Robert Ris: How to Make a PlanIn every game of chess, there comes a moment when one is confronted with the question: what should I do now? Often, the solution involves more than finding just one single move, and you are rather challenged to work out a complete plan instead. In order to make an effective plan, one needs to delve deeper into the position – just determining which pieces are good and bad normally is not enough to find your way.

On this DVD, five key elements of positional play are discussed which help you formulate the right plan:

1. The influence of pawn play
2. How to deal with tension (with pawns and pieces)
3. Improving your worst piece
4. Creating targets & exploiting them
5. Prophylactical thinking

After going through the 12 examples from the theoretical section, it’s time for you to get actively involved! The author has collected no less than 50 instructive examples with multiple questions to test your positional understanding. On top of that, another 50+ examples have been added in a separate database, while there is also a new feature in the Fritz app to play out various positions.

Content

• Video running time: 8 hours (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Extra database with further examples
• Including ChessBase Reader
• 01: Intro [04:23]
• Themes
• 01: The influence of pawn play Game 1 - Ris,R - Tan,M [19:58]
• 02: The influence of pawn play Game 2 - Ris,R - Bergsson,S [21:24]
• 03: How to deal with tension (with pawns and pieces) Game 3 - Peng,Z - Ris,R [16:38]
• 04: How to deal with tension (with pawns and pieces) Game 4 - Carlsen,M - Amonatov,F [17:08]
• 05: Improving your worst piece Game 5 - Short,N - Gelfand,B [14:13]
• 06: Improving your worst piece Game 6 - Karpov,A - Spassky,B [18:38]
• 07: Creating targets & exploiting them Game 7 - Shankland,S - Ding,L [18:29]
• 08: Creating targets & exploiting them Game 8 - Gelfand,B - Duran Vega,S [16:11]
• 09: Creating targets & exploiting them Game 9 - Sokolov,I - Wang Yue [15:20]
• 10: Prophylactical thinking Game 10 - Ris,R - Kopylov,M [14:20]
• 11: Prophylactical thinking Game 11 - Ris,R - Gonzalez Gomez,R [18:01]
• 12: Prophylactical thinking Game 12 - Tate,E - Ris,R [16:08]
• Excercises 1-10
• 01: Test 1 [07:29]
• 02: Test 2 [08:03]
• 03: Test 3 [09:15]
• 04: Test 4 [06:22]
• 05: Test 5 [05:57]
• 06: Test 6 [06:20]
• 07: Test 7 [05:46]
• 08: Test 8 [05:33]
• 09: Test 9 [07:32]
• 10: Test 10 [07:55]
• Excercises 11-20
• 01: Test 11 [06:37]
• 02: Test 12 [05:50]
• 03: Test 13 [05:16]
• 04: Test 14 [05:20]
• 05: Test 15 [06:42]
• 06: Test 16 [07:34]
• 07: Test 17 [05:24]
• 08: Test 18 [06:30]
• 09: Test 19 [05:06]
• 10: Test 20 [06:18]
• Excercises 21-30
• 01: Test 21 [05:47]
• 02: Test 22 [07:06]
• 03: Test 23 [04:14]
• 04: Test 24 [04:30]
• 05: Test 25 [05:20]
• 06: Test 26 [04:03]
• 07: Test 27 [04:07]
• 08: Test 28 [04:50]
• 09: Test 29 [06:27]
• 10: Test 30 [04:37]
• Excercises 31-40
• 01: Test 31 [06:33]
• 02: Test 32 [05:00]
• 03: Test 33 [05:56]
• 04: Test 34 [04:38]
• 05: Test 35 [06:12]
• 06: Test 36 [03:47]
• 07: Test 37 [04:48]
• 08: Test 38 [03:47]
• 09: Test 39 [04:05]
• 10: Test 40 [03:42]
• Excercises 41-50
• 01: Test 41 [04:03]
• 02: Test 42 [03:46]
• 03: Test 43 [04:30]
• 04: Test 44 [05:36]
• 05: Test 45 [04:59]
• 06: Test 46 [03:38]
• 07: Test 47 [03:52]
• 08: Test 48 [05:01]
• 09: Test 49 [03:31]
• 10: Test 50 [05:22]
• 11: Outro [02:07]
• Training
• In this section you can practice with ChessBase tools.
• Further Examples: A further database with more examples helps to enhance your knowledge. Database
• Pawn play: Ris vs Tan
• How to deal with tension: Carlsen vs Amonatov
• Creating targets & exploiting them: Short vs Gelfand
• Creating targets & exploiting them: Sokolov vs Wang Yue
• Prophylactical thinking: Tate vs Ris

Syastem

Minimum: Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, Windows 7 or 8.1, DirectX11, graphics card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9, ChessBase 14/Fritz 16 or included Reader and internet access for program activation. Recommended: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore), 4 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX11, graphics card with 512 MB RAM or more, 100% DirectX10-compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD-ROM drive and internet access for program activation.