Dive into the chess mastery of the 3rd World Champion, Jose Raul Capablanca, with a comprehensive collection of 640 games. Each game is meticulously annotated, offering a deep dive into Capablanca's strategic genius. Additionally, the course features 250 of the most fascinating and instructive positions from his games, presented in the unique program "Play as Capablanca." This course is part of the renowned Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), designed to enhance your chess skills across various aspects of the game, from tactics to endgame strategies, catering to players at all levels, from beginners to professionals.
With this course, you can elevate your chess prowess, learn innovative tactical moves and combinations, and apply them effectively in your games. The program serves as an interactive coach, presenting you with challenges and offering guidance when you're stuck. It provides hints, detailed explanations, and even showcases striking refutations of common mistakes, helping you to learn from your errors.
The course includes a theoretical section that breaks down gameplay methods at different stages, using real game examples. This interactive approach allows you to not only read the lessons but also to make moves on the board and work through complex scenarios.
Key advantages of the program include:
- High-quality examples, thoroughly vetted for accuracy
- Requirement to input all crucial moves as directed by the coach
- Varied levels of task difficulty
- Diverse objectives to achieve within the problems
- Helpful hints for correcting errors
- Refutations for typical mistakes
- Ability to play out any position against the computer
- Interactive theoretical lessons
- Well-organized table of contents
- Monitoring of your ELO rating throughout your learning journey
- Flexible test mode settings
- Option to bookmark favorite exercises
- Optimized for larger tablet screens
- No internet connection required
- Sync capabilities across multiple devices via a free Chess King account on Android, iOS, and Web
The course offers a free section where you can experience the full functionality of the lessons, allowing you to test the application before delving into the full range of topics, which include:
- Jose Raul Capablanca
- 1901
- 1902-1906
- 1906
- 1909
- 1910
- 1911
- 1912
- 1913
- 1913-1914
- 1914
- 1915
- 1916
- 1918
- 1919
- 1921
- 1922
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926
- 1927
- 1928
- 1929
- 1929-1930
- 1930-1931
- 1931
- 1934-1935
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- 1938
- 1939
- Attack on the king
- Positional play
- Creating and exploiting weaknesses in the opponent's camp
- Improving one's pieces' positions. Planning
- Fighting for an initiative
- Pawn advance. Opening up the files
- Exploiting bad position of the opponent's pieces
- Skill of exchange
- Combinations and tactical blows
- Playing an endgame
- Converting an advantage in material and/or position into a win
- Skill of defense
What's New in the Latest Version 2.4.2
Last updated on Jul 18, 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 - 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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