Chess Strategy & Tactics Vol 1

This chess course, designed for club players (ELO 1600-2000), is based on the renowned textbook by Victor Golenishchev, a distinguished Russian chess trainer. The curriculum integrates contemporary examples from top-level chess competitions, presenting 57 thematic lessons encompassing theoretical concepts and practical exercises. Over 400 illustrative games enhance the theoretical section, while the practical component features more than 200 exercises of varying difficulty.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a revolutionary chess training methodology. The series offers a comprehensive range of courses covering tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, catering to all skill levels, from beginners to professionals.

This program will significantly improve your chess understanding, introduce new tactical maneuvers and combinations, and reinforce your learned skills through practical application. The software functions as a personalized coach, assigning problems, providing assistance when needed, offering hints, explanations, and demonstrating effective refutations of common errors.

The interactive theoretical section utilizes real-game examples to explain strategic approaches at various stages of the game. You can actively participate by making moves on the board, clarifying uncertain positions.

Key Features:

• High-quality, meticulously verified examples.
• Requires input of all key moves, mirroring a tutor's guidance.
• Exercises with varying difficulty levels.
• Diverse problem-solving objectives.
• Hints provided for incorrect moves.
• Demonstrates refutations of typical mistakes.
• Ability to play any problem position against the computer.
• Interactive theoretical lessons.
• Well-organized table of contents.
• Tracks ELO rating progression throughout the learning process.
• Customizable test mode.
• Option to bookmark favorite exercises.
• Optimized for tablets.
• Offline functionality.
• Multi-device compatibility via a free Chess King account (Android, iOS, Web).

A free trial version is available, allowing you to fully experience the program's functionality before unlocking the complete curriculum. The free version includes:

1. Attacking the king in the center
2. Attacking the king (same-side castling)
3. Attacking the king (opposite-side castling)
4. King attacks
5. Calculation errors
6. Calculation technique training
7. "Good" and "bad" bishops
8. Bishop vs. Knight
9. Knight vs. Bishop
10. Opposite-colored bishops in the middlegame
11. Removing a piece from play
12. Exploiting open/semi-open files
13. Open/semi-open files & king attacks
14. Outposts on open/semi-open files
15. Fighting for an open file
16. Strong pawn center
17. Undermining the pawn center
18. Pieces vs. pawn center
19. Pieces & pawns in the center
20. Center's role in flank operations
21. Two bishops (middlegame)
22. Two bishops (endgame)
23. Countering a bishop pair
24. Opponent's weaknesses
25. Weak square complexes
26. Strong points
27. Pawn weaknesses
28. Doubled pawns
29. Backward pawn on a semi-open file
30. Passed pawns
31. Queen vs. two rooks
32. Queen vs. rook & minor piece
33. Queen vs. three minor pieces
34. Queen compensation
35. Two rooks vs. three minor pieces
36. Two minor pieces vs. rook (with pawns)