Training and Teaching software

All the production presented hereunder is produced by Convekta Ltd.

The catalogue consists of 2 subcatalogues: training courses for Beginners and Advanced players. All the programs offered here are characterized by the following common features:

  • Top Russian chess trainers write our interactive training programs, sharing their knowledge and experience through their course material and carefully chosen test and practice positions. Each training program follows a simple, yet highly effective teaching method designed to take you to a new playing level.

  • Start with the course material, divided by themes, by playing through the numerous commented games used to illustrate the lesson of the day, then test your understanding of the material through a series of test positions.

  • Each course presents thousands of exercises classified by theme and difficulty. If you propose a wrong move, the program will help you with various visual hints to help you find the solution. These hints are arrows highlighting key lines of attack or even showing you an easier problem with a similar theme. After solving a position, you are given a ELO rating that is adjusted according to the difficulty of the problem, the time taken, and any errors you may have made. This way you can get a good idea of your real chess strength and keep track of your progress.

  • After going through the lessons and solving the positions, take your training to the next level, and choose from hundreds of especially chosen instructive and illustrative practice positions to play against Crafty or Dragon, built-in programs. Of course, if you choose to play the other side, the potential number of practice positions doubles!

  • Each course comes with a very pleasant interface that allows one to customize the design, colors, fonts, etc…

  • Multiple user profiles are possible, with independent ratings and statistics for each. No additional software is required.

  • The programs are intended for both amateurs and masters, besides, they are useful for teachers.

System requirements: IBM-compatible PC with Pentium 75 CPU, 12 MB memory (RAM), Hard Disk (4 MB of free disk space for the program), VGA graphics, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME, CD-ROM drive, Microsoft-compatible mouse.

 

Price:  $ 29,00

Theory and Practice of Chess Endings

 

Endgame course composed by GM Alexander Panchenko. It's aim is to teach a student the intricacies of the endgame through a theoretical section, which includes over 700 games/lectures, each of them illustrating theoretical and practical endgame methods. Many of the included themes discussed for the very first time.

  • Special training section with 300 exercises for a user to solve
  • Giving refutations of wrong moves as well as numerous hints to help one find the correct answer
  • 180 positions, especially chosen by their instructive value, to be played and trained against the built-in chess playing program Crafty
  • Multiple user profiles possible, with independent ratings and statistics for each
  • Several printing options available

No additional software required.   

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Price:  $ 29,00

 

Chess Endgame Training

The program designed to teach you different endgame methods. The material written by IM ICCF Alexander Alpert. Includes:

  • More than 2450 endgame exercises taken from practical games, endgame studies

  • Training examples, all classified according to no less than 500 endgame themes

  • A built-in playing program Crafty to analyze or train with

  • While solving exercises, you are shown refutations of wrong moves as well as numerous hints to help and find the correct answer

  • The program also keeps track of your rating and adjusts it after each exercise

  • Several languages supported: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Swedish

No additional software required.  

What is the difference between Chess Endgame Training and Theory and Practice of Chess Endings?

The programs Theory and Practice of Chess Endings and Chess Endgame Training are the two mutually complementary pieces which do not overlap.

Theory and Practice of Chess Endings is based on a huge instructive course on endgame composed by GM Alexander Panchenko. The program presents and comments in detail on both theoretical positions and practical playing methods with about 700 game-lectures included.

Test and play exercises are selected by GM Panchenko in a non-great quantity of 300 exercises as well as 180 positions to play versus the chess playing program. That is why it probably makes sense using the other program that is Chess Endgame Training (the author for it is IM ICCF Alpert). The latter program contains no instructive material while consisting of 2450 positions to solve taken out of the practical games on as many as 500 topics. Thus with the two programs you get a chance of studying endgame theory (Theory and Practice of Chess Endings) and testing yourself (Chess Endgame Training). 

 

Price: 36.00$

  

 

Comprehensive Chess Endings CD, Averbakh

This is a fundamental program for studying endgame theory. Material is supplied by the prominent endgame theoretician GM Yuri Averbakh.

The program includes:

  • 4143 theoretically important games and examples thoroughly analyzed and classified into 300 themes

  • Material based on a printed edition of Comprehensive Chess Endings

  • All the chess material calculated through by the leading chess playing programs using the endgame tables

  • Material deeply elaborated and revised by GM Yuri Averbakh thus contributing to revised evaluation of some important theoretical endings compared to the printed edition

  • Nalimov Endgame Tablebases support and a built-in Test Mode

  • Computer evaluations and variations given for every move in games and examples

  • 2954 additional games from the modern practice, where the position in question occurred

  • The built-in playing program Crafty and the powerful searching system Chess Assistant Light allowing to analyze and play through the positions in question, edit variations, search for the necessary information, print out and export into a text file in both RTF and HTML formats

English version available, DVD-like box.

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Price: 54.00$

 

Comprehensive Chess Endings CD, Averbakh + Nalimov tablebases DVD

Our special offer includes a set of two brand-new software products (English versions):

  • Comprehensive Chess Endings which is a fundamental program for studying endgame theory. Material is supplied by the prominent endgame theoretician GM Yuri Averbakh.

  • Nalimov DVD containing the most complete version of the 3-4-5 piece NALIMOV endgame tablebases (290 files). Completely compatible with Chess Assistant 6 or 7, Comprehensive Chess Endings, Fritz 7/8, Tiger 14/15, Shredder 7, Junior and a lot of other engines.

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Price: 26.00$

 

Chess Endings, Essential Knowledge e-book

The program is based on the classic by the Russian GM and endgame expert Yuri Averbakh, first published in 1966 and remaining the standard guide for practical endgame play:

  • By concentrating on the basic principles the average player is given a working knowledge of the endgame as well as a firm foundation for a further develop of his or her interest and technique in this stage of a chess game.
  • The reader is taken from the most elementary checkmates through the exploitation of positional and material advantage up to the master play actual endings' analysis.
  • The program is Chess Multimedia, a new series of electronic talking books with moves and analysis shown automatically on a clear, well presented chess board.
  • A number of interesting functions: adding your own notes, searching for commentary, printing out games and checking your learning with the tests in the large appendix.
  • The CD includes the ARENA freeware program by Martin Blume.

Technical requirements: Windows 95/98 or later, Pentium 166 MHz, 32 MB RAM, 35 Mbytes available on the hard-disk, CD drive 6x, Video board SVGA 65536 colours at 800x600, Sound board SoundBlaster 16 Bit or compatible Mouse.

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Price: 26.00$

Pocket Chess Endings CD

Pocket Chess Endings is the best program for studying the endgame on a Pocket PC. The author, well-known coach and grandmaster Panchenko, worked through this chess material for over 20 years. Many experts regard his endgame handbook as the best in the field. Thousands of chess players in Russia have used it to study the endgame and many of them are now grandmasters. The theoretical section includes over 700 games/lectures, each of them illustrating theoretical and practical endgame methods. Many of the included themes are discussed for the very first time. A special training section includes 300 exercises for the user to solve, showing the refutations of wrong moves as well as giving numerous hints to help find the correct answer. Multiple user profiles are possible, with independent ratings and statistics for each user.

  • Languages: English and Spanish

  • CD, printed manual and plastic box

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Pocket Chess Endings runs on Pocket PCs with Windows Mobile 2005, Windows Mobile 2003 and Pocket PC 2002. Installation requires a PC.

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