If you're an avid chess player with an ELO rating of 2000, the "Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations vol. 1 (ECC vol. 1)" is your go-to resource for sharpening your skills. This comprehensive educational tool, based on the latest edition of the bestselling book by Chess Informant, offers 1000 high-quality puzzles tailored specifically for players at your level. These puzzles are meticulously organized by theme, ensuring a systematic and engaging learning experience that goes beyond the typical, scattered tactics found online. With ECC vol. 1, you'll encounter a consistent challenge that reveals new tactical intricacies just when you think you've mastered a particular move.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a groundbreaking method for chess education. The series covers tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, catering to players from beginners to professionals. By engaging with this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, master new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply what you've learned in real games.

The program serves as a personal coach, presenting you with puzzles to solve and offering guidance when you're stuck. It provides hints, explanations, and even demonstrates the consequences of common mistakes. Additionally, the theoretical section offers interactive lessons that explain game strategies at various stages, allowing you to practice moves on the board.

Key advantages of the program include:

♔ High-quality, double-checked examples ♔ Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed ♔ Varied levels of task complexity ♔ Diverse goals to achieve within the problems ♔ Hints for errors and refutations of typical mistakes ♔ Ability to play out any position against the computer ♔ Interactive theoretical lessons ♔ Structured table of contents ♔ Monitoring of ELO rating changes during learning ♔ Flexible test mode settings ♔ Option to bookmark favorite exercises ♔ Compatibility with larger tablet screens ♔ No internet connection required ♔ Syncing across multiple devices via a free Chess King account

The course offers a free section where you can test the program's functionality before diving into the full range of topics, which include:

1. Annihilation of defence
2. Blockade
3. Clearance
4. Deflection
5. Discovered attack
6. Pinning
7. Demolition of pawn structure
8. Decoy
9. Interference
10. Double attack

What's New in the Latest Version 3.3.2

Last updated on Jul 29, 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 - how many days in a row the daily goal is completed.
• Various fixes and improvements