Als je wilt winnen met zwart dien je te besluiten wat de beste strategie is om jouw doel te bereiken. Dien je risico's te nemen om direct op winst te spelen vanaf zet één. Of zul je eerst geduldig op gelijk spel moeten spelen om vervolgens op een fout van wit te wachten?
Nigel David Short is generally regarded as the strongest British grandmaster of the 20th century. Born on June 1st 1965 he started out as a chess prodigy, first attracting media attention by beating Viktor Korchnoi and Tigran Petrosian in simultaneous exhibitions at the age of ten and twelve years respectively. At the age of 14 he became the youngest IM in history, breaking Bobby Fischer’s previous record, and at 16 he came second (to Garry Kasparov) at the under 20 World Junior Championship in Dortmund.
Nigel David Short is generally regarded as the strongest British grandmaster of the 20th century. Born on June 1st 1965 he started out as a chess prodigy, first attracting media attention by beating Viktor Korchnoi and Tigran Petrosian in simultaneous exhibitions at the age of ten and twelve years respectively. At the age of 14 he became the youngest IM in history, breaking Bobby Fischer’s previous record, and at 16 he came second (to Garry Kasparov) at the under 20 World Junior Championship in Dortmund.
Op deze DVD Vladimir Kramnik zijn schaakcarriere van getalendeerde schooljongen tot de wereldkampioenschappen in 2006. Meer dan zes uur aan analyses en een exclusief interview.
Vlastimil Hort is geboren in Praag in 1944 en werd grootmeester in 1965. Een van zijn grote successen waren de kwalificatie om het wereldkampioenschap in 1977 waar hij de kwartfinale bereikte en ten onder ging tegen oudwereldkampioen Boris Spassky. Hort menigmaal Tsjechisch kampioen en ook na acceptatie van de Duitse nationaliteit in 1986 won de Tsjech diverse malen het kampioenschap van Duitsland
Alexander Alekhine dominated the chess scene from 1927 until his death in the year of 1946. Historical picture documents and more than 2000 Alekhine games make the great master come back to life.
The CD contains a database with an introduction by Robert Hübner. The main database contained on the CD has all of Fischer's games, with an introductory text to the most important matches and tournaments. The Fischer CD also contains many pictures and 330 MB of historical film footage.
Emanuel Lasker became world champion in 1894 and kept this title until 1921. These almost incredible 27 years on the throne are more than enough to yield Lasker a very special place in the history of chess.
There have been 14 official world champions in the history of chess within a period of more than 100 years. It started with William Steinitz, who won against Zukertort in 1886 and then held the highest title in chess until 1894.
The meteoric tempo the young Tal took the world top by storm with at the end of the 50ies and seized the world champion’s title from Botvinnik in 1960, is already sufficient to grant him a special place in the world of chess.
Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan began playing chess in the summer of 1972 and 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 and a half years that propelled him so far so quickly?
