Thiscourseisaninteractivetutorialforthoseunexperiencedplayers,bothchildrenandadults,whohavealreadylearnttherulesofchessandnowwishtobecomeplayersofintermediatestrength.Thiscoursecoversawiderangeofopening,middlegameandendgamesubjects.Itstartsoffbyteachingyouhowtocheckmatethelonekingandproceedstomoreadvancedtopics,suchasutilizingamaterialorpositionaladvantage.Thisprogramincludes 55lessons withmorethan 1200instructiveexamplesandexercises.Thiscourseturnsabeginnerintoanintermediateplayer!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,iOSandWebatthesametimeThecourseincludesafreepart,inwhichyoucantesttheprogram.Lessonsofferedinthefreeversionarefullyfunctional.Theyallowyoutotesttheapplicationinrealworldconditionsbeforereleasingthefollowingtopics:1.Utilizingadecisivematerialadvantage1.1.Matingwithmajorpieces1.2.Matingwitharook1.3.Matingwithaqueen1.4.Matingwithtwobishops1.5.Matingwithbishopandknight(kingisontheedge)1.6.Matingwithbishopandknight(kingisinthecenter)1.7.Matingwithtwoknights1.8.Differentkindsoflargematerialadvantage1.9.Howtosolvechessproblems2.Thethreestagesofachessgame2.1.Howtoplayintheopening2.2.Quickmobilizationofforces2.3.Fightingforthecenter2.4.Harmoniuspawnstructure2.5.Whattodoaftertheopening?2.6.Aboutendgame2.7.Basicendgamerules3.Basicpawnendings3.1.Theruleofthesquare3.2.Moreabouttheruleofthesquare3.3.Thekinghelpsthepawn3.4.Opposition3.5.Thekeysquares4.Thefundamentalsofchesstactics4.1.Tacticalmethods4.2.Combinationanditscomponents4.3.Doubleattack4.4.Knightandpawnforks4.5.Exploitingapin4.6.Howtofightagainstpins4.7.Discoveredattack4.8.Discoveredcheck4.9."Mill"4.10.Doublecheck4.11.Decoy4.12.Blocking4.13.Smotheredmate4.14.Distraction4.15.Weaknessofthebackrank4.16.Squareclearance4.17.Lineclearance5.Utilizingamaterialorpositionaladvantage