ELEKTROSCHACH

Boris Schipkow

Pentium, Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP
Deutsch, Pentium, Win 95/98/ME/2000/XP

Ausführlicher Eröffnungskurs in 14 Kapiteln, Datenbank mit 14.500 Partien, 300 da-von kommentiert, 17 Datenbanktexte geben Einführungen in die Varianten, dazu sind 57 Musterpartien vom Autor kommentiert, eine Tainingsdatenbank enthält 20 Partien mit 70 Trainingsfragen, Schipkow behandelt auf seiner Cd die Varianten, in denen Schwarz e6 spielt, in erster Linie sind das der Stonewall (mit d5) und die Iljin-Genewski-Variante (mit d6 und evtl. e5). Der durch die Bauernzüge f5, e6 und d5 definierte Stonewall trägt seinen Namen nicht von ungefähr. Im Sturm ist er nicht zu nehmen, höchstens mit langer Belagerung kann Weiß etwas erreichen.

CD-ROM

CD-ROM, Pentium, 32 MB RAM, Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP

Die große Datenbank besteht aus 19 Texten, die Erklärungen zu den verschiedenen Varianten geben, sowie 20.779 Partien, davon sind rund 1.200 kommentiert. Eine Trainingsdatenbank enthält 30 Partien mit 86 Trainingsfragen. Darüber hinaus befindet sich ein Baum aller Partien auf der CD-ROM.

CD-ROM

Englisch, Pentium 32 MB RAM, Win 95/98/2000

Eine kleine Spezialdatei (nur in eng-lischer Sprache) deren Kern 32 Surveys sind, welche die eigentliche Autorenleistung darstellen; Schneider gibt hier in allen Varianten eine klare Bewertung und ein Worturteil ab, eine Datei mit 9.300 nach Qualitätsmaßstäben ausgesuchten Partien, von denen 500 kommentiert sind. Großer Baum aller bei ChessBase verfügbaren Drachenpartien.

CD-ROM

Alexei Shirov

Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Media Player 9.0, DVD drive

Alexei Shirov can look back on an extraordinary chess career. Young Alexei became U-16 World Champion in 1988, and second in the World Junior Championship in 1990. He received his GM title in 1992, at the age of 20. Since then, Shirov has belonged to the absolute top players in the world. In 1998 he defeated Vladimir Kramnik in a ten-game qualification match that was staged to select a challenger for World Champion Garry Kasparov. Unfortunately, that title match never took place. In 2000 Shirov reached the final of the FIDE world championship, losing to Vishy Anand.

Now the genius from Riga presents and explains his best games in a series of training DVDs in the Chess Media System. Shirov's uncompromising style of play is also reflected in his manner of commenting his own games. He is perfectly objective, and in fact sometimes ruthlessly critical of himself. Even when he is dealing with highly acclaimed games, his judgement is unbiased - no glossing over critical positions where he did not find the optimal continuation. Chess fans are treated not just to a portrait of this extraordinary player, but they can also learn a lot about the development of particular opening lines at top level in the course of time.

On this 3rd DVD by Shirov, you will find his most brilliant games in the Sicilian Najdorf. Shirov's duel with van Wely in the Najdorf Keres Attack is for sure one of the highlights on this DVD, just as the presentation of one of his best games against Kasparov. More than 3 hours entertainment and enlightenment, all packed in one. (Text ChessBase)

Intro (01:58)
Najdorf with 6.Be2 (29:56)
Najdorf deviations 1 (21:52)
Najdorf deviations 2 (15:09)
Scheveningen System (45:45)
Keres Attack 1 (14:03)
Keres Attack 2 (20:45)
Keres Attack 3 (23:01)
Keres Attack 4 (29:46)

DVD-ROM

ISBN 3-937549-85-4

Alexei Shirov

Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Media Player 9.0, DVD drive

Since 1992, Alexei Shirov has belonged to the best players in the world. Within a very short period he established himself as one of the absolute top guns, reaching rank 4 in the FIDE rating list and a rating of 2751 Elo. Many of his brilliant games are characterised by his famous uncompromising attacking play, often leading to a finish that comes as a surprise - not only to the opponent, but also the spectators.

Now the genius from Riga presents and explains his best games in a series of training DVDs in the Chess Media System. On this DVD, Shirov focuses on his most outstanding achievements in the Sicilian (except the Najdorf which is dealt with on a separate DVD), a peronal selection combining highest chess quality with aesthetic pleasure. His lectures are designed to not only explain the different opening lines, but also to present interesting and sometimes perplexing ideas and sacrifices in the middlegame. On this brilliant training DVD with a total playing time of nearly 4 hours, you will find Shirov play Anand, Kramnik, Leko and other top players. (Text ChessBase)

Intro & Kan Variation (40:33)
Taimanov Variation (34:51)
Paulsen System (30:03)
Sveshnikov Variation (23:10)
Rossolimo Variation 1 (31:04)
Rossolimo Variation 2 (30:48)
Richter-Rauzer Attack 1 (16:38)
Richter-Rauzer Attack 2 (23:19)
Total playing time: 3h 50 min.

DVD-ROM

ISBN 3-937549-84-6

Seit dem WM-Match Kasparov-Kramnik (London 2000) beißen sich die Weißspieler an der Berliner Verteidigung der Spanischen Eröffnung die Zähne aus. Zwar gab es hier und da auch Erfolge, aber ein ums andere Mal demonstrierte die Gegenseite überzeugend, wie man ausgleicht oder eine uneinnehmbare Festung errichtet. Die Lage aus weißer Sicht ist durchaus prekär – Kneifen kommt einer Kapitulation gleich, denn alle Alternativvarianten zum Berliner Endspiel bedeuten den Verzicht auf Eröffnungsvorteil. Was tun? Es gibt keinen anderen Weg, Weiß muss Mittel finden, die schwarze Verteidigung zu knacken. Vor diesem Hintergrund kommt diese neue DVD von Alexei Shirov genau richtig. Wie kaum ein anderer Großmeister seiner Klasse ist der Lette für sein kompromissloses und kreatives Schach bekannt. In über 3 Stunden Videospielzeit gibt er Ihnen eine Vielzahl strategischer Finessen, innovativer Ideen und konkrete Spielvorschläge an die Hand. (Text ChessBase)

 

 

Alexei Shirov wurde in Riga geboren genau wie Weltmeister Mihail Tal, und auch sein Stil erinnert viele Fans an den jungen 'Schachzauberer'. Anfang der 90er Jahre katapultierte ein kometenhafter Aufstieg den heranwachsenden Letten in kürzester Zeit in die Weltspitze. Mit gerade einmal 22 Jahren hatte er eine Elozahl von nahezu 2750 und gehörte damit zur absoluten Elite. Seitdem ist Shirov einer der besten Spieler der Welt, der alle Schachfans mit originellen und verblüffenden Ideen am Brett begeistert.

 

 

System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard

 

·         ISBN 978-3-86681-301-4

Alexei Shirov

English

Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive

With this DVD on the King‘s Indian Defence, Alexei Shirov continues the successful and highly praised series about his best games. As in the preceding DVDs the Latvian super grandmaster succeeds in spoiling his public with analysis of a high quality and with exciting insights into his games, and he does so in his own reserved, pleasant and modest style. As is the case with many of his openings, Alexei Shirov also plays the King‘s Indian with both colours. The DVD concentrates on the main line of the Classical King‘s Indian with Nf3, Be2 and 0-0. In the games, and they are almost exclusively victories, his opponents are renowned experts in this opening, such as World Champion Kramnik and Boris Gelfand with White. The black side is represented, amongst others, by the legendary King‘s Indian specialist JohnNunn, but also by Teimour Radjabov, who may not yet be a legend, but who is reckoned at the moment to be the greatest expert in the King‘s Indian. Alexej Shirov was born in Riga just like world champion Mihail Tal, and also his playing style reminds many chess fans of the young Tal. In the beginning of the 90ies, a comet-like rise brought the young Latvian to the world top within the shortest of time. Being no older than 22 years, he already had an Elo rating of nearly 2750 and belonged to the absolute elite. Since then Shirov has been one of the best players in the world, delighting all chess fans with original and amazing ideas on the board. (Text ChessBase)

DVD-ROM

ISBN 978-3-86681-025-9

The Slav is typified by the move c6, and in the Semi-Slav e6 is also played; the relationship between the two is obvious. At some points, Shirov’s lecture is closely related to the history of the opening, because the Latvian has contributed to and advanced the development of many lines. In the Meran Variation, Shirov’s name is linked to a line which is now known as Shabalov Anttack. After 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 it was Shirov and Shabalov, who introduced the move 7.g4 into chess praxis in 1992. Today there are over 1000 games in the Mega Database with that variation. Shirov recounts the way this extravagant line arose and explains some of its most important ideas.

Alexej Shirov was born in Riga just like world champion Mihail Tal, and also his playing style reminds many chess fans of the young Tal. In the beginning of the 90ies, a comet-like rise brought the young Latvian to the world top within the shortest of time. Being no older than 22 years, he already had an Elo rating of nearly 2750 and belonged to the absolute elite. Since then Shirov has been one of the best players in the world, delighting all chess fans with original and amazing ideas on the board. (Text ChessBase)

System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard

ISBN 978-3-86681-023-5

Alexei Shirov

English, Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.

If you want to win with Black, you must decide which is the best strategy to achieve your aim. Should you take risks and go for the win right from move one, or should you patiently set about achieving equality and then wait for mistakes by White? Which opening should you choose and what is the role played by opening preparation? What can you do when you even have to win with Black, because, e.g., a match can only be saved by a win with Black in the very last game - a situation which has become all the more familiar because of the ever-rising number of knock-out tournaments? Alexei Shirov tries to answer these questions by referring to his own games as Black. In doing so, he describes how his own attitude to this problem has changed over his career, right up to his successes in the 2007 World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, in which he reached the final.

Alexej Shirov was born in Riga just like world champion Mihail Tal, and also his playing style reminds many chess fans of the young Tal. In the beginning of the 90ies, a comet-like rise brought the young Latvian to the world top within the shortest of time. Being no older than 22 years, he already had an Elo rating of nearly 2750 and belonged to the absolute elite. Since then Shirov has been one of the best players in the world, delighting all chess fans with original and amazing ideas on the board. (Text ChessBase)

Fritztrainer DVD-ROM
ISBN 978-3-86681-081-5

The modern form of the Philidor Defence arises via the move order 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5. Then after 4.Nf3 Nbd7, Shirov has introduced the pawn sacrifice 5.g4!? into practice - and achieved excellent results with it. Accepting the sacrifice leads to a very sharp position full of tactical possibilities. Shirov is one of the best connoisseurs of this system, and although he has been very successful with the white pieces in this line, he is always striving for objectivity and shows the possibilities for Black’s counterplay as well. Who finds the gambit 5.g4!? too double-edged, can find an alternative in the tried and tested, solid strategic approach 5.Bc4 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Re1 c6 8.a4. Also on this system Shirov presents many of his own games, discussing among other things the difficult, but extremely important question whether and when White can advantageously proceed in the centre with d4-d5. The third system presented by Shirov arises after the traditional Philidor move order 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4. Black tries to solve his problems by the radical 3... exd4 now, a move which was already played by Horwitz versus Staunton in 1846 and which recently has come into fashion again. Analysing his game against Nisipeanu, apart from Bacrot one of the experts of Black’s way of playing, Shirov shows how White can fight for the advantage here. (Text ChessBase)

Alexej Shirov was born in Riga just like world champion Mihail Tal, and also his playing style reminds many chess fans of the young Tal. In the beginning of the 90ies, a comet-like rise brought the young Latvian to the world top within the shortest of time. Being no older than 22 years, he already had an Elo rating of nearly 2750 and belonged to the absolute elite. Since then Shirov has been one of the best players in the world, delighting all chess fans with original and amazing ideas on the board.

System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard

·         ISBN 978-3-86681-124-9

·         EAN 9783866811249

The Rossolimo Variation of the Sicilian Defence (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5) is always an excellent choice with White if you want to avoid the deeply analysed main lines of the Open Sicilian (3.d4), in which the analysis frequently goes deep into the middlegame or sometimes even into the endgame. For that reason the move 3.Bb5 has a fi rm place in the repertoire of many grandmasters where it is welcome above all as an anti-Sveshnikov weapon. Instead of getting involved in a theoretical duel, White logically aims for strategically complex positions, e.g. by exchanging on c6 and at the cost of the bishop pair degrading Black’s pawn structure (doubled pawns c6/c5). This results in positions in which positional understanding is more important than knowledge of specifi c variations - meaning that only players who are aware of the general plans and typical piece manoeuvres will be able to find their way through them. (Text ChessBase)

Alexei Shirov provides you with the requisite understanding of the subtleties of these positions, by annotating extensively his most important games in this variation. During his career he has played the 3.Bb5 system with both colours and he shares with you on this DVD his valuable experience in the form of video lessons which take up a total running time of more than seven hours.

 

Alexej Shirov was born in Riga just like world champion Mihail Tal, and also his playing style reminds many chess fans of the young Tal. In the beginning of the 90ies, a comet-like rise brought the young Latvian to the world top within the shortest of time. Being no older than 22 years, he already had an Elo rating of nearly 2750 and belonged to the absolute elite. Since then Shirov has been one of the best players in the world, delighting all chess fans with original and amazing ideas on the board.

 

System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard

      ·         ISBN 978-3-86681-126-3

·         EAN 9783866811263

Sergei Tiviakov

English, Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.

I started playing the line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 in the Sicilian Defense as White in 1988. Since then I have employed it in more than 100 games, achieving a high performance score. My personal peak were the years 2005 - 2006, when I managed to win twelve 2.c3-games in a row. Yet I also know the other side of the coin - countless times I had to face this opening with Black when the opponents wanted to avoid my Dragon, for example during the World Candidates Match against Adams in New York in 1994. White tries to occupy the centre with a second pawn, and Black must know his stuff very well in order to be able to equalize. And this is only possible with 2...Nf6 - all other lines give the . rst player a small edge everywhere. Especially against stronger opponents, 2.c3 is an excellent weapon. If White doesn‘t risk anything, he cannot lose! Controlling the game, he can always make a draw from a position of strength. In contrast, playing for a win with Black is always connected with a extremely high risk, and we have seen many games when much higher rated players were completely smashed by White. In comparison with the main lines of the Sicilian, there is much less theory to study - and yet a lot of room for improvement for both sides.

Sergei Tiviakov

Born in Krasnodar (Soviet Union), Sergei Tiviakov was a member of the Smyslov school and gained the titles of World Youth Champion at U16 and U18 levels. 1994 he represented Russia in the Chess Olympiads. Since 1997 Tiviakov has been living in Groningen (Netherlands). With his new home country he won the title in the European Teams Championships in both 2001 and 2005 and was victorious in the championship of the Netherlands in 2006 and 2007. (Text ChessBase)

DVD-ROM

ISBN 978-3-86681-047-1

Skandinavisch mit 3...Dd6 könnte man ebenso gut als “Tiviakov-System” bezeichnen. Der Großmeister, der in Russland geboren wurde und gegenwärtig eine Elozahl von 2623 aufweist, hat viele Jahre lang mit diesem Plan gearbeitet und ihn erfolgreich gegen 1.e4-Spieler jeglichen Kalibers angewandt, von schwächeren Titelträgern bis hin zu Weltmeister Vishy Anand. Auf dieser neuen DVD zeigt Ihnen Sergei Tiviakov alles, was Sie wissen müssen, um 3...Dd6 sofort selbst spielen zu können. Denn er stellt Ihnen nicht nur alle wichtigen Varianten und Pläne für Schwarz vor, sondern lässt dabei nicht eine einzige der möglichen Nebenabspiele für Weiß im dritten Zug aus. Obendrein bietet die DVD noch einen besonderern Bonus, nämlich eine Sammlung sämtlicher Partien des Autors mit Skandinavisch, darunter viele, die bislang noch nicht veröffentlicht wurden.

 

Systemvoraussetzungen: Pentium Prozessor 300 MHz oder besser, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, DVD-ROM Laufwerk, Maus, Soundkarte.

ISBN 978-3-86681-260-4

Sergei Tiviakov

English, Pentium -PC , 64 MB RAM, Windows Vista, XP, DVD drive , soundcard

The Maroczy System of the Sicilian Defence is one of the modern openings where Black attacks the white centre mainly with pieces. After the moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 the pawns c4 and e4 secure White a space advantage in the middle, however, it is exactly these central pillars which may easily become targets of the black counterattack. Sergei Tiviakov has been applying this system with Black in his tournament practice since 1991 and is considered one its greatest experts. His explanations make it easy to understand the black set-up where recognizing typical recurring piece manoeuvres is far more important than concrete knowledge of variations. The Maroczy System can be learned within the shortest of time, and due to its solidity it is best suited to score good results even against strong opponents. Video running time: 3 h 15 min.

Born in Krasnodar (Soviet Union), Sergei Tiviakov was a member of the Smyslov school and gained the titles of World Youth Champion at U16 and U18 levels. In the PCA-World Championships, he reached the candidates‘ matches in 1994; in the same year he represented Russia in the Chess Olympiads. Although he has considered himself a professional chess player since 1989, Tiviakov also fi nished his degree in agricultural economics. Since 1997 Tiviakov has been living in Groningen and he has become a naturalised citizen of the Netherlands. With his new home country he won the title in the European Teams Championships in both 2001 and 2005 and was victorious in the championship of the Netherlands in 2006 and 2007.

DVD-ROM

ISBN 978-3-86681-041-9