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Silman, Jeremy.
Chess -- Study and teaching.
Chess -- Rules.
Chess -- Openings.
Chess -- End games.
Chess problems.
Chess.
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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.
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Teaching Company.
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