Embark on the next level of your chess journey with the second installment of our renowned course designed specifically for club players. This comprehensive program boasts over 2600 exercises, including more than 400 illustrative examples to explore and 2200 challenging puzzles to solve, all meticulously categorized into 60 different tactical methods and motifs.
Part of the innovative Chess King Learn series (accessible at https://learn.chessking.com/), this course is a cornerstone of chess education. The series encompasses courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored to suit players from beginners to professionals.
Utilizing this course, you can significantly enhance your chess skills, discover new tactical maneuvers, and effectively apply these insights in real games. The program serves as a personal coach, providing tasks to solve and offering guidance when you're stumped. It delivers hints, detailed explanations, and even showcases striking refutations of common errors.
In addition to practical exercises, the program features a theoretical segment that delves into various game stages through real-life examples. The theory is presented interactively, allowing you to not only read the lessons but also make moves on the board to clarify any uncertainties.
Key Advantages of the Program:
- High-quality examples, rigorously double-checked for accuracy.
- Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed by the coach.
- Varied levels of task complexity to challenge players at different skill levels.
- Diverse objectives to achieve within the problems.
- Hints provided upon making an error.
- Illustrative refutations for typical mistakes.
- Option to play out any task position against the computer.
- Interactive theoretical lessons to enhance understanding.
- A well-organized table of contents for easy navigation.
- Tracks changes in player's ELO rating throughout the learning process.
- Flexible test mode settings to customize your learning experience.
- Ability to bookmark favorite exercises for quick access.
- Optimized for larger tablet screens for a better user experience.
- No internet connection required for most features.
- Sync your progress across multiple devices (Android, iOS, and Web) with a free Chess King account.
The course offers a free section that allows you to fully evaluate the program's functionality before unlocking additional topics. Here's a glimpse of what you can explore in the free version:
- Forcing Moves
- Forced checkmate
- Double attack
- Linear attack
- Discovered attack
- Pin
- Elimination of defense
- Conjunction of several themes
- Deflection
- Deflection checkmate
- Deflection of a piece
- Diversion from the invasion square
- Piece on a critical square
- Diversion in conjunction with a double attack
- Diversion from defending square
- Diversion from the promotion square
- Diversion from the advance square
- Diversion of a pinning piece
- Deflection blocking piece
- Diversion from a key square
- Diverting a defending piece
- Diversion in conjunction with a linear attack
- Decoying
- Decoying mate
- Decoying a king in conjunction with a chase
- Decoying into a mating net
- Decoying under a double attack
- Decoying under a linear attack
- Decoying under a discovered attack
- Decoying under a discovered attack with check
- Decoying discovered check
- Decoying under a double check
- Decoying to a critical square
- Decoying under pin
- Decoying into a trap
- Decoy in conjunction with promoting pawn
- Decoying under check
- Decoying for the gain of tempo
- Decoying onto an unfavorable line
- Decoying into a stalemate position
- Exercises with conjunction of several themes
- Elimination of defense
- Blockade
- Clearing the checkmating square
- Interference
- Clearing the line
- Opening the line
- Pin
- Restricting
- Threat
- Conquering a square
- Exercises. Conjunction of tactical devices
What's New in Version 2.4.2
Last updated on July 11, 2023, this version introduces exciting new features:
- A training mode utilizing Spaced Repetition, blending new exercises with previously missed ones to present a tailored set of puzzles.
- The ability to initiate tests on bookmarked exercises.
- A daily goal feature for puzzles, allowing you to set a target number of exercises to maintain your skills.
- A daily streak tracker to monitor consecutive days of meeting your daily goal.
- Numerous fixes and enhancements for a smoother learning experience.
