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You will improve your game after a single viewing. I guarantee it! - Yasser Seirawan, IGM & former US Champion. Designed for all levels of players... from novice to master! Chess teaches you to think logically, plan ahead, and to accept the consequences of your actions. It's a gymnasium of the mind. As a former US champion said, "Chess is food for the brain - it prepares you for life". All this, and it is fun too! With the Video Chess Mentor, you can use technology to improve your chess. Contains: Study Segment 1: * The Board & It's Properties * Three (3) Types of Positions * The Four (4) Elements of Chess * Seven (7) Basic Principles * Elementary Check Mates * Classical Opening * Three (3) Types of Pins * Double Attack * Battery * Time Count Study Segment 2: * How To Find A Plan * Weak Pawn Structures * Zwischenzug: An in-between move * Fianchetto the Bishop * Balanced Pawn Structures * Pawn Storms & Chains * Dutch Stonewall & Pillsbury Attack * Dynamic Pawn Structures * Rooks belong on Open Files * Protected & Connected Passed Pawns Study Segment 3: * Advanced Pawn Structures * Windmill or Seesaw * Screened Backward Pawn * Pawn Triangle * Clearance * Pawn Majority * Hanging Pawns * Quiet Move * Overworked Piece * Master Pawn Structure Study Segment 4: * The Principles of Attack * When Ahead in Force, Exchange Pieces * Forcing a Pawn Weakness * The Hedgehog Defense * The Principles of Defense * How To Get & Use Space * Attack Pawn Weaknesses * When Behind in Space * Time Advantage * Time Disadvantage
(about 246 minutes)
This video was added to our catalog on June 07, 2007 in Hobbies::Chess.
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The video looks dated, but the info in it is timeless. I learned a ton about openings and pawn formations. It's so much easier to learn about chess through video than a book. I'd recommend this video for anyone starting out in chess, or who's gotten good at beating their friends and wants to take their game to the next level.
It's fairly well organized, as well. Lots of chapter points to take you to specific subjects.
Valuable information. Recommended for intermediate chess players.
