Chess Combinations Vol. 2

The second part of our exceptional course for club players offers more than 2600 exercises, including over 400 examples to explore and 2200 to solve, categorized into 60 tactical methods and motifs. This comprehensive program is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which provides an unparalleled approach to chess education. The series covers tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for players from beginners to professionals.

This course helps you enhance your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply them in practice. It serves as a personal coach, providing tasks and guiding you through solutions with hints, explanations, and even striking refutations of common mistakes.

The program includes a theoretical section that interactively explains game strategies at various stages, using real-life examples. You can read the lesson text, make moves on the board, and practice ambiguous moves interactively.

Key advantages of the program include:

• High-quality, double-checked examples
• Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed by the coach
• Exercises with varying levels of complexity
• Diverse objectives to achieve in problem-solving
• Hints provided for errors
• Refutations shown for typical mistakes
• Ability to play out any task position against the computer
• Interactive theoretical lessons
• A well-structured table of contents
• Monitoring of ELO rating changes during the learning process
• Flexible test mode settings
• Option to bookmark favorite exercises
• Adaptation for larger tablet screens
• No internet connection required
• Linking to a free Chess King account for multi-device access on Android, iOS, and Web

The course offers a free section where you can experience the program's full functionality before moving on to the following topics:

1. Forcing moves
   1. Forced checkmate
   2. Double attack
   3. Linear attack
   4. Discovered attack
   5. Pin
   6. Elimination of defense
   7. Conjunction of several themes
2. Deflection
   1. Deflection checkmate
   2. Deflection of a piece
   3. Diversion from the invasion square
   4. Piece on a critical square
   5. Diversion in conjunction with a double attack
   6. Diversion from defending square
   7. Diversion from the promotion square
   8. Diversion from the advance square
   9. Diversion of a pinning piece
   10. Deflection blocking piece
   11. Diversion from a key square
   12. Diverting a defending piece
   13. Diversion in conjunction with a linear attack
3. Decoying
   1. Decoying mate
   2. Decoying a king in conjunction with a chase
   3. Decoying into a mating net
   4. Decoying under a double attack
   5. Decoying under a linear attack
   6. Decoying under a discovered attack
   7. Decoying under a discovered attack with check
   8. Decoying discovered check
   9. Decoying under a double check
   10. Decoying to a critical square
   11. Decoying under pin
   12. Decoying into a trap
   13. Decoy in conjunction with promoting pawn
   14. Decoying under check
   15. Decoying for the gain of tempo
   16. Decoying onto an unfavorable line
   17. Decoying into a stalemate position
4. Exercises with conjunction of several themes
5. Elimination of defense
6. Blockade
7. Clearing the checkmating square
8. Interference
9. Clearing the line
10. Opening the line
11. Pin
12. Restricting
13. Threat
14. Conquering a square
15. Exercises. Conjunction of tactical devices

What's New in the Latest Version 2.4.2

Last updated on Jul 11, 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