Encyclopedia Chess Informant 3

If you're an avid chess player with an ELO rating of 2400, the "Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations vol. 3 (ECC vol. 3)" is your ultimate training companion. This volume, based on the latest edition of the bestselling book by Chess Informant, offers a comprehensive collection of 1000 high-quality puzzles tailored specifically for players at your level. The puzzles are meticulously selected and organized by theme, providing a structured and engaging learning experience. Unlike the scattered, basic tactics found online, ECC vol. 3 challenges you systematically, revealing new layers of complexity as you master each tactic.

This course is part of the renowned Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which offers a groundbreaking approach to chess education. The series covers a wide range of topics, including tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, catering to players from beginners to professionals. By engaging with this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, learn advanced tactical tricks and combinations, and apply these skills in real games.

The program serves as a personal coach, presenting you with puzzles to solve and offering guidance if you encounter difficulties. It provides hints, explanations, and even demonstrates refutations of common mistakes, ensuring you learn from your errors. Additionally, the theoretical section of the program offers interactive lessons, allowing you to read, make moves on the board, and practice challenging positions.

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 goals to achieve in the problems
• Hints provided for errors
• Refutations shown for typical mistakes
• Ability to play out any position against the computer
• Interactive theoretical lessons
• Structured table of contents
• Monitoring of ELO rating changes during learning
• Flexible test mode settings
• Bookmarking of favorite exercises
• Adaptation to larger tablet screens
• No internet connection required
• Linking to a free Chess King account for multi-device use on Android, iOS, and Web

The course offers a free section where you can fully test the program. The free version includes fully functional lessons covering topics such as Annihilation of Defence, Blockade, Clearance, Deflection, Discovered Attack, Pinning, Demolition of Pawn Structure, Decoy, Interference, and Double Attack. This allows you to experience the application's effectiveness before delving into further topics.

What's New in the Latest Version 3.4.0

Last updated on Oct 12, 2024

• Added training mode based on Spaced Repetition, combining erroneous exercises with new ones to present the most suitable set of puzzles.
• Ability to launch tests on bookmarks.
• Daily goal for puzzles, allowing you to set the number of exercises needed to maintain your skills.
• Daily streak feature to track consecutive days of meeting your daily goal.
• Various fixes and improvements.