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General Chess

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ChessCentral's online chess store offers a wide range of chess training software, for those getting started in chess to training for the more advanced chess player. Some chess software presents 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 chess games, tests and drills, classic tournaments - it's all here!

  • Power Play 9: Major Pieces vs Minor Pieces Download

    Power Play 9: Major Pieces vs Minor Pieces - Chess Strategy Download

    $29.95
    Power Play 9: Major Pieces vs Minor Pieces (Download) In this 9th Power Play Video Download Grandmaster Daniel King discusses the theme of Major Pieces v. Minor Pieces. In other words, positions with the material balance of Queen against Rook and...
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    power-play9-dl
    $29.95
  • Power Play 8: Knights and Bishops Download

    Power Play 8: Knights and Bishops - Chess Strategy Download

    $29.95
    Power Play 8: Knights and Bishops - Chess Strategy (Download) When we are starting out in chess we are told that Knights and Bishops both have a value of three points, but it is quite clear that in some positions a Bishop is clearly superior to a...
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    power-play8-dl
    $29.95
  • Power Play 6: Pawns, Pieces & Plans

    Power Play 6: Pawns, Pieces & Plans - Chess Strategy Download

    $29.95
    Power Play 6 - Pawns, Pieces & Plans by Daniel King If you want to be a well-rounded chess player, it is vital that you have a good understanding of positional play. In this 6th Power Play DVD, Daniel King discusses three classic questions: * The...
    SKU:
    power-play6
    $29.95
  • Power Play 13: The Squeeze Download

    Power Play 13: The Squeeze - Chess Strategy Download

    $29.95
    Power Play 13: The Squeeze (Download) What is a squeeze? When you take control of a game, deprive your opponent of counter-play and slowly squeeze the life out of him. The motto of the squeeze could be: "To win one hundred victories in one hundred...
    SKU:
    power-play13-dl
    $29.95
  • Power Play 11: Defense Download

    Power Play 11: Defense - Chess Training Download

    $29.95
    Power Play 11: Defense (Download) There is a seeming inevitability to many defeats - one side has the initiative, goes on the attack and from that moment it is very difficult to turn back the tide. In this 11th Power Play Video Download...
    SKU:
    power-play11-dl
    $29.95
  • The Power of Planning Download

    The Power of Planning - Chess Strategy Chess Software

    $29.95
    The Power of Planning  A plan is based on the different static and dynamic elements of the position. The aim of every plan is the exploitation of weakness - so spot the weakness, fix it in place and then attack it! The subject is really...
    SKU:
    power-plan-dl
    $29.95
  • The Power of Exchange Download

    The Power of Exchange - Chess Strategy Download

    $29.95
    The Power of Exchange (Download) The correct technique of exchanging pieces is the most important ability of Grandmasters! Which pieces to swap and which pieces to keep, whether to recapture with a piece or with a pawn - these are questions which...
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    power-exchange-dl
    $29.95
  • Castled Long - Attacking the King

    Attacking the King: Long Castling - Chess Tactics Download

    $29.95
    Valeri Lilov: Castled Long - Attacking the King The best target for an attack is undoubtedly the enemy King - especially if its position is weakened or still in the center. But what should you do if your opponent has castled long to bring his King to...
    SKU:
    lilov-castle-long
    $29.95
  • Vladimir Kramnik: My Path to the Top - Chess Biography Software Download

    Vladimir Kramnik: My Path to the Top - Chess Biography Software Download

    $44.95
    Vladimir Kramnik: My Path to the Top (Download) Born in 1975 in Tuapse on the shores of the Black Sea, Vladimir Kramnik studied at the Botvinnik-Kasparov chess school. At 16 he was included in the Russian Olympiad team and scored a...
    SKU:
    kramnik-1-dl
    $44.95
  • Vlastimil Hort: Facing the World Champions Download

    Vlastimil Hort: Facing the World Champions - Chess Training Download

    $29.95
    Vlastimil Hort: Facing the World Champions (Download) During his career, Vlastimil Hort, who himself belongs to the same generation as Bobby Fischer, met no less than eight world champions over the board. In the early 60s he crossed swords with Mihail...
    SKU:
    hort-wc-dl
    $29.95
  • Decision Making in Chess Download

    Decision Making in Chess - Strategy Software Download

    $29.95
    Decision Making in Chess (Download) The theory of the critical moment in a chess game was explained once by GM Dorfman, who suggested that every game has 5 or 6 "forks" at which the important decisions are made. Accordingly, all major...
    SKU:
    decision-making-dl
    $29.95
  • Chess Training Kit

    Chess Training Kit

    ChessOK

    $59.95
    Chess Training Kit3 Volume Set You save over $25.00! Chess Tactic for Open Games ($28.95) This course is aimed at the club and intermediate players and presents the theory and main ideas in Open Games, appearing after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3...
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    CT-Kit
    $59.95
  • Chess Training Package for Intermediate Players Download

    Chess Training Package for Intermediate Players Download

    ChessOK

    $79.95
    Chess Training Package for Beginners Download Save over $80 if bought?ÿseparately!Please Note:?ÿ Download keys must be manually made. You will receive your download link and key within 24 hours of purchase (hopefully, much sooner). Please...
    SKU:
    ct-interm-pack-dl
    $79.95
  • Total Chess Tactics 3 Volume Set

    Total Chess Tactics 3 Volume Set

    Convekta

    $59.95
    Total Chess Tactics 3 Volume SetTotal Chess Tactics consists of 3 CD's: Chess Tactics Level 1, 2, 3, which in turn, correspond to Chess Tactics for Beginners 1, 2 and the Chess Tactics for Intermediate Players course. Chess Tactics Level 1 is designed...
    SKU:
    chessok-total-tactics
    $59.95
  • The Secret Weapons of the Champions Download

    The Secret Weapons of the Champions - Chess Training Download

    $29.95
    The Secret Weapons of the Champions (Download) Modern middlegame theory does not exist in written form. That is why players and trainers have to go back to the recommendations by Nimzowitsch to study typical positional methods. Who is better placed to...
    SKU:
    chess-secret-weapons-dl
    $29.95
  • Chess Highways, Chess Software Download

    Chess Highways - Training Software Download

    $29.95
    Chess Highways (Download) Almost all the chess pieces (except for the tricky Knights) have the ability to move along straight lines, whether vertically (files), horizontally (ranks) or on the diagonals. These straight lines, which connect different...
    SKU:
    chess-highways
    $29.95
  • Chess Expertise Step by Step, Any 2 Volumes - One Low Price

    Chess Expertise Step by Step, Any 2 Volumes - One Low Price

    $54.95
    Chess Expertise Step by Step, Vol. 1: Unexpected Tactics Tactics in chess are sequences of moves which limit the opponent's options and may result in a tangible gain by force. Tactical themes are usually contrasted with strategy, in which advantages...
    SKU:
    chess-expert-1-3
    $54.95
  • Chess Guide for Intermediate Players Download

    Chess Guide for Intermediate Players Download

    ChessOK

    $28.95
    Chess Guide for Intermediate Players - Download Please Note:?ÿ Download keys must be manually made. You will receive your download link and key within 24 hours of purchase (usually, much sooner). Please watch for your?ÿ email. If you do not...
    SKU:
    cg-inter-dl
    $28.95
  • Yasser Seirawan: My Best Games - Chess Biography Software Download

    Yasser Seirawan: My Best Games - Chess Biography Software Download

    $29.95
    Yasser Seirawan: My Best Games (Download) Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan began playing chess in the summer of 1972; by 1979 he had won the World Junior Championship and in January of 1980 earned his final Grandmaster norm. What had he learned in seven...
    SKU:
    CB-Yasser01-dl
    $29.95

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