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Professor McDinosaur's school provides individual (private) education. 11 short easy lessons will let the kids learn what chess board is, how chess figures move, how pawn turns into a queen and what castling is. Funny interactive exercises will help to study thoroughly all the game rules. The second stage of education will let you measure your strength (both in chess and a stand-up fight) with leading masters from the Jurassic period, for example, with Stegosaurus or Tyrannosaurus Rex.

This multimedia program with vivid/colorful original animation is destined for teaching boys and girls aged from 3 the elements of chess.

You can study Trial version of the program and see program review .

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Pentium III or equivalent, 128 MB, screen resolution of 1024X768, Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista , C

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A sequel to the Chess Tactics for Beginners , this program on chess tactics is developed by the prominent chess coach Sergey Ivashchenko and aimed at intermediate players.

The program includes:

• More than 1170 tactical positions classified by themes and difficulty
• Refutations of wrong moves as well as other hints to help find the correct answer
• English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Russian versions are available
• DVD-like box

No additional software required.

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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.

• 250 examples for self-study illustrating the lessons presented
• 1100 selected exercises for you to solve
• 450 typical positions to train and play against Crafty or other supported external programs
• English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Russian versions are available
• DVD-like box

No additional software required.

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Learn 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.

• Over 1,250 instructive exercises of varying difficulty from practical games
• English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Russian versions are available

No additional software is required.

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Advanced Chess School is an interactive tutorial for those inexperienced players, both children and adults, who have already learnt the rules of chess and now wish to become players of intermediate strength. It can be considered a continuation of “ Chess School for Beginners”. Students will study essential concepts such as development, the center, and fundamentals in chess tactics, basic endgame rules and much more!
The program contains 2 large courses: “Theory – Essential Chess Knowledge” and “Playing Instructive Examples.

• 55 lessons with more than 1,200 instructive examples
• English, Spanish and Russian versions are available
• No additional software required
• DVD-like box

This course turns a beginner into an intermediate player!

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Intended for beginners, both children and adults. Exercises arranged in five courses according to their increasing difficulty. Each course contains exercises for Practice and Test. The program includes positions from practical games, endgame studies as well as training examples.

• More than 1,300 tactical problems. You have to find the most important moves
• A built-in playing engine “Dragon” which can be called upon to analyze the problem
• Your favorite external playing program can also be used by you
• Wooden, marmoreal and standard interfaces possible
• English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Russian versions are available
• Manual and build-in help files for each language
• DVD-like box

Minimal system requirements: Recording CD-ROM is required
No additional software required

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Written by GM Yury Razuvaev , Chairman FIDE (World Chess Federation) Trainers' Committee , one of the former Chess World Champion Anatoly Karpov coaches; this friendly interactive course is intended for both children and adult beginners. It is divided into 3 main sections :

1) Chess rules;
2) Development of intellectual abilities;
3) Playing.

• 700 carefully chosen, and in many cases designed, examples to help a student
• Navigator, the part of the program, presents a window which allows to select a mode of work
• Ideal for schools and teachers with an unlimited number of individual student profiles allowed
• English, Spanish, French, Italian and Russian versions are available
• DVD-like box

No additional software is required.

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The complex Chess for Network includes the unique set of programs for studying chess at the school local network and vast metodically proved chess material.

The program complex complex Chess for Networks includes the program server, programs for teacher, for the student and for homework. Now one or several teachers can easily conduct lessons with hundreds of students within the local school network.

The program allows working with the unlimited number of students and classes. The limit for online working places - 5.

In total there are 350 lessons including 7000 theoretical examples and exercises meant for the studies with chess beginners at general schools during 2-3 years.

Chess for Networks has been successfully tested for teaching at general school: in 2005 Slovenian Education Ministry has licensed the complex Chess for Networks in Slovenian for holding regular lessons at all general schools of the country.

"Chess for Network" program has the following modes:

1. Authorisation of students. Each student receives his/her unique login and password, which is entered at log-on and identifies the student regardless of what computer he’s working at.
2. Creation of classes and groups. A teacher has an opportunity of creating classes and groups that include any number of students for group tasks and group lectures.
3. Lecture. A teacher has a possibility of showing teaching material to the whole class or student groups on a common chessboard. The board, variants, text remarks and markers entered by the coach on a computer, are displayed on the chessboards of all students.
4. Seminar. A teacher shows chess material on a common board, receives students’ questions in a chat and answers them either in a chat, or by entering variants and text remarks in the task on a common board. He/she asks questions, tests students and receives their answers, enables students to enter variants or text remarks in a common board.
5. Tasks for students self-working in a class. A teacher has a possibility of generating a lesson for self-working. Each task can include theoretical material and tests. From his/her computer the teacher has a possibility of observing independent operations of each student, giving him instructions, helping in difficult situations (the teacher thus has a possibility to use the help of the built-in engine) and highlighting a piece or a field on the student’s board using markers.
6. Hometask for students. A teacher has a possibility of generating a hometask that includes: theoretical material, tests, playing an educational position against the computer game for a group of students. Each student saves the homework on his/her floppy disk; at home he copies it to his/her home computer and fulfills. At the following lesson the student brings a floppy disk with the hometask results formed by the program to class. These results are brought into the school network version and become accessible to the teacher.
7. Printing. The teacher has a possibility of printing out teaching materials for students.
8. Statistics. The teacher has the complete information on each student or a group of students: what exercises have been solved and with what success, how much time has been spent on each task, etc. The report on each student operation can be printed out visually.
9. Chat. Over the local network the teacher has a possibility of communicating with students or a student group. Students have a possibility of communicating both directly, and within the group limits.
10. Six courses for beginners and intermediate players are included. The package with the program "Chess for Network, Professional package" includes a training courses: Chess School for Beginners, Chess Tactics for Beginners, Advanced Chess School, Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders, Strategy 2.0, Chess Tactics for intermediate players.

Video course for Chess for Network program.

System requirements for Chess for Networks program:

1. To the local network: Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista, network 10 Mbit / sec.
2. To the server: Microsoft Windows Server XP/ 2000/ 2003, 256 RAM, 20 GB HDD, Internet access.
3. To working places (for the teacher and the students): Windows NT/2000/XP, 128 MB RAM, monitor resolution no less than 1024x768.

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The complex Chess for Network includes the unique set of programs for studying chess at the school local network and vast metodically proved chess material.

The program complex complex Chess for Networks includes the program server, programs for teacher, for the student and for homework. Now one or several teachers can easily conduct lessons with hundreds of students within the local school network.

The program allows working with the unlimited number of students and classes. The limit for online working places - 12.

In total there are 350 lessons including 7000 theoretical examples and exercises meant for the studies with chess beginners at general schools during 2-3 years.

Chess for Networks has been successfully tested for teaching at general school: in 2005 Slovenian Education Ministry has licensed the complex Chess for Networks in Slovenian for holding regular lessons at all general schools of the country.

"Chess for Network" program has the following modes:

1. Authorisation of students. Each student receives his/her unique login and password, which is entered at log-on and identifies the student regardless of what computer he’s working at.
2. Creation of classes and groups. A teacher has an opportunity of creating classes and groups that include any number of students for group tasks and group lectures.
3. Lecture. A teacher has a possibility of showing teaching material to the whole class or student groups on a common chessboard. The board, variants, text remarks and markers entered by the coach on a computer, are displayed on the chessboards of all students.
4. Seminar. A teacher shows chess material on a common board, receives students’ questions in a chat and answers them either in a chat, or by entering variants and text remarks in the task on a common board. He/she asks questions, tests students and receives their answers, enables students to enter variants or text remarks in a common board.
5. Tasks for students self-working in a class. A teacher has a possibility of generating a lesson for self-working. Each task can include theoretical material and tests. From his/her computer the teacher has a possibility of observing independent operations of each student, giving him instructions, helping in difficult situations (the teacher thus has a possibility to use the help of the built-in engine) and highlighting a piece or a field on the student’s board using markers.
6. Hometask for students. A teacher has a possibility of generating a hometask that includes: theoretical material, tests, playing an educational position against the computer game for a group of students. Each student saves the homework on his/her floppy disk; at home he copies it to his/her home computer and fulfills. At the following lesson the student brings a floppy disk with the hometask results formed by the program to class. These results are brought into the school network version and become accessible to the teacher.
7. Printing. The teacher has a possibility of printing out teaching materials for students.
8. Statistics. The teacher has the complete information on each student or a group of students: what exercises have been solved and with what success, how much time has been spent on each task, etc. The report on each student operation can be printed out visually.
9. Chat. Over the local network the teacher has a possibility of communicating with students or a student group. Students have a possibility of communicating both directly, and within the group limits.
10. Six courses for beginners and intermediate players are included. The package with the program "Chess for Network, Professional package" includes a training courses: Chess School for Beginners, Chess Tactics for Beginners, Advanced Chess School, Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders, Strategy 2.0, Chess Tactics for intermediate players.

Video course for Chess for Network program.

System requirements for Chess for Networks program:

1. To the local network: Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista, network 10 Mbit / sec.
2. To the server: Microsoft Windows Server XP/ 2000/ 2003, 256 RAM, 20 GB HDD, Internet access.
3. To working places (for the teacher and the students): Windows NT/2000/XP, 128 MB RAM, monitor resolution no less than 1024x768.

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The complex Chess for Network includes the unique set of programs for studying chess at the school local network and vast metodically proved chess material.

The program complex complex Chess for Networks includes the program server, programs for teacher, for the student and for homework. Now one or several teachers can easily conduct lessons with hundreds of students within the local school network.

The program allows working with the unlimited number of students and classes. The limit for online working places - 30.

In total there are 350 lessons including 7000 theoretical examples and exercises meant for the studies with chess beginners at general schools during 2-3 years.

Chess for Networks has been successfully tested for teaching at general school: in 2005 Slovenian Education Ministry has licensed the complex Chess for Networks in Slovenian for holding regular lessons at all general schools of the country.

"Chess for Network" program has the following modes:

1. Authorisation of students. Each student receives his/her unique login and password, which is entered at log-on and identifies the student regardless of what computer he’s working at.
2. Creation of classes and groups. A teacher has an opportunity of creating classes and groups that include any number of students for group tasks and group lectures.
3. Lecture. A teacher has a possibility of showing teaching material to the whole class or student groups on a common chessboard. The board, variants, text remarks and markers entered by the coach on a computer, are displayed on the chessboards of all students.
4. Seminar. A teacher shows chess material on a common board, receives students’ questions in a chat and answers them either in a chat, or by entering variants and text remarks in the task on a common board. He/she asks questions, tests students and receives their answers, enables students to enter variants or text remarks in a common board.
5. Tasks for students self-working in a class. A teacher has a possibility of generating a lesson for self-working. Each task can include theoretical material and tests. From his/her computer the teacher has a possibility of observing independent operations of each student, giving him instructions, helping in difficult situations (the teacher thus has a possibility to use the help of the built-in engine) and highlighting a piece or a field on the student’s board using markers.
6. Hometask for students. A teacher has a possibility of generating a hometask that includes: theoretical material, tests, playing an educational position against the computer game for a group of students. Each student saves the homework on his/her floppy disk; at home he copies it to his/her home computer and fulfills. At the following lesson the student brings a floppy disk with the hometask results formed by the program to class. These results are brought into the school network version and become accessible to the teacher.
7. Printing. The teacher has a possibility of printing out teaching materials for students.
8. Statistics. The teacher has the complete information on each student or a group of students: what exercises have been solved and with what success, how much time has been spent on each task, etc. The report on each student operation can be printed out visually.
9. Chat. Over the local network the teacher has a possibility of communicating with students or a student group. Students have a possibility of communicating both directly, and within the group limits.
10. Six courses for beginners and intermediate players are included. The package with the program "Chess for Network, Professional package" includes a training courses: Chess School for Beginners, Chess Tactics for Beginners, Advanced Chess School, Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders, Strategy 2.0, Chess Tactics for intermediate players.

Video course for Chess for Network program.

System requirements for Chess for Networks program:

1. To the local network: Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista, network 10 Mbit / sec.
2. To the server: Microsoft Windows Server XP/ 2000/ 2003, 256 RAM, 20 GB HDD, Internet access.
3. To working places (for the teacher and the students): Windows NT/2000/XP, 128 MB RAM, monitor resolution no less than 1024x768.

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