Great courses (DVD)

Course No. 9411

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

Lecturer: Jeremy Silman, international master

DVD

Disc 1. lesson 1.

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.

Chess amateur's mind ;

lesson 24.

Picking a chess hero