Alekhine

The program boasts an impressive collection of 1300 deeply annotated chess games played by the 4th World Champion, Alexander Alekhine. Notably, 600 of these games have been annotated for the first time, offering fresh insights into Alekhine's strategies. Additionally, the program includes 200 carefully curated positions for you to solve, featuring some of the most fascinating and instructive scenarios from Alekhine's repertoire, presented in a dedicated section.

This course is part of the renowned Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which offers a groundbreaking approach to chess education. The series encompasses a wide range of courses covering tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for players at all skill levels, from beginners to seasoned professionals.

By engaging with this course, you can enhance your understanding of chess, master new tactical maneuvers and combinations, and apply your newly acquired skills in practical scenarios. The program serves as a personal coach, providing tasks to solve and offering guidance when you encounter difficulties. It provides hints, detailed explanations, and even demonstrates compelling refutations of common mistakes.

The program also features a comprehensive theoretical section, which delves into game strategies at various stages, illustrated with real-life examples. The theory is presented interactively, allowing you to not only read the lesson text but also make moves on the board and practice challenging positions.

Key advantages of the program include:

♔ High-quality, meticulously verified examples

♔ Requirement to enter all critical moves as instructed by the coach

♔ Tasks with varying levels of complexity

♔ Diverse objectives to achieve within the problems

♔ Hints provided when errors are made

♔ Refutations shown for typical mistakes

♔ Option to play out any task position against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Well-organized table of contents

♔ Monitoring of the player's ELO rating throughout the learning journey

♔ Flexible test mode settings

♔ Ability to bookmark favorite exercises

♔ Optimized for larger tablet screens

♔ No internet connection required

♔ Sync capability with a free Chess King account, allowing you to work on one course across multiple devices on Android, iOS, and Web simultaneously

The course includes a free section where you can explore the program's functionality before deciding to unlock additional topics. The free version offers fully operational lessons, enabling you to evaluate the application in real-world conditions. Topics covered in the free section include:

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 (timed)

   2.17. Tournament

   2.18. Tournament (Russian masters)

What's New in 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 meet your daily goal.
• Various fixes and improvements