Chess Strategy & Tactics Vol 1

This chess course, designed for club players (ELO 1600-2000), leverages the renowned textbook by Victor Golenishchev, a distinguished Russian chess trainer. The curriculum integrates contemporary examples from top-level competitions, structured into manageable lessons. Covering 57 themes, the course blends theoretical instruction (400+ examples) with practical exercises (200+ exercises of varying difficulty).

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

Enhance your chess understanding, master new tactical maneuvers, and solidify your skills through practical application. The program functions as a personalized coach, providing problems, hints, explanations, and insightful refutations of potential errors.

Interactive theoretical lessons allow for active participation beyond passive reading, enabling you to work through moves on the board. Key features include:

• Rigorous Accuracy: All examples are meticulously verified.
• Active Learning: Requires input of all crucial moves.
• Adaptive Difficulty: Exercises cater to varying skill levels.
• Defined Objectives: Problems present specific goals.
• Error Feedback: Hints and refutations guide learning.
• Computer Play: Practice against the computer.
• Interactive Theory: Engaging theoretical lessons.
• Organized Structure: Clear table of contents.
• ELO Tracking: Monitors progress.
• Flexible Testing: Customizable test modes.
• Bookmarking: Save favorite exercises.
• Tablet Optimized: Adapts to larger screens.
• Offline Access: No internet connection required.
• Cross-Platform: Link to a Chess King account for multi-device access (Android, iOS, Web).

A free section allows you to experience the program's functionality before purchasing. Included free lessons cover:

1. Centered King Attacks
2. King Attacks (same-side castling)
3. King Attacks (opposite-side castling)
4. King Attacks (general)
5. Calculation Errors
6. Calculation Techniques
7. Bishop Evaluation ("good" vs. "bad")
8. Bishop vs. Knight (advantage)
9. Knight vs. Bishop (advantage)
10. Opposite-Colored Bishops (middlegame)
11. Piece Removal from Play
12. Exploiting Open/Semi-Open Files
13. Open/Semi-Open Files & King Attacks
14. Outposts on Open/Semi-Open Files
15. Open File Control
16. Strong Pawn Centers
17. Undermining Pawn Centers
18. Pieces vs. Pawn Centers
19. Pieces & Pawns in the Center
20. Center Influence on Flank Operations
21. Two Bishops (middlegame)
22. Two Bishops (endgame)
23. Countering a Bishop Pair
24. Opponent Weaknesses
25. Complex Square Weaknesses
26. Strong Points
27. Pawn Weaknesses
28. Doubled Pawns
29. Backward Pawns (semi-open file)
30. Passed Pawns
31. Queen vs. Two Rooks
32. Queen vs. Rook & 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)