a proven reputation for adaptibility and soundness, and is attractive to the Black player who seeks a complex strategic fight in unbalanced positions, with healthy counterplay and many chances to decide sharp battles in his favor! Black´s defensive resources are based on a sound strategic foundation, and White must be alert at all times and willing to play forcefully and incisively in order to try to prove his advantage in positions with chances for both sides." (Neven) The second of Knut Neven's work on the French Defence covers all variations after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 and without 3.Nc3. The three main databases contain more than 70000 games, more than 1000 with annotations. In 12 database texts the author explains not only the most important variations but also themes and plans, with links allowing you immediately play through the relevant sample games. Furthermore the CD features a theme key granting specific access to all motifs and games, large variation tree as well as a special database with training tasks.
Euro 25,50

The Modern Benoni by Jean Hebert

The Modern Benoni is a fighting defence that will suit players aiming for active play rather than patient defence. Doing this, Black is willing to take risks (and those risks have to be shared...) in order to force his opponent into a complicated fight, both strategically and tactically. In the text part of the CD, the Canadian IM Jean Hebert introduces the typical patterns and motifs of the Modern Benoni, allowing you to quickly get familiar with this dangerous opening weapon. Then the single variationsare explained in detail. The opening tree with access to more than 13.000 games, more than 200 of which annotated by the author himself, makes it possible to quickly find the most promising lines for your practice. Finally you can check your fresh knowledge in 28 test games solving tactical training tasks against the ticking clock.
Euro 25,50

The King's Gambit by Alexander Bangiev 

The King´s Gambit is considered one of the most complicated yet one of the most beautiful chess openings. Many exciting games have been played with 2.f4, for example the "immortal game" Andersen- Kieseritzky, London 1851. The King's Gambit has always had its supporters. Used by geniuses like ex-worldchampion Boris Spassky or David Bronstein in the past, it is nowadays employed successfully by top players like Julian Hodgson, Nigel Short or Alexei Fedorov. In the hands of the inventive attacking player, the King's Gambit is an extremely dangerous weapon. However, it is also an attractive opening from a practical point of view as after 1.e4 e5 you need't learn the numerous lines of the open games, but can immediately manoeuvre your opponent into the direction you like.
Euro 25,50

The Budapest Gambit by Dimitri Oleinikov

This CD presents the aggressive opening system 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5! that leads to an uncompromising struggle from the first opening moves. Instead of going for a sophisticated positional defense, Black tries to snatch initiative from White and offers a pawn sacrifice, giving this so-called "closed opening" a spirit of open play .The main task of the author is to present the most significant ideas, strategical plans, typical traps and tactical ideas while explaining the history of the opening. This gives the reader an opportunity to follow the footsteps of the best Budapest players, from the past until modern times. Special attention is paid to the schemes often played in club tournaments on the sub-master level.
Euro 25,50

The Trompowsky by R.Knaak

The Trompowsky attack, which arises after 1.d4 Nf6, Bg5 has matured into a full-blooded opening. On this CD a repertoire from White´s point of view is given. Database texts give you explanations of the important and critical position. Just playing trough some of the key game will enable you to understand the main points of the variation. Apart from that there is a large reference database with over 6,000 games on the CD, as well as a smaller Database with trainings questions.
Euro 25,50

Modern ways of playing the Sicilian by Amador Rodriguez

The Cuban grandmaster Amador Rodriguez introduces six modern, partially rediscovered systems with which Black without extensive theoretical knowledge can cause his opponent some very unpleasant problems. In a number of introductory texts the special points are explained in clear language, suitable for amateurs and experts. The position tree allows you to keep all variations in view, with full statistical information on every move. Training positions are also included so you can practice what you have learnt.
Euro 25,50

Gambit-Lexicon by A.Bangiev

Introductory video, 37 database texts (german), over 120,000 games, and an extensive openings key with the full names of the individual gambits. Where no names, exist the author has introduced a new nomenclature.
Euro 25,50

Winning in 20 moves by L.Ftacnik

Many games are over before they have even started in which case it is important to sit on the right side of the board. In 333 very instructive short games Lubomir Ftacnik shows typical traps and mistakes in the opening phase. With many explaining introduction texts, video clips, middlegame theme keys and training keys and trainings tasks for each games.
Euro 25,50

Struttura tipo Est-Indiana con f5-f4

This Multimedia-CD is discussing the winning ideas for White and Black in positions with a closed pawn-structure like in the mainline of King´s Indian. In an elaborate introduction text with links to the most important key games, typical variations and a huge lexicon-like theme-key with all the tactical and strategical middlegame motifs you can learn how to play this structure perfectly. For beginners and specialists.
Euro 25,50

LATVIAN GAMBIT into the next Millenium 
(click the title)
by John Elburg & Giorgio Ruggeri Laderchi

THE COMPLETE QUEEN'S GAMBIT
(click the titleby Franco Pezzi

THE GAMBITINGLY WAY 
(click the titleby Franco Pezzi

 

 
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