CLEARANCE - Strategy and Tactics - Peter Wells

This CD by Peter Wells addresses advanced players. It contains an introduction and five lectures which deal with purely practical subjects: the calculation of variations and how errors arise. These are important themes where a grandmaster trainer is able to draw on his rich and varied experience and provide chess students with valuable tips. There are five more lectures on positional chess. The CD contains a total of over three hours of high-quality video lectures and training.

The following subjects are part of the CD:
Introduction 5:34 min

Calculation 29:23 min

Commitment and Defence 17:02 min

Zwischenzug 16:56 min

Anatomy of Blunders I 19:49 min

Anatomy of Blunders II 15:44 min

Positional Pawn Sacrifice I 8:35 min

Positional Pawn Sacrifice II 20:08 min

Bad Pieces I 20:25 min

Bad Pieces II 22:14 min

Blockade 20:00 min



British grandmaster Peter Wells, 39, already has a name as the author of chess books. In addition he is an experienced trainer. Anyone who subscribes to ChessBase Magazine will know the profound contributions on the subject of chess strategy by Peter Wells. They have appeared in CBM since volume 77. This CD was produced in the new Fritz 8 Chess Media System. All lectures are presented with full video pictures and synchronised chess graphics. There is no better way to teach and explain chess. With the Fritz Media System chess is fun!

System requirements: PC 233, 64 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive, sound card, mouse, Windows XP, 2000, Me, 98, Windows Media Player 9. Please note: This course is a supplementary program for Fritz8 and can only be run if the chess program Fritz8 or Fritz8-WCh Edition - or one of the programs in the "Fritz Family" (Junior 8, Hiarcs 9, Shredder 8, ChessTiger 15) is installed on the PC. Neither Fritz8 nor Fritz8 WCh-Edition is supplied with this training course. An additional file for multi-media programs may also have to be downloaded from playchess.com (the ChessBase playing server). The file is free. Very important: you have to install Windows Media Player 9 on your PC.