Basic Positional Ideas

Please note: This course is a supplementary program for Fritz8 and can only be run if Fritz8, Deep Fritz 8, Junior 8, Deep Junior 8, Shredder 8, Hiarcs 9 or Tiger 15 is installed on your PC. These programs are not supplied with this training course.

One of the basic fundamentals of chess is positional chess Material can be won or lost and advantages gained by tactical measures, but first you have to achieve the desired position on your board.

Let Jacob Aagaard show you in six lectures the important principles of positional play. Gain a thorough knowledge of the weak squares, good and bad pieces, prophylaxis and pawn weaknesses, the concepts which belong in the toolbox of every chess player.

The lectures are followed by 50 exercises, in which you can always look for the solution yourself. In total, there are more than 4 hours of high class video training on this DVD.

Jacob Aagaard: Basic Positional Ideas

• Intro: 1:42 (Basic positional ideas)
• Lesson 1: 36:57 (Weaknesses 1)
• Lesson 2: 15:15 (Weaknesses 2)
• Lesson 3: 25:13 (Piece play 1)
• Lesson 4: 17:01 (Piece play 2)
• Lesson 5: 24:39 (Piece Play 3)
• Lesson 6: 27:17 (Prophylactic thinking) and exercises

System requirements: PC 233, 64 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive, sound card, mouse, Windows XP, 2000, Me, 98, Windows Media Player 9.
 
Please note: 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