Use your wits, learn to think ahead, have fun and excitement AND learn a whole lot about chess: this great chess adventure has all of this and more in store for you! Together with Prince Fritz and his cousin Bianca learn how to play chess, then test and increase your knowledge in a whole range of exciting games and situations.
Fritz is not just a chess playing monster. It is a friendly chess partner for beginners and amateurs. It will teach you to play chess from scratch, and can automatically adjust its playing strength to suit your needs. It will warn you when you go wrong in a game, giving you hints on how to play better. In any position it will explain all possible continuations to you in plain language, and it will display all pieces that are attacked, defended or "hanging".
Pocket Fritz 2 is a chess partner with mobility built in. Take it with you wherever you go and leave boredom behind.Pocket Fritz 2 has many diverse playing levels that make it an entertaining opponent, while the database functions and new commentary options fulfil the needs of even strong professional players.
The world famous commentator has produced a multimedia course to take the absolute beginner to a reasonable standard. There are thousands of puzzles and lots of explanations with interactive video coaching. A special set of tests will monitor your improvement and score your progress. Practice against its playing engine with beginner to expert levels.
Designed for absolute beginners who may not even know about the most basic rules of chess. If you are new to chess, you will be able to learn the basics faster and more enjoyably than you imagined possible. Included is a complete tutorial for beginners and a generous sampling of intermediate and advanced challenges from Chess Mentor’s vast library of challenges.
Good Move! is an easy, fun way to introduce chess to students. It is ideal for use at schools and homes. It has over 750 small graphic movies which show on a chessboard many of the key ideas of the game including: 'En Passant', 'Castling', 'X-Rays', 'Zugzwang', 'The opposition' and much more. The movies run on average for 3-4 minutes and students can work through the lessons at their own pace, recording their progress as they go by clicking in a tick box. The program can be installed in just minutes and can used on up to 16 machines across a school - one per classroom for example. Each program can be used to record the progress and answers to the quizzes by up to 32 students - easily!
Intended for beginners, both children and adults. The course was written by GM Yury Razuvaev, who was one of Anatoly Karpov’s coaches in 1973-1978. "School" is divided into 3 large sections: Chess rules; Development of intellectual abilities; Playing. Unlimited number of pupils can work with this program. Statistics in a convenient graphic form can be presented for each user. The program is recommended for schools. (The Italian version is used in all Italian schools, and thousands of Italian children are learning to play chess working with this program).
Released in 2002 by Convekta Ltd., developer of Chess Assistant, and GM Yury Razuvaev, famous coach, Chairman of the FIDE Trainers' Committee. The program intended for teaching and studying chess at primary schools with their local networks. Not only does it help a coach to give lessons, it also makes learning easier, quicker and much more interesting.
This program is based upon a bestseller by the experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko. Over 200 thousand copies were sold in the Soviet Union in the late 1980’s! It is a Windows based chess tactics testing and training program intended for beginners, both children and adults.