Alekhine

The program contains 1300 deeply annotated chess games played by the 4th World Champion, Alexander Alekhine. Among these, 600 games are commented on for the first time, providing fresh insights into Alekhine's masterful strategies. Additionally, the program features 200 carefully selected positions for you to solve, drawn from some of the most intriguing and educational moments of Alekhine's games.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), an innovative chess teaching method. The series includes courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for players from beginners to professionals.

With this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply what you've learned in practical gameplay. The program serves as a coach, offering tasks and assisting with solutions when you're stuck. It provides hints, explanations, and even demonstrates striking refutations of common mistakes.

The program also includes a theoretical section that explains game methods at different stages, using real-life examples. This theory is presented interactively, allowing you to read the lessons, make moves on the board, and practice unclear moves.

Advantages of the Program:

♔ High-quality examples, all double-checked for accuracy

♔ Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed by the teacher

♔ Different levels of task complexity

♔ Various goals to achieve within the problems

♔ Hints provided for errors

♔ Refutations shown for typical mistaken moves

♔ Ability to play out any task position against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Structured table of contents

♔ Monitoring of the player's ELO rating changes during learning

♔ Flexible test mode settings

♔ Option to bookmark favorite exercises

♔ Adaptation to larger tablet screens

♔ No internet connection required

♔ Linkability to a free Chess King account, allowing you to solve one course across multiple devices on Android, iOS, and Web simultaneously

The course includes a free section where you can test the program. The lessons in the free version are fully functional, enabling you to experience the application under real-world conditions before unlocking further topics:

1. Play like Alekhine 1.1. Tactical blows 1.2. Combinations 1.3. Attack on the king 1.4. Pawn sacrifice for the initiative 1.5. Creation and exploitation of open files and diagonals 1.6. Creation and exploitation of weaknesses 1.7. Maneuvering 1.8. Exploitation of the poor placement of pieces 1.9. Passed pawn 1.10. Capturing space 1.11. Endgame technique

2. Games 2.1. International tournaments 2.2. World Championship (match) 2.3. Simultaneous (blindfold) 2.4. Olympiad 2.5. Simultaneous 2.6. Blindfold 2.7. Blitz 2.8. Moscow Championship 2.9. Russian Championship 2.10. Games 2.11. Game (blindfold) 2.12. Game (exhibition) 2.13. AVRO Tournament 2.14. Duras-60 Tournament 2.15. Match 2.16. Simultaneous (time) 2.17. Tournament 2.18. 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 days in a row the daily goal is completed.
• Various fixes and improvements