The Encyclopedia of Middlegame II was written by GM Alexander Kalinin. The CD contains a course in Typical Plans and Methods in the Most Popular Openings. The following openings are reviewed: Sicilian (Dragon, Najdorf, Paulsen variations), Ruy Lopez (Open variation, Exchange Variation), King's Gambit, Italian Game, Evans Gambit, Pirc-Ufimtsev, Alekhine's Defense, Nimzo-Indian Defense, Queen's-Indian Defense, Queen's gambit, Modern Benoni. The program is a completely new program supplied with over 650 thoroughly annotated and classified instructive examples, more than 600 exercises for you to solve, 150 typical positions to train and play against Crafty, the built-in playing engine. Several languages supported: English, Spanish and Russian. No additional software required.
Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP
