CHESSBASE Training CD's

Monograph - World Champion Alekhine
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. For the ambitious learner, the CD features two training databases. In topical videos, contemporary grandmasters tell us which of Alekhine´s qualities they appreciate most. And Gary Kasparov, the world's strongest chess player of our times, says: "My idol in chess is Alexander Alekhine. His chess style corresponds best to the way I want to play chess" The CD-Rom contains one of the most comprehensive collections of Alekhine games (total over 1,700, a majority with analysis). Hübner has critically examined the written works of Alekhine, especially his analysis. The CD also contains historical documents and pictures, as well as video interviews with top players (Kramnik, Shirov, Gelfand) on Alekhine. Dr Hübner’s articles.

Monograph - World Champion Emanuel Lasker
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. However, Lasker's fantastic series of tournament successes which - like Kasparov's record of success today - didn't come to an end when he lost the title of the world champion, emphasize his extraordinary position in the chess world even more. Lasker's style wasn't understood by his contemporaries, and prejudice and misjudgment on his play persist until this day. That's why the ChessBase biography above all takes a very close look at Lasker's chess.

Secrets of the English Chess School
Only a few top chess players know how to share their grandmasterly thinking with others. Without any doubt, English grandmaster Daniel King is one of them. Apart from the introduction, the CD at hand contains 29 Databases issued between 1995 and 2000 when King was in charge of the “Strategy” column of the ChessBase Magazine. His broad theme spectrum reaches from king marches via opposed castling's to shifting rooks. From King’s database one always derives double benefit: firstly, each article reveals secrets of mind of a grandmaster and outstanding representative of the English chess school, and secondly, his videos and texts are highly entertaining.

The Week In Chess (TWIC)
Over 200 issues of the world's most popular chess weekly netzine. Includes the best 200,000 games from 1995 to 1998 viewable with ChessBase Light which is also on the CD.