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Improve your pieces - a winning system you need to know by RB Ramesh

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Improve your pieces - a winning system you need to know by RB Ramesh

One of the most effective ways to improve your chess understanding is to know where your pieces belong and how to adapt when the board situation changes. When there’s no forced tactics, one must formulate a plan for what to do. Instead of looking for a win or advantage, it’s often easier to identify a piece that can improve its position and function. Even improving your worst piece is a simple concept that avoids assessment insecurity.

And who better to learn from, than one of the best trainers in the world? RB Ramesh has trained thousands of chess players including the top players in the world. He’s the trainer of rising Indian prodigy Praggnanandhaa, and he helps many improving Indian Juniors attain the highest level. He has carefully selected examples that underline the importance of regrouping your pieces and giving you rules of thumb which are easy to remember.

Video running time: More than 4 hours (English)
Instructive examples
Extra: Database with exercises & Training with ChessBase apps – Play key positions against Fritz on various levels

This is what is delivered:

Fritztrainer App for Windows and Mac
Available as download
Video course with a running time of approx. 4-8 hrs.
Repertoire database: save and integrate Fritztrainer games into your own repertoire (in WebApp Opening or in ChessBase)
Interactive exercises with video feedback: the authors present exercises and key positions, the user has to enter the solution. With video feedback (also on mistakes) and further explanations.
Sample games as a ChessBase database.
New: many Fritztrainer now also available as stream in the ChessBase video portal!

That's what the FritzTrainer App can do for you:

Videos can run in the Fritztrainer app or in the ChessBase program with board graphics, notation and a large function bar
Analysis engine can be switched on at any time
Video pause for manual navigation and analysis in game notation
Input of your own variations, engine analysis, with storage in the game
Learn variations: view specific lines in the ChessBase WebApp Opening with autoplay, memorize variations and practise transformation (initial position - final position).
Active opening training: selected opening positions are transferred to the ChessBase WebApp Fritz-online. In a match against Fritz you test your new knowledge and actively play the new opening.

Even more possibilities: Start FritzTrainer in the ChessBase program!

The database with all games and analyses can be opened directly.
Games can be easily added to the opening reference.
Direct evaluation with game reference, games can be replayed on the analysis board
Your own variations are saved and can be added to the own repertoire
Replay training
LiveBook active
All engines installed in ChessBase can be started for the analysis
Assisted Analysis
Print notation and diagrams (for worksheets)

Sample video

Introduction
Identifying passive pieces
Themes
Piece Play: Example 1 - Renet vs Jussopow
Dynamic vs static positions: Example 2 - Karpov vs Schauwecker
Compare and evaluate: Example 3 - Kasparov vs Huebner
Improving a good-looking piece: Example 4 - Klimov vs Fominyh
Activity of the pieces: Example 5 - Miton vs Bulski
Multiple ideas: Example 6 - Kindermann vs Tatai
Identify the worst piece: Example 7 - Short vs Vaganian
The jobless piece: Example 8 - Adams vs Bacrot
Playing on colours: Example 9 - Salgado Lopez vs Caruana
Quiet moves: Example 10 - Karpov vs Spassky
The hidden moves: Example 11 - So vs Heine Nielsen
Dominant piece play: Example 12 - Petrosian vs Gulko
Finding resources: Example 13 - Giri vs Tomashevsky
The art of focusing our pieces: Example 14 - Garcia Martinez vs Pigusov
Conclusion
Practice Positions
Description
Position 1: Vidit vs Roiz, 2018
Position 2: Kasparov vs Beliavsky, 1983
Position 3: Tkachiev vs Ivanov, 2014
Position 4: Wang Hao vs Caruana, 2013
Position 5: Nakamura vs Gelfand, 2012
Position 6: Carlsen vs Mamedyarov, 2014
Position 7: Morozevich vs Shirov, 1999
Position 8: Korchnoi vs Hamann, 1978
Position 9: Polugaevsky vs Petrosian, 1981
Position 10: Nevednichy vs Sideif Sade, 1979
Bonus
Analysis
Exercises

System requirements: Minimum: Pentium III 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows 8.1 DirectX9 graphic card with 256 MB RAM, Windows Media Player 9 and internet connection for program activation. Recommended: PC Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 10/11, DirectX10 graphic card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or better, 100% DirectX10 compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11 and internet connection for program activation.