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Don’t be surprised in the opening! Chess King's Opening Ideas DVD Course is the quickest way to learn the ideas, plans and goals behind the major chess openings. Just watch the moves and listen to their explanations. Recommended for players Unrated to 1700 Elo.
Ideal for Junior and improving players to reach club player level. Useful for parents and coaches to gather material for their chess lessons. The high quality DVDs feature 12th Women's World Chess Champion and Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk and a portion of the proceeds go to support her Chess Fund.
Table of contents. Volume 1: Open Games 1.e4 e5
- Introduction
- Fight for the Center
- Center Game
- Danish Gambit
- King's Gambit Basics
- King's Gambit Declined
- Falkbeer Counter Gambit
- Classical King's Gambit
- King's Gambit Modern
- Vienna Game
- Bishop's Opening
- Latvian Gambit
- Ponziani Opening
- Goering Gambit
- Scotch Gambit
- Scotch Game
- Four Knight's Defense
- Two Knight's Defense
- Philidor Defense
- Petroff's Defense
- Italian Game
- Evans Gambit
- Ruy Lopez Basics
- Ruy Lopez Berlin Defense
- Schliemann Defense
- Ruy Lopez Exchange
- Ruy Lopez Steinitz Defense
- Open Ruy Lopez
- Marshall Attack
- Ruy Lopez Archangel
- Closed Ruy Lopez
- Further Opening Study
System Requirements: PC, Mac, DVD player or any other means of playing DVD video.
The DVD is zone “0″ or “ALL” which means it is guaranteed play anywhere in the world (including USA zone 1, Europe zone 2, etc.), and it works on any normal DVD player or PC or Mac.
About the Series
There are 3 volumes in the series: Volume 1: Open Games 1.e4 e5. Volume 2: Semi-Open Games 1. e4 others. Volume 3: Closed Games 1.d4 or 1.Nf3. Over 8 hours of instruction in this amazing video chess openings encyclopedia. The course is masterfully presented by chess computer guru Steve Lopez. Introduction by Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk.
See other volumes of the series:
Volume 2: Semi-Open Games 1. e4 others. French, Caro-Cann, Pirc, Scandinaviam Alekhine, Sicilian defense (Dragon, Sveshnikov, Najdorf, Closed, Alapin, Smit-Morra), etc. 28 chapters, 140 minutes.
Volume 3: Closed Games 1.d4 or 1.Nf3. Queen's Gambit, Reti, Benko, Grünfeld, Dutch, Slav, English Opening and several Indian Defenses (Bogo-Indian, Nimzo-Indian, King’s Indian). 33 chapters, 150 minutes.
Video Example (from Complete Chess Course)
