How to play chess Lessons from an international master
DVD - 2015
Learn chess from an international master and renowned teacher in these intensively illustrated, easy-to-understand lessons for players at all levels. Jeremy Silman is an International Master and a world-class chess teacher, writer, and player who has won the U.S. Open, The National Open, and the American Open.
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- Published
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[Chantilly, Va.] :
Teaching Company
[2015]
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
- Edition
- [PDF workbook version]
- Item Description
- "The Great courses, Topic: Better living ; Subtopic: Arts & leisure"--Cover.
"Course no. 9411"--Disc labels.
24 lectures lasting 30 minutes each.
Accompanying CD-ROM contains course workbook in PDF format. - Physical Description
- 4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
- Format
- DVD; PDF requires Adobe Reader or PDF reader.
- ISBN
- 9781629972060
- Disc 1. The world of chess ; Secrets of the pawns and knights ; Casting, checkmate, chess engines, draws ; Must-know tactical patterns in chess ; Chess combinations and kings in check ; Checkmate! Back-rank, smothered, and more
- Disc 2. Checkmate against a castled king ; Legendary attacking greats of chess ; A cascade of short, brutal chess games! ; Chess heroes of the Romantic Age ; Open files and the positional rook ; Pawns : the positional soul of chess
- Disc 3. Positional weaknesses and targets in chess ; Closed and open positions on the chessboard ; Chess statics vs. dynamics : an eternal battle ; Using chessboard imbalances to create plans ; Legendary teachers who transformed chess ; Chess endgames and the king's magical powers.
- Disc 4. Kings and pawns in next-level endgames ; Triangulation and two critical rook endgames ; Chess openings : the right and wrong way ; Chess psychology and the known unknown ; The chess amateur's mind ; Picking a chess hero.
