Thisteachingprogramisakindofguide.ItwillintroduceyoutotherulesandlawsofchessandletyouworkyourwayofimprovementfromthelevelofBeginnertotheoneofClubPlayer.Inthecourse100chesstopicsareconsideredincludingrulesofchessgame;methodsofplayinginopening,middlegameandending;combinationaltechniquesandbasicelementsofstrategy.Allinall,thecoursecontains500teachingexamplesand700exercisesusefulforconsolidationofacquiredknowledge.
ThiscourseisintheseriesChessKingLearn(https://learn.chessking.com/),whichisanunprecedentedchessteachingmethod.Intheseriesareincludedcoursesintactics,strategy,openings,middlegame,andendgame,splitbylevelsfrombeginnerstoexperiencedplayers,andevenprofessionalplayers.
Withthehelpofthiscourse,youcanimproveyourchessknowledge,learnnewtacticaltricksandcombinations,andconsolidatetheacquiredknowledgeintopractice.
Theprogramactsasacoachwhogivestaskstosolveandhelpstosolvethemifyougetstuck.Itwillgiveyouhints,explanationsandshowyouevenstrikingrefutationofthemistakesyoumightmake.
Theprogramalsocontainsatheoreticalsection,whichexplainsthemethodsofthegameinacertainstageofthegame,basedonactualexamples.Thetheoryispresentedinaninteractiveway,whichmeansyoucannotonlyreadthetextofthelessons,butalsotomakemovesontheboardandworkoutunclearmovesontheboard.
Advantagesoftheprogram:
♔Highqualityexamples,alldouble-checkedforcorrectness
♔Youneedtoenterallkeymoves,requiredbytheteacher
♔Differentlevelsofcomplexityofthetasks
♔Variousgoals,whichneedtobereachedintheproblems
♔Theprogramgiveshintifanerrorismade
♔Fortypicalmistakenmoves,therefutationisshown
♔Youcanplayoutanypositionofthetasksagainstthecomputer
♔Interactivetheoreticallessons
♔Structuredtableofcontents
♔Theprogrammonitorsthechangeintherating(ELO)oftheplayerduringthelearningprocess
♔Testmodewithflexiblesettings
♔Possibilitytobookmarkfavoriteexercises
♔Theapplicationisadaptedtothebiggerscreenofatablet
♔Theapplicationdoesnotrequireaninternetconnection
♔YoucanlinktheapptoafreeChessKingaccountandsolveonecoursefromseveraldevicesonAndroid,iOSandWebatthesametime
Thecourseincludesafreepart,inwhichyoucantesttheprogram.Lessonsofferedinthefreeversionarefullyfunctional.Theyallowyoutotesttheapplicationinrealworldconditionsbeforereleasingthefollowingtopics:
1.Theboard
1.1.Notation
1.2.TheKing'sspecialfeatures
1.3.Checkmate
1.4.Castling
1.5.Stalemate
1.6.Perpetualcheck
1.7.Themethodofnotation
1.8.Comparativevalueofthepieces
1.9.Additionalrules
2.Thesimplestendings
2.1.Matingaloneking
2.2.Threestagesofchessgame
2.3.Kingandbishop(orknight)versusking
2.4.Kingandpawnversusking
2.5.Anoutsidepassedpawn
3.Somebasicconcepts
3.1.Thepin
3.2.Discoveredattack
3.3.Discoveredcheck
3.4.Doublecheck
3.5.Variation.Combination
4.Howtostartagame
4.1.Howtostartagame
4.2.Fastdevelopmentofpieces
4.3.Settingupagoodpawnstructure
4.4.MistakesintheOpening
5.TheOpening
5.1.Opengames
5.2.Semi-closedopenings
5.3.Closedopenings
6.Middlegame
6.1.Typicalcombinations
6.2.Elementsofpositionalplay
7.Endgame
7.1.KingandpawnversusKingandpawn
7.2.RookandpawnversusRook
7.3.KingandQueenversusKingandpawn
7.4.QueenandpawnversusQueen
7.5.Queenendingswithmanypawns
7.6.RookandtwopawnsversusRook
7.7.Rookendingswithmanypawns
7.8.QueenversusRook
7.9.Rookversusminorpiece
7.10.BishopandpawnversusBishop
7.11.EndingswithBishopsandseveralpawns
8.Chesscomposition
9.Shortgamesandtraps
10.Historyofchess
11.Howtousemistakes
12.Howwouldyouplayhere