Alekhine

The program offers an in-depth exploration of chess through 1300 deeply annotated games played by the 4th World Champion, Alexander Alekhine. This unique collection includes 600 games that have been annotated for the first time, providing fresh insights into Alekhine's strategies and techniques. Additionally, the program features 200 carefully selected positions for you to solve, drawn from some of the most compelling and educational moments in Alekhine's career. These are presented in a dedicated section, enhancing your understanding of the game.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), renowned for its innovative chess teaching methodology. The series covers a wide range of topics including tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored to various skill levels from beginners to professional players. By engaging with this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, master new tactical maneuvers, and effectively apply what you've learned in real games.

The program serves as a personal coach, presenting you with tasks to solve and offering assistance when you're stuck. It provides hints, explanations, and even demonstrates striking refutations of common mistakes, helping you to improve your gameplay. Additionally, the program includes a theoretical section that uses real game examples to explain strategies at different stages of a match. This interactive approach allows you to not only read lesson texts but also make moves on the board and practice challenging positions.

Key advantages of the program include:

• High-quality, double-checked examples to ensure accuracy
• Requirement to enter all key moves as directed by the instructor
• Varying levels of task complexity
• Diverse objectives to achieve within the problems
• Hints provided when errors are made
• Refutations shown for typical mistakes
• Ability to play out any task position against the computer
• Interactive theoretical lessons
• A structured table of contents
• Monitoring of ELO rating changes during the learning process
• A flexible test mode
• Option to bookmark favorite exercises
• Adaptation for larger tablet screens
• No internet connection required
• Linking to a free Chess King account for multi-device use on Android, iOS, and Web

The course offers a free section that fully demonstrates the functionality of the program. You can test the application under real-world conditions before unlocking additional topics such as:

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. Ch World (match)
   3. Simultaneous (blindfold)
   4. Olympiad
   5. Simultaneous
   6. Blindfold
   7. Blitz
   8. Ch Moscow
   9. Ch 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 days in a row you complete your daily goal.
• Various fixes and improvements.

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