DOWNLOAD - Chessbase Training - Calculation Step by Step: A Grandmaster’s Training Guide Vol. 1 - Foundations

If one skill decides more games, it’s calculation. Openings fade, plans change - but seeing clearly, comparing lines, and choosing with confidence wins points. In this course GM Ganguly turns calculation into a trainable skill with a structured path for any level. You won’t just solve tactics; you’ll learn how to think: where to start, which branches to explore, when to stop, and how to keep a crystal-clear mental board under pressure. What’s different: idea-first training (by thinking tools, not random puzzles); tournament mindset (treat every task like a real game); scalable practice (10 minutes or a full session); practical methods (visualization, blind training, decision routines); honest coaching (no miracles - just habits that raise your ceiling). Volume 1 - Foundations: define forcing moves properly; master short calculation (where most blunders happen); train visualization; use elimination (incl. Ganguly’s “floating moves”); compare final positions and link patterns. Guided work with pause points, model examples, and actionable takeaways. Who is it for? Club players who want a clear, progressive path to better calculation. Ambitious improvers who prefer methods over miracles. Tournament players who need game-realistic training to cut blunders and convert advantages. This is what is delivered: Fritztrainer for 4 platforms: App for Windows, App for Mac, ChessBase books and ChessBase Videostream Delivery as a download or by post (card with serial number) Video course with a running time of approx. 4-8 hrs. Repertoire database: save and integrate Fritztrainer games into your own repertoire (in WebApp Opening or in ChessBase) Interactive exercises with video feedback: the authors present exercises and key positions, the user has to enter the solution. With video feedback (also on mistakes) and further explanations. All videos and additional tasks, tests and texts included in the CB books. Sample games as a ChessBase database. That's what the FritzTrainer App can do for you: Videos can run in the Fritztrainer app or in the ChessBase program with board graphics, notation and a large function bar Analysis engine can be switched on at any time Video pause for manual navigation and analysis in game notation Input of your own variations, engine analysis, with storage in the game Learn variations: view specific lines in the ChessBase WebApp Opening with autoplay, memorize variations and practise transformation (initial position - final position). Active opening training: selected opening positions are transferred to the ChessBase WebApp Fritz-online. In a match against Fritz you test your new knowledge and actively play the new opening. Even more possibilities: Start FritzTrainer in the ChessBase program! The database with all games and analyses can be opened directly. Games can be easily added to the opening reference. Direct evaluation with game reference, games can be replayed on the analysis board Your own variations are saved and can be added to the own repertoire Replay training LiveBook active All engines installed in ChessBase can be started for the analysis Assisted Analysis Print notation and diagrams (for worksheets)   System requirements: App for Windows: Windows-PC, Windows 10 or 11 and Internet App for Mac: Mac OS X and internet ChessBase books: Computer (iPad, Tablet, PC etc.), current browser, internet ChessBase video stream: Computer (iPad, Tablet, PC etc.), current browser, internet