New - Robert Ris: Calculation Training Booster

by ChessBase
3/7/2022 – For those who haven’t recently done any calculation training, there is the Calculation Training Booster. After all, every chess brain needs regular stimulation, as you don’t want to become a lazy player - avoiding calculating critical variations or simply failing to calculate properly.
In this video course, twenty-nine examples with multiple questions are presented in the interactive format, which is ideal for a range of playing strengths. Step by step you will be taken through the complex positions.

Calculation Training Booster

by Robert Ris

In this video course, twenty-nine examples with multiple questions are presented in the interactive format, which is ideal for a range of playing strengths. Step by step you will be taken through the complex positions, in which you will have to get the most out of it for both sides.

Calculation is not only about finding the right move, but also anticipating your opponent’s ideas. Therefore, several times you will be challenged to find the best defensive resource, and also to refute your own wrong answers. The type of exercises are comparative to earlier video courses in the Calculation Training series, just with all the examples taken from more recent games.

So, there’s plenty of new training material to challenge yourself with!

  • Video running time: more than 5 hours (English)
  • With interactive training including video feedback

Meet the Fritztrainer Robert Ris:

  • 0:37 - Where, and when did you learn to play chess?
  • 2:10 - Was it helpful for your chess career to win numerous games?
  • 2:59 - You have your "Fast and Furious" show on ChessBase since a while. How did the series start?
  • 4:07 - Will you ever run out of sharp openings for the show?
  • 4:48 - Where did your passion for the sharp openings come from?
  • 6:05 - Any ambitions to reaching a 2500 rating? And what does a "bet" have to do with it?
  • 8:05 - Who is your favourite chess player?
  • 10:45 - Do you have any favourite chess books?
  • 11:45 - Your favourite opening as White?
  • 12:35 - Your favourite opening as Black?
  • 13:43 - Full analysis of one of Robert Ris favourite games!

Robert Ris Calculation Fritztrainer series:

The two DVDs offer you the chance to solve 66 exercises with multiple questions. These exercises are presented in the interactive format, which makes them accessible for players of different strengths as we will go through the thought process step by step

Special attention will be paid to Intermediate Moves, Quiet Moves, Sacrifices on Empty Squares, Mating Patterns, Ignoring Opponents Threat, Calculation in Defence and Method of Comparison. Plus 50 interactive examples to test your knowledge.

This DVD emphasizes the importance of training your calculation skills. Dutch IM Robert Ris made a selection of training material which he uses in lessons with students ranging from 1400 to 2400.

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