Alexander BangievSQUARES STRATEGY VOLUME 1: TACTICSChess Tactics and Training Software by ChessBase, 2004
Very good condition-original case with booklet and cd. Very good condition-original case with booklet and cd. A few scratches on the case and a short edge tear on title insert, but CD looks like it was never played.
Unfortunately I know nothing about this software other than what I have copied and pasted below. If you have no experience with ChessBase or are unsure if this CD will run on your computer please do not purchase it. This is meant for someone who has used similar chess training software on their PC and pretty much knows what to expect.
Alexander Bangiev's "Squares Strategy 1: Tactics" is a chess training system and ChessBase software volume designed to restructure a player's positional evaluation by shifting focus from the pieces themselves to the squares they control, influence, and leave vacant. Developed by International Master Alexander Bangiev, the methodology (often called the B-Method or Squares Strategy) treats the chessboard like a military terrain.
Squares Strategy 1: Tactics contains two databases. The first is the instructional database, called in this case the Learning Database. This database contains four instructional texts and fifty extensively annotated (tons of text) game fragments (i.e. the games don't start from the first move; they begin instead from the critical position where Bangiev's method of move selection comes into play). The second database is the Training Database, which contains two hundred timed training questions. You learn Bangiev's techniques from the Learning Database and then apply what you've learned by testing yourself with the Training Database. It's just like what you're already used to doing: learn a chess concept and then try to apply it in actual games. The timed training questions give you a generous amount of time for answering the questions and also let you get hints by using the "help" buttons.
The CD also contains a copy of the ChessBase Reader program, so even players who don't own ChessBase or one of the Fritz family of playing programs can use this training material without any other required software.