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A sportswriter (Mantegna) devotes his life to seeing his son become a chess champion.

When few pieces are left on the board, knowing the proper procedures can spell the difference between victory and defeat. In this DVD you will be introduced to the most common chess endgames. Knowing these key concepts and positions will increase your success in your tournament practice and will allow you to convert a material advantage into a win. You will learn about opposition, triangulation, Philidor and Lucenda positions, and more. The other...

Instruction on basic chess techniques, covering: magic square strategy for checkmating opponents; the four-move "scholar's mate"; opening order; "pigs on the 7th"; discovered checks and attacks; opening order (best opening strategy); "en passant."

"Sanctioned by the United States Chess Federation, the historic battle over the chess board was the first ever official match between a men's World Champion and a women's World Champion." --container.

A senior Soviet chessmaster and his former star pupil, now a dissident living in exile, square off in a highly publicized chess tournament. Both become pawns in a much larger game, however.

Opening Principles is the first volume of the Complete Chess course. It demonstrates that you don't need to try to memorize hundreds of opening variations as long as you play the opening by following common basic ideas. You'll learn about fast development, centralization, mobility, and defense, all of which will help you get to a good position which will lead directly into a playable middle game. The next two volumes in this course are Tactics & Strategy,...

Bed and sofa: The story of a love triangle between a woman and two men living together in a one-room basement apartment in 1927 Moscow. Chess fever: Satire on the chess craze that swept Moscow during the 1925 international tournament.

"Life is like a game of chess, changing the future with each move"--opening credits.

"After years in and out of mental institutions, Genesis is released into the care of his older brother Ariki, a street gang leader. When he volunteers to train a group of disadvantaged Maori children for the upcoming National Chess Championships, it puts him at odds with his brother over Ariki's son Mana, whose interest in the game threatens the teen's imminent initiation into his father's violent gang. Despite all odds, Gen's positivity always leads...

"Lovely and quietly intelligent, French chambermaid Hélène ... comes upon a couple ... engaged in an intensely sensual chess match and discovers she has a knack for the game. This obsession, much to the chagrin of her husband and teenage daughter, leads her to seek the clandestine tutelage of a reclusive American doctor ... a liaison that radically transforms both of their lackluster lives"--Container.