Chess Strategy for Beginners

This course comprehensively explores a variety of opening, middlegame, and endgame topics.

This interactive tutorial is designed for novice players of all ages who know the rules of chess and are ready to advance to an intermediate skill level. The curriculum spans a broad spectrum of subjects from the opening, middlegame, and endgame. It begins by teaching you how to checkmate a lone king and progresses to more complex strategies, such as converting a material or positional edge. Featuring 55 lessons with over 1,200 instructive examples and exercises, this course transforms a beginner into an intermediate player!

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), an innovative chess training methodology. The series encompasses courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for all levels from beginner to experienced and even professional players.

Use this course to enhance your chess understanding, discover new tactical ideas and combinations, and apply your knowledge in practice.

The program functions as a personal coach, assigning tasks and offering guidance when you're stuck. It provides hints, detailed explanations, and even demonstrates powerful refutations for common errors.

An included theoretical section explains game strategies for each phase using practical examples. This theory is presented interactively, allowing you to not only read lesson content but also practice moves on the board and explore variations.

Program advantages:

♔ High-quality examples, all verified for accuracy

♔ Requires input of all key teacher-recommended moves

♔ Tasks with varying levels of difficulty

♔ Diverse objectives to achieve within problems

♔ Helpful hints provided upon mistakes

♔ Refutations shown for typical errors

♔ Option to play any task position against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Clear, structured table of contents

♔ Tracks rating (ELO) changes throughout your learning journey

♔ Flexible test mode with customizable settings

♔ Bookmark your favorite exercises

♔ Optimized for tablet displays

♔ Fully functional offline

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

The course features a free trial with fully functional lessons. Use it to evaluate the program before unlocking the full curriculum, which includes:

1. Utilizing a decisive material advantage

• 1.1. Mating with major pieces
• 1.2. Mating with a rook
• 1.3. Mating with a queen
• 1.4. Mating with two bishops
• 1.5. Mating with bishop and knight (king on the edge)
• 1.6. Mating with bishop and knight (king in the center)
• 1.7. Mating with two knights
• 1.8. Different kinds of large material advantage
• 1.9. How to solve chess problems

2. The three stages of a chess game

• 2.1. How to play in the opening
• 2.2. Quick mobilization of forces
• 2.3. Fighting for the center
• 2.4. Harmonious pawn structure
• 2.5. What to do after the opening?
• 2.6. About the endgame
• 2.7. Basic endgame rules

3. Basic pawn endings

• 3.1. The rule of the square
• 3.2. More about the rule of the square
• 3.3. The king helps the pawn
• 3.4. Opposition
• 3.5. Key squares

4. The fundamentals of chess tactics

• 4.1. Tactical methods
• 4.2. Combination and its components
• 4.3. Double attack
• 4.4. Knight and pawn forks
• 4.5. Exploiting a pin
• 4.6. How to fight against pins
• 4.7. Discovered attack
• 4.8. Discovered check
• 4.9. "Mill"
• 4.10. Double check
• 4.11. Decoy
• 4.12. Blocking
• 4.13. Smothered mate
• 4.14. Distraction
• 4.15. Weakness of the back rank
• 4.16. Square clearance
• 4.17. Line clearance

5. Utilizing a material or positional advantage

What's New in the Latest Version 3.3.2

Last updated on Jul 24, 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 - 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