This chess course, designed for club players (1600-2000 ELO), leverages the renowned textbook by Victor Golenishchev, a distinguished Russian chess trainer. The curriculum integrates contemporary examples from top-level competitions, presenting 57 thematic lessons encompassing both theoretical concepts and practical exercises. Over 400 illustrative games bolster the theoretical component, while more than 200 exercises of varying difficulty challenge players to apply their learning.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a revolutionary chess training methodology. The series offers comprehensive courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, catering to all skill levels, from beginners to professional players.

Improve your chess understanding, master new tactical maneuvers and combinations, and solidify your skills through practical application. The program acts as a personalized coach, assigning problems, providing hints and explanations, and even demonstrating refutations of common errors.

Interactive theoretical lessons allow you to not only read but also actively work through the material on the board, clarifying ambiguous moves. Key features include:

• High-quality, verified examples.
• Requirement to input key moves.
• Exercises with varying difficulty levels.
• Diverse problem-solving goals.
• Hints and error refutations.
• Play against the computer.
• Interactive theory lessons.
• Organized table of contents.
• ELO rating tracking.
• Customizable test mode.
• Bookmarking capabilities.
• Tablet-optimized interface.
• Offline functionality.
• Multi-device access via Chess King account.

A free version allows you to explore the program's functionality before purchasing the full course. This free trial includes fully functional lessons covering:

1. Attacking the king centrally.
2. King attacks when both sides castle to the same flank.
3. King attacks when castling to opposite flanks.
4. General king attacks.
5. Calculation errors.
6. Calculation technique training.
7. Evaluating bishops (good vs. bad).
8. Bishop vs. knight.
9. Knight vs. bishop.
10. Opposite-colored bishops in the middlegame.
11. Removing pieces from play.
12. Exploiting open and semi-open files.
13. Open/semi-open files and king attacks.
14. Outposts on open/semi-open files.
15. Open file control.
16. Strong pawn centers.
17. Undermining pawn centers.
18. Pieces against pawn centers.
19. Pieces and pawns in the center.
20. Center's role in flank attacks.
21. Two bishops in the middlegame.
22. Two bishops in the endgame.
23. Countering a bishop pair.
24. Exploiting opponent's weaknesses.
25. Weakness of square complexes.
26. Strong points.
27. Pawn weaknesses.
28. Doubled pawns.
29. Backward pawns on semi-open files.
30. Passed pawns.
31. Queen vs. two rooks.
32. Queen vs. rook and minor piece.
33. Queen vs. three minor pieces.
34. Queen compensation.
35. Two rooks vs. three minor pieces.
36. Two minor pieces vs. rook (with pawns).