
This chess training course boasts over 1500 exercises featuring complex board positions. Designed for beginners familiar with the rules, it emphasizes crucial skills like avoiding piece sacrifices and capitalizing on opponent's undefended pieces. Even completing just 20% of the exercises promises significant improvement. Exercises are drawn from real games and categorized by piece type and difficulty.
This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a comprehensive chess learning system covering tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, with levels for all skill levels.
The program functions as a personalized coach, providing exercises, hints, explanations, and refutations of common mistakes. Key features include:
- High-quality, verified exercises.
- Requirement to input all key moves.
- Variable difficulty levels.
- Diverse problem-solving objectives.
- Hints and error correction.
- Refutations of incorrect moves.
- Playable positions against the computer.
- Organized table of contents.
- ELO rating tracking.
- Customizable test modes.
- Bookmarking capabilities.
- Tablet-optimized interface.
- Offline functionality.
- Multi-device access via Chess King account (Android, iOS, Web).
A free version lets you test the app's functionality before purchasing additional content. The free content includes:
- Part 1: Winning a knight, bishop, rook, and queen.
- Part 2: Winning a piece (Levels 1-8).
What's New in Version 2.4.2 (Last updated Jul 19, 2023)
- Spaced Repetition Training: Combines previously missed exercises with new ones for optimal learning.
- Bookmark Tests: Allows you to test your knowledge on bookmarked exercises.
- Daily Puzzle Goal: Set a daily exercise quota to maintain your skills.
- Daily Streak Tracking: Tracks consecutive days of completing the daily goal.
- Various bug fixes and improvements.