Total Chess Training - buy it now 69.95 US) email tony@kevinspraggett.com

Total Chess Training consists of five magnificent educational programs:

Chess Tactics Art 3.0

Strategy 2.0

Encyclopedia of Middlegame

Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders

Studies 2.0

with new printing possibilities, covering every phase or aspect of chess.


Altogether, Total Chess Training includes more than 9000 expertly annotated games and positions to be solved for chess players with ELO rating from 1800 to 2400!
Total Chess Training is the product of the best Russian chess instructors' efforts. Take advantage of their training and knowledge now, and raise your playing level to a new standard.  The following is a list of the 5 programs included and some details on each:

Program # 1 - Strategy 2.0

Designed by GM Alexander Kalinin to teach students strategy and positional play, STRATEGY 2.0 is a significantly expanded version of the original Strategy, containing not only more exercises but also many new lessons not present in the first edition. This chess program presents 1800 instructive positions with 18 most important strategic themes such as Advantage in development, Advantage in space, Attack on the king, Attack on the queenside, Weak squares, Pawn structure, Open files and diagonals, Central squares, Position of pieces, Exchange, Positional sacrifice, Prophylaxis, Isolated queen's pawn, Hanging pawns, Pawn pair of c3+d4 on semi-open files, the rule of two weaknesses, Planning, Defense and Counterattack.

 Program #2 - Chess Tactics ART 3.0The program is the 3rd revised and expanded edition of the ever popular Chess Tactics Art by the Russian GM of Correspondence chess, Maxim Blokh. The focus of the examples' difficulty is on amateurs but even masters will find themselves challenged by the hardest ones.

 Program #3 - Endgame Studies 2.0Training course based on best chess studies, especially chosen for their instructive value. Contains over 950 greatest endgame compositions and 900 subsidiary exercises divided into 4 parts:
1) Studies on the topics;
2) Ending studies;
3) Gallery of Chess Compositions;
4) Various grades by difficulty level (ELO 1800-2400).
There is simply no substitute for the ease and quality of the studies presented, not to mention their eternal beauty.

Program # 4 -  Encyclopedia of MiddlegameThe program designed by GM Alexander Kalinin to help a student understand the ideas and strategies behind typical middlegame positions according to the openings they originate from. Intended for stronger players. Having no analogues among chess programs MIDDLEGAME contains detailed material on two courses: typical structures of middlegame and playing technique in most popular openings. Training material contains more than 600 examples and is subdivided into themes according to typical methods and ideas of playing.

Program #5 - Encyclopedia of Opening BlundersLearn to play chess by learning the opening mistakes and traps that have been discovered over time. The chess material prepared by IM Yaroslav Ulko and IM Aleksey Mitenkov, both experienced coaches and players in Russia. The program designed for studying the blunders in more than 40 openings.



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