1069 Games Played by the World Champion
Dive into the most comprehensive collection of games by Mikhail Botvinnik, featuring a staggering 1069 chess games played between 1924 and 1970. This course offers an exclusive section, "Play as Botvinnik," with 350 quiz positions where you can test your skills by attempting to replicate Botvinnik's brilliant moves.
This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a groundbreaking method for learning chess. The series covers tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for players ranging from beginners to professionals.
By engaging with this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, discover new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply your learning in real games. The program serves as a personal coach, presenting challenges and providing assistance when you're stuck, offering hints, explanations, and showcasing strong refutations for common mistakes.
The course includes a theoretical section that delves into game strategies at various stages, using real examples. This interactive approach allows you to not only read the lessons but also make moves on the board and practice challenging positions.
Advantages of the Program:
♔ High-quality, double-checked examples for accuracy
♔ Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed by the coach
♔ Tasks varying in complexity
♔ Diverse goals to achieve within the problems
♔ Hints provided for errors
♔ Refutations for typical mistaken moves
♔ Ability to play out any task position against the computer
♔ Interactive theoretical lessons
♔ Well-organized table of contents
♔ Monitoring of ELO rating changes during learning
♔ Flexible test mode settings
♔ Option to bookmark favorite exercises
♔ Optimized for larger tablet screens
♔ No internet connection required
♔ Sync your progress across Android, iOS, and Web platforms with a free Chess King account
The course offers a free section, allowing you to experience the full functionality of the program. This lets you evaluate the application in real-world conditions before unlocking additional topics:
Mikhail Botvinnik
1.1. 1924-1926
1.2. 1926
1.3. 1926-1927
1.4. 1927
1.5. 1927-1929
1.6. 1929
1.7. 1930
1.8. 1930-1931
1.9. 1931
1.10. 1932
1.11. 1932-1933
1.12. 1933
1.13. 1934
1.14. 1934-1935
1.15. 1935
1.16. 1936
1.17. 1937
1.18. 1938
1.19. 1939
1.20. 1940
1.21. 1941
1.22. 1943
1.23. 1943-1944
1.24. 1944
1.25. 1945
1.26. 1946
1.27. 1947
1.28. 1948
1.29. 1951
1.30. 1952
1.31. 1953
1.32. 1954
1.33. 1955
1.34. 1956
1.35. 1957
1.36. 1958
1.37. 1959
1.38. 1960
1.39. 1961
1.40. 1961-1962
1.41. 1962
1.42. 1963
1.43. 1964
1.44. 1965
1.45. 1966
1.46. 1966-1967
1.47. 1967
1.48. 1968
1.49. 1969
1.50. 1970
Opening
Combinations
3.1. Pawn combinations
3.2. Exploiting bad positions of opponent's pieces
3.3. Mating combinations
Tactical Blows
4.1. Intermediate moves
4.2. "Small" combinations
4.3. Forced variations
4.4. Refuting a trap by "falling" into it
Attack on the King
5.1. Attack on the uncastled king
5.2. Both opponents castled to the same side
5.3. Opposite side castling
Positional Play
6.1. Creating and exploiting weaknesses in the opponent's camp
6.2. Improving one's own pieces' positions
6.3. Exploiting bad positions of opponent's pieces
6.4. Blockade
6.5. Beneficial exchanges
6.6. Prevention
6.7. Positional sacrifices
6.8. Attack in the center and on the Q-side
6.9. Changing a pawn structure, breakthrough, opening up files
Defense
7.1. Counterattack
7.2. Exchange
Converting a Material Advantage into a Win
Maneuvering
Traps
Simple Positions
Endings
What's New in the Latest Version 3.3.2
Last updated on Aug 5, 2024
- Added training mode based on Spaced Repetition - it combines erroneous exercises with new ones and presents the more suitable set of puzzles to solve.
- Added ability to launch tests on bookmarks.
- Added daily goal for puzzles - choose how many exercises you need to keep your skills in shape.
- Added daily streak - track how many days in a row you complete your daily goal.
- Various fixes and improvements
