Alekhine

The program features an impressive collection of 1300 deeply annotated chess games played by the 4th World Champion, Alexander Alekhine. Among these, 600 games are annotated for the first time, offering fresh insights into Alekhine's strategies. Additionally, the program includes 200 carefully selected positions for you to solve, showcasing some of the most engaging and instructive moments from Alekhine's games in a dedicated section.

This course is part of the renowned Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which offers a comprehensive and innovative approach to chess education. The series encompasses courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored to different skill levels, from beginners to professional players.

By engaging with this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, master new tactical maneuvers and combinations, and apply these skills in practice. The program serves as a personal coach, providing tasks to solve and assistance when you encounter difficulties. It offers hints, explanations, and even showcases striking refutations of potential mistakes.

The program includes a theoretical section that elucidates game strategies at various stages, supported by real-life examples. This theory is presented interactively, allowing you to not only read the lessons but also to make moves on the board and explore ambiguous moves in a practical setting.

Key advantages of the program include:

• High-quality examples, all meticulously double-checked for accuracy
• Requirement to enter all critical moves as instructed by the coach
• Varied levels of task complexity
• Diverse objectives to achieve within the exercises
• Hints provided when errors are made
• Refutations shown for common mistakes
• Ability to play out any position from the tasks against the computer
• Interactive theoretical lessons
• Well-organized table of contents
• Monitoring of the player's ELO rating changes during the learning process
• Flexible test mode settings
• 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, allowing you to work on a course across multiple devices on Android, iOS, and Web simultaneously

The course offers a free section where you can experience the full functionality of the program. The lessons in the free version are comprehensive, allowing you to assess the application's effectiveness before progressing to the following topics:

1. Play like Alekhine
   1. Tactical blows
   2. Combinations
   3. Attack on the king
   4. Pawn sacrifice for the initiative
   5. Creation and exploitation of open files and diagonals
   6. Creation and exploitation of weaknesses
   7. Maneuvering
   8. Exploitation of the poor placement of pieces
   9. Passed pawn
   10. Capturing space
   11. Endgame technique
2. Games
   1. International tournaments
   2. World Championship (match)
   3. Simultaneous (blindfold)
   4. Olympiad
   5. Simultaneous
   6. Blindfold
   7. Blitz
   8. Championship of Moscow
   9. Championship of Russia
   10. Games
   11. Game (blindfold)
   12. Game (exhibition)
   13. It "AVRO"
   14. It "Duras-60"
   15. Match
   16. Simultaneous (time)
   17. Tournament
   18. Tournament (Russian masters)

What's New in the Latest Version 3.4.0

Last updated on Oct 12, 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 consecutive days you complete your daily goal.
• Various fixes and improvements.