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The new version of Rybka - Rybka 2.2 - has been released. The author
of the program Vasik Rajlich has managed to make significant improvements
to the program and its leadership among chessplaying programs is
now beyond question. Excellent evaluation of the dynamic factors
combined with subtle definition of positional nuances allows it
to achieve outstanding results in playing and high quality analysis.
It is confirmed not only by the rating of independent agency CEGT
(http://www.husvankempen.de/nunn/),
but also by its victory at the Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship
with a result of 9/9! Note: Rybka 2.2 UCI is not a standalone program:
it can be connected to the following interfaces: Fritz interface
(programs Fritz / Junior / Shredder / Hiarcs), ChessBase 9, Chess
Assistant 8 and 9, Chess Partner interface, Shredder UCI interface,
and to the free interface Arena, etc. If compared to version 2.1,
the new 2.2 version has the following advantages: much better tactically;
much better in longer games; better in blitz too. During testing,
a blitz match (3m + 1s inc) between Rybka 2.2 and Rybka 2.1 ended
+111 =206 -55 (+51 Elo) in favour of 2.2. Rybka 2.2 UCI includes:
Rybka 2.2 UCI (two versions for 32 and 64 bit Windows), rybka.dll
for easier connection to Chess Assistant 9; Rybka Win-Finder (an
experimental engine: and a very tactical version of Rybka, often
10x or even 100x faster on tactical problems, but with some weak
spots - weaker than Rybka 2.2 version but can be useful due to its
strong tactical function Rybka Win-Finder version will be sent by
e-mail); opening book for Fritz interface. When purchasing Rybka
2.2 UCI, you receive the strongest playing program via the internet
at once and the right to receive the next update (2.3). System
requirements: IBM-compatible PC, 20 Mb of available disk space,
Windows 2000/NT/XP, CD-ROM drive, chessplaying interface (or use
Arena, freely downloadable from the web). Deep Rybka 2.2
UCI is the multi-processor version. Rybka 2.2 & Chess Openings 2006
(Convekta CD-ROM, 2006) £37.50
plus postage £1.50 UK, £3.00
overseas
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Rybka 2.2 and Chess Openings 2006 is a complete standalone program
which includes an advanced interface for playing and analyzing -
multi-variant and infinite analysis - Opening Encyclopedia 2006
(rich theoretical material on all the openings) - one million chess
games - powerful search system - supports playing chess online on
the Internet Chess Club (ICC). Rybka 2.2 UCI & Chess Openings
includes: the strongest playing and analyzing program in the world
- Rybka 2.2; a database of more than 1,000,000 games of top games;
Opening Encyclopedia Chess Openings 2006, including more than 500,000
evaluations and 8,000 text comments; Rybka 2.2 UCI engine, which
you can add to the main chessplaying programs, e.g. Fritz, ChessBase
9, Shredder, Chess Assistant 8 and 9. By purchasing this program
you receive the strongest playing program and opening encyclopedia
now, and the right to receive the next update of Rybka (2.3) via
the internet for free. Language versions: English, Spanish, German,
French and Italian versions are available. Rybka 2.2 UCI and Chess
Openings 2006 includes: one CD-ROM, 64-page printed manual plus
additional manual for Rybka 2.2 UCI, box. The functions of Rybka
2.2 UCI and Chess Openings 2006 are presented in the included printed
manual, as well as in the video help course that is installed by
default. System requirements: IBM-PC compatible computer, 128
Mb RAM, 1 Gb free of space on hard disk, CD-ROM, Windows 2000/NT/XP.
Deep Rybka 2.2 & Chess Openings 2006 is the multi-processor
version.
A
new concept in opening study from Convekta... allows you to master
the standard methods of playing in these popular openings. Chess
material is provided by the prominent coach and GM Alexander Kalinin.
These programs includes theoretical material that focuses on the
typical methods of play in lines of these popular openings, more
than 680 annotated examples from GM games, more than 50 tasks for
solving and much more. After having studied this program you should
be better able to understand and play your favourite openings.
Modern Chess Openings: French Defence (GM Kalinin): Modern
Chess Openings is an abridged version of Chess Assistant
7 - over 550 games, 461 (Practice section), 45 (Theory Section),
50 (Test Section) - over 56,000 French Defence game database up
to and including 2003 - includes the chess programs Crafty &
Dragon for playing and analysis - the book version French Defence:
Modern Practice has 401 games.
Modern Chess Openings: Sicilian Defence (GM Kalinin) - Modern
Chess Openings is an abridged version of Chess Assistant
7 - over 680 games, 521 (Practice section), 112 (Theory section),
54 (Test Section) - 50,000 Sicilian Defence game database up to
& including 2003 - includes the chess programs Crafty &
Dragon for playing and analysis - the book version Sicilian Defence:
Modern Practice has 488 games.
Modern Chess Openings: King's Indian Defence (GM Kalinin) -
GM Alexander Kalinin has produced this unique program that
allows you to master the standard methods of playing the King's
Indian Defence. He focuses on typical methods of play in various
lines of this popular opening. 157 instructive examples, 600 annotated
GM games and more than 50 task for solving. Includes the chess programs
Crafty & Dragon for playing and analysis.
Modern Chess Openings: 1...Nc6!? (GM Kalinin and Berdichevsky)
From the very first moves, White must think creatively when responding
to 1...Nc6!? and is likely to face some entirely unfamiliar positions.
Grandmasters Alexander Kalinin and Igor Berdichevsky are true pioneers
in developing theory on this rare and very interesting opening.
They describe standard playing techniques after having collected
and analysed all available material from tournament play - more
than 300 annotated examples, plus 50 tasks for solving and 5,000
additional game. After studying this program, you will have a better
understanding of the theory and be ready to use it in your play.
Modern Chess Openings: Slav Defence (GM Kalinin) This is
an integrated computer-based course on the Slav, with 500 annotated
grandmaster games, 150 training exercises and a further 200 tasks
for solving. Comes with its own reader software and chessplaying
modules.
System Requirements for these CDs: IBM-compatible
PC with Pentium 100 CPU, 64 MB memory RAM, hard disk (100MB of free
disk space), VGA graphics, Windows 98/2000/NT/ME/XP, CD-ROM drive,
MS-compatible mouse. Recommended: 1 GHz CPU, 256 MB or more RAM,
1 GB of free disk space, Windows 2000/NT/XP, Super VGA graphics
with 16 bit colours and 1024x768 screen mode.
This is an opening encyclopedia including detailed theoretical
material in all the chess openings as at 1 January 2005. More than
500,000 opening moves and 8,000 key positions are evaluated and
presented with text annotations by GM Alexander Kalinin. A detailed
report may be generated for any opening position, which has an encyclopedic
table format. Afterwards it may be easily edited and expanded. The
key system was developed for every opening, which is automatically
extended as you examine the opening deeper and deeper.
The references to grandmaster and master games
are provided, using a 1,000,000 games database also supplied with
the program. You can also perform various searches in this database.
Two strong playing programs are included – Delfi and Crafty
– they may be used for playing and analyzing the openings.
Comprehensive Chess Openings helps intermediate and advanced players to find the required information on a particular opening position quickly, and also to prepare for a tournament game. Languages: English, German, French, Spanish and Italian CD, printed manual and plastic box. System requirements: IBM-compatible PC, 128 Mb RAM, Hard Disk 1Gb of free disk space, Windows 2000/NT/ME/XP, CD-ROM drive. No additional software is required.
This course was composed by GM Kalinin. It is aimed at teaching a student much of the middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section which includes over 560 games/lectures, each of them illustrating typical plans and methods in the following openings: Two Knights' defence, Ruy Lopez (Schliemann and 5...b5 variations), Sicilian defence (Richter attack), French defence (3 e5 and 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 variations), Caro-Kann defence (3 e5 variation), English defense, King's Indian defence (Classical, Saemisch, Fianchetto and Averbakh variations), Nimzo-Indian defence, Slav defence (4...dc variation), Old Indian defence, etc. A special training section includes more than 530 exercises for a user to solve, giving refutations of wrong moves as well as numerous hints to help you find the correct answer. There are also 380 training positions to be played against the embedded chess playing program Crafty. Multiple user profiles are featured with independent ratings and statistics for each. Printing options are also available.
Yuri Averbakh's authoritative five-volume endgame work was published
by Pergamon/Cadogan some years ago. Though now out of print in paper
format, Convekta have made it available on CD-ROM. What you get
is a pared-down version of the chess database software Chess
Assistant 7.1 (without game-saving and database-loading features)
delivering all of Averbakh's master work in digital format. It is
easy to install and use, and comes with the strong Crafty program
to enable you to analyse positions. Games are exportable to PGN
notation enabling you to move material to the database of your choice.
System specification: Windows 98 and upwards, 64MBs memory,
150 MBs hard disk.
This product includes 6 DVDs with more than 50 Gbs of data in total:
1 DVD with Nalimov Endgame Tablebases, all 3-4-5 piece endgames
• 5 DVDs with Nalimov Endgame Tablebases, main 6 piece endings,
as follows: • P+P v P+P • P+P+P v P • N+P v B+P •
N+P v N+P • B+P v B+P. Includes a database of 376,000 correspondence
games in PGN format as a bonus item. Nalimov Tablebases and Correspondence
database are supplied in standard formats and can be used with all
well-known programs including Fritz, Junior, ChessBase, Chess Assistant,
Rybka, Chess Openings and others.
A fundamental program on chess tactics including more than 4000
training examples and exercises classified by more than 100 tactical
methods and motifs. The complexity of the exercises within each
theme grows from beginner to advanced chess player. Individual ratings
are calculated on the basis of the user's performance and statistics
are gathered for each user. When studying each theme step by step,
you can master all the tactical methods and improve your play drastically.
Languages: English, German, French, Spanish and Italian CD, printed
manual and plastic box. System requirements: IBM-compatible PC,
32 Mb RAM, hard disk 50Mb, Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP, CD-ROM drive.
No additional software required.
Pocket CT-ART is the first training program on chess tactics for
Pocket PC. Now on your Pocket PC you can solve chess combinations
and improve your chess skills. The material was chosen for a wide
variety of player strengths from beginner to advanced players. More
than 1,200 exercises are classified into three criteria: Tactical
methods, Combination motifs, Difficulty. While solving, you are
shown refutations of wrong moves as well as other hints to help.
Multiple user profile are possible, with independent ratings and
statistics for each. Languages: English, German, French, Spanish
and Italian CD, printed manual and plastic box. System requirements:
Pocket CT-ART runs on Pocket PCs with Windows Mobile 2003. Installation
requires PC.
Pocket Chess Strategy is the first chess program to teach strategy and positional play on a Pocket PC. This program presents 18 important strategic themes, including: Pawn structure, Weak square, Central squares, Exchange, Plan, Prophylaxis, Hanging pawns etc. This course was composed by GM Kalinin and contains as many as 250 examples for self-study and 1100 selected exercises for you to solve. While solving, you are shown refutations of wrong moves as well as other hints to help. Multiple user profiles are possible, with independent ratings and statistics for each user. System requirements: Pocket Chess Strategy runs on Pocket PCs with Windows Mobile 2003 or Pocket PC 2002.
Pocket Chess Combinations is the training program on chess combinations for Pocket PC. The material is developed by the prominent chess coach Sergey Ivashchenko and aimed at intermediate players. The program includes: more than 1,170 combination exercises classified by themes and difficulty Refutations of wrong moves as well as other hints to help find the correct answer Multiple user profile are possible, with independent ratings and statistics for each. Languages: English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Runs on Pocket PCs with Windows Mobile 2005, Windows Mobile 2003 and Pocket PC 2002. CD-ROM drive required on main computer.
Study the endgame on your pocket PC! The author, well-known coach
and grandmaster Panchenko, worked through this chess material for
over 20 years. Many experts regard his endgame handbook as the best
in the field. Thousands of chess players in Russia have used it
to study the endgame and many of them are now grandmasters. The
theoretical section includes over 700 games/lectures, each of them
illustrating theoretical and practical endgame methods. Many of
the included themes are discussed for the very first time. A special
training section includes 300 exercises for the user to solve, showing
the refutations of wrong moves as well as giving numerous hints
to help find the correct answer. Multiple user profiles are possible,
with independent ratings and statistics for each user. Languages:
English and Spanish. Comes with CD, printed manual and plastic box.
System Requirements: Pocket PC with Windows Mobile 2005, Windows
Mobile 2003 or Pocket PC 2002. Installation requires a PC.
This is a new learning program for the Pocket PC dedicated to the
opening and the middlegame. It helps you study standard middlegame
structures, as well as the most popular openings including Sicilian,
Ruy Lopez, French, Caro-Kann, King's Indian, Slav, Catalan, Nimzo-Indian,
Gruenfeld, English opening, Benko Gambit and others. The main plans
and playing techniques for White and Black are examined for these
openings and structures, and illustrated with 600 instructive examples.
A special training section includes more than 1000 exercises for
the user to solve, showing refutations of wrong moves as well as
giving numerous hints to help find the correct answer. Multiple
user profiles are possible, with independent ratings and statistics
for each user. Languages: English, German, French, Spanish and Italian.
Comes with CD, printed manual and plastic box. System Requirements:
Pocket PC with Windows Mobile 2005, Windows Mobile 2003 or Pocket
PC 2002. Installation requires a PC.
Pocket Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders is the opening training
program for Pocket PC. The chess material was prepared by IM Yaroslav
Ulko and IM Aleksey Mitenkov, both experienced coaches and players
in Russia, and is aimed at intermediate players. The program is
designed for studying blunders in more than 40 openings. Over 1,250
instructive exercises of varying difficulty from practical games
Refutations of wrong moves as well as other hints to help find the
correct answer Multiple user profile are possible, with independent
ratings and statistics for each. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Runs on
Pocket PCs with Windows Mobile 2005, Windows Mobile 2003 and Pocket
PC 2002. Installation requires a PC.
Chess Database CD-ROM
MegaCorr4 has over 700,000 games
in ChessBase, Chess Assistant and zipped PGN formats on a CD-ROM:
in fact it has more than 725,000 games including fragments and 'non-games'.
Whatever chess software you use, you should be able to access the
games in one format or another. That makes MegaCorr4 the largest
ever correspondence game database and the most versatile: compiled
by a CC master for all CC players. OTB players and chess writers
should want it too, as the database includes many high-class games
and opening novelties not available elsewhere. The games are drawn
from a wide variety of CC organising clubs and federations including
ICCF, IECC, IECG, Chess in Friendship, DESC, Liape, WCCF, etc. and
also some commercial chess servers. Wherever you play your correspondence
chess, you are likely to find some games by your future opponents
here. MegaCorr4 also includes all Chess Mail issues in Adobe
Acrobat PDF format - from the start in 1996 right up to the first
four issues of 2005. It also has several other bonus files, including
a complete PDF version of Tim Harding's 1996 book Winning at
Correspondence Chess. This makes it an unmatched resource for
all CC players from beginners to master. To make full use of
everything on the disk you'll need a chess-playing program or database
(for the games), a web browser and an Adobe Acrobat reader (for
the textual and photographic material). This CD-ROM will run on
Windows or Apple Macintosh.
This CD-ROM on the theory and practice
of the Two Knight's Defence (C55-59) is by a prolific German author
who has been
responsible for several ChessBase disks. It is aimed at enthusaists
who are either seeking a dynamic opening or wanting to deepen their
understanding of this system. 350 commented games, 40,000 study
database. ChessBase and PGN format database; you will need chess
database software to use this disk. System requirements Pentium,
32 MB RAM, Windows 95 or more..
Chess Informants 1-91 CD (in Chess Informant Expert, PGN, ChessBase
& Chess Assistant formats) is a complete run of the the world-famous
Chess Informator containing 92,478 fully annotated theoretically
important games played between January 1966 and September 2004.
It features major contributions from the chess elite, including
14 world champions: Euwe (2 games), Botvinnik (72), Smyslov (604),
Tal (963), Petrosian (531), Spassky (760), Fischer (221), Karpov
(1592), Kasparov (1169), Kramnik (776), Khalifman (610), Anand (887),
Ponomariov (216) and Kasimdzhanov (191), 5 women world champions:
Gaprindashvili (184), Chiburdanidze (257), Xie Jun (144), Zs. Polgár
(199), Stefanova (18), plus Korchnoi (1680), Timman (1666), Beliavsky
(1515), Portisch (1172), Shirov (1049), Miles (999), Ljubojevic
(988), M. Gurevich (956), Short (939), Polugaevsky (887), Larsen
(887), Gelfand (872), Tukmakov (856), I. Sokolov (850), Ivanchuk
(831), Hort (830), Romanishin (829), Gligoric (828), Adams (817),
Hübner (797), Andersson (780), Piket (779), Sax (751), Vaganian
(745), Gulko (717), Bareev (692), Van der Wiel (689), Geller (688),
Van Wely (681), Lautier (676), Nunn (670), Ftácnik (668),
Jussupow (664), Uhlmann (663), P. Nikolic (650), Psakhis (640),
Browne (624), Seirawan (622), Sveshnikov (608), Lékó
(607), Gheorghiu (605), Matulovic (600), Ki. Georgiev (574), Speelman
(565), Ehlvest (563), Kupreichik (544), Glek (538), Topalov (536),
J. Polgár (529), Ribli (526), Yudasin (522), Jansa (515),
Velimirovic (511), Ivkov (503), Dreev (502), and many others. The
number of published games annotated by world champions: Euwe (1
game), Botvinnik (29), Smyslov (128), Tal (367), Petrosian (509),
Spassky (17), Fischer (10), Karpov (571), Kasparov (606), Kramnik
(381), Khalifman (209), Anand (395), Ponomariov (101), Kasimdzhanov
(92), Gaprindashvili (61), Chiburdanidze (127), Xie Jun (29), Zs.
Polgár (98), Stefanova (2).
The Chess Informants 1-40 CD-ROM brings you all the games from
volumes 1-40 of the famous periodical - including annotations -
on one PGN database, which can be used with all proprietary chess
database software such as ChessBase or Fritz. But you do not need
to own any software as the CD-ROM comes equipped with Chess Informant's
own reader software which gives you access to all the games and
annotations via its own set of facilities, comprehensive indexing
and search features and the top-quality Crafty analysis engine.
Chess Informant started in 1966, so this collection of 40 complete
volumes' worth of data brings you the games from January 1966 through
to December 1985, and has annotations by the greatest collection
of players imaginable... Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian,
Spassky, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Khalifman, Anand - that's all
of the world champions playing during that era!
The games from volumes 41-75 of the famous periodical, including
annotations, on one PGN database, which can be used in the same
way as Chess Informants 1-40 (see above). Covers the period January
1986 to May 1999 - and you can add Kramnik and Ponomariov to list
of stellar contributors. Also comes with Chess Informant Reader
2.1+ and Chess Informant Expert Lite.
This CD-ROM has all the 5,374 annotated games which appeared in
the five editions of Informator covering June 1999 to January
2001. It comes with its own reader software so there is no need
to own any other database software. You can play through games,
enter your own data, search and analyse with the built-in Crafty
engine (against which you can also play games). And there are all
the usual Informator features, such as the ten best games of the
previous edition, combinations, endgames, etc, in a browser-like
window. But, for those who use ChessBase, Fritz or other proprietary
systems, the data is also supplied as a PGN file which can be added
to existing databases. That makes it tremendously good value.
This edition of Informator's electronic publication has all 5,239
annotated games from Informator volumes 81-85 (February 2001 to
September 2002) plus all the usual Informator features in an electronic
window. As with the previous issue, you can play through, analyse
with the (remarkably strong) Crafty chess-playing engine, or simply
add the games to your existing database collection (whichever software
you use). Tremendous value!
This edition of Informator's electronic publication has a selection
of 1,518 fully annotated theoretically important games and 1,303
accompanying game fragments played between October 2002 and September
2003 in PGN* format. This collection features major contributions
from the chess elite, including G. Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Bareev,
Shirov, Grischuk, Mi. Adams, Svidler, Lékó, Ju. Polgár,
R. Ponomariov, Ivanchuk, Dreev, B. Gelfand, N. Short, I. Sokolov,
Azmaiparashvili, An. Karpov, Ye Jiangchuan, Sasikiran, Khalifman,
Nisipeanu, Bologan, Rublevsky, Smirin, Kasimdzhanov, A. Beliavsky,
J. Lautier, Al. Onischuk, Sakaev, M. Gurevich, Kobalia, Van Wely,
Zvjaginsev, Ki. Georgiev, T. Radjabov, Sutovsky, S. Movsesian, Zhang
Zhong, Macieja, P. Tregubov, Motylev, Rozentalis, Vescovi, Z. Almási,
Lputian, Kotronias, Kaidanov, Je. Piket, S. Volkov, Berkes, Ch.
Lutz, Iordachescu, Dautov, B. Avrukh, Dorfman, Xu Jun, L. Domínguez,
A. Galkin, Bu Xiangzhi, Bruzón, Chuchelov, Tiviakov, Krasenkow,
P. Ács, Korchnoi, and many others. With this CD you get a
special FREE supplement: Chess Informant Expert 5.0 (full version.
Tremendous value!
* PGN = Portable Game Notation - this data format is compatible
with and can be read by most chess database/playing software (including
ChessBase, Chess Assistant, Fritz, Shredder, Junior, etc)
Chess Informants 89-91 in PGN CD brings a selection of 1,487 fully annotated theoretically important games and 1,492 accompanying game fragments played between October 2003 and September 2004. Everything is in PGN format, so you can add it to your existing database. This collection features major contributions from the chess elite, including G. Kasparov, V. Anand, Kramnik, Leko, Mi. Adams, Svidler, Ju. Polgar, Shirov, Bareev, R. Ponomariov, Ivanchuk, Grischuk, Dreev, Sutovsky, B. Gelfand, Akopian, Nisipeanu, N. Short, Milov, J. Lautier, Van Wely, Vallejo Pons, Krasenkow, Smirin, Azmaiparashvili, Bologan, Sakaev, Khalifman, Sasikiran, Malakhov, I. Sokolov, A. Beliavsky, Al. Onischuk, Volokitin, Motylev, Kasimdzhanov, Zvjaginsev, Rublevsky, L. Dominguez, Vescovi, M. Gurevich, Bruzon, Iordachescu, Ehlvest, Berkes, P. Eljanov, P. Tregubov, S. Movsesian, Illescas Cordoba, Ki. Georgiev, Dautov, Kobalia, Alex. Fedorov, Tiviakov, B. Avrukh, Gyimesi, Macieja, Ni Hua, Kaidanov, Korchnoi, J. Timman, Zhang Zhong, Sergey Karjakin, and many others.
With this CD you get a special FREE supplement: Chess Informant
Expert 6.0 (full version)
* PGN = Portable Game Notation - this data format is compatible
with and can be read by most chess database/playing software (including
ChessBase, Chess Assistant, Fritz, Shredder, Junior, etc)
The Chess Informants 92-94 in PGN* CD brings a selection of 1,450
fully annotated theoretically important games and 1,588 accompanying
game fragments played between October 2004 and September 2005. In
Informator, PGN, ChessBase and Chess Assistant formats. This collection
features major contributions from the chess elite, including Kasparov,
Anand, Lékó, Ivanchuk, Svidler, Kramnik, Ju. Polgár,
Grischuk, Adams, and many others. Plus voting for the ten best games
and the ten most important theoretical novelties from Chess Informants
91, 92 & 93, theoretical surveys in ECO format (A 18, D 17 &
D 48), the most interesting combinations (45) and endings (27) from
recent tournament practice, studies (27), tournament standings and
crosstables, and the best of Robert Huebner’s, Michael Adams’
and Veselin Topalov’s creative output.
* PGN = Portable Game Notation - this data format is compatible
with and can be read by most chess database/playing software (including
ChessBase, Chess Assistant, Fritz, Shredder, Junior, etc)
Chess Informants 95-97 CD-ROM in four different database
formats (ChessBase, PGN, Chess Assistant and Informator Reader)
brings a selection of 1,265 fully annotated theoretically-important
games and 1,478 accompanying game fragments played between October
2005 and August 2006. Voting for the ten best games and the ten
most important theoretical novelties from Chess Informants 94,
95 & 96, theoretical surveys in ECO format (C92, D49 & E15),
the most interesting combinations and endgames from recent tournament
practice, tournament standings and crosstables, and the best of
Alexei Shirov’s, John Nunn’s and Svetozar Gligoric’s
creative output.
The complete combinations sections from all volumes of Informator
on one disk! Sahovski Informator writes: "In response
to popular demand, Chess Informant has decided to dig deep
into the treasure-trove filled with all the 3,002 combinative masterpieces
published in Informator’s combinations section from the 5th
to 91st Volume over the 35-year span. Our Editorial Board resisted
the trend of some recent compilers who often aspired to rewrite
the history with the help of our silicon friends – we felt
that true collectors of the Informant volumes would want to add
the original trademark sections to their collection. Naturally,
some examples might have lost their appeal or even prove seriously
flawed, but our main goal was to preserve the spirit of the moment
when they were originally published. Though we understand that some
users may get misled when they try to solve some examples in the
training mode, we had to make a compromise and keep all the main
lines intact. Enjoy!"
The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings has long been the definitive
work on opening theory, employing Informator's comprehensive and
easy-to-use chess opening classification and reference system which
has gone on to become the world's de facto standard. This volume
contains all opening moves other than 1 d4 and 1 e4, plus 1 d4 without
1...d5, 1...Nf6, 1 d4 Nf6 without 2 c4, 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 without 2...e6
or 2...g6. Hence this volume covers the English Opening, Dutch Defence,
Benoni, Reti, Volga Gambit amongst others. The basis of ECO are
games from Informator annotated by the best players of today and
their assessments. In four different formats (ChessBase CBH, PGN,
Chess Assistant and Informator Reader).
The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings has long been the definitive
work on opening theory, employing Informator's comprehensive and
easy-to-use chess opening classification and reference system which
has gone on to become the world's de facto standard. Volume B contains
all Black's responses to 1 e4 except 1...e6 and 1...e5. Hence this
volume includes the Sicilian, Caro-Kann, Pirc, Modern, Alekhine,
Scandinavian and other more unusual opening choices against 1 e4.
The basis of ECO are games from Informator as annotated by the best
players of today. In four different formats (ChessBase CBH, PGN,
Chess Assistant and Informator Reader).
The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings has long been the definitive
work on opening theory, employing Informator's comprehensive and
easy-to-use chess opening classification and reference system which
has gone on to become the world's de facto standard. Volume D contains
1 d4 d5 (i.e. all Queen's Gambit lines) plus 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 with
...d5 (i.e. the Grunfeld). The basis of ECO are games from Informator
as annotated by the best players of today. In four different formats
(ChessBase CBH, PGN, Chess Assistant and Informator Reader).
One of the main problems of tournament play is successfully negotiating
the opening. This CD-based Small Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings
gives easy access to clear and reliable information for the numerous
chess players who have competitive ambitions but only limited time
to dedicate to chess, while for players with greater competitive
experience and chess professionals, it offers an ideal repository
of information and the exact evaluation of critical lines. In four
different formats (ChessBase CBH, PGN, Chess Assistant and Informator
Reader).
This CD-ROM-based Monograph of Chess Openings work on the Scotch
C45 (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nd4) contains some additional
features: reference database (1,402 reference games), Chess Informant
database (625 annotated games from Chess Informants 1-98)
Test your skills (180 training questions). In four different
formats (Chess Informant Expert, PGN, ChessBase and Chess Assistant).
The
Big Bird PowerBase gives you complete coverage of 1 f4, including
the Stonewall, Bird-Larsen Attack, Reversed Leningrad, and From's
Gambit. The 510 annotated games feature notes by Steinitz, Tartakower,
Bird, Staunton, Zukertort, Nimzowitsch, and many others - the great
majority with full text commentary. This CD comes with everything
you need to become an expert at Bird's Opening, such as: * A huge
database of 35,448 games * 510 main annotated games * Nearly 1,000
further games with medals, critical marks, evaluations, etc. * Detailed
opening key with over 1,650 classification positions * 5 theme keys
and clean indexes * 4 text documents - even H.E. Bird essays and
photos! * A giant tree database, plus specialized Fritz books (From's,
Stonewall, Leningrad) * Complete PGN files * Bonus database of selected
odds games with Bird's Opening.
This
disk contains a database of over 7,500 games plus 37 detailed database
surveys, by CC-GM Janis Vitomskis, CC-IM Tim Harding and Martin
Bennedick. In addition there is a 58-page PDF (Adobe Acrobat) containing
an introduction to the ideas and evolution of the Marshall Counter-Gambit,
plus analytical articles. There is an HTML file (readable by internet
web browser) with a an ‘easy guide’ to the Marshall, with
java play-throughs. The disk comes equipped with both ChessBase
and Adobe Acrobat Readers, although due to a production error there
is no Acrobat Reader for Macintosh users – it is freely available
on the internet. The disk is rich in detail and content.
This
disk contains 76,000 games and 46 opening books/trees, with copious
annotations and hypertext files with structured indexes of variations.
The databases are in new ChessBase (CBH) format and cover all lines
of the Queen’s Gambit (including the Slav and Semi-Slav), the
disk comes equipped with a ChessBase reader and a Fritz 6 demo version.
The product design is unusual: the cover, and also some of the text
files, are adorned with famous artistic depictions of women (who
have sacrificed articles of clothing rather than the c-pawn), and
there is also some very pleasant classical music to listen to.
Tim
Sawyer's collection of 41,000+ Alekhine Defense games over a twenty
year period. At £15.50
you can buy the accompanying book The Alekhine Defense Playbook
with many Alekhine Defense lines analysed in great detail (157 pages).
66,957
games, current to the end of 2000, PLUS a Specialist bonus folder.
Thousands of corrected names, events and scores make these the "cleanest"
collections around. Detailed opening keys to help pinpoint exact
variations - find the games you want instantly! A massive Tree database
designed to be an opening book for many playing programs, including
Fritz5 or higher. A .pgn file of all games for non-ChessBase software,
plus multiple .pgn files (about 7,000 games each) for freeware users.
408 pages, 2700 games cited. Figurine algebraic, variation index,
over 350 diagrams
51,909
games, current to the end of 2000, PLUS a Specialist bonus folder.
Thousands of corrected names, events and scores make these the "cleanest"
collections around. Detailed opening keys to help pinpoint exact
variations - find the games you want instantly! A massive Tree database
designed to be an opening book for many playing programs, including
Fritz5 or higher. A .pgn file of all games for non-ChessBase software,
plus multiple .pgn files (about 7,000 games each) for freeware users.
408 pages, 2700 games cited. Figurine algebraic, variation index,
over 350 diagrams
67,623
games, current to the end of 2000, PLUS a Specialist bonus folder.
Thousands of corrected names, events and scores make these the "cleanest"
collections around. Detailed opening keys to help pinpoint exact
variations - find the games you want instantly! A massive Tree database
designed to be an opening book for many playing programs, including
Fritz5 or higher. A .pgn file of all games for non-ChessBase software,
plus multiple .pgn files (about 7,000 games each) for freeware users.
408 pages, 2700 games cited. Figurine algebraic, variation index,
over 350 diagrams
Now
the fascinating world of 1 e4 Nc6 is captured on disk. Starting
with exhaustive archival material from Hugh Myers, and continuing
to the latest tournament game, this CD presents a complete and dynamic
system for Black. The catch-phrase after 1.e4 Nc6 is sound and reliable,
so that players of any level will find a powerful weapon in the
Nimzovich Defense. At last, a modern 1.e4 Nc6 database is here,
making it possible to quickly master the basic ideas of this solid
opening. Here's what you get with The Nimzovich Defense Ultimate
CD:
* The main database contains over 5,500 high-quality games. Countless
games were carefully retrieved from long forgotten publications,
and are simply available nowhere else.
* Over 650 annotated games. The list of commentators amounts to
a who's who in chess - if anyone has ever analyzed a 1.e4 Nc6 game,
it's probably here! * An excellent introduction by Hugh Myers, detailing
the historical development of this opening. Newcomers to the Nimzovich
Defense will enjoy the theoretical overview, with 18 hyperlinked
games selected by Myers. * Specialized opening keys are provided,
with nearly 500 classification positions. * 6 Opening Reports and
7 Surveys (including one by Carl Jaenisch from 1842!) offer a valuable
guide to the structure of 1.e4 Nc6. * A bonus database of over 5,200
Nimzovich Defense blitz games. These encounters are not to be taken
lightly - the great majority feature players rated 2400-2500, plus
super computers in the 2800-3000 range! * A tree (.ctg) database
(built from all 10,750 games) is included. While useful and interesting
in its own right, this database can also be used by Fritz with unbelievable
results! * Also inside are .cbf (old ChessBase) and .pgn files.
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