Training System by the World's Leading Chess Trainer - Mark Dvoretsky

Mark Dvoretsky is renowned as the world's leading chess trainer. His students have achieved remarkable success, with many winning World and European championships in their youth and later earning Grandmaster titles. Notable among them are Artur Yusupov, Nana Aleksandria, Sergey Dolmatov, and Aleksey Dreev, who participated in candidates' matches for the world championship. The success of many Soviet Grandmasters can be attributed in part to Dvoretsky's effective training methods and his unique exercise cardfile. This cardfile includes a variety of highly instructive positional exercises and exercises aimed at developing essential skills for practical play, such as optimal decision-making and strategic planning. These exercises help enhance a player's positional sense, imagination, calculation skills, and the ability to set traps or execute favorable exchanges at critical moments. Until recently, this cardfile was exclusive to his select group of students. However, after extensive work to computerize, classify, and verify the material, it is now accessible to all aspiring chess players, particularly beneficial for those at the advanced level, from experts to grandmasters. The computerized system offers modern training methods previously unavailable or limited to direct coaching sessions. This course, containing 200 carefully selected exercises for players rated ELO 2000-2400, covers themes such as Strategy and Plan, Calculation of Variations, Endgame Technique, and Defending Inferior Positions.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which offers an innovative approach to chess education. The series includes courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for players from beginners to professionals.

With this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply this knowledge in practical play. The program acts as a coach, providing tasks and assistance when needed, offering hints, explanations, and even showcasing striking refutations of common mistakes.

Advantages of the Program:

♔ High-quality examples, all double-checked for accuracy

♔ Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed by the teacher

♔ Different levels of task complexity

♔ Various objectives to achieve within the problems

♔ Hints provided if an error is made

♔ Refutations shown for typical mistaken moves

♔ Ability to play out any position of the tasks against the computer

♔ Structured table of contents

♔ Monitoring of the player's ELO rating changes during the learning process

♔ Flexible settings in test mode

♔ Option to bookmark favorite exercises

♔ Adaptation to larger tablet screens

♔ No internet connection required

♔ Ability to link the app to a free Chess King account and access the course across multiple devices on Android, iOS, and Web simultaneously

The course includes a free section where you can test the program. The lessons in the free version are fully functional, allowing you to experience the application in real-world conditions before unlocking further topics:

1. Training System by Mark Dvoretsky

   1.1. Strategy and Plan

   1.2. Calculating Variations

   1.3. Endgame Technique

   1.4. Defense in Bad Positions

What's New in the Latest Version 3.3.2

Last updated on Aug 3, 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 the daily goal is completed.
• Various fixes and improvements