Chess Strategy & Tactics Vol 1

This club player course (1600-2000 ELO) is based on the renowned textbook by V. Golenishchev.

Designed for club players, this course draws from the acclaimed textbook by distinguished Russian chess trainer Victor Golenishchev. The source material is enhanced with examples from leading players in recent major tournaments, organized into structured chess lessons. The course covers 57 thematic areas, each containing both theoretical instruction and practical exercises. The theory section features over 400 illustrative examples, while the practical part offers more than 200 exercises of varying difficulty.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which represents an innovative chess instruction methodology. The series encompasses courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for all skill levels from beginner to experienced player, and even professionals.

Utilizing this course will help you enhance your chess understanding, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and solidify your knowledge through practical application.

The program functions as a personal coach, assigning tasks and providing assistance when you're stuck. It offers hints, detailed explanations, and even demonstrates decisive refutations for common mistakes.

A comprehensive theoretical section is included, explaining key strategies for specific game stages using real-game examples. This theory is presented interactively, allowing you to not only read the lesson text but also make moves on the board and explore unclear variations.

Program Advantages:

♔ High-quality examples, all thoroughly verified for accuracy

♔ Requires input of all key moves as instructed

♔ Tasks with multiple difficulty levels

♔ Various strategic objectives to achieve in problems

♔ Hint system triggered by errors

♔ Refutations shown for typical incorrect moves

♔ Ability to play out any position from the exercises against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Structured table of contents

♔ Tracks rating (ELO) changes throughout the learning process

♔ Customizable test mode with flexible settings

♔ Bookmark favorite exercises for later review

♔ Tablet-optimized for larger screens

♔ Fully functional offline, no internet connection required

♔ Sync progress across devices by linking to a free Chess King account (Android, iOS, Web)

The course includes a free trial section to evaluate the program. The lessons in the free version are fully functional, letting you test the app in real conditions before accessing further topics:

1. Attacking the king in the center

2. Attacking the king when both sides castle on the same flank

3. Attacking the king when opponents castle on opposite flanks

4. King attacks

5. Calculation mistakes

6. Training calculation technique

7. "Good" and "bad" bishops

8. Bishop superiority over knight

9. Knight superiority over bishop

10. Opposite-colored bishops in the middlegame

11. Taking a piece out of the game

12. Utilizing open and semi-open files

13. Open/semi-open files and king attacks

14. Establishing an outpost on an open or semi-open file

15. Fighting for control of an open file

16. The strong pawn center

17. Undermining the pawn center

18. Pieces against the pawn center

19. Pieces and pawns in the center

20. The center's role in flank operations

21. The two bishops in the middlegame

22. The two bishops in the endgame

23. Successfully combating a bishop pair

24. Weak points in the opponent's camp

25. Weakness of a square complex

26. Key strong points

27. Pawn weaknesses

28. Doubled pawns

29. A backward pawn on a semi-open file

30. The passed pawn

31. Queen versus two rooks

32. Queen versus rook and minor piece

33. Queen versus three minor pieces

34. Compensation for the queen

35. Two rooks versus three minor pieces

36. Two minor pieces versus rook (with pawns)