Chess Combinations Vol. 2

An excellent second course for club players, featuring 400 instructional lessons and over 2200 practical exercises.

This core chess training program for club players is packed with more than 2600 exercises. This includes over 400 detailed examples to study and 2200 puzzles to solve, all organized into 60 key tactical methods and motifs.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series , a groundbreaking chess instruction method. The series encompasses courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, designed for all skill levels from beginner to advanced, and even professional players.

With this course, you will enhance your chess understanding, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and solidify your knowledge through practical application.

The program functions like a personal coach, assigning tasks and providing support when needed. It offers hints, detailed explanations, and even demonstrates powerful refutations for common mistakes.

A comprehensive theoretical section is also included, explaining strategic methods for specific game phases using real examples. This theory is presented interactively, allowing you not only to read the lessons but also to practice moves on the board and explore variations.

Program Benefits:

♔ High-quality, double-checked examples for accuracy

♔ Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed

♔ Tasks with varying levels of difficulty

♔ Diverse objectives to achieve within puzzles

♔ Helpful hints provided upon errors

♔ Refutations shown for typical incorrect moves

♔ Ability to play out any position against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Clear, structured table of contents

♔ Tracks rating (ELO) changes throughout your learning

♔ Customizable test mode with flexible settings

♔ Option to bookmark favorite exercises

♔ Tablet-optimized for larger screens

♔ Fully functional offline

♔ Sync your progress across devices by linking to a free Chess King account (Android, iOS, and Web)

The course includes a free trial to evaluate the program. The lessons in the free version are fully featured, letting you test the app in real conditions before unlocking additional topics:

1. Forcing moves

• 1.1. Forced checkmate
• 1.2. Double attack
• 1.3. Linear attack
• 1.4. Discovered attack
• 1.5. Pin
• 1.6. Elimination of defense
• 1.7. Conjunction of several themes

• 2.1. Deflection checkmate
• 2.2. Deflection of a piece
• 2.3. Diversion from the invasion square
• 2.4. Piece on a critical square
• 2.5. Diversion in conjunction with a double attack
• 2.6. Diversion from defending square
• 2.7. Diversion from the promotion square
• 2.8. Diversion from the advance square
• 2.9. Diversion of a pinning piece
• 2.10. Deflection blocking piece
• 2.11. Diversion from a key square
• 2.12. Diverting a defending piece
• 2.13. Diversion in conjunction with a linear attack

• 3.1. Decoying mate
• 3.2. Decoying a king in conjunction with a chase
• 3.3. Decoying into a mating net
• 3.4. Decoying under a double attack
• 3.5. Decoying under a linear attack
• 3.6. Decoying under a discovered attack
• 3.7. Decoying under a discovered attack with check
• 3.8. Decoying discovered check
• 3.9. Decoying under a double check
• 3.10. Decoying to a critical square
• 3.11. Decoying under pin
• 3.12. Decoying into a trap
• 3.13. Decoy in conjunction with promoting pawn
• 3.14. Decoying under check
• 3.15. Decoying for the gain of tempo
• 3.16. Decoying onto an unfavourable line
• 3.17. Decoying into a stalemate position

What's New in the Latest Version 2.4.2

Last updated on Jul 11, 2023
* 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 - chose how many exercise you need to keep your skills in shape.
* Added daily streak - how many days in a row the daily goal is completed.
* Various fixes and improvements