Application Description

Dive into the world of chess with the program featuring 1300 deeply annotated games played by the 4th World Chess Champion, Alexander Alekhine. This comprehensive collection includes 600 games annotated for the first time, offering fresh insights into Alekhine's strategic brilliance. Additionally, the program offers 200 carefully selected positions for you to solve, handpicked from the most intriguing and educational moments of Alekhine's career, presented in a dedicated section.

This course is part of the renowned Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which revolutionizes chess education. The series covers essential aspects of the game, including tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for players of all skill levels, from beginners to professionals.

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 gameplay. The program serves as an interactive coach, presenting challenges and assisting when you encounter difficulties. It offers hints, detailed explanations, and even demonstrates the consequences of common errors.

The program includes a theoretical section that elucidates game strategies at different stages, using real-life examples. The theory is delivered interactively, allowing you to not only read the lessons but also make moves on the board and explore unclear situations.

Key features of the program include:

♔ High-quality, double-checked examples for accuracy

♔ Requirement to enter all critical moves as directed by the coach

♔ Varied levels of task difficulty

♔ Diverse objectives to achieve within the exercises

♔ Immediate hints when mistakes are made

♔ Display of refutations for typical errors

♔ Ability to play out any task position against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Well-organized table of contents

♔ Monitoring of player's ELO rating changes during learning

♔ Flexible settings for test mode

♔ Option to bookmark favorite exercises

♔ Optimized for tablet screens

♔ No internet connection required

♔ Synchronization across devices via a free Chess King account on Android, iOS, and Web

The course offers a free section where you can experience the program's full functionality before diving into the following topics:

1. Play like Alekhine 1.1. Tactical blows 1.2. Combinations 1.3. Attack on the king 1.4. Pawn sacrifice for the initiative 1.5. Creation and exploitation of open files and diagonals 1.6. Creation and exploitation of weaknesses 1.7. Maneuvering 1.8. Exploitation of the poor placement of pieces 1.9. Passed pawn 1.10. Capturing space 1.11. Endgame technique

2. Games 2.1. International tournaments 2.2. World Championship (match) 2.3. Simultaneous (blindfold) 2.4. Olympiad 2.5. Simultaneous 2.6. Blindfold 2.7. Blitz 2.8. Moscow Championship 2.9. Russian Championship 2.10. Games 2.11. Game (blindfold) 2.12. Game (exhibition) 2.13. AVRO tournament 2.14. Duras-60 tournament 2.15. Match 2.16. Simultaneous (time) 2.17. Tournament 2.18. Tournament (Russian masters)

What's New in the Latest Version 3.4.0

Last updated on Oct 12, 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

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