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Item Information       More Content     More by this author     Silman, Jeremy.     Subjects     Chess -- Study and teaching.     Chess -- Rules.     Chess -- Openings.     Chess -- End games.     Chess problems.     Chess.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Silman, Jeremy.       by title:      How to play chess [v...       by call number:      DVD 794.1 S584h     Search the Web     Silman, Jeremy.     Chess -- Study and teaching.     Chess -- Rules.     Chess -- Openings.     Chess -- End games.     Chess problems.     Chess.       MARC Display

How to play chess [videorecording (DVD)] : lessons from an international master / Jeremy Silman. by Silman, Jeremy. Teaching Company, 2015. Call #: DVD 794.1 S584h Subjects Chess -- Study and teaching.   Chess -- Rules.   Chess -- Openings.   Chess -- End games.   Chess problems.   Chess. Series Great courses (DVD). Better living. Arts & leisure.   Great courses (DVD) ISBN:  9781629972060 1629972061 Alternate title:  Great courses. How to play chess [videorecording (DVD)] : lessons from an international master Format:  [videorecording (DVD)] : Description:  4 videodiscs (720 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 401 p. : illustrations ; 19 cm). Notes:  "24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container. "Course No. 9411." Home use only. Closed-captioned. Bibliography:  Course workbook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, how the pieces move, algebraic notation, lesson guides, and bibliographical references (pages 396-401). Contents:  Disc 1. lesson 1. The world of chess -- lesson 2. Secrets of the pawns and knights -- lesson 3. Casting, checkmate, chess engines, draws -- lesson 4. Must-know tactical patterns in chess -- lesson 5. Chess combinations and kings in check -- lesson 6. Checkmate! Back-rank, smothered, and more -- Disc 2. lesson 7. Checkmate against a castled king -- lesson 8. Legendary attacking greats of chess -- lesson 9. A cascade of short, brutal chess games! -- lesson 10. Chess heroes of the Romantic Age -- lesson 11. Open files and the positional rook -- lesson 12. Pawns : the positional soul of chess - Disc 3. lesson 13. Positional weaknesses and targets in chess -- lesson 14. Closed and open positions on the chessboard -- lesson 15. Chess statics vs. dynamics : an eternal battle -- lesson 16. Using chessboard imbalances to create plans -- lesson 17. Legendary teachers who transformed chess -- lesson 18. Chess endgames and the king's magical powers -- Disc 4. lesson 19. Kings and pawns in next-level endgames -- lesson 20. Triangulation and two critical rook endgames -- lesson 21. Chess openings : the right and wrong way -- lesson 22. Chess psychology and the known unknown -- lesson 23. The chess amateur's mind -- lesson 24. Picking a chess hero. Performers:  Lecturer: Jeremy Silman, international master. Summary:  Learn chess from an international master and renowned teacher in these intensively illustrated, easy-to-understand lessons for players at all levels. Jeremy Silman is an International Master and a world-class chess teacher, writer, and player who has won the U.S. Open, The National Open, and the American Open. Genre:  Filmed lectures. Educational films. Instructional films. Films for the hearing impaired. DVDs. Other authors:  Teaching Company. Holds:  3   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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