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Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) 1.3.10
This is a perfect opening manual. It featuresatheoretical review of all the chess openings, which areillustratedby instructive games of the greatest chess players.This compactopening manual contains a detailed classification,which makes ituseful to players of any level - beginners,intermediate andadvanced players. Each opening variation issupplied withevaluations and characteristics of key moves. Thehistory of thevariations' development is described, as well astheir currentstatus. The theoretic material is nicely illustratedby classicgames with detailed annotations that demonstrate theprincipal ideasand plans of each variation for White and Black.There is also aspecial training section with more than 350exercises of variousdifficulty on more than 40 openings.This course is in the series Chess KingLearn(https://learn.chessking.com/), which is an unprecedentedchessteaching method. In the series are included courses intactics,strategy, openings, middle game, and endgame, split bylevels frombeginners to experienced players, and evenprofessionalplayers.With the help of this course, you can improve your chessknowledge,learn new tactical tricks and combinations, andconsolidate theacquired knowledge into practice.The program acts as a coach who gives tasks to solve and helpstosolve them if you get stuck. It will give you hints,explanationsand show you even striking refutation of the mistakesyou mightmake.The program also contains a theoretical section, which explainsthemethods of the game in a certain stage of the game, based onactualexamples. The theory is presented in an interactive way,whichmeans you can not only read the text of the lessons, but alsotomake moves on the board and work out unclear moves ontheboard.Advantages of the program:♔ High quality examples, all double-checked for correctness♔ You need to enter all key moves, required by the teacher♔ Different levels of complexity of the tasks♔ Various goals, which need to be reached in the problems♔ The program gives hint if an error is made♔ For typical mistaken moves, the refutation is shown♔ You can play out any position of the tasks againstthecomputer♔ Interactive theoretical lessons♔ Structured table of contents♔ The program monitors the change in the rating (ELO) of theplayerduring the learning process♔ Test mode with flexible settings♔ Possibility to bookmark favorite exercises♔ The application is adapted to the bigger screen of a tablet♔ The application does not require an internet connectionThe course includes a free part, in which you can test theprogram.Lessons offered in the free version is fully functional.They allowyou to test the application in real world conditionsbeforereleasing the following topics:1. Rare variations1.1. 1. g3, 1. b4, ..1.2. 1. b31.3. 1. d41.4. 1. d4 Nf61.5. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf32. Alekhine's defense3. Benoni defense4. Bird's opening5. Bishop's opening6. Blumenfeld counter-gambit7. Bogo-Indian defense8. Budapest gambit9. Caro-Kann10. Catalan system11. Center gambit12. Dutch defense12.1. Dutch defense12.2. Ilyin-Genevsky system12.3. Leningrad system12.4. Staunton gambit12.5. Stonewall variation13. English opening14. Evans gambit15. Four knights' game16. French defense16.1. French defense16.2. Classical variation17. Grünfeld defense18. Italian game & Hungarian defense19. King's Indian defense20. Latvian gambit21. Nimzo-Indian defense22. Nimzowitsch defense23. Old Indian defense24. Philidor's defense25. Pirc-Robatsch defense26. Queen's gambit27. Queen's Indian defense28. Queen's pawn game29. Reti opening30. Petrov's defense31. Ruy Lopez32. Scandinavian defense33. Scotch gambit & Ponziani's opening34. Scotch game35. Sicilian defense36. Three knights' game37. Two knights' defense38. Vienna game39. Volga-Benko gambit40. The complete course of openings
Chess Tactics in King's Indian Defense 1.3.10
This chess course is aimed at club and intermediateplayersandpresents the theory and playing hooks in the mostsharpanddeciding variations of the King's Indian Defensedevelopingaftermoves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7. The coursepresents adeeptheoretical and practical overview of the actualvariations and430exercises to solve. The course will be useful toall chessplayersemploying the King's Indian Defense on either whiteor blacksides.This course is in the series ChessKingLearn(https://learn.chessking.com/), which is anunprecedentedchessteaching method. In the series are includedcourses intactics,strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame,split bylevels frombeginners to experienced players, and evenprofessionalplayers.With the help of this course, you can improveyour chessknowledge,learn new tactical tricks and combinations,andconsolidate theacquired knowledge into practice. The programactsas a coach whogives tasks to solve and helps to solve them ifyouget stuck. Itwill give you hints, explanations and show youevenstrikingrefutation of the mistakes you might make. Theprogramalsocontains a theoretical section, which explains themethods ofthegame in a certain stage of the game, based on actualexamples.Thetheory is presented in an interactive way, which meansyou cannotonly read the text of the lessons, but also to make movesontheboard and work out unclear moves on the board. Advantagesoftheprogram: ♔ High quality examples, alldouble-checkedforcorrectness ♔ You need to enter all key moves,required bytheteacher ♔ Different levels of complexity of the tasks♔Variousgoals, which need to be reached in the problems ♔Theprogram giveshint if an error is made ♔ For typical mistakenmoves,therefutation is shown ♔ You can play out any position ofthetasksagainst the computer ♔ Interactive theoretical lessons♔Structuredtable of contents ♔ The program monitors the changeinthe rating(ELO) of the player during the learning process ♔Testmode withflexible settings ♔ Possibility to bookmarkfavoriteexercises ♔The application is adapted to the bigger screenof atablet ♔ Theapplication does not require an internet connection♔You can linkthe app to a free Chess King account and solveonecourse fromseveral devices on Android, iOS and Web at the sametimeThe courseincludes a free part, in which you can test theprogram.Lessonsoffered in the free version are fully functional.They allowyou totest the application in real world conditionsbeforereleasing thefollowing topics: 1. Chess Tactics in King'sIndianDefense 1.1.Classical variation 1.2. Fianchetto variation1.3. Fourpawns'attack 1.4. Saemisch variation 1.5. Other variations2.Kingsindian defence - theory 2.1. The closed center 2.2.Positionswiththe opened center (e5:d4) 2.3. Saemisch system2.4.Classicalsystem 2.5. Fianchetto variation 2.6.Yugoslavianvariation 2.7.Averbakh system 2.8. Variation of 4 pawns2.9.Petrosian System2.10. Exemplary games
Forward Chess 2.3.5
Forward Chess is an interactive chessbookreader. Read the book, play through book lines, AND try yourOWNlines. The embedded Stockfish engine, one of the strongestchessplaying engines on the planet, can be invoked at any timetoprovide an evaluation of the book’s moves or an evaluation ofyourown variations. Forward Chess is like having a book, achessboard,and a powerful analysis tool together right in the palmof yourhand!One of the best things about Forward Chess is its ergonomicdesign.Forward Chess engineers designed easy-to-reach “Previous”and“Next” buttons that allow the user to quickly scroll throughmoves,and a one-touch snap-to-position feature that allows the usertotouch a move and snap to a position. The resizable diagramsareeasy on the eyes.For large-scale navigation, Forward Chess allows the user tojumpdirectly to specific chapters, scroll seamlessly throughsinglechapters, and navigate long trees of variations withease.Forward Chess now supports note taking: creation, editing,anddeletion. The app also supports multiple bookmarks perbook.Forward Chess currently features books published by thefollowingfine chess publishers: Quality Chess, Chess Stars,RussellEnterprises, Chess Informant, New In Chess, andMongoosePress.Dozens of recent titles from these publishers are availableinsidethe Forward Chess bookstore for purchase. A number of freesamplebooks are also available for an immediate “test drive.”Forward Chess promises to propel your chess training forward tothenext level!
Chess Genius 3.1.0
ChessGenius, award winning chess program.Theauthor's chess programs have won ten World Championships.-Simple, elegant user interface-Display of thinking-Hint-Tutor-Full take back & forward-Chess clocks-Huge opening book & named openings-Set up position-Hundreds of playing levels including easy, blitz andtournamentlevels-Database. Save / load games to PGN databases on SD card-Copy and paste PGN games to clipboard-and much more
