Alekhine

Discover a treasure trove of chess mastery with this program, featuring 1300 deeply annotated games played by the legendary 4th World Chess Champion, Alexander Alekhine. Among these, 600 games are commented upon for the very first time, providing fresh insights into Alekhine's strategic genius. Additionally, the program includes 200 carefully selected positions for you to solve, drawn from some of the most compelling and educational moments of Alekhine's career.

This course is part of the esteemed Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), renowned for its innovative chess teaching methods. The series encompasses courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored to suit players from beginners to seasoned professionals.

By engaging with this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, master new tactical maneuvers and combinations, and apply your newly acquired skills in practical play. The program serves as your personal coach, presenting you with challenges to solve and guiding you through them with hints, explanations, and demonstrations of potential pitfalls.

A comprehensive theoretical section delves into game strategies at various stages, illustrated with real-life examples. This interactive approach allows you not only to read the lesson texts but also to make moves on the board and explore ambiguous positions in depth.

The program's advantages are numerous:

• High-quality, double-checked examples ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Key moves required by the instructor must be entered, reinforcing learning.
• Tasks vary in complexity, catering to different skill levels.
• Goals within problems challenge you to achieve specific objectives.
• Hints are provided if you make an error, aiding your learning process.
• Typical mistakes are met with clear refutations, helping you understand where you went wrong.
• You can play out any task position against the computer for further practice.
• Interactive theoretical lessons enhance your understanding.
• A structured table of contents makes navigation easy.
• The program tracks your ELO rating changes during your learning journey.
• A flexible test mode allows for customized settings.
• Favorite exercises can be bookmarked for easy access.
• The application is optimized for larger screens, such as tablets.
• No internet connection is required, making it perfect for on-the-go learning.
• Link your app to a free Chess King account and continue your course across multiple devices on Android, iOS, and Web.

The course includes a free section that allows you to test the program's capabilities. The lessons in the free version are fully functional, providing a realistic trial before you dive into the following topics:

1. Play like Alekhine
   1. Tactical blows
   2. Combinations
   3. Attack on the king
   4. Pawn sacrifice for the initiative
   5. Creation and exploitation of open files and diagonals
   6. Creation and exploitation of weaknesses
   7. Maneuvering
   8. Exploitation of the poor placement of pieces
   9. Passed pawn
   10. Capturing space
   11. Endgame technique
2. Games
   1. International tournaments
   2. World Championship (match)
   3. Simultaneous (blindfold)
   4. Olympiad
   5. Simultaneous
   6. Blindfold
   7. Blitz
   8. Championship of Moscow
   9. Championship of Russia
   10. Games
   11. Game (blindfold)
   12. Game (exhibition)
   13. It "AVRO"
   14. It "Duras-60"
   15. Match
   16. Simultaneous (time)
   17. Tournament
   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 you've met your daily goal.
• Various fixes and improvements have been implemented.