This disc is a collection of the most popular board games. Chess and checkers, backgammon and solitaire games are a wonderful entertainment for those who like to spend time excitingly and with good for the mind. This collection of the best board games will bring users real intellectual pleasure. The multiplayer mode will allow you to play against a computer opponent or face off with friends. Content:     * Chess     * Checkers     * Chinese checkers     * Locked down!     * Snakes and ladders     * Pachisi     * Backgammon     * Reversi     * Tapeworm     * Mill     * Catch a hat Product Features:     * 3 difficulty levels     * 2 kinds of camera     * 3D graphics     * Multiuser mode on one computer System requirements:     * Microsoft® Windows® 98SE / 2000 / Me / XP operating system     * Pentium® 500 MHz Processor     * 64 MB RAM     * 150 MB of free hard disk space     * 3D video adapter with 16 MB memory     * 640x480 screen resolution with 16-bit color depth     * Sound device compatible with DirectX®     * CD reader OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTION

Fundamental program to study the endgame. The endgame is the final, but very important part of the chess game. It is in the endings that the outcome of the game is most often determined. You can have a good debut and a middlegame, and miss a significant advantage or not save a slightly worse, but draw position in the endgame. The section for studying this program includes 627 examples - the theoretical material of the eponymous best-selling book of grandmaster Alexander Panchenko, which discusses all the main types of endings and the principles of their playing. The section for solution - the Endgame Workshop - was prepared by the international master of correspondence Alexander Alpert and includes more than 2450 tasks taken from real games, endgame sketches and specially composed examples, classified according to 500 endgame topics! The function of changing color and flank increases the number of tasks by 4 times! Material level: from 4th rank to grandmaster! Options: CD in DVD box with user manual.

Chapter 1: Advance Variation – 5…Bd7 followed by …Nge7 and …Nf5. Chapter 2: Tarrasch – 3…Nf6 White plays 5 f4. An early …a5. Chapter 3: Tarrasch – 3…Nf6 White plays 5 Bd3 and 7 Ne2. Black replies 11…Qc7. Chapter 4: T

The program was prepared on the basis of the famous textbook of the Honored Trainer of the RSFSR Viktor Golenishchev "Training of Young Chess Players of the First Rank". The material is supplemented by examples from the games of leading chess players played in major competitions of recent years, and is planned in the form of chess lessons. The curriculum is designed for 75 lessons with homework. The theory section includes over 290 examples. The additional section "Practice" includes 750 tasks of varying difficulty.

The program was prepared on the basis of the famous textbook of the Honored Trainer of the RSFSR Viktor Golenishchev "Training of young chess players of the 2nd category." The material is supplemented by examples from the games of leading chess players played in major competitions of recent years, and is planned in the form of chess lessons. The curriculum is designed for 75 lessons with homework. The theory section includes over 400 examples. The additional section "Practice" includes more than 200 tasks of varying complexity.

Shredder 10 is an absolute champion in the number of titles and high-profile victories among chess programs, a nine-time champion of international championships and tournaments. Shredder 10 will allow any chess player, professional or amateur, to choose a suitable virtual opponent, to choose the tactics most effective for victory and, as a result, to significantly increase the level of skill.

New version of Rybka 4.1  World Champion in Chess Computer Programs 2007-2010  Estimated Elo score is 3200  World Chess Champion 960  Modern graphical user interface specially designed for Rybka  Make the most of all Rybka features.  Chess Support 960  Multivariate analysis (with a limited assessment) Game against computer  Automatic rating calculation  Material handicap  Handicap by rating (900-3200)  Starting a game from any position  Flexible time management system Unprecedented Analysis Capabilities  Endless analysis  Batch analysis  Search for blunders  Interactive Deep Analysis (IDeA) - The Latest Advanced Analysis Method  Deferred analysis Chess engine support  UCI (Universal Chess Interface) Support  WinBoard Interface Support  Compatible with 32 and 64-bit chess engines (64-bit engines require a 64-bit version of Windows) Engine Tournaments Mode Databases, debut libraries and data available on the Internet  Base 4,700,000 lots (as of 03/01/2011)  Online access to Nalimov's endgame tables (3-6 figured)  Game on the "Chess Planet" with automatic saving of games to the base Options: DVD in a box with an insert, a printed user manual 64 pages. System requirements: RAM 256 MB, 4 GB free hard disk space, Windows XP / Vista / 7

The program is based on the book: Estrin, Kalinichenko, “Chess Debuts. Full course » All openings are commented in detail and given the best options, as well as sample parties, building debut tables, all kinds of searches, print adding material Commenting chess tree, analysis, game. Recommended additionally: Encyclopedia of Debut Errors

The program includes 18 themes: Advantage in development, Advantage in space, Attack on the king, Attack on the queenside, Defense and counterattack, Weak and strong fields, Open lines and diagonals, Arrangement of pawns, Center, Arrangement of pieces, Exchange, Positional sacrifice, Isolated Queen's pawn, Pawn pair c3 + d4 (c6 + d5) on half-open lines, Hanging pawns, Prevention, Principle of two weaknesses, Plan.

Основные планы и методы игры в типовых структурах и основных дебютах: «Типовые пешечные структуры»: 1) «Карлсбадская» пешечная структура; 2) Типовая позиция с подвижным пешечным центром; 3) «Еж»; 4) Типовая пешечная структу

Training program on the art of chess tactics. Designed for the development of combinational vision and counting abilities of a chess player. The chess material was prepared by the correspondence grandmaster M. Bloch. More than 1200 tasks classified by three criteria: Tactical methods, Combination motives, Difficulty. Test mode. Statistics of the solution of tasks. Board size adjustment.

How do you do your opening training? Do you try in vain to commit to memory sequences of moves as far as move 15 or even 20? Do you work your way through thick tomes in order to laboriously collect the most important information? Or do you simply keep on playing the same opening, just because by chance you learned a little about it years ago and because it is in any case too complicated and time-consuming to learn something new? Or do you simply not bother with opening theory, but continue to be annoyed about being at a disadvantage before you really get into the game proper? Fortunately there is no need for opening training to be like that, because for all those who are looking for a compact and entertaining survey of the openings, there are now the new ChessBase Opening Tutorials.