Chess Software

Chess Assistant 7.1. Eur 129.00 Chess Assistant 7.1 is the unique tool for managing chess games and databases, playing chess on the ICC, viewing electronic texts in CA or PGN format, studying openings, analyzing games, or playing chess against the computer. About 10.000 new games per month to be downloaded for free via the Internet on our servers for all purchasers at their conveninence! Database: CA7 includes database containing 2.240.000 games, up-to-date until January 1st, 2004. Opening studies: For all kinds of opening studies, CA 7.1 provides you with various chess trees, which include 2.240 Million games. Evaluations done by GM Kharitonov, the composer of the Encyclopedia Of Chess Openings 2003, and computer assessments of the opening phases of the game. You can automatically get the opening phase of the game commented for you, using all the above mentioned sources of information. Middlegame studies: For middlegame studies, the program provides analysis by a wide variety of chess engines, most important to be mentioned: Chess Tiger 15 and Gambit Tiger 2, altogether incredibly strong and reliable Chess programs. Furthermore, there is a large variety of different analysis modes, supported by the program, including fully automatic multipass analysis of game(s) and manually controlled analysis. You can even use two engines at the same time or analyze games in the background and a lot more. Database and game management: Facilitated with an easy-to-handle drag and drop interface plus a navigation/database browser window, which really - should be - standard for programs of this type. There are also (self understanding for our standards) tools for keeping player and tournament names consistent, and removing doubles from your collection at the highest possible speed and correctness, the entire Market offers at present. Search tools: And of course, all sorts of search tools at your disposal, like searches for material, pawn structures, positions, players, sacrifices, piece movements, statistical analysis, etc. Internet Play: By terms of chess related Internet play, Chess Assistant 7.1 provides you with a comfortable interface for the connect to the ICC, which has the - by far - highest membership capacity of all chess clubs on the Internet. The interface allows you to play games online, or watch the games of others and so forth. Playing: And as chess playing itself is concerned, you can use Chess Assistant 7.1 in combination with its built-in engines (Chess Tiger 14/15, Gambit Tiger 2, Ruffian, Crafty and the Russian Dragon), or with a wide, additional variety of other engines (Shredder 5 or 6, even Winboard engines). Language versions: English, German, Spanish, French and Italian A package includes 2 CDs, a manual consisting of 100 printed pages, a DVD-like box.

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Chess Tactics for Intermediate Players. Eur 26.00 A sequel to the Chess Tactics for Beginners, this program on chess tactics is developed by the prominent chess coach Sergey Ivashchenko and aimed at intermediate players. The program includes: More than 1170 tactical positions classified by themes and difficulty Refutations of wrong moves as well as other hints to help find the correct answer Languages supported: English, French, Spanish, Italian and German DVD-like box No additional software required.

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Chess Tactics for Beginners Eur 26.00 This program is based on a bestseller by the experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko. Intended for beginners, both children and adults. Exercises arranged in five courses according to their increasing difficulty. Each course contains exercises for Practice and Test. The program includes positions from practical games, endgame studies as well as training examples. More than 1,300 tactical problems. You have to find the most important moves A built-in playing engine "Dragon" which can be called upon to analyze the problem Your favourite external playing program can also be used by you Wooden, marmoreal and standard interfaces possible English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish versions available Manual and build-in help files for each language DVD-like box

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Encyclopedia of Middlegame, Volumes I, II, III, packet. Eur 79.00 Our special offer includes Encyclopedia of Middlegame Vol. I, Encyclopedia of Middlegame, Vol. II and Encyclopedia of Middlegame, Vol. III. Each of the programs by GM Alexander Kalinin contains: Theoretical section which includes over 520 games/lectures, each of them illustrating typical plans and methods in the openings Special training section includes more than 500 exercises for a user to solve, giving refutations of the wrong moves as well as numerous hints to help you find the correct answer More than 100 training positions to be played against the built-in chess playing program Crafty Multiple user profiles featured with independent ratings and statistics for each Printing options also available Several languages supported: English, Spanish and Russian No additional software required. The packet includes 3 separate CDs, printed manuals and plastic boxes.

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Encyclopedia of Middlegame, Vol. I. Eur 29.00 The program designed by GM Alexander Kalinin to help a student understand the ideas and strategies behind typical middlegame positions according to the openings they originate from. Intended for stronger players. Having no analogues among chess programs MIDDLEGAME contains detailed material on two courses: typical structures of middlegame and playing technique in most popular openings. Training material contains more than 600 examples and is subdivided into themes according to typical methods and ideas of playing. More than 1,000 exercises formed by real games for you to solve About 400 typical positions for playing against internal playing engine Dragon, or other supported external programs Several languages supported: English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish No additional software required.

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Encyclopedia of Middlegame, Vol. II. Eur 29.00 Encyclopedia of Middlegame II was written by GM Alexander Kalinin. A CD contains a course Typical Plans and Methods in the Most Popular Openings. The following openings are viewed: Sicilian defense (Dragon, Najdorf, Paulsen variations), Ruy Lopez (Open variation, Exchanged Variation), King's gambit, Italian game, Evans gambit, Pirc-Ufimtsev, Alekhine's defense, Nimzo-Indian defense, Queen's-Indian defense, Queen's gambit, Modern Benoni). The program is not another Middlegame I version but a completely new program supplied with the wholly different material. Over 650 thoroughly annotated and classified instructive examples More than 600 exercises for you to solve 150 typical positions to train and play against Crafty, the built-in playing engine Several languages supported: English, Spanish and Russian No additional software required

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Encyclopedia of Middlegame, Vol. III. Eur 29.00 This course composed by GM Alexander Kalinin is aimed at teaching a student much of the middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section which includes over 520 games/lectures each of them illustrating typical plans and methods in the following openings: Petroff defense, Ruy Lopez (Marshall var.), Sicilian defense (Closed System and 3. Bb5 var.), Scandinavian defense, Gruenfeld defense, Queen's Gambit Accepted, Reti opening, variant 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 (or 2:g6) 3. Bg5, and etc. More than 500 exercises for a user to solve, giving refutations of the wrong moves as well as numerous hints to help you find the correct answer As many as 100 training positions to be played against the built-in chess playing program Crafty Multiple user profiles featured with independent ratings and statistics for each Printing options also available Several languages supported: English, Spanish and Russian. No additional software required. The packet includes a CD, a printed manual and a plastic box.

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Mate Studies. Eur 21.95 A new interactive training course includes over 5000 best mate studies classified by a number of moves to achieve mate, a number of pieces on the board and authors. Visual hints to help a student find the solution Embedded chess playing program Crafty to learn with or play against Multiple user profiles possible with independent ratings and all other individual information Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian A package includes a CD and a printed manual.

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Comprehensive Chess Endings + Nalimov DVD, packet. Eur 59.00 Our special offer includes a packet of two brand-new software products (English versions): Comprehensive Chess Endings which is a fundamental program for studying endgame theory. Material is supplied by the prominent endgame theoretician GM Yuri Averbakh. Nalimov DVD containing the most complete version of the 3-4-5 piece NALIMOV endgame tablebases (290 files). Completely compatible with Chess Assistant 6 or 7, Comprehensive Chess Endings, Fritz 7/8, Tiger 14/15, Shredder 7, Junior and a lot of other engines.

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Comprehensive Chess Endings. Eur 39.95 This is a fundamental program for studying endgame theory. Material is supplied by the prominent endgame theoretician GM Yuri Averbakh. The program includes: 4143 theoretically important games and examples thoroughly analyzed and classified into 300 themes Material based on a printed edition of Comprehensive Chess Endings All the chess material calculated through by the leading chess playing programs using the endgame tables Material deeply elaborated and revised by GM Yuri Averbakh thus contributing to revised evaluation of some important theoretical endings compared to the printed edition Nalimov Endgame Tablebases support and a built-in Test Mode Computer evaluations and variations given for every move in games and examples 2954 additional games from the modern practice, where the position in question occurred The built-in playing program Crafty and the powerful searching system Chess Assistant Light allowing to analyze and play through the positions in question, edit variations, search for the necessary information, print out and export into a text file in both RTF and HTML formats English version available, DVD-like box.

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Chess Endgame Training. Eur 29.00 The program designed to teach you different endgame methods. The material written by IM ICCF Alexander Alpert. Includes: More than 2450 endgame exercises taken from practical games, endgame studies Training examples, all classified according to no less than 500 endgame themes A built-in playing program Crafty to analyze or train with While solving exercises, you are shown refutations of wrong moves as well as numerous hints to help and find the correct answer The program also keeps track of your rating and adjusts it after each exercise Several languages supported: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Swedish DVD-like box No additional software required

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Theory and Practice of Chess Endings. Eur 29.00 Endgame course composed by GM Alexander Panchenko. It's aim is to teach a student the intricacies of the endgame through a theoretical section, which includes over 700 games/lectures, each of them illustrating theoretical and practical endgame methods. Many of the included themes discussed for the very first time. Special training section with 300 exercises for a user to solve Giving refutations of wrong moves as well as numerous hints to help one find the correct answer 180 positions, especially chosen by their instructive value, to be played and trained against the built-in chess playing program Crafty Multiple user profiles possible, with independent ratings and statistics for each Several printing options available English and Spanish languages supported DVD-like box No additional software required.

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Total Chess Training. Eur 95.00 Total Chess Training consists of five magnificent educational programs: Chess Tactics Art 3.0; Strategy 2.0; Encyclopedia of Middlegame; Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders; Studies 2.0 with new printing possibilities, covering every phase or aspect of chess: Openings - Learn to play by learning the opening mistakes and traps that've been discovered over time with Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders Middlegame - Become a wizard in the art of combinations with the intensive course on tactics, CT-Art 3.0, and learn the positional methods used by grandmasters in Strategy 2.0. Study typical middlegame structures and their plans, arranged depending on the openings they come from, with Encyclopedia of Middlegame. Endgame - Instead of boring lectures, learn endgame technique with the use of breathtaking artistic endgame compositions, chosen for their relevance to real play, with Studies 2.0. Altogether Total Chess Training includes more than 9000 commented games and positions to be solved for chess players with ELO rating from 1800 to 2400! Total Chess Training is the product of the best Russian chess instructors' efforts. Take advantage of their training and knowledge now, and raise your playing level to a new standard. English, French, German, Italian and Spanish versions available. No additional software required.

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CT-ART 3.0. Eur 26.00 The program is the 3rd revised and expanded edition of the ever popular Chess Tactics Art by the Russian GM of Correspondence chess, Maxim Blokh. The focus of the examples' difficulty is on amateurs but even masters will find themselves challenged by the hardest ones. Material chosen for a wide variety of player strengths No less than 1217 main examples with over 1000 supplementary ones classified according 3 criteria Several languages supported: English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish DVD-like box No additional software required.

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Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders. Eur 29.00 Learn to play chess by learning the opening mistakes and traps that have been discovered over time. The chess material prepared by IM Yaroslav Ulko and IM Aleksey Mitenkov, both experienced coaches and players in Russia. The program designed for studying the blunders in more than 40 openings. Over 1,250 instructive exercises of varying difficulty from practical games Several languages supported: English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish No additional software is required.

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Strategy 2.0. Eur 29.00 Designed by GM Alexander Kalinin to teach students strategy and positional play, STRATEGY 2.0 is a significantly expanded version of the original Strategy, containing not only more exercises but also many new lessons not present in the first edition. This chess program presents 1800 instructive positions with 18 most important strategic themes such as Advantage in development, Advantage in space, Attack on the king, Attack on the queenside, Weak squares, Pawn structure, Open files and diagonals, Central squares, Position of pieces, Exchange, Positional sacrifice, Prophylaxis, Isolated queen's pawn, Hanging pawns, Pawn pair of c3+d4 on semi-open files, the rule of two weaknesses, Planning, Defense and Counterattack. 250 examples for self-study illustrating the lessons presented 1100 selected exercises for you to solve 450 typical positions to train and play against Crafty or other supported external programs Several languages supported: English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish DVD-like box No additional software required.

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Studies 2.0. Eur 26.00 Training course based on best chess studies, especially chosen for their instructive value. Contains over 950 greatest endgame compositions and 900 subsidiary exercises divided into 4 parts: 1) Studies on the topics; 2) Ending studies; 3) Gallery of Chess Compositions; 4) Various grades by difficulty level (ELO 1800-2400). There is simply no substitute for the ease and quality of the studies presented, not to mention their eternal beauty. A possibility to set up styles for study and game elements Built-in chess playing program (may be started from any position) Compatibility with top playing programs (Hiarcs 3-6, MChess Pro 5-7 etc) Several languages supported: English, French, German, Russian and Spanish No additional software required.

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Chess School for Beginners. Eur 26.00 Written by GM Yury Razuvaev, well-known GM and one of Anatoly Karpov's coaches, this friendly interactive course is intended for both children and adult beginners. It is divided into 3 main sections: 1) Chess rules; 2) Development of intellectual abilities; 3) Playing. 700 carefully chosen, and in many cases designed, examples to help a student Navigator, the part of the program, presents a window which allows to select a mode of work Ideal for schools and teachers with an unlimited number of individual student profiles allowed English version is available DVD-like box No additional software is required.

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Advanced Chess School. Eur 26.00 Advanced Chess School is an interactive tutorial for those unexperienced players, both children and adults, who have already learnt the rules of chess and now wish to become players of intermediate strength. It can be considered a continuation of "Chess School for Beginners". Students will study essential concepts such as development, the center, fundamentals in chess tactics, basic endgame rules and much more! The chess material for the program was prepared by N. Zhuravlev, chess master from Latvia, famous trainer and author. The program contains 2 large courses: "Theory - Essential Chess Knowledge" and "Playing Instructive Examples. 55 lessons with more than 1,200 instructive examples Several languages supported: English, Russian, Spanish No additional software required DVD-like box This course turns a beginner into an intermediate player!

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