Chess software programs designed for opening training offer a "fast track" to improving your chess game. For example, get specialized knowledge from Shirov on the Sicilian Sveshnikov or book up on the Vienna Game with Andrew Martin. Here you will find the best chess opening training software programs, with recommended lines by Grandmasters tested in actual play. You can even download chess opening Ebooks, like Dan Heisman's tricky Traxler Counterattack. Opening theory with interactive software, these chess software programs for the PC are at the leading edge of chess opening training.

Chess Middlegame Training

Chess middlegame training involves both chess tactics and chess strategy. Chess software programs made for middlegame training cover every aspect of the subject, from attacking the King to understanding solid positional ideas. Such middlegame training software will help improve your chess game, and here you will find the best chess middlegame software programs for young and old, beginner and Grandmaster.

There is no doubt that skill in chess endgames will help you score points. Chess endgame training software will teach you how to finish the game! You might become an expert in Rook endings, or learn about pure pawn endgames - there is even a chess endgame training Ebook to download. Naturally there is endgame software to make your playing engine even stronger, like the Fritz Endgame Turbo. In this catagory you will find the best chess endgame training software programs for all players.

Chess Biography

It is well known that the surest way to improve one's skill at chess is to carefully play over the games of the great Masters. Their chess games demonstrate the proper strategy and tactics needed to win. Thoughtful attention to the games of World Champions like Capablanca and Steinitz, for example, is not only fun but profitable in your own games! You can download Ebooks about Morphy and Blackburne, or get DVDs on modern champions such as Kramnik and Anand. The student is well-advised to select one from this handful of the best to model his play after.

This catagory covers a wide range of chess training software, for those getting started in chess to training for the more advanced player. Some software offers a complete course in chess training, while others specialize in, say, pawn structure. Whatever your needs, you'll find the best chess training software, no matter your playing level. Chess training problems, annotated games, tests and drills - it's all here!

Fritz Trainers are the cutting-edge in chess training software. On DVD, these software programs contain both video clips and training programs designed by the world's top players. Get the latest on the French Defense or learn from GM Vlastimil Hort what it's like to face a World Champion over the board. Try an opening repertoire from GM Bangiev or discover the Closed Sicilian with Nigel Davies. Each title details the latest theory or winning techniques - you'll want to try these DVDs!