New training courses

— Enclyclopedia of Middlegame V ( Download or CD) course is aimed at teaching a student much of the middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section which includes over 500 games/lectures.

— Total Chess Ending ( Download or CD) course includes over 700 games/lectures, each of them illustrating theoretical and practical endgame methods.
Bazna III Kings Tournament 2010
 The 3rd Kings tournament takes place in Medias, Romania, Monday, June 14, 2010 – Friday, June 25, 2010.
Participants: Magnus Carlsen, Wang Yue, Boris Gelfand, Teimour Radjabov, Ruslan Ponomariov and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu.
Games start at 13:30 UTC. Final round starts at 11:30 UTC
ChessOK is going to broadcast all games of the tournament with Rybka Aquarium commentary.
Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], Round 8 [ PGN], Round 9 [ PGN], Round 10 [ PGN]
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Getting More Out of IDeA in Aquarium 2010
 In this column, I take a deeper look at some features that were discussed in earlier columns, and I reveal a couple of interesting ideas that will help you get a better understanding of IDeA in Aquarium 2010. As before, I emphasize the importance of its interactive features and start out with the many different says of selecting and sending positions for analysis in IDeA.
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New Rybka Aquarium Opening Book
The title of this column implies three novelties:
- Rybka 4 is now releaes, stronger than ever.
- Aquarium 4, a new version matching Rybka 4, is also introduced, with loads of improvements, some of which have been described in my recent columns. Additionally an update to Aquarium 2010 (4.0.3) will also be released as a free update for current customers.
- Last, but not least, a new Rybka 4 Aquarium opening book is now released with thoroughly researched and up to date collection of modern opening lines.
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Seven new training courses are available on CD

— How to Win Miniatures in Chess to learn how to mate in 2, 3 and 4 moves in opening
— Elementary Chess Combinations to learn simple tactical methods
— Chess Combinations for Club Players to learn advanced tactical methods

— Chess: Simple Defense to learn how to defend your pieces from capturing
— Chess: Easy Ways of Taking Pawns and Pieces to learn how to capture the pieces
— Attack on the King I to learn how to attack the king in middlegame and mate in 2
— Attack on the King II to learn how to attack the king in middlegame and mate in 3 & 4
All courses cost €25.60 / $32.
Poikovsky Tournament 2010
The 11th annual Poikovsky Tournament will be held in from June 2nd to 13th.
Participants: Karjakin, Jakovenko, Jobava, Vitugov, Motylev, Rublevsky, Onischuk, Naiditsch, Ryasantsev, Bologan, Sutovsky, Sokolov.
ChessOK is going to publish all games of the tournament with Rybka 4 analysis (post game).
Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], Round 8 [ PGN], Round 9 [ PGN], Round 10 [ PGN], Round 11 [ PGN]
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Rybka 4 Aquarium, Opening Book & Chess Assistant 11 release
 (Deep) Rybka 4 Aquarium has been released! All the preorder items have been sent as of now. If you haven’t recieved your link and serial number (the missing/blocked emails are the unfortunate evil), please mail to sales@convekta.com. We’re terribly sorry to delay your expectations.
Rybka 4 Aquarium for download
Rybka 4 Aquarium on DVD
Deep Rybka 4 Aquarium for download
Deep Rybka 4 Aquarium on DVD
 Rybka 4 Aquarium book by Jiri Dufek has also been released!
Rybka 4 Aquarium book by Jiri Dufek for download
Rybka 4 Aquarium book by Jiri Dufek on DVD
 Chess Assistant 11 is there!
— Starter for download / on DVD
— Professional for download / on DVD
— Mega with Gold Nalimov Tablebases
You can also upgrade from Chess Assistant 10 for a lower price. Check out Chess Assistant & Databases catalog.
There’s also a 30% discount if you buy a combo of Chess Assistant + Rybka 4 Aquarium. Check out our Specials catalog.
Rybka 4 UCI Released!

— Rybka 4 UCI for download
— Deep Rybka 4 UCI for download
— Rybka 4 UCI on CD
— Deep Rybka 4 UCI on CD
Rybka 4 Aquarium and Opening Book by Jir Dufek will be available in a few hours. Stay tuned!
Please note, that (Deep) Rybka 4 Aquarium or Chess Assistant 11 already include Rybka 4 UCI / Deep Rybka 4 UCI without any additional payments along with a bonus program of Openings Encyclopedia 2010. There’s also a 30% discount package of Rybka 4 Aquarium + Chess Assistant available for order.
Rybka 4 UCI / Deep Rybka 4 UCI can be used in all modern chess programs such as Aquarium, Chess Assistant, Fritz, Shredder, Chessbase, Arena etc.
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