Sergei Tiviakov: How to play the Ruy Lopez with Qe2 To avoid theory battles in well-known lines against Ruy Lopez (Berlin, Open Variation or the Marshall Attack), Sergey Tiviakov invites you into the world of an extraordinary early queen move for White:...

Daniel King - Powerplay 28: Tactic Toolbox King's Gambit In the King’s Gambit, there is action in the centre right from the start, so tactics play a massive part in the game. Daniel King presents 50 puzzle positions in video format, all arising...

  Daniel King: Powerplay 27: The King’s Gambit Glorious sacrifices, unexpected tactics and checkmating attacks. The King’s Gambit is one of the oldest and most romantic openings in the game of chess. White sacrifices a pawn to build a...

Tactic Toolbox London System The London System is becoming increasingly popular, both at grandmaster and club level. The theory of the opening is developing quickly, with new things being tested all the time. This, in return, gives rises to fresh...

The London System with 2.Bf4 Reloaded Why bother learning hundreds of complex variations when you can play a simple yet deadly opening – the London System with 2.Bf4. Over the last couple of years nearly all the world’s elite grandmasters...

The London System with 2.Bf4 Reloaded Why bother learning hundreds of complex variations when you can play a simple yet deadly opening – the London System with 2.Bf4. Over the last couple of years nearly all the world’s elite grandmasters...

Fabiano Caruana: Navigating the Ruy Lopez  - A World-Class Player Explains The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity...

Fabiano Caruana: Navigating the Ruy Lopez  - A World-Class Player Explains The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super-GM...

Fabiano Caruana: Navigating the Ruy Lopez  - A World-Class Player Explains The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super-GM...

Fabiano Caruana: Navigating the Ruy Lopez  - A World-Class Player Explains The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super-GM...

Fabiano Caruana: Navigating the Ruy Lopez  - A World-Class Player Explains The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super-GM...

Fabiano Caruana: Navigating the Ruy Lopez  - A World-Class Player Explains The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super-GM...

Fabiano Caruana: Navigating the Ruy Lopez  - A World-Class Player Explains The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super-GM...

Fabiano Caruana: Navigating the Ruy Lopez  - A World-Class Player Explains The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super-GM...

The Petroff (or Russian) Defence which is characterised by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 has been popular at the highest levels for many years and enjoys the reputation of being an extremely solid defence. In the 1990’s and 2000’s, the theory...

When we are kids we are mostly taught to play 1.e4, and the first mate we see is the one with Bc4, Qh5 and Qxf7++. It looks like chess theory is turning back to its roots when the move 3.Bc4 was much more popular than 3.Bb5. Nowadays all top...

White sets up a Reverse Dutch creating a lethal kingside attack with an extra move.Taking your opponent out of book on your second move! In these computerized days of playing engines, databases and online search tools, the chess competitor needs to keep...

The Italian Game is considered a sound but quiet opening without early trades, giving rise to rich positions where plans are more important than forced variations — in short, an ideal avenue to outplay your opponent without having to learn much...

INCLUDED ON DVD - ROMAN'S LAB PART #47 - A $15.95 VALUE! Hosted by GM Ron W. Henley, this is the second of the 3-volume series that will open your mind to what is possible and essential to dominate your endgames. These amazing endgame compositions will...

INCLUDED ON DVD - ROMAN'S LAB PART #46 - A $15.95 VALUE! Hosted by GM Ron W. Henley, this is the third of the 3-volume series that will open your mind to what is possible and essential to dominate your endgames. These amazing endgame compositions will...

Presented by International Master Bill Paschall for ChessLecture.com Bobby Fischer almost beat the then world champion Mikhail Botvinnik at the 1962 olympiad in Varna, Bulgaria, with the Grunfeld defense. Named after the Austrian master Ernst...

Rook endings are among the most difficult in chess. Rook and Pawn endings have their own special rules and a special way of calculation. Bryan examines various rook endings resulting from different openings played through to conclusion. Learn...

The Berlin Defence which arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 gives White a hard nut to crack, and the solidity of the line led to its nickname “Berlin Wall”. The mainline 5.d4 in particular leads to positions in which White...

  Product Description   Shredder Classic 5 Linux, Shredder 13 Linux and Deep Shredder 13 Linux combine extremely powerful chess play with easy handling. The level of play of the program can be adjusted to any...

In the fight for playable, unbalanced positions after 1.e4 e5, many top players (including World Champion Magnus Carlsen) turned to 3…g6 against the Ruy Lopez (2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5). Black aims for a kingside fianchetto combined, depending on White’s...

Simon Williams: Evans Gambit for the new generation  This romantic and exciting opening is named after the Welsh Sea Captain William Davies Evans who tried it first. The Evans (which arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4!?) is an attempt to...

Content: 2 hours and 23 Minutes in a series of 5 lectures. Paul Keres January 7, 1916 – June 5, 1975 was an Estonian chess grandmaster and chess author. Keres was among the world’s top players from the mid-1930s to the...

Content: 2.5 hours of instruction and analysis in a series of 5 lectures.   Anthony John Miles (23 April 1955 – 12 November 2001) was an English chess Grandmaster, the first Englishman to earn the Grandmaster title in over-the- board play...

Chess Informant 128 Far Cry  DON'T MESS WITH KARJAKIN! 2016 European champion GM Ernesto Inakiev not only answers the question "What has been demonstrated by Karjakin that could not have been done by others?" but also reveals Sergey's secret weapons...

Chess Informant 127 Golden proudly presents: 50 years of Chess Informant       Contents:GM Sergey Rublevsky - Scotch Game 4...Bb4: You can‘t easily beat a centuries-old opening GM Pentala Harikrishna -...

Presented by International Master Bill Paschall for ChessLecture.com Mikhail Botvinnik once said “It is of absolute importance to examine and understand your own games”.  Other masters followed suit and learned from Botvinnik’s...

Several years ago ChessBase released a DVD focusing on attacking in the Italian Game and Ruy Lopez – it was met with a great deal of positive feedback. Based on the overwhelming number of reader requests, we decided to get to work on another DVD on...

The Berlin Wall, also known as the Berlin Defense, is one of the most solid and frequently played openings of the 21st century, and compared to the real Berlin Wall, there’s almost no chance of it falling. Introduced into serious practice during...

The Spanish Opening is often called the „Queen of Openings“. If you master this opening, you understand a lot about chess. One of the most popular systems in the Spanish Opening is the Breyer variation, in which Black retreats his already...

The Schliemann (or Jaenisch) Gambit, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5, languished in semi-obscurity before top GM Teimour Radjabov revolutionised the opening with new ideas, defending his analysis with excellent results in Linares and elsewhere against the...

The Two Knights Defence is one of the oldest opening lines in chess history. The sharp positions, arising after the moves 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5, have intrigued players for many decades! World Champions like Wilhelm Steinitz and Bobby Fischer...

On this all-new Foxy DVD, Andrew Martin focuses on the Bronstein-Larsen system in the Caro-Kann and provides a perfect introduction to this sharp variation. After 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 (or 3 Nd2) dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+gxf6! the position becomes...

The Scotch has long been associated with exciting play, although people often doubt it’s positional base. But the opening has evolved from the swashbuckling games of the 19th century to become a sound, but aggressive, alternative to the evergreen...

This DVD mainly deals with two things:  1) Some of the most interesting lines in the King’s Gambit starting with 3 Nf3, especially concentrating ‘on the refutation of the King’s Gambit (Fisher)’ 3...g5. I have given the...

  Running time: 3 Hours, 30 Minutes On this DVD GM Ron W. Henley continues his popular Universal System for The Aggressive Black Player. 1.e4 g6 Bg7 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.c3 Covering lines against the often difficult to meet c3...

The information explosion has led to a massive increase in opening theory. But how often do you win a game with a prepared line? What gives strong players the edge over their opponents is not some blockbuster novelty, but a deep understanding of the pawn...

Operating System: Microsoft Windows Media: DVD   Product Description The Four Knights Game is a strong opening system that White can employ to crush his or her opponent with its ostensible simplicity. In the present DVD, FM Valeri Lilov...

Volume 4 of 4 THE SNIPER! A Dynamic Universal System for the Aggressive Black Player - 203 minutes The SNIPER! is a dynamic and universal opening system that fills in the gaps for the Black player who plays the Accelerated Dragon,the Dzindzi Indian, or...

The Sicilian Dragon Series - Volume 1 of 4 Easy Way to Learn How to Play The Sicilian Dragon2 hours 6 minutes "Gaining The Winning Edge" GM Timur Gareev (Currently Ranked in the top 100 Players in the World) presents on this DVD the thematical ideas and...

  Step by Step thought process on how a GM approaches each Opening move.       Guaranteed to give you the tools to be a Better Chess Player !!   On This DVD GM Gareev will take you through the thought...

Hosted by: IM Andrew MartinRunning Time: 110 Minutes The Queen’s Gambit Accepted is a fundamental defence to 1 d4 and has been used by many World Champions, Petrosian, Anand and Kasparov, to name but a few. On this all-new Foxy Openings Repertoire DVD ,...

Making the right strategic decisions belongs to the most difficult tasks at the chessboard. But how can one enhance one's strategic understanding and methodical play? For the present video course Rustam has carefully selected games from his own practice...

Over 3 hours of instruction from former World Chess Champion  Grandmaster Rustam Kasimdzhanov  Product Description The Petroff Defense has great popularity at the highest level and has attracted much general attention lately. Many strong...

Over 5 hours of instruction from legendary British   Grandmaster Nigel Davies  Product Description The Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4) by Nigel Davies is a lively alternative to the Ruy Lopez which has found favor amongst many...

The venerable Ruy Lopez is one of the most interesting of chess openings. In this diverse and instructive DVD, International Master Andrew Martin explains how the opening works, with the help of mostly recent, complete master games, although there are...