Description
In this video course, GM Surya Ganguly joins IM Sagar Shah and drawing from his colossal experience, shares some uncommon endgame wisdom. The material mostly features positions with rook against rook and a pawn, and starts by covering the fundamentals: Lucena, Philidor, and Vancura. But it quickly enters non-trivial territory, likely to challenge even masters: the slippery theoretical nuances of dealing with doubled pawns and pawns on the f- and h-files.
Surya presents some ingenious “rules of thumb” to tackle these knotty endings, and at the same time, underscores the importance of actual calculation and understanding, so as not to fall into some crude reductionist trap. Through this course, he promises something no instructor would ordinarily promise – uncertainty! His aim is not knowing everything — which is a chimera that can only stem from naivety—but realising one can never know enough and, thus, being watchfully comfortable in the uncertainty this realisation affords. The heartful camaraderie between Surya and Sagar keeps the lecture engaging throughout. As the ever-so-keen host, Sagar does an excellent job of asking pertinent questions every step of the way, questions that a chess improver would have in mind when studying such endings. On the other hand, Surya often switches roles with him, genially urging him to take the lead and spell out the concepts.
- Video running time: 4 h 46 minutes
- Training with ChessBase apps - Play key positions against Fritz on various levels
Contents
- Introduction
- Lucena Position
- Lucena Position
- Lucena Position/ Bridge Building
- Lucena Position/ Checks from the longer side
- Illustrative Example + Surya Ganguly versus Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu
- Illustrative Example
- Philidor's Position
- Philidor’s Position
- Philidor with doubled pawns
- Advanced Philidor's Position
- Rohde vs Cramling
- The case of the knight pawn
- Doubled knight pawns
- The case of the rook pawn
- Vancura Position
- Vancura Position
- Vancura Position
- Vancura Position (Part 2)
- Vancura Position (Part 3)
- Gelfand vs Anand
- Update on Vancura Part 3
- f & h-pawns in rook endgames
- Introduction
- Rook endgame with a white pawn on f5
- J. Hector vs M. Krasenkow
- Duda vs Ganguly
- Basics of Rook + f- and h-pawns versus Rook
- Rook + f- and h-pawns versus Rook (Part 2)
- A. Gupta vs P. Negi
- A. Das vs K. Sasikiran
- S. Chanda vs E. Vladimirov
- T. Ngyuen vs V. Gujrathi
- Rule 5-6
- Rule 5-6 Part 1
- Rule 5-6 Part 2
- Rule 5-6 Part 3
- W. Arencibia vs E. Vladimirov
- Cheron 1
- Cheron 2
The first volume of Demystifying Endgames deals with the essentials of rook versus rook and pawn endings, covering topics like Lucena, Philidor, Vancura, and theoretical cases with rook against rook and pawns on f- and h-files. Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly presents several guideposts to navigate through the tricky waters of these theoretical endings.
In the present volume, he brings more positions - many from top-level Grandmaster games - to help you with (a): assessing your understanding of the concepts discussed in Volume 1 and (b): complementing that understanding. Thus, about 70% of the material discussed here is the application of ideas established previously, and the remaining comprises rich examples that do not yield directly to any known rule. Staying true to his philosophy that comprehension and confusion are two sides of the same coin, Surya reiterates the importance of staying alert and warns against the dangers of using theory as a crutch.
- Video running time: 3 h 17 minutes
Contents
- Introduction
- Exercises 01-10
- Exercise 01
- Exercise 02
- Exercise 03
- Exercise 04
- Exercise 05
- Exercise 06
- Exercise 07
- Exercise 07 Part 2
- Exercise 08
- Exercise 09
- Exercise 10
- Exercises 11-20
- Exercise 11
- Exercise 12
- Exercise 13
- Exercise 14
- Exercise 15
- Exercise 16
- Exercise 17
- Exercise 18
- Exercise 19
- Exercise 20
- Exercises 21-32
- Exercise 21
- Exercise 22
- Exercise 23
- Exercise 24
- Exercise 25
- Exercise 26
- Exercise 27
- Exercise 28
- Exercise 29
- Exercise 30
- Exercise 31
- Exercise 32
- Conclusion
- Practice positions
- Lucena Practice 1
THIS IS WHAT IS DELIVERED:
- Fritztrainer App for Windows and Mac
- Available as download or on DVD
- 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)
Windows 10 or higher
Minimum: Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, 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.
MacOSX
only available as download! Minimum: MacOS "Yosemite" 10.10
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