This interactive tutorial is designed for chess enthusiasts, both children and adults, who have mastered the basic rules of the game and aspire to reach an intermediate level of play. The course delves into a comprehensive array of topics spanning openings, middlegames, and endgames, ensuring a well-rounded improvement in your chess skills. Starting with the fundamentals of checkmating a lone king, the course progresses to more sophisticated strategies, such as leveraging a material or positional advantage. With 55 detailed lessons and over 1200 instructional examples and exercises, this program effectively transforms beginners into intermediate players.

Part of the acclaimed Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), this course is a cornerstone of a revolutionary chess teaching method. The series encompasses courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegames, and endgames, tailored to various skill levels, from novices to seasoned and professional players.

By engaging with this course, you'll enhance your understanding of chess, master new tactical maneuvers and combinations, and apply your newfound knowledge effectively in practice. The program serves as a personal coach, presenting tasks for you to solve and offering assistance when you encounter difficulties. It provides hints, explanations, and even demonstrates striking refutations of common mistakes.

In addition to practical exercises, the program includes a theoretical section that elucidates gameplay methods for different stages of the game, supported by real-world examples. This theory is delivered interactively, allowing you not only to read the lesson text but also to make moves on the board and experiment with unclear positions.

Key features of the program include:

♔ High-quality examples, meticulously double-checked for accuracy

♔ Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed by the coach

♔ Varied levels of task complexity

♔ Diverse objectives to achieve within the problems

♔ Immediate hints upon making an error

♔ Demonstrations of refutations for typical mistaken moves

♔ Option to play out any position from the tasks against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ A structured table of contents

♔ Continuous monitoring of your ELO rating throughout the learning process

♔ Flexible test mode settings

♔ Ability to bookmark favorite exercises

♔ Optimized for larger tablet screens

♔ No need for an internet connection

♔ Sync your progress across multiple devices (Android, iOS, Web) with a free Chess King account

The course offers a free section where you can experience the full functionality of the program before deciding to unlock further topics. The free version includes lessons on:

1. Utilizing a decisive material advantage 1.1. Mating with major pieces 1.2. Mating with a rook 1.3. Mating with a queen 1.4. Mating with two bishops 1.5. Mating with bishop and knight (king on the edge) 1.6. Mating with bishop and knight (king in the center) 1.7. Mating with two knights 1.8. Different kinds of large material advantage 1.9. How to solve chess problems

2. The three stages of a chess game 2.1. How to play in the opening 2.2. Quick mobilization of forces 2.3. Fighting for the center 2.4. Harmonious pawn structure 2.5. What to do after the opening? 2.6. About the endgame 2.7. Basic endgame rules

3. Basic pawn endings 3.1. The rule of the square 3.2. More about the rule of the square 3.3. The king helps the pawn 3.4. Opposition 3.5. The key squares

4. The fundamentals of chess tactics 4.1. Tactical methods 4.2. Combination and its components 4.3. Double attack 4.4. Knight and pawn forks 4.5. Exploiting a pin 4.6. How to fight against pins 4.7. Discovered attack 4.8. Discovered check 4.9. "Mill" 4.10. Double check 4.11. Decoy 4.12. Blocking 4.13. Smothered mate 4.14. Distraction 4.15. Weakness of the back rank 4.16. Square clearance 4.17. Line clearance

5. Utilizing a material or positional advantage

What's New in Version 3.3.2

Last updated on Jul 24, 2024

• Added a training mode based on Spaced Repetition, which smartly combines erroneous exercises with new ones, presenting the most suitable set of puzzles to solve.
• Added the ability to launch tests on bookmarked exercises.
• Introduced a daily goal for puzzles, allowing you to set the number of exercises needed to maintain your skills.
• Added a daily streak feature, tracking how many consecutive days you meet your daily goal.
• Implemented various fixes and improvements to enhance your learning experience.