This course is an interactive tutorial designed for novice chess players, both children and adults, who have already mastered the basic rules and are eager to advance to intermediate level. It encompasses a comprehensive study of openings, middlegame strategies, and endgame techniques. Starting with the basics of checkmating a lone king, the course progresses to more complex topics such as leveraging material and positional advantages. With 55 lessons and over 1200 instructive examples and exercises, this program is your pathway from beginner to intermediate player.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a groundbreaking chess education platform. The series includes courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored to various skill levels, from beginners to professional players.

By engaging with this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, master new tactical maneuvers and combinations, and apply what you've learned in practical scenarios.

The program functions as a personal coach, presenting tasks for you to solve and offering assistance when you encounter difficulties. It provides hints, explanations, and demonstrates compelling refutations of common errors.

Additionally, the program features a theoretical section that delves into game strategies at different stages, using real-life examples. The interactive nature of the theory allows you not only to read lesson texts but also to make moves on the board and practice ambiguous positions.

Advantages of the Program:

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

♔ Requirement to input all key moves as directed by the instructor

♔ Tasks varying in complexity

♔ Diverse objectives to achieve within the problems

♔ Hints provided when errors are made

♔ Demonstrations of refutations for typical mistakes

♔ Option to play out any task position against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Well-organized table of contents

♔ Monitoring of your ELO rating progress throughout your learning journey

♔ Flexible settings for test mode

♔ Ability to bookmark favorite exercises

♔ Optimized for larger tablet screens

♔ No internet connection required

♔ Sync capabilities with a free Chess King account, allowing you to work on a course across multiple devices on Android, iOS, and Web platforms simultaneously

The course offers a free section, allowing you to experience the full functionality of the program. These free lessons enable you to evaluate the application in real-world conditions before unlocking additional topics:

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 the Latest Version 3.3.2

Last updated on Jul 24, 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 meet your daily goal.
• Various fixes and improvements