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Jacob Aagaard: Attacking Chess Volume 1

Attacking chess  – not only an important subject, but also a very important one. Jacob Aagaard has chosen a very beautiful example for his introduction, which illustrates important factors required for a successful. This is followed on this CD by 10 more files in Chess Media Format; these constitute an entertaining and instructive introduction to the art of conducting an attack. In total there are more than three hours of top class video training on the CD.

The Danish International Master Jacob Aagaard, 30, has already published a whole array of chess books, including the prize-winning “Excelling at chess”.

The subjects of the lectures are as follows:

Vol.1

01 Introduction 22:23

02 Include all pieces in the attack 1a 15:35

03 Include all pieces in the attack 1b 13:41

04 Include all pieces in the attack 2a  22:23

05 Include all pieces in the attack 2b 13:55

06 Development and pace in the attack 1a 15:51

07 Development and pace in the attack 1b 13:04

08 Development and pace in the attack 2a 13:30

09 Development and pace in the attack 2b 29:19

10 Colour Schemes 1 16 :57

11 Colour Schemes 2 17 :50

Preis: 24,99 Euro

Vol.2

12 The indifference of the value of the pieces in the attack 1 23:37

13 The indifference of the value of the pieces in the attack 2 18:28

14 Evolution – Revolution 1 17:49

15 Evolution – Revolution 2 14:29

16 Drawing the king out into the open 13:05

17 Destruction of the king’s position 1 15:33

18 Destruction of the king’s position 2 11:41

19 Destruction of the king’s position 3 13:37

20 Destruction of the king’s position 4 15:16

21 Opening lines to the King 1 18:49

22 Opening lines to the King 2 11:45

23 Attack the weakest point in your opponent’s position 16:18

Preis: 24,99 Euro

The CD is based on the new instructional Fritz8-Chess Media System: all  the lectures are presented in their entirety with video pictures and  synchronised chess graphics. There is no better way to explain chess. This is how chess training can be real fun!

System requirements: PC 233, 64 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive, sound card, mouse, Windows XP, 2000, Me, 98, Windows Media Player 9. Attention: this course is a supplementary program for Fritz8 and can only be run if the chess program “Fritz8” or “Fritz8-WCh Edition” is installed on the PC. Neither Fritz8 nor Fritz8 WCh-Edition is supplied with this training course.

BRIEF INSTRUCTIONS

To start the videos, please proceed as follows: start Fritz8, “File” -> “Open” - > “Chess Media File”: in the data selection box choose your CD-drive; the training video is loaded by double clicking on the appropriate file. To open the next datafile, please use “Open” in the left-hand corner at the bottom.

If picture and sound are not in synch, then your CD-drive is not quick enough. Should that happen, please copy the contents of the CD on to your hard disk and open the appropriate datafiles from your hard disk.

Note: If you open the datafiles on the CD with Windows Media Player, then you will not have the integrated chessboard.