The program features an extensive collection of 1300 deeply annotated chess games played by the 4th World Chess Champion, Alexander Alekhine. Among these, 600 games have been annotated for the first time, offering fresh insights into Alekhine's strategies. Additionally, the course includes 200 carefully selected positions for you to solve, which are some of the most intriguing and educational moments from Alekhine's games, presented in a dedicated section.

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

By engaging with this course, you can enhance your chess skills, learn new tactical maneuvers and combinations, and apply your newfound knowledge in practical scenarios. The program serves as a personal coach, presenting challenges for you to solve and offering guidance if you encounter difficulties. It provides hints, explanations, and even demonstrates compelling refutations of common mistakes.

The program also includes a theoretical section that elucidates game strategies at various stages, supported by real-life examples. This theory is delivered interactively, allowing you to not only read the instructional text but also make moves on the board and practice ambiguous positions.

Key features of the program include:

• High-quality examples, all meticulously verified for accuracy
• Requirement to input all key moves as instructed by the coach
• Tasks with varying levels of difficulty
• Diverse objectives to achieve within the problems
• Hints provided when errors are made
• Refutations shown for typical incorrect moves
• Ability to play out any position against the computer
• Interactive theoretical lessons
• Well-organized table of contents
• Monitoring of ELO rating changes during the learning process
• Flexible test mode settings
• Option to bookmark favorite exercises
• Adapted for larger tablet screens
• No internet connection required
• Linkable to a free Chess King account for multi-device use on Android, iOS, and Web

The course offers a free section where you can explore the program's functionality before delving into subsequent topics:

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. World Championship matches
• 2.3. Blindfold simultaneous games
• 2.4. Olympiad games
• 2.5. Simultaneous games
• 2.6. Blindfold games
• 2.7. Blitz games
• 2.8. Moscow Championship games
• 2.9. Russian Championship games
• 2.10. General games
• 2.11. Blindfold games
• 2.12. Exhibition games
• 2.13. AVRO Tournament games
• 2.14. Duras-60 Tournament games
• 2.15. Match games
• 2.16. Timed simultaneous games
• 2.17. Tournament games
• 2.18. Russian Masters Tournament games

What's New in Version 3.4.0

Last updated on Oct 12, 2024

• Added a training mode based on Spaced Repetition, which combines exercises where errors were made with new ones, offering a tailored set of puzzles to solve.
• Introduced the ability to launch tests on bookmarked exercises.
• Added a daily goal feature for puzzles, allowing you to set how many exercises you need to complete to maintain your skills.
• Included a daily streak tracker, showing how many consecutive days you've met your daily goal.
• Various fixes and improvements have been implemented.