How to Play Chess : Lessons From an International Master

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Course No. 9411.
Disc 1. lesson 1. The 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. The chess amateur's mind ; lesson 24. Picking a chess hero.
Lecturer: Jeremy Silman, international master.
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.
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS

VERY impressive series of lessons.over 10 hours. submitted by Tassos on December 21, 2022, 9:01pm Am in the middle of the 2nd of 4 CDs. Way too much material. I may need to listen to them again later.

And I am listening to it again now, but it is hard stuff, if you want to really learn everything the great instructor says, you need to pay 100% attention. I am in the third of 4 CDs. Each CD has as much material as 3 or 4 average CDs you got.

The second time around one appreciates things one did not catch the first time, including some very funny but understated humor.

The instructor is a world-class chess player. THe exact opposite of the saying "Those who can, do, those who cannot, teach"!!! This is not your garden variety average PHD in "education'. This Teacher BOTH CAN DO AND CAN TEACH.

Only one thing kind of disturbs me, the Instructor is reading from prepared text, and the way the camera is placed, he is not looking at me when he speaks, which I hate. Not his fault, but the idiots who organized the taping and the studio.