New in Chess CDRom Series
Studying your favourite chess openings is now easier than even before. With one click of the mouse you can summon the leading experts on the New in Chess CD-Roms.
All in one:
Ten of thousands of games per opening
Thousands of annotated games by masters and grandmasters
Unique key-viewer with detailed opening classification system
Lucid explanations about specific variations
Text analyses of games by famous players
Biographical notes on players and authors, with illustrations
Training with the NiC Quiz
Analysis with your chess program
1.Nc3 The Van Geet opening by D.D. van Geet
When Alexander Morozevich
introduced the move 1.Nc3 at the highest competive level during the Chess
Classic 2000 Frankfurt, he confirmed what was already known to a group of
dedicated specialists: that 1.Nc3 can be as dangerous and aggressive an opening
as 1.e4.
On top of that 1.Nc3 can boast attractive extra: it has more surprise value and
requires far less theoretical kowwledge than almost any other opening move.
Dick van Geet, International Master and Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, is the
pre-eminent expert of this opening. He developed many of the basic ideas and for
many decades successfully employed them in modern master practice.
Queen's Gambit - The exchange variation by Vladimir Bagirov
The Exchange Variation of the
Queen's Gambit Declined is an attractive choice if yoy are playing White and an
exciting challenge if you face it as Black. With the move c4xd5 the character of
the struggle is determined at an early stage, in which understanding is just as
important as theoretical knowledge.
On this CD-Rom International Grandmaster and opening expert Vladimir Bagirov
offers a complete survey of the Exchange Variation. Learn how to play -or how to
react against- the minority attack as well as the central plan with f2-f3 and
Ng1-e2.
Apart from the examples set by World Champion Garry Kasparov and his predecessor
Anatoly Karpov, you will find hundreds of games annotated by renowned
specialists like Nigel Short, Jan Timman, Alexander Beliavsky, Evgeny Bareev and
Artur Yusupov.
During the final production phase of this CD-Rom, the sad news came that the
author, grandmaster Vladimir Bagirov had passed away at the age of 63. He died
in harness, as it were, during a game of chess.
This CD-Rom not only runs on Windows 95 and 98, but also on Windows 2000 and
Windows NT 4.0. After you have run the installation program you can also use
this program to run most of the other New in Chess CD-Roms and benefit from the
advantages of the new features that we have developed.
The French Defence 2nd edition updated Paul van der Sterren editor in chief
- Over 33,000 games, providing a complete picture of all variations.
- Over 2500 games with notes by masters and grandmasters.
- Al Yearbook surveys on the French Defence
- Illustrated biographical notes on players.
- Unique NICKEY-viewer.
- Information about authors with many illustrations.
- Explanation of games of famous players.
- Direct link to Rebel, Fritz, MChess Pro.
- NEW: Print Option!!
King’s Indian Defence
Jan Timman editor in chief
- Over 38,000 games, providing a complete picture of all variations.
- Over 2900 games with notes by masters and grandmasters.
- Illustrated biographical notes on players.
- Unique NICKEY-viewer.
- All database surveys which have been published in the New in Chess YEARBOOKS on variations of the King's Indian Defence, providing an excellent overview of theoretical developments in recents years and of trends in tournament practice.
- Explanation of games of 'famous players' who may be considered experts on the opening, e.g. Sosonko, Kortchnoi, Kasparov, Karpov, Polugaevsky, Tal, Fischerr etc.
- Direct link to various chess Programs such as Rebel 7 and 8, Mchess Pro 4 and 5, Fritz 4 and 5 and Kalisto II
Catalan & Bogo-Indian
Sosonko's Workshop
the expert Catalan course
By a large margin, Genna Sosonko is the world's leading authority on the Catalan Opening. He has enriched the theory of this popular opening with numerous new ideas and discoveries.
- Over 12,500 games, providing a complete picture of all variations.
- Over 1000 games with notes by masters and grandmasters.
- Illustrated biographical notes on players.
- Unique NICKEY-viewer.
- All database surveys which have been published in the New in Chess YEARBOOKS on variations of the Catalan/Bogo Indian, providing an excellent overview of theoretical developments in recents years and of trends in tournament practice.
- Explanation of games of 'famous players' who may be considered experts on the opening, e.g. Sosonko, Kortchnoi, Kasparov, Karpov, Polugaevsky, Tal, Fischerr etc.
- Direct link to various chess programs such as Rebel 7 and 8, Mchess Pro 4 and 5, Fritz 4 and 5 and Kalisto II.
Open Games Jan Timman editor in chief
- King's Gambit - Scotch Opening - Vienna Game - Italian Game - King's Pawn Openings
- Over 33,00 games
- Over 2,200 games with notes by Masters and Grandmasters
- Explanations in text by famous players and experts
- All Yearbook surveys on these Open Games
- Direct link to various chess programs such as Rebel and Fritz.
- NEW: Print Option!!
The Sicilian Defence in the Nineties Rene Olthof editor in chief
- Scheveningen - Rauzer -
Dragon - Najdorf
This CD-Rom offers an up-to-date reference guide for these Sicilian favourites including many games annotated by great experts like Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Shirov, Timman and Sosonko. - Grand Prix - Rossolimo -
Kalashnikov - Alapin
At the same time these off-beat variations that contian no less venom are presented with countless games by top players like Short, Gelfand, Sveshnikov and Morozevich. - Database Surveys
All database surveys on the Sicilian that were ever published in the New in Chess Yearbooks have been included on this CD-Rom. In these surveys opening experts explain the basic ideas and finesses of a variation. - Print Option
With the print option you can print any game - with or without annotations - for futher study at the chess board or for your personal archives.