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Chess Strategy & Tactics Vol 1 1.3.5
This is a course for club players based onatextbook by a distinguished Russian chess trainerVictorGolenishchev. The source material is supplemented withexamples ofplay by lead chess players from the latest majorcontests and isorganized in chess lessons. The course contains 57themes,including theoretical material and practical exercises.Thetheoretical part includes more than 400 examples of play.Thepractical part includes more than 200 exercises ofvaryingdifficulty.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. Attacking the king in the center2. Attacking the king when both sides castle to the sameflank3. Attacking the king when opponents castle to theoppositeflanks4. Attacking the king5. The calculation mistakes6. Training the technique of calculation7. The "good" and the "bad" bishops8. The bishop is stronger than the knight9. The knight is stronger than the bishop10. The bishops of opposite color in the middlegame11. Bringing a piece out of play12. Exploiting the open and semi-open files13. Open and semi-open files and attacking the king14. An outpost on an open or semi-open file15. Fighting for an open file16. Strong pawn center17. Undermining the pawn center18. Pieces against the pawn center19. Pieces and pawns in the center20. The center's role in flank operations21. Two bishops in the middlegame22. Two bishops in the endgame23. Successful struggle against a bishop pair24. The weak points in opponent's camp25. The weakness of a complex of squares26. About some strong points27. The pawn weaknesses28. The doubled pawns29. A retarded pawn on a semi-open file30. A passed pawn31. Queen vs. two rooks32. Queen vs. Rook and a minor piece33. The queen vs. the three minor pieces34. Compensation for the queen35. Two rooks vs. three minor pieces36. Two minor pieces vs. Rook (with pawns)37. The rook vs. the minor piece and two pawns38. Compensation for the rook39. The minor piece vs. the three pawns
eTABU PRO 1.5.3
eTABU is a party game where players of two teams guess thekeywordspresented by their team-mates, who cannot use the forbiddenwordsor gestures. The team who earns a certain amount of pointsfirst,wins. The option to choose a foreign language makes this gameagreat way to learn and have fun. English, German, Polish,Turkish,Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Russian. Ifyou haveplayed the classic board game Taboo, this game will befamiliar toyou. RULES: 1.Divide yourselves into two teams. 2.Choosethe firstplayer to describe the keyword. 3.The opposite team willselect theperson to verify: - the use of forbidden words. - the useof pluralor abbreviation forms of the forbidden words. - gesturesand soundimitations. 4. When the keyword is guessed the veryfyingpersonhits the OK button [+1 point], in the case of breaking therules,he pushes the WRONG one[-1 point]. 5. When the set time hasended,the opposing team starts their turn according to the samerules. 6.The gameplay lasts until one of the teams reaches the setamount ofpoints. In case of a draw, the team with less skippedkeywordswins. During the gameplay, the player can use threebuttons: - SKIP- to forfeit a difficult keyword and move on to thenext - PAUSE -to pause the gameplay - EXCLAMATION - signal aspelling errorDisclaimer: eTABU is not associated with Hasbro orHersch andCompany's Taboo, Tabou, Tabu, Tabù, Tabuh, or any othervariants ofthe Taboo, Alias or Uno products, registered trademarks.**Definitely better than Heads Up, Buzzwords, , DiXit or Charades;)*** Offline Multiplayer, Party Game, Quiz **** Will you be abletoguess the keyword in 5 seconds? 7 seconds? 30 seconds?Challengeyourself and have fun!
Epic Arena 1.5.8
Epic Arena is a free-to-play turn-based 3D strategy board gamethatplays like a combat action video game. Deploy your units,powerthem up, and defeat your opponent in epic two-player matches.Jointhe arena now! Epic Arena’s 3D graphics and bone crunchingsoundeffects will excite your senses. The tactical gameplaywillchallenge your mind and test your wits. Engage in thrillingcrossplatform games in Blitz Mode against other players ormaintainmultiple matches at once in asynchronous Duel Mode. EpicArena iseasy to learn but hard to master. Start playing in minutes!Try thesingle player puzzle Missions to train your tactical musclesandlearn winning strategies. Fine-tune your strategies bychallengingfriends. Or engage in ranked matches to climb the ladderof thegame’s best players. Play from everywhere, anytime on anydevice.Epic Arena provides a true cross-platform experience. EpicArena isfree-to-play. Unlock or purchase additional teams to masteryourstrategies. Acquire Power Cards and use their specialtacticsagainst your opponents. Either way, you're guaranteed tohave fun!Key Features: • Free-to-Play turn-based 3D strategy boardgame. •Competitive play against your friends and players around theworld.• 3 Teams: Legion of Chaos, Brotherhood of Order, and PiratesofTortuga Bay, all featuring unique units, spells, and team traits.•2 game modes: Duel Mode (asynchronous play) and BlitzMode(time-limited turn synchronous play). • An array of situationalusePower Cards, granting unlimited tactical options. •Cross-platformplay: play from everywhere, anytime on any device.
iChess Pro - Chess Puzzles
Chess puzzles aka tactics are an ideal waytopractice and improve your chess without having to find anopponentor spend time playing an actual game. iChess presents 1000offlinepuzzles from real FIDE tournament games. Just launch andstartsolving!iChess is now available on iPhone andiPad!http://goo.gl/1GIu67★★★★★ "Awesome app with hell lot of puzzles. Best one seen sofar!!"★★★★★ "Its a great and functional training tool"★★★★★ "This has helped improve my chess game"FEATURES♟ Three difficulty levels makes it suitable forkids/beginners,advanced and even serious masters. All puzzles areoffline. Nointernet connection required♟ Load your own PGN puzzle file. Chessbase CBH formatnotsupported♟ Hint and engine analysis with Stockfish! Analyzing the puzzlewiththe engine is a good way to improve your game♟ Bird View feature to view Solved/Failed and unseen puzzles.Orsolve the difficult puzzles again!♟ Master Chess openings by solving tactics from popularchessopenings like Sicilian, Kings Indian etc (extra $)♟ Get awed by games of Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen and otherplayerswith special puzzle packs♟ Improve your chess endgame knowledge with thematic puzzleslike'Tactics in the Endgame' (extra $)♟ Solve puzzles from recent 2016 tournament chess games(extra$)♟ New Material design! (thanks to Ilya Kostin)NOTE♟ Some puzzles simply win a pawn or a piece. Not all chess gamesendin checkmate!♟ Puzzles/Tactics are arranged in increasing orderofdifficulty♟ Thanks to theweekinchess.com and pgnmentor.com for thePGNfiles.Free vs iChess Pro$ Free version has Ads$ Free and Pro version both have access to the same featuresPopular Tactics packs:★ Very Hard Tactics 1 & 2 by IM Slizhevsky★ Best Tactics of 2014 and 2015Follow on Google Plus http://goo.gl/Axhm4Like on Facebook http://goo.gl/P5TXeNOTE: 'Read Phone identity' is required to secure purchases.Noprivate information can be accessed
7-piece chess endgame training
Have you ever wished that you had access toanendgame oracle which knows the precise evaluation of anendgameposition and the best continuation for both sides? Well, the7-manChess Lomonosov Tables do exactly that. You will immediatelyknowif a position is drawn or won and the precise number of movesuntilthe opponent is checkmated. The exact moves to delivercheckmatecan also be shown and at each step you can see which moveswin,draw and lose. In other words, the Chess Lomonosov tables giveyouthe final word on any position with seven or fewer pieces ontheboard!The generation of the 7-man endgame tables is a major achievementinthe history of chess endgames. The tables were calculated onaLomonosov supercomputer by the Computer Science departmentofMSU.The total size of the 7-man tables is 100 TB, far, far more thananynormal user can store on his computer. Therefore this appwasdeveloped. It allows any user with an Android device totakeadvantage of this huge database in order to analyze positionsandto play chess with up to seven pieces on the board (includingthekings).With help of the application you can:1) Setup a winning/losing position and discover the number ofmovesto mate2) Display the winning line with optimal moves for both sides3) Play against the program. You make a move. Theprogramreplies4) Choose positions from carefully selected training positionsandplay5) Store your favorite positions, import and export themAfter the first start the application is in POSITION modedesignedto set up a position and calculate its evaluation and thebestline. The actions are performed with help of 3 screens:Board,Notation, and Tree. Two buttons (located in the left uppercorner)let your switch from the current screen to the otherscreens.The Board screen allows you to place pieces on the board fromapiece palette and manipulate the position in various ways.Pressingand holding a button displays a tooltip describing theaction itperforms. The endgame server is automatically queried forall validpositions. The results appears within a few seconds.3-piece tablesare built into the application, resulting in instantresponse forsuch endgames. Distance to mate is displayed in theupper statusline. The best move is highlighted on the board with agreen arrow.This move can be performed by selecting Arrow Right(Move forward)button.The Notation screen displays a variation with optimal moves forbothsides. You can browse the line and try new moves by makingthem onthe board. Although the notation is only visible on theNotationscreen it is also updated when you make moves on theotherscreens.The tree screen shows the strongest moves in the position. Makeamove by selecting it and touching Arrow Right. Right gesture onthemove line produces the same result.After activating the Play button (Board screen), the computerwillreply automatically to the moves you make on the board.After activating Drag button (icon with four arrows from thecenter)you can move pieces by dragging them on the board. If youhold apiece, a number is displayed on the squares. Each numbershows themate distance if the selected piece was located on thesquare.We selected a set of interesting positions for playingagainstcomputer. Choose a position to play using CONTENTS, LESSONSorTRAINING mode. Play moves trying to complete the specifiedtaskwithout exceeding the move limit. After completing a task youcanswitch to Demo view where your moves are compared withoptimalmoves. If your move is optimal it is displayed with a greenarrow,otherwise red. Other optimal moves are displayed green.See more detailsathttp://217.112.41.81/LTB7_manual/En/LTB7Android_EN.htmlhttp://chess-brabo.blogspot.ru/2016/01/lomonosov-7-men-tablebases.htmlhttps://chessappblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/12/lomonosov-tablebases/
