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Sagar Shah: Learn from the Classics (2)

1/4/2016 – This is clearly sound advice – play through the games of Alekhine, Botvinnik and Capablanca to improve your understanding of chess. But just sitting back and enjoying them does not do much for your own playing strength. Sagar Shah tells us how to actually absorb the classics, as he did, and use the ideas in one's own games. His DVD contains a wealth of historical and training material.

The strategical opening exchange sacrifice

12/30/2015 – Opening theory evolves at a startling rate, and most instruction deals with concrete variations and lines to wield the openings in battle over the board. However, in this series of lectures, the erudite GM Adrian Mikhalchishin discusses the evolution of the exchange sacrifice in opening theory and its many manifestations. A fascinating and entertaining course.

Sagar Shah: Learn from the Classics (1)

12/23/2015 – How often have you heard the above advice – coaches exhorting you to study the ABC of chess: games of Alekhine, Botvinnik and Capablanca. But just sitting back and enjoying them does not do much for your own playing strength. In this DVD Sagar Shah tells us how to go about absorbing the classics, as he did, and using the ideas in your own games.Review by IM Nisha Mohota.

Victor Bologan: The Berlin Wall explained

11/18/2015 – As you can see in yesterday's European Team Championship report, it was raining Berlins in Reykjavik. For IM Nisha Mohota that used to be a problem: "I never understood what went on in these ‘boring’ positions." That all changed when she got hold of a Fritztrainer by GM Victor Bologan. Now she understands the ideas and plans – and has also generally become a better player!

New In Chess review: Marin’s Power Strategy 2

10/12/2015 – The subject of Mihail Marin's DVD is playing with stable pieces, usually a knight, placed on well-protected squares – a theme he associates with the Soviet Chess School. NIC reviewer GM Matthew Sadler found the product a slightly mixed experience (he was struck by an error in a subvariation), "though the best stuff is really very good!" In the end he awards it four out of five stars.

New In Chess reviews: Kasimdzhanov and Ramirez

10/8/2015 – He spent a month "relaxing with a bottle of wine and some chess DVDs". GM Matthew Sadler reviewed them for the magazine New In Chess. Of Rustam Kasimdzhanov on the Nimzo-Indian with 4.Qc2 he says: "I do like his DVDs a lot ... excellent insights!" And on Alejandro Ramirez' Ragozin: "He does a super job of structuring the material and delivers it with enthusiasm and clarity." NiC reviews.

Erwin l'Ami: The modern Two Knights

9/14/2015 – When she started playing chess, back in 1988, Nisha Mohota faced a big problem: lack of information. Twenty-seven years later, with the advant of computers and the Internet, she faces the opposite problem: too much information. But there is a very nice solution: ChessBase DVDs, in which very strong players present in information in easy-to-learn summaries! Review.

Simon Williams: Most Amazing Moves

9/9/2015 – Recently IM Nisha Mohota was suffering a crisis, after returning unsuccessful from her Asian Women Chess Championship. "I was not getting the inspiration to work on the game," she writes. Then she chanced upon this ChessBase DVD by Simon Williams. "After I went through it I fell in love with chess all over again!" Nisha submits one of her own games for Vol. 2 of Most Amazing Moves.

Ramirez: Artificial Castling in the Benko

6/3/2015 – Last week we published the review of GM Alejandro Ramirez' DVD “Attacking with the Benkö Gambit”. The author Piotr Kaim found that there are still some issues that need to be clarified. Does Benkö really offer at least equal chances in every line? What is the line the DVD’s author fears most, while playing Black? Ramirez responds to these and other questions in a short interview.

Alejandro Ramirez teaches the Benkö Gambit

5/26/2015 – Most of our readers know GM Alejandro Ramirez very well, as he is a very prolific reporter and annotator on this site. And an international event commentator. "Having enjoyed his comments I expected an equally entertaining and instructive DVD," says Piotr Kaim, himself a regular Benkö player. "The things I heard and watched met the expectations." Review in Mat Magazine.

Nicholas Pert: The Solid Slav Defence

4/16/2015 – "I would strongly recommend Pert’s excellent DVD," writes reviewer Zhigen Lin, former Australian U16 champion. This DVD is an excellent was to get started with and opening that a vast majority of the world’s best players are using. The DVD is recorded by a player who used the Slav as his main black weapon to gain his GM title. It is probably advisable to listen to what he has to say.

Bojkov: The true value of the pieces

3/19/2015 – Don't we know it already: nine points for the queen, five for the rook, etc.? But judging the relative value of pieces in situations with material imbalances is a very complex task. GM Dejan Bojkov helps you understand it with a whopping forty-one instructional videos. His latest DVD is both entertaining and instructional – a must buy says chess trainer Prathamesh Mokal.

Triangle Setup - A complete defense against 1.d4

3/15/2015 – What to do against 1.d4? A question that starts to get urgent when you lose game after game when your opponents moves the annoying d-pawn two squares ahead. Grandmaster Michal Krasenkow offers help. He recommends "The Triangle Setup: A complete defense against 1.d4. A DVD that for Davide Nastasio seemed to be like an answer to his prayers.

Marin: Winning against King's Indian

2/9/2015 – Mihail Marin, several times Romanian champion, possesses a rare gift for a grandmaster: he is able to explain in readily comprehensible terms the ideas behind moves, variations and positions. In his latest Fritztrainer DVD he shows you how to handle the classical system of the King’s Indian, how to rely on natural play instead of chasing ghosts. Four hours of instructions from a top trainer.

Michal Krasenkow: "The Triangle Setup"

2/6/2015 – A solid, firm setup, no matter what White plays, has many advantages. White has the first move, but Black determines the structure of the game and sets the terrain for the upcoming struggle. And if he knows this terrain it's even better. Therefore Polish GM Michal Krasenkow recommends to counter 1.d4 with "The Triangle Setup". Interesting and easy to learn.

Review: Simon Williams' Most Amazing Moves

1/1/2015 – "In his greeting words at the start of this Fritztrainer Simon Williams says cheerfully: ‘It was a lot of fun for me doing this DVD’. I am sure it will be as much fun for the audience, who can look through the amazing chess moves presented in this video – five and a half hour of uninterrupted fun!" Reviewer Diana Mihajlova thinks this DVD definitely makes a perfect New Year's gift.

Daniel King: The art of using your pawns

12/17/2014 – "Pawn play is a very important factor if you want to become good at endgames and a good chess player in general. So how do we go about improving our understanding of pawns? There are a lot of books out there, but there is one DVD which I would whole-heartedly recommend to each and every player below the Elo of 2200." This is the opinion of our reviewer Sagar Shah.

The London System – an opening for you?

11/22/2014 – "There is one opening that shines above all others when comparing reward payout to the input effort," says Zhigen Lin. "It is relatively quick to learn and obscure enough that even titled opponents may not have a proper antidote lined up." He is talking about the London System, popularised by the London BCF Congress Tournament of 1922. Here is some very useful advice by Zhigen.

D’Costa: ABC of the English Opening

11/17/2014 – The English Opening is not played as often as 1.e4 or 1.d4. But it is an entertaining, solid opening which a lot of strong players employ regularly or occasionally. World Champion Magnus Carlsen is one of them. In his new ChessBase DVD International Master Lorin D’Costa shows why the best players of the world were and are attracted to this versatile opening.

Review: Parimarjan Negi on the Modern Scotch

11/13/2014 – The Scotch is an opening that evolved from the swashbuckling games of the 19th century. It has long been associated with exciting play, but people often doubt its positional base. In recent times, however, it has evolved into an aggressive alternative to the Spanish. In his first Fritz-Trainer DVD Parimarjan Negi explains the latest revolution in Scotch theory. Review by Diana Mihajlova.

Huschenbeth: Tactic Toolbox Najdorf

6/16/2014 – Niclas Huschenbeth, 22, is a German grandmaster and the 2010 national champion. Since 2012 he has been studying psychology in Baltimore, where he leads the University's team. In a new DVD Niclas shows us the important tactical motives and sacrifices in the Najdorf. It is a uniquely interactive suite of lessons that requires serious work on your part. Review by Diana Mihajlova.

Improve your chess with Tania Sachdev

4/7/2014 – If you google her images you might mistake her for a Hollywood actress or a fashion model. And IM Tania Sachdev has taken part in some fairly extravagent shows. But her greatest talent is chess, and specifically chess teaching. Which makes her latest ChessBase DVD we predict a surefire bestseller. Is there a more pleasant way to study chess? Review by Sagar Shah.

Daniel King: New ideas in the Najdorf

1/24/2014 – According to Glenn Mitchell "Daniel King’s presentation doesn’t involve too much theory but instead remains focused like a laser beam on understanding the strategies involved for Black." He had watched Power Play 18 back in 2012 when it was released, and New Ideas in the Najdorf was a welcome refresher for many of the strategic themes covered in the earlier DVD. Review.

Nielsen: The Sicilian Dragon Volume 2

1/19/2014 – In this Fritztrainer GM Peter Heine Nielsen, second of both Carlsen and Anand, covers all lines in the Dragon other than the Yugoslav Attack. "Nielsen generally explains the nuances and the important differences that small changes of the position lead to," writed GM Hedinn Steingrimsson. "Overall the DVD is of excellent quality and should be recommended to all chess players. Review.
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