This course offers over 1400 exercises focusing on tactical situations with a few pieces on the board. For beginners, losing a piece in one move is a costly mistake hindering improvement. Equally crucial is seizing undefended opponent pieces. This extensive collection of exercises makes it ideal for rapidly improving chess skills. Designed for players familiar with the rules, even completing 20% of the exercises significantly enhances gameplay, particularly in recognizing and capitalizing on undefended pieces. All exercises are derived from real games, categorized by piece type and difficulty.
This course belongs to the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a unique chess teaching method. The series encompasses tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame courses, catering to all skill levels, from beginners to professionals. This course enhances chess knowledge, introduces tactical tricks and combinations, and reinforces learning through practice. The program acts as a personal coach, assigning tasks, providing hints, explanations, and demonstrating refutations of potential errors.
Advantages:
- High-quality, verified examples.
- Requires input of all key moves.
- Varied difficulty levels.
- Diverse problem-solving objectives.
- Hints provided for errors.
- Refutations shown for common mistakes.
- Play any position against the computer.
- Structured table of contents.
- Tracks ELO rating progress.
- Flexible test mode settings.
- Bookmarking of favorite exercises.
- Tablet-optimized interface.
- Offline functionality.
- Multi-device access via free Chess King account (Android, iOS, Web).
A free version allows testing the program's functionality. Free lessons are fully functional, enabling a real-world trial before purchasing further content:
- Part 1
1.1 Winning a knight
1.2 Winning a bishop
1.3 Winning a rook
1.4 Winning a queen - Part 2: Win a piece
2.1 Level 1
2.2 Level 2
2.3 Level 3
2.4 Level 4
What's New in Version 2.4.2 (Last updated Jul 15, 2023):
- Spaced Repetition training mode: Combines incorrect exercises with new ones for optimized puzzle selection.
- Bookmark-based test launching.
- Daily puzzle goal setting.
- Daily streak tracking.
- Various fixes and improvements.