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Bad Bishop Openings
Knockout Nimzo
Tony Kosten
Bad Bishop
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In this video Grandmaster Tony Kosten hacks a path for you through the jungle of opening theory. He presents a complete and powerful repertoire for Black against the main lines of the Nimzo.
The Nimzo-Indian Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4) offers dynamic winning possibilities for Black that persist throughout the game. Black trades the bishop pair, but in return gains the tactical advantage of quick development, and often also saddles White with long-term pawn weaknesses.

Running time: 2 hours. VHS video, available in PAL or NTSC


Bashing the Sicilian with Bb5
Volume 1: 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5

Murray Chandler
Bad Bishop

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The move 3 Bb5 against the Sicilian is enjoying a renaissance as a sound and forceful attacking system for White, as well as one which sidesteps the huge mass of normal Sicilian theory. Converts include Gary Kasparov, Vishy Anand, and Ruslan Ponomariov. In this video, Grandmaster Murray Chandler presents a cunningly selected and superbly consistent repertoire to counter every important Black response. Using 16 outstanding illustrative games, White's optimum strategies are clearly explained, and the lessons are reinforced by easy-to-understand summaries.
This video, volume 1, deals with lines after 2...Nc6. Volume 2 of Bashing the Sicilian with Bb5 covers the variation 2...d6 3 Bb5+.

Running time: 90 minutes. VHS video, available in PAL or NTSC.


Bashing the Sicilian with Bb5
Volume 2: 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 Bb5+

Murray Chandler
Bad Bishop
£19.99/$29.95
The system 3 Bb5+ against the Sicilian is an excellent weapon for White - and has the bonus of cancelling out defences such as the Najdorf and the Dragon. In this video, Grandmaster Murray Chandler presents an aggressive repertoire to deal with every important Black response. Using 15 outstanding illustrative games - including some from Michael Adams, Sergei Rublevsky and Vladimir Kramnik - White's optimum strategies are clearly
explained. The lessons are reinforced by easy-to-understand summaries, giving the viewer an instant new way to Bash the Sicilian.

This video, volume 2, deals with lines after 2...d6. Volume 1 of Bashing the Sicilian with Bb5 covers the variation 2...Nc6 3 Bb5.

Running time: 2 hours. VHS video, available in PAL or NTSC.

The Scheming Scandinavian With 2...Qxd5
Andrew Martin
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Running time: 2 hours 18 minutes.
The Scandinavian Defence (1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5) is hugely popular at club level, because Black dictates the opening struggle from move one. In this instructive video, International Master Andrew Martin takes the viewer through all of the basic themes required to play the opening with confidence - and success. Particular attention is devoted to key strategies for Black, and major sections end with an easy-to-understand summary. The comprehensive coverage extends to transpositions, where Martin reveals a simple method of disarming the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (arising after 2 d4).

Accelerated Dragon Assault!
Andrew Martin
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Running time: 2 hours. VHS video
The Accelerated Dragon is a versatile and easy-to-learn system for Black to have in his repertoire. Black can force the variation via the Sicilian Defence (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 g6), and there are cunning transpositions via different move orders - even via 1 c4, when an unsuspecting opponent starts with the English Opening.

Using illustrative games, Andrew Martin reveals how White can so easily go astray immediately when faced with the Accelerated, and how refutation attempts rebound disastrously. Against the positional Maroczy Bind system, Martin shows how Black can create active counterplay with pawn breaks.


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Kasparov v. Deep Blue '97 (Double video)
Play the Sicilian! Volume 1 (Browne)       
Play the Sicilian! Volume 2 (Browne)        
Mr Six-Time! Volume 1 (Browne)              
Mr Six-Time! Volume 2 (Browne)          
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Master Class
 
King and Pawn Endgames (Mednis)            
Rook and Pawn Endgames (Mednis)          
Middlegame Analysis (Mednis)                  
Tactics, Middlegame & Endgame (Mednis)
Set of Four videos (above)
Defence and Counterattack                         
How to Play Winning Attacks                   
Middlegame Planning (Double Video)        
How To Visualise Chess Combos               
How To Analyse A Chess Position             
Pawn Structures & How To Play Them       
Opening Pawn Structures: Volume 1         
Opening Pawn Structures: Volume 2         
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Master Preparation
Fortress Positions                                 
Zugzwang!                                              
Introduction to Pawn Endings                
ChessBoard Geometry 1                      
Combining Plans in the Endgame         
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Rising Stars
 
Krushing Attacks! Vol. 1 (Krush)        
Krushing Attacks! Vol. 2 (Krush)           
US Chess Princesses (Double video)    
Completely Krushing All three
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Roman Forum
 
White Secrets v. 2 Knights Defense    
Grinding the Sicilian                             
Crushing Lines                                     
Dragon's Accelerated Battle               
Dragon's Accelerated Return               
Unstoppable Benoni Attacks                
Scotch Gambit /Giuoco Piano               
Legendary Shield of Nimzo-Indian        
Contemporary Shield of Nimzo              
Ambushed by the Bogo-Indian             
Blunting the d4 Dagger                        
The King's Indian Assassinaton          
Butchering the Grunfeld                         
Queen's Gambit Guillotined                 
Queen's Indian Massacred                   
Rolling With Rooks and Pawns             
Pawn Endgame Essentials                   
Pulverizing Pawn Endgames                
Pounding A Material Advantage           
Warring Endgame Tactics                     
Minor Piece Endgame Weapons            
Shattering Minor Piece Endings            
Victory in Irregular Endgames             
Success In Unbalanced Endgames       
Advanced Endgame Tactics                 
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Secrets of Championship Chess

Karpov's Opening Fundamentals           
Karpov's Middlegame Strategies          
Karpov's Endgames Essentials            
Karpov's Anti-English Crunch              
Set of 4 Karpov
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