30 Apr 07
I have some chess training dvds that work with the fritz media system,it says i need fritz 8 .
I have fritz 10.
does anyone know if i have to get fritz 8 for the training videos to work.
surely it will work with fritz 10.
At the moment when i play the dvd i get the video but not the training board!! is the something i am doing wrong,its frustrating as the seem good dvds according to reviews!!
30 Apr 07
Originally posted by mipmcptinstall chessbase reader and use that instead of fritz?
I have some chess training dvds that work with the fritz media system,it says i need fritz 8 .
I have fritz 10.
does anyone know if i have to get fritz 8 for the training videos to work.
surely it will work with fritz 10.
At the moment when i play the dvd i get the video but not the training board!! is the something i am doing wrong,its frustrating as the seem good dvds according to reviews!!
30 Apr 07
Originally posted by mipmcptAre you opening the videos with friz? My dvds work just fine with fritz10.
I have some chess training dvds that work with the fritz media system,it says i need fritz 8 .
I have fritz 10.
does anyone know if i have to get fritz 8 for the training videos to work.
surely it will work with fritz 10.
At the moment when i play the dvd i get the video but not the training board!! is the something i am doing wrong,its frustrating as the seem good dvds according to reviews!!
30 Apr 07
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Originally posted by mipmcptI have enjoyed the ABC's of the Caro-Kann from Andrew Martin. He has an ABC's of the Czech-Benoni out now that purports to be a good repertoire against 1d4. I would prefer to find something in a Slav or Semi-Slav though to compliment the Caro-Kann against 1. e4.
thanks folks
it was a fault on my computer,fixed now.
By the way anyone recommend any good chess training dvds?
30 Apr 07
Originally posted by BLReidandrew martin is great. funny, and extremely clear. I just got his fox dvd's for the leningrad & anti-dutch openings, both very nice. I've also got his 'the basics of winning chess', which is very good as well.
I have enjoyed the ABC's of the Caro-Kann from Andrew Martin. He has an ABC's of the Czech-Benoni out now that is purports to be a good repertoire against 1d4. I would prefer to find something in a Slav or Semi-Slav though to compliment the Caro-Kann against 1. e4.
for endgames, the karsten müller dvds are great. very funny in a dry german monty-pythonesque way.
01 May 07
Originally posted by mipmcptfoxy was what I meant by 'fox'. 🙂
What do people think of the Foxy chess training dvds?
and any you would recommend?
very low budget, crappy production, but the beef itself is all good. at least in the 2 andrew martin dvds I got from foxy series. -basically you see a board and andrew walks you through variations, shows ideas, and example games. there's no shortcuts from menu to individual topics, it's all in one file. I made a table of contents for myself in a textfile, with topics and the position in time, but it's of course something they should've done themselves to begin with.
so good content, but crappy production. sort of like the roman dvds, although roman is also a phenomenally bad performer to top it all. 🙂
02 May 07
Originally posted by wormwoodThe Roman DVD's - so bad it's comical - such extraordinarily crappy production values that I can't bring myself to watch the ones I have to decide if the content is any good.
foxy was what I meant by 'fox'. 🙂
very low budget, crappy production, but the beef itself is all good. at least in the 2 andrew martin dvds I got from foxy series. -basically you see a board and andrew walks you through variations, shows ideas, and example games. there's no shortcuts from menu to individual topics, it's all in one file. I made a table ...[text shortened]... like the roman dvds, although roman is also a phenomenally bad performer to top it all. 🙂
02 May 07
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Originally posted by BLReidwell, I checked the complete repertoire for white, and was positively surprised. probably because I had heard so much bad things about his dvds. but still, I think the content was actually pretty good on that dvd at least.
Roman's DVD's are a real cure for insomnia.
and what do you really need from a chess dvd anyway? good content, a commentator and a 2d board. that's all. everything else is just icing on the cake.
but I agree those guys could put some effort into it. but I guess they're just huge geeks. 🙂
03 May 07
Originally posted by onyx2006Only watched about a 20 mins in, seemed very good. You'd need some bit of "chess cop on" tho, as the commentary might go something like "16. Ke2, obviously..." Where as some lower rated players might need a good look at the board to see what "obviously" is. In other words, the pace is pretty fast, course the good side to that is it covers a lot! If you can't keep up... well, it's a DVD, rewind... pause!
One just arrived in the post for me today 😀
Will have a look at it tonight and let you know,
J
Recommended!
J