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Twenty eight original and engaging characters to help children learn to identify the consonant blends and digraphs. Delve into the world of the Blendies, where each cute, unique character has their own special personality and story that reflects the initial blend or digraph of their name. From Blinkie to Whispery, children will love each and every Blendie while learning valuable decoding strategies. Quickly reading Initial blends when faced with new words is a cornerstone of competent reading. Come and meet the Blendies and find out for yourself!

Everything you need to know about the Reti Opening. --- The Q and A approach emphasizes plans and strategies. --- Written by an expert on the opening.

Sam Collins: Open Games with ...Bc5Experienced trainers often recommend playing positions with similar pawn structures, so that ideas learned in one variation can easily be transferred to another. With a similar objective, Sam Collins has designed a repertoire based on systems with ...Bc5 after 1.e4 e5. Each of these lines (built around 3...Bc5 against the Ruy Lopez and the Italian, the Spanish Four Knights with 4...Bc5, 3...Bb4+ 4.c3 Bc5 against the Scotch, and 2...Bc5 against the King's Gambit) share common aspirations of developing the bishop actively outside the pawn chain, fighting for control of the key d4-square and ultimately supporting attacking ideas on the kingside. They also share common challenges, such as the risk of the bishop being buried by pawns on c3 and d4, the Nxe5! fork trick, and the potential for an unpleasant pin of Black's king's knight with Bg5. This DVD will equip players to play each of these lines as Black with confidence, and develop their understanding of an active and classical approach against 1.e4. Video running time: 5 h 13 min (English) With interactive training including video feedback Extra: Database with 1646 Extra Games Including CB 12 Reader Sam Collins is an International Master from Ireland. He has two GM norms and has been national champion of Ireland and Japan. He has represented Ireland in eight Olympiads, winning a gold medal in Bled 2002. He has also produced several bestselling DVDs for Chessbase. System requirements: Minimum: Pentium III 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3), DirectX9 graphic card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9 and internet connection for program activation. Recommended: PC Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX10 graphic card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or better, 100% DirectX10 compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD-ROM drive and internet connection for program activation.

The King's Indian is a hugely popular opening at all levels of chess. Rather than attempting to secure early equality, Black is fighting for the initiative from the very first moves.

International Master Sam Collins selects and examines his favorite games from Anatoly Karpov, one of the greatest chess players of all time, and shows us how we can all learn and improve our chess by studying Karpov's masterpieces.

Sam Collins highlights the typical plans and tactics for both sides, presents repertoire options for Black and provides answers to all the key questions.