Get Better At Chess DVD – Pawns, Winning at Chess – 8

This Chess DVD contains many “Chess Nuggets” and lots of knowledge about Chess. The Chess lessons are as follows:

Volume 8 contains many “Chess Nuggets” and lots of knowledge about Chess. The Chess lessons are as follows:

1. Pawns - This monologue explains how to create, recognize, and convert a pawn majority vs. a pawn minority into a won game. The different kinds of pawns and pawn structures are discussed as well. This Chess video will also teach you to generate good pawn positions, maintain them, and exploit your opponent’s weak ones. This will definitely improve your Chess.

2. The Latvian Gambit – This wild and crazy but fun opening has been labeled everything from powerful to unsound, but in this selection, we share move by move analysis of a game where a Class D player executes the Latvian Gambit and obtains a win over a National Master. The Chess game was selected from Chess Life magazine.

3. The Nimzovich Defense vs. E4 – A fine alternative for playing against E4 is evaluated, and commented on. This game is played at Expert Level, and was played Grand Master Aaron Nimzovitch. This example demonstrates how to convert a bad Knight to a good Knight, and how that Knight can be used to win the game.

4. Trading a Queen for Lesser Pieces is not Always Bad - This entry was played by National Master Daniel Tapia, and provides us a view at how to win without your Queen. Here, he trades his Queen, and uses his resources to win by force. He shows how to use passed pawns to the fullest potential.

5. Pins, Skewers and Open Files – This Chess lesson offers a very complete and thorough analysis of the Dutch Defense. It contains Chess instruction on positional piece play, as both sides attempt to exercise Chess tactics.

We believe that this video will help you to improve your Chess!