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Chess for Absolute Beginners:
Learn Chess in 30 Minutes
   $24.99
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MasterChess 6000: 3-in-1 DVD   $24.99  
Winning Chess the Easy Way:
#1,  #2,  #3  #4,  &  2-DVD Set #6
 
$24.99  and  $34.99
Kasparov: My Story DVDs:   $26.99
Part: #1,   #2,   #3,   #4,  and  #5 
Kasparov: My Story DVD Series:   $104.99
The Complete Series: Parts 1 - 5 
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Learning Chess the Easy Way
"Chess for Absolute Beginners: Learn Chess in 30 Minutes"   $24.99

 by GM Susan Polgar

Grandmaster Susan Polgar presents:  "Learning Chess the Easy Way: Learn Chess in 30 Minutes" the Best DVD for chess beginners ever produced!

Learn chess in 30 Minutes:  This Dvd is by far the best ever made to teach absolute beginners how to play the worlds greatest game, and it now has subtitles in four Languages: Spanish, French, German and English.

Grandmaster Susan Polgar:  With the aid of wonderful graphics and animation, this experienced chess professional and gifted chess teacher will introduce you to -- and show you how to play -- CHESS, the world's most popular game.

This DVD thoroughly covers lessons in:  the rules, setting up the board, tactics, checkmates, chess notation, and everything else that a beginner will ever need to know to start playing and enjoying the game of chess.

Highly recommended for:  Anyone -- of any age -- who has ever wanted to learn how to play chess, but was afraid to try!

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"Chess for Absolute Beginners" sells for only  $24.99





 

3 DVD Set
"MasterChess 6000"  Three-in-One DVD Set   $24.99

INCLUDING:  MasterChess 6000, Nalimov Table-Base, and Ultimate Game Collection 7

MasterChess 6000:  This software is designed to be easy to use, and offers you the option of playing a game against the built-in chess monster "Ruffian," searching the included database of over 1.4 Million Master level (and higher) games, or having a game analyzed by a professional caliber chess engine.

Nalimov Table Base:  Using the MasterChess 6000 engine "Ruffian," this 7 Gigabyte database of chess endgames allows you to play and analyze all endgames with 5 or fewer pieces to perfection!  It truly is the ultimate tool for studying chess endgame theory.

The Ultimate Game Collection 7:  The latest and greatest from Chess-on-DVD's database of chess games!  This Ultimate Game Collection has over 1.4 Million Master and Grandmaster level games in it, and is compatible with Fritz to boot!.  It also contains demos of Bookup, Advanced Chess School, ICC Blitzin, Chess Mentor, and CT Art I.0.

OS Compatibility:  PC

This Three-in-One DVD Set is just    $24.99





 

Winning Chess the Easy Way 1
"Winning Chess the Easy Way" - Volume 1  $24.99

The Basic Principles of Chess

Grandmaster Susan Polgar will take you through 8 easy to follow, highly instructive games covering the basic principles of chess.

This will help your understanding of chess and is guaranteed to improve your chess game. She will show you how to avoid the most common mistakes made in chess and give your chess game a strong, fundamentally sound foundation.

This DVD was designed to help novices to intermediate players; so sit back and let one of the World’s strongest players train you.

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This "Winning Chess the Easy Way" - Volume 1 sells for just    $24.99





 

Winning Chess the Easy Way 2
"Winning Chess the Easy Way" - Volume 2  $24.99

Learn How to Create a Plan in the Opening, Middlegame and Endgame

Planning in chess is essential throughout the entire game.

On this DVD, Grandmaster Susan Polgar will teach you the general ideas and concepts for short and long term planning in the opening, middlegame and endgame.  You will come away with a better understanding and insight on all three phases of a chess game.  Your moves will have more meaning and more purpose, which will result in more wins.

So, sit back and let Susan teach you the foundation of essential chess planning.

OS Compatibility:  PC

This "Winning Chess the Easy Way" - Volume 2 sells for just    $24.99





 

Winning Chess the Easy Way 3
"Winning Chess the Easy Way" - Volume 3  $24.99

Essential Chess Tactics and Combinations

As the famous saying goes, "Chess is 99% tactics!"

What are chess tactics?  Tactics are maneuvers that take advantage of short-term opportunities, often (but not necessarily) involving combinations or sacrifices.

In this DVD, Grandmaster Susan Polgar will introduce you to the most common and fundamental tactical elements in chess.

OS Compatibility:  PC

This "Winning Chess the Easy Way" - Volume 3 sells for just    $24.99





 

Winning Chess the Easy Way 4
"Winning Chess the Easy Way" - Volume 4  $24.99

Learn How to Avoid Opening Traps and Pitfalls

It is always nice to win a game quickly.  However, some opening traps are based only on hopes that the opponent will make a serious mistake.  If the opponents play correctly, the trap could backfire.

On this DVD Grandmaster Susan Polgar will take you through a number of opening traps & short games.  By knowing what to do and what to avoid, you can turn the tables on your opponent, giving you the win instead of becoming the falling victim to a "cheapo".

OS Compatibility:  PC

This "Winning Chess the Easy Way" - Volume 4 sells for just    $24.99





 

Winning Chess the Easy Way 6
"Winning Chess the Easy Way - In Las Vegas" - Special Edition - Volume 6  $34.99

Disc 1:  Grandmaster Susan Polgar shares with you 4 of her best and highly instructional games on how a Grandmaster thinks, reasons and approaches each move.

This DVD will help you take these easy to follow ideas and principles and apply them to your own games.

Disc 2:  The Polgar Sisters Susan, Sofia, and Judit, along with their parents, give their first public appearance in over 10 years.  The Polgar sisters reunite for a historic 81-board Triplex Simul, where each sister will alternate moves at every board.

This DVD also contains interviews, a question and answer session with the Polgar Family and a bonus lecture by Susan on Chess Principles, Tactics, and Combinations.

OS Compatibility:  PC

This "Winning Chess the Easy Way" - Volume 6 sells for just    $34.99





 

Kaparov My Story: Part 1
Kasparov My Story: Part 1   $26.99

INTRODUCTION:  In this unique series of films, we are privileged to learn about the struggles and successes of the 13th World Champion from his own unique perspective.  The story of his epic journey from teenage hotshot to modern chess icon is chronicled in depth and with revealing detail.  For the first time ever, we go behind the scenes and catch the inside stories to discover the real Garry Kasparov.  This great new series reveals in detail all the highlights and drama of Garry's meteoric career, and the inside story behind his one-man chess revolution.

Part 1 - Teenage Prodigy:  By the age of 12 Garry was the Junior Champion of the mighty USSR, the youngest ever.  Back then fashion bowed to the immaculate safety-first style of the reigning titan Anatoly Karpov.  Along came young Kasparov, raging onto the scene and riding some new contraption called glasnost.  His style - brash, energetic and aggressive took the chess world by storm and reinvented the standard for future generations of chess players.  (Approximate Running Time: 104 Minutes)

Compatibility:  PC OS as well as normal DVD Players

Kasparov My Story: Part 1 - Teenage Prodigy  is just    $26.99

Get the complete series of  Kasparov My Story: Parts 1 - 5  DVD movies for just   $104.99 !





 

Kaparov My Story: Part 2
Kasparov My Story: Part 2   $26.99

INTRODUCTION:  In this unique series of films, we are privileged to learn about the struggles and successes of the 13th World Champion from his own unique perspective.  The story of his epic journey from teenage hotshot to modern chess icon is chronicled in depth and with revealing detail.  For the first time ever, we go behind the scenes and catch the inside stories to discover the real Garry Kasparov.  This great new series reveals in detail all the highlights and drama of Garry's meteoric career, and the inside story behind his one-man chess revolution.

Part 2 - Joining the Elite:  If one element characterized the games of teenage Garry Kasparov, it was the whirlwind aggression of his play.  By 1981, though still a tender 18 years of age, his ferocious talent demanded that he clear ever-higher hurdles.  Now it was time to take on the grown-ups, and for him this meant one thing - the world elite.  (Approximate Running Time: 113 Minutes)

Compatibility:  PC OS as well as normal DVD Players

Kasparov My Story: Part 2 - Joining the Elite  is just    $26.99

Get the complete series of  Kasparov My Story: Parts 1 - 5  DVD movies for just   $104.99 !





 

Kaparov My Story: Part 3
Kasparov My Story: Part 3   $26.99

INTRODUCTION:  In this unique series of films, we are privileged to learn about the struggles and successes of the 13th World Champion from his own unique perspective.  The story of his epic journey from teenage hotshot to modern chess icon is chronicled in depth and with revealing detail.  For the first time ever, we go behind the scenes and catch the inside stories to discover the real Garry Kasparov.  This great new series reveals in detail all the highlights and drama of Garry's meteoric career, and the inside story behind his one-man chess revolution.

Part 3 - Rebels and Renegades:  A close look at Garry Kasparov's career reveals a remarkable amount of sheer brinkmanship.  At a time when the Soviet Union was wired with paranoia and run by invisible connections, the winds of political change were beginning to stir and the brash renegade Kasparov would be in the right place at the right time to capitalize on the new climate.  (Approximate Running Time: 86 Minutes)

Compatibility:  PC OS as well as normal DVD Players

Kasparov My Story: Part 3 - Rebels and Renegades  is just    $26.99

Get the complete series of  Kasparov My Story: Parts 1 - 5  DVD movies for just   $104.99 !





 

Kaparov My Story: Part 4
Kasparov My Story: Part 4   $26.99

INTRODUCTION:  In this unique series of films, we are privileged to learn about the struggles and successes of the 13th World Champion from his own unique perspective.  The story of his epic journey from teenage hotshot to modern chess icon is chronicled in depth and with revealing detail.  For the first time ever, we go behind the scenes and catch the inside stories to discover the real Garry Kasparov.  This great new series reveals in detail all the highlights and drama of Garry's meteoric career, and the inside story behind his one-man chess revolution.

Part 4 - Hitting the Wall:  The shadows of political intrigue would threaten to do what no chess player could manage - to eliminate Garry from the hunt for the World Title.  And when the long awaited confrontation between Karpov and Kasparov arrived, it turned out to be the most remarkable and controversial match ever played.  (Approximate Running Time: 110 Minutes)

Compatibility:  PC OS as well as normal DVD Players

Kasparov My Story: Part 4 - Hitting the Wall  is just    $26.99

Get the complete series of  Kasparov My Story: Parts 1 - 5  DVD movies for just   $104.99 !





 

Kaparov My Story: Part 5
Kasparov My Story: Part 5   $26.99

INTRODUCTION:  In this unique series of films, we are privileged to learn about the struggles and successes of the 13th World Champion from his own unique perspective.  The story of his epic journey from teenage hotshot to modern chess icon is chronicled in depth and with revealing detail.  For the first time ever, we go behind the scenes and catch the inside stories to discover the real Garry Kasparov.  This great new series reveals in detail all the highlights and drama of Garry's meteoric career, and the inside story behind his one-man chess revolution.

Part 5 - Rite of Passage:  On the eve of the most important game he would ever play, Garry Kasparov sought the advice of legends Botvinnik and Tal.  If Kasparov succeeded, he would take Tal's place as the youngest World Champion in history.  Was this another one of Garry's magic numbers?  (Approximate Running Time: 89 Minutes)

Compatibility:  PC OS as well as normal DVD Players

Kasparov My Story: Part 5 - Rite of Passage  is just    $26.99

Get the complete series of  Kasparov My Story: Parts 1 - 5  DVD movies for just   $104.99 !





 

Kaparov My Story: Complete Series
Kasparov My Story: The Complete Series,  Parts 1 - 5  only   $104.99

INTRODUCTION:  This is not a calm, reflective look back. It is a thought provoking collection of incident, instruction and high drama on and off the board.  By viewing these events through his own eyes we will come to understand who this controversial, larger-than-life man really is - what drives him, and what shaped him.

Garry Kasparov has made enemies as easily and as gladly as he has made headlines.  Be prepared - to meet the strongest chess player in the world, and by universal acclaim the greatest player in the entire history of the game.

This series totals approximately 8.5 hours of "Kasparov My Story," on 5 DVDs !

* Garry Kasparov My Story: Part 1 - Teenage Prodigy
* Garry Kasparov My Story: Part 2 - Joining the Elite
* Garry Kasparov My Story: Part 3 - Rebels and Renegades
* Garry Kasparov My Story: Part 4 - Hitting the Wall
* Garry Kasparov My Story: Part 5 - Rite of Passage

The complete series of  Kasparov My Story: Parts 1 - 5   DVD movies is only   $104.99 !

That's a savings of about $30 when compared to purchasing all five DVDs separately!

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