Learn Endgames from the World Champions!
All world champions left their mark on chess. And although they had different styles each and every one of them played the endgame exceptionally well. The material on this DVD is based on the ChessBase MasterClass series, and gives you a good opportunity to enjoy some of the best endgames in the history of chess. More
VIDEO PREVIEW
CONTENTS
- 01: Introduction [03:19]
- Bobby Fischer
- Chapter 1: Theoretical endgames
- 01: Centurini's Rule - 01.01 Taimanov,M - Fischer,R [08:09]
- 02: Rauser's Drawing Zone - 01.02 Walther,E - Fischer,R [05:13]
- 03: To exchange rooks or not to exchange rooks that is the question - 01.03 Reshevsky,S - Fischer,R [08:22]
- 04: The duel active king against outside passed pawn - 01.04 Fischer,R - Bisguier,A [09:30]
- 05: A bolt from the clear blue sky - 01.05 Bisguier,A - Fischer,R [03:16]
- Chapter 2: Rook endings
- 01: The short side - 02.01 Gligoric,S - Fischer,R [04:42]
- 02: The cut off - 02.02 Fischer,R - Sherwin,J [05:20]
- 03: The missed zwischenschach - 02.03 Gligoric,S - Fischer,R [03:44]
- 04: The race - 02.04 Fischer,R - Benko,P [07:03]
- 05: The power of the passed pawn - 02.05 Fischer,R - Portisch,L [04:08]
- 06: Duel of the passed pawns - 02.06 Geller,E - Fischer,R [02:23]
- 07: Activity is the order of the day - 02.07 Fischer,R - Bisguier,A [07:06]
- 08: Geller's brilliant idea saves Botvinnik - 02.08 Botvinnik,M - Fischer,R [06:24]
- 09: The old riddle of Petrosian vs Fischer - 02.09A Tigran V Petrosian - Bobby Fischer; 02.09B Tigran V Petrosian - Bobby Fischer [05:35]
- Chapter 3: The Fischer endgame
- 01: Taimanov's Knightmare Part 1 - 03.01 Fischer,R - Taimanov,M; 03.01A Fischer,B - Taimanov,M; 03.01B Analysis of Fischer,B - Taimanov,M; 03.01C Analysis of Fischer,R - Taimanov,M [09:58]
- 02: Taimanov's Knightmare Part 2 - 03.02 Fischer,R - Taimanov,M [05:53]
- 03: Taimanov's Knightmare Part 3 - 03.03 Fischer,R - Taimanov,M [04:22]
- 04: Even Fischer's bad bishop wins - 03.04 Petrosian,T - Fischer,B [07:40]
- 05: One of Fischer's most amazing moves - 03.05 Fischer,B - Petrosian,T [04:47]
- 06: Magic against the Magician - 03.06 Fischer,R - Tal,M [05:30]
- Chapter 4: Famous games, riddles and mysteries
- 01: The famous riddle of 29...Bxh2? - 04.01 Spassky,B - Fischer,B [05:35]
- 02: The amazing 13th match game from Reykjavik - 04.02 Spassky,B - Fischer,R [04:07]
- 03: The first win against a Soviet grandmaster - 04.03 Fischer,R - Keres,P [04:16]
- 04: Benko's brilliant idea - 04.04 Fischer,R - Euwe,M [03:33]
- 05: A mistake Fischer never made - 04.05 Saidy,A - Fischer,R [02:55]
- Anatoly Karpov
- 01: Karpov's cavalry attacks - part 1 - Bouaziz,S - Karpov,A [05:27]
- 02: Karpov's cavalry attacks - part 2 - Spassky,B - Karpov,A [06:34]
- 03: The legendary - knight versus bishop classic" against Kasparov - part 1 - Karpov,A - Kasparov,G [09:18]
- 04: The legendary - knight versus bishop classic" against Kasparov - part 2 - Analysis of Karpov - Kasparov,G [04:26]
- 05: A lasso for the steed - the Karpov distance - Karpov,A - Ftacnik,L [05:06]
- 06: Even pure opposite coloured bishop endings are not always drawn - Ljubojevic,L - Karpov,A [02:58]
- 07: Bishops of opposite colours favour the attacking side in the middlegame - Braga,F - Karpov,A [02:59]
- 08: The classic against Kavalek in the Karpov ending - Karpov,A - Kavalek,L [07:23]
- 09: Restriction and domination strategy - part 1 - Karpov,A - Uhlmann,W [06:03]
- 10: Restriction and domination strategy - part 2 - Karpov,A - Ljubojevic,L [07:06]
- 11: Kortschnoj's counter - Kortschnoj,V - Karpov,A [04:45]
- 12: Safety in Rauser's drawing zone - Kortschnoj,V - Karpov,A [05:21]
- Interactive tests
- 01: Accurate rook moves - Karpov,A - Gligoric,S [07:35]
- 02: The congenial rook and knight duo - Karpov,A - Jussupow,A [09:25]
- Garry Kasparov
- 01: The basics of endgame theory - Alburt,L - Kasparov,G [07:38]
- 02: Triangulation - Seirawan,Y - Kasparov,G [02:52]
- 03: A long ending against Short - Short,N - Kasparov,G [02:51]
- 04: The greatest enemy of the knight - Kasparov,G - Adams,M [04:37]
- 05: The dire straits of the king in the corner - Polgar,J - Kasparov,G [04:18]
- 06: The gem - Anand,V - Kasparov,G [01:34]
- 07: Two rook endings against Kortschnoj, Part 1 - Kortschnoj,V - Kasparov,G [04:12]
- 08: Two rook endings against Kortschnoj, Part 2 - Kortschnoj,V - Kasparov,G [06:41]
- 09: Two rooks against Topalov, Part 1 - Topalov,V - Kasparov,G [05:53]
- 10: Two rooks against Topalov, Part 2 - Topalov,V - Kasparov,G [07:31]
- 11: A rook dominates two minor pieces - Van Wely,L - Kasparov,G [06:46]
- 12: The King's Indian classic - Danailov,S - Kasparov,G [07:54]
- Interactive Test
- 01: Kamsky's king in the crossfire - Kamsky,G - Kasparov,G [06:09]
- Vladimir Kramnik
- Chapter 1: Kramnik's technique
- 01: An open file is like an open wound - Kramnik,V - Vocaturo,D [09:42]
- 02: Kramnik's central majority - Kramnik,V - Leko,P [04:52]
- Chapter 2: Endgame - Rook and Knight vs Rook and Bishop
- 03: Mating attack out of clear blue sky - Kramnik,V - Leko,P [03:55]
- 04: Powerplay on the light squares - Nakamura,H - Kramnik,V [04:29]
- Chapter 3: Strategical initiative
- 05: The power of the bishop pair - Kamsky,G - Kramnik,V [04:06]
- 06: Small army strong attack - Kramnik,V - Carlsen,M [02:35]
- 07: The power of the passed d-pawn - Kramnik,V - Howell,D [02:55]
- 08: Kramnik's king - Kramnik,V - Ponomariov,R [04:15]
- 09: All rook endings are drawn - Kramnik,V - Topalov,V [04:37]
- 10: Kramnik's battering ram - Ivanchuk,V - Kramnik,V [02:33]
- 11: The fine art of transformation - Kramnik,V - Gelfand,B [06:35]
- Chapter 4: Kramnik vs Kasparov
- 12: Opposite coloured bishops favor the attacker - Kramnik,V - Kasparov,G [04:40]
- 13: Kramnik's match strategy- Kramnik,V - Kasparov,G [10:37]
- Interactive Tests
- 01: Kramnik's knight defense - Nakamura,H - Kramnik,V [06:07]
- 02: The bishop wants dynamics the knight static - Kramnik,V - Khalifman,A [05:50]
- Viswanathan Anand
- 01: White knight's knightmare - Gustafsson,J - Anand,V [05:56]
- 02: The power of the bishops - Anand,V - Lautier,J [02:43]
- 03: The green bishop - Anand,V - Aronian,L [07:35]
- 04: A light initiative weighs heavily - Anand,V - Kasimdzhanov,R [05:29]
- 05: Opposite colored bishops favor the attacker - Anand,V - Karjakin,S [11:53]
- 06: The Queen wants dynamics the rooks static - Shirov,A - Anand,V [04:22]
- 07: The Berlin wall falls - Anand,V - Ponomariov,R [07:50]
- 08: Anand's counterattack - Carlsen,M - Anand,V [06:48]
- 09: The Berlin wall holds - Anand,V - Carlsen,M [13:56]
- Interactive test
- 01: Double rook ending technique - Anand,V - Gelfand,B [08:48]
- Magnus Carlsen
- 01: The Carlsen endgame - Carlsen,M - Caruana,F [14:26]
- 02: In Capablanca's footsteps - Radjabov,T - Carlsen,M [06:52]
- 03: Do not rush - Carlsen,M - Kramnik,V [07:05]
- 04: Carlsen endgame with knights - Palo,D - Carlsen,M [07:41]
- 05: h- and f-pawn can win in the Carlsen case - Leko,P - Carlsen,M [06:21]
- 06: From the opening into the endgame - Carlsen,M - Anand,V [08:56]
- 07: Rook endings are not always drawn - Anand,V - Carlsen,M [02:48]
- 08: Knight on the rim is dim - Carlsen,M - Naiditsch,A [05:25]
- 09: Attack with opposite coloured bishops - Carlsen,M - Karjakin,S [05:39]
- 10: Magnus mighty knight - Kramnik,V - Carlsen,M [08:42]
- Interactive test
- 01: Small army, great attack - Carlsen,M - Aronian,L [07:38]
- 02: The eternal pin - Carlsen,M - Onischuk,A [04:15]
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