Chess Strategy & Tactics Vol 1

This chess course, designed for club players (ELO 1600-2000), is based on the renowned textbook by Victor Golenishchev, a distinguished Russian chess trainer. The course utilizes Golenishchev's methods, enhanced with contemporary examples from top-level competitions, and is structured into concise lessons. Covering 57 key themes, the course features over 400 illustrative games in the theoretical section and over 200 exercises of varying difficulty in the practical section.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a revolutionary chess training methodology. The series offers comprehensive courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, catering to all skill levels, from beginners to professionals.

Improve your chess understanding, master new tactical maneuvers, and solidify your skills with interactive practice. The program functions as a personalized coach, providing exercises, hints, explanations, and detailed refutations of potential errors.

The interactive theoretical section uses real-game examples to explain strategic concepts. You can actively engage with the lessons by making moves on the board, clarifying unclear positions.

Key Features:

• High-quality, verified examples.
• Requires accurate input of key moves.
• Varied exercise difficulty levels.
• Diverse problem-solving objectives.
• Hints for error correction.
• Detailed refutations of common mistakes.
• Play any position against the computer.
• Interactive theoretical lessons.
• Organized table of contents.
• Tracks ELO rating progress.
• Customizable test mode.
• Bookmarking of favorite exercises.
• Tablet-optimized interface.
• Offline accessibility.
• Multi-device synchronization via a free Chess King account (Android, iOS, Web).

A free version allows you to test the program's functionality. The free lessons are fully functional, enabling a comprehensive trial before purchasing additional content. Free lessons cover topics such as:

1. Attacking the king in the center
2. King attacks with same-side castling
3. King attacks with opposite-side castling
4. King attacks (general)
5. Calculation errors
6. Calculation technique training
7. "Good" and "bad" bishops
8. Bishop vs. Knight
9. Knight vs. Bishop
10. Opposite-colored bishops in the middlegame
11. Removing pieces from play
12. Exploiting open and semi-open files
13. Open/semi-open files and king attacks
14. Outposts on open/semi-open files
15. Fighting for open files
16. Strong pawn center
17. Undermining the pawn center
18. Pieces vs. pawn center
19. Pieces and pawns in the center
20. Center's role in flank operations
21. Two bishops in the middlegame
22. Two bishops in the endgame
23. Defeating a bishop pair
24. Weaknesses in opponent's position
25. Weakness of square complexes
26. Strong points
27. Pawn weaknesses
28. Doubled pawns
29. Backward pawn on a semi-open file
30. Passed pawns
31. Queen vs. two rooks
32. Queen vs. rook and minor piece
33. Queen vs. three minor pieces
34. Queen compensation
35. Two rooks vs. three minor pieces
36. Two minor pieces vs. rook (with pawns)