Chess Strategy & Tactics Vol 1

Discover a chess course tailored for club players (rated 1600-2000), built upon the acclaimed textbook by V. Golenishchev.

This program is designed for club-level players and draws from the instructional work of renowned Russian chess coach Victor Golenishchev. The curriculum is updated with game examples from top players in recent major tournaments, structured as interactive chess lessons. Featuring 57 different topics, the course offers both theoretical instruction and practical tasks. The theory section presents over 400 illustrative game situations, while the practice portion includes more than 200 exercises of varying complexity.

This training is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a revolutionary chess instruction system. The series encompasses courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, categorized by skill level from beginner to advanced, and even for masters.

Using this course will help expand your chess understanding, introduce you to new tactical ideas and combinations, and help you apply what you’ve learned in practice.

The software functions like a personal coach, assigning problems and offering assistance when you're stuck. It provides hints, explains concepts, and demonstrates powerful refutations for common mistakes.

A comprehensive theory section is included, which teaches game strategies for specific phases using real examples. The lessons are interactive, letting you not only read the material but also make moves on the board and explore unclear variations yourself.

Program highlights:

♔ High-quality examples, all verified for accuracy

♔ Requires input of all key moves, as instructed

♔ Tasks with varying levels of difficulty

♔ Different objectives to accomplish in puzzles

♔ Hints provided upon mistakes

♔ Refutations shown for typical errors

♔ Ability to play out any position against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Organized table of contents

♔ Tracks rating (ELO) changes during training

♔ Customizable test mode

♔ Bookmark favorite exercises

♔ Optimized for tablet displays

♔ Works offline

♔ Sync your progress across devices—link the app to a free Chess King account and train on Android, iOS, and Web simultaneously

A free version is available to try the program. The lessons in the free version are fully functional, giving you a chance to evaluate the app before unlocking additional topics:

1. Attacking the king in the center

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

3. Attacking the king when opponents castle on opposite sides

4. Attacking the king

5. Calculation errors

6. Practicing calculation techniques

7. The concept of "good" and "bad" bishops

8. When the bishop is stronger than the knight

9. When the knight is stronger than the bishop

10. Bishops of opposite colors in the middlegame

11. Taking a piece out of the game

12. Utilizing open and semi-open files

13. Open files and attacking the king

14. Establishing an outpost on an open file

15. The battle for an open file

16. Building a strong pawn center

17. Undermining the pawn center

18. Using pieces against the pawn center

19. The role of pieces and pawns in the center

20. Using the center in flank attacks

21. The two-bishop advantage in the middlegame

22. The two bishops in the endgame

23. Countering the bishop pair effectively

24. Exploiting weaknesses in your opponent's position

25. Weak square complexes

26. Key strong points

27. Pawn weaknesses

28. Doubled pawns

29. The backward pawn on a semi-open file

30. The power of a passed pawn

31. Queen versus two rooks

32. Queen versus rook and minor piece

33. Queen versus three minor pieces

34. Compensation for a queen sacrifice

35. Two rooks versus three minor pieces

36. Two minor pieces versus a rook (with pawns)