"Stefek Borkowski" wrote in message
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Phil Innes wrote:
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However, as chess training material goes, interactive tutorial
software seem to be now taking over from books alone. The cost is
usually the same as for books, but the interactive element provides
the student feedback why such-and-such a move is not good in any
position, &c. Have you ever tried software as training material?
Hi,
I have always thought of such a help in my chess studies. I am working now
on Scottish Gambit and Italian Opening. Could you recommend an interactive
digital book on these subject or just give me a hint where to look for
them.
Thanks in advance.
Regards from Poland,
Stefek
Hi Stefek!
You can obviously study in English which gives you many opportunities. There
are some good multi-language materials available, perhaps for you and your
students, or fellow student.
Here are a few titles, with the language-supported, all prices are in Euros.
Chess Assistant 7.1. Eur 129.00, English, German, Spanish, French and
Italian
Chess Tactics for Intermediate Players. Eur 26.00, English, French, Spanish,
Italian and German
Chess Tactics for Beginners Eur 26.00, English, French, German, Italian,
Russian and Spanish
Encyclopedia of Middlegame, Volumes I, II, III, packet. Eur 79.00, English,
Spanish and Russian
Encyclopedia of Middlegame, Vol. I. Eur 29.00, English, French, German,
Italian, Russian and Spanish
Mate Studies. Eur 21.95, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
Comprehensive Chess Endings + Nalimov DVD, packet. Eur 59.00, the DVDs are
in English
Comprehensive Chess Endings. Eur 39.95, English version
Chess Endgame Training. Eur 29.00, English, Spanish, Italian, French, German
and Swedish
Theory and Practice of Chess Endings. Eur 29.00, English and Spanish
Total Chess Training. Eur 95.00, English, French, German, Italian and
Spanish
CT-ART 3.0. Eur 26.00, English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish
Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders. Eur 29.00, English, French, German,
Italian, Russian and Spanish
Chess School for Beginners. Eur 26.00,
Advanced Chess School. Eur 26.00, English, Russian, Spanish
I suggest you look at each package carefully to see if it is compatible with
your own software programmes, and perhaps there is also software in the
package? Below I illustrate details of the package from two items in the
lists:-
Advanced Chess School. Eur 26.00
Advanced Chess School is an interactive tutorial for those unexperienced
players, both children and adults, who have already learnt the rules of
chess and now wish to become players of intermediate strength. It can be
considered a continuation of "Chess School for Beginners". Students will
study essential concepts such as development, the center, fundamentals in
chess tactics, basic endgame rules and much more! The chess material for the
program was prepared by N. Zhuravlev, chess master from Latvia, famous
trainer and author. The program contains 2 large courses: "Theory -
Essential Chess Knowledge" and "Playing Instructive Examples.
55 lessons with more than 1,200 instructive examples
Several languages supported: English, Russian, Spanish
No additional software required
DVD-like box
This course turns a beginner into an intermediate player!
Comprehensive Chess Endings. Eur 39.95
This is a fundamental program for studying endgame theory. Material is
supplied by the prominent endgame theoretician GM Yuri Averbakh. The program
includes:
4143 theoretically important games and examples thoroughly analyzed and
classified into 300 themes
Material based on a printed edition of Comprehensive Chess Endings
All the chess material calculated through by the leading chess playing
programs using the endgame tables
Material deeply elaborated and revised by GM Yuri Averbakh thus contributing
to revised evaluation of some important theoretical endings compared to the
printed edition
Nalimov Endgame Tablebases support and a built-in Test Mode
Computer evaluations and variations given for every move in games and
examples
2954 additional games from the modern practice, where the position in
question occurred
The built-in playing program Crafty and the powerful searching system Chess
Assistant Light allowing to analyze and play through the positions in
question, edit variations, search for the necessary information, print out
and export into a text file in both RTF and HTML formats
English version available, DVD-like box.
I work with a chess developer in Russia and I give the URL below, however,
perhaps this material may also be available locally to you in Poland?I did
not list everything but maybe you find something specific to Scottish and
Italian opending systems? Good luck!
www.ruschess.com
Ciao! Phil Innes