The program features an extensive collection of 1300 deeply annotated chess games played by the 4th World Champion, Alexander Alekhine. A significant portion, 600 of these games, are annotated for the first time, providing fresh insights into Alekhine's strategies. Additionally, there are 200 carefully curated positions for you to solve, extracted from some of the most intriguing and educational moments of Alekhine's games, presented in a dedicated section.

This course is part of the renowned Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which offers a unique and comprehensive chess education method. The series covers various aspects of chess including tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, catering to players ranging from beginners to professionals.

By engaging with this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, discover new tactical maneuvers and combinations, and apply this newfound understanding in practical play. The program serves as an interactive coach, presenting challenges and guiding you through solutions, providing hints, explanations, and even demonstrating the consequences of common errors.

The program also includes a theoretical section, which elucidates game strategies at different stages, illustrated with real-life examples. This theory is delivered interactively, allowing you to not only read the lessons but also to make moves on the board and explore unclear positions in-depth.

Key advantages of the program include:

• High-quality, double-checked examples
• Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed by the coach
• Varied levels of task complexity
• Diverse objectives to achieve within the problems
• Hints provided for errors
• Refutations shown for typical mistakes
• Ability to play out any position against the computer
• Interactive theoretical lessons
• Well-organized table of contents
• Monitoring of the player's ELO rating during the learning process
• Flexible test mode settings
• Option to bookmark favorite exercises
• Optimized for larger tablet screens
• No internet connection required
• Linking to a free Chess King account for multi-device use on Android, iOS, and Web platforms

The course offers a free section where you can experience the full functionality of the program. The free lessons cover various topics, allowing you to test the application in real-world conditions before unlocking further content:

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. Ch World (match)
• 2.3. Simultaneous (blindfold)
• 2.4. Olympiad
• 2.5. Simultaneous
• 2.6. Blindfold
• 2.7. Blitz
• 2.8. Ch Moscow
• 2.9. Ch Russia
• 2.10. Games
• 2.11. Game (blindfold)
• 2.12. Game (exhibition)
• 2.13. It "AVRO"
• 2.14. It "Duras-60"
• 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 - track how many days in a row the daily goal is completed.
• Various fixes and improvements