Training system by M Dvoretsky

Mark Dvoretsky is renowned as the world's leading chess trainer, having mentored many champions who achieved World and European titles in their youth and later earned Grandmaster status. Notable among his students are Artur Yusupov, Nana Aleksandria, Sergey Dolmatov, and Aleksey Dreev, who all participated in candidates' matches for the world championship. A significant part of the success of many Soviet Grandmasters can be attributed to Dvoretsky's effective chess training methods, particularly his unique exercise cardfile. This cardfile contains a wide array of highly instructive positional exercises and practical drills designed to enhance critical skills such as positional understanding, imagination, calculation, setting traps, and making advantageous exchanges at opportune moments. Previously exclusive to his select pupils, this cardfile has now been digitized, classified, and verified, making it accessible to all aspiring chess players, especially those at advanced levels from experts to grandmasters. The computerized system introduces modern training methods that were previously unavailable or only accessible through direct coaching, providing top-tier material that can help players and coaches significantly elevate their game. The course features 200 carefully curated exercises for expert, master, and advanced players (ELO 2000 – 2400) focusing on essential themes such as Strategy and Plan, Calculation of Variations, Endgame Technique, and Defending Inferior Positions.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which offers a groundbreaking approach to chess education. The series encompasses courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for players at all levels from beginners to professionals. By using this course, players can enhance their chess knowledge, master new tactical maneuvers, and apply their learning in practical scenarios. The program functions as a personal coach, providing tasks, hints, explanations, and even demonstrating refutations of common mistakes.

The advantages of the program include high-quality, double-checked examples, the requirement to enter all key moves as instructed, varying levels of task complexity, diverse goals to achieve in problems, hints for errors, refutations for typical mistakes, the ability to play out any position against the computer, a structured table of contents, monitoring of ELO rating changes, a flexible test mode, bookmarking capabilities, adaptation to larger tablet screens, and no need for an internet connection. Users can link the app to a free Chess King account, allowing them to work on the course across multiple devices on Android, iOS, and the web simultaneously. The course also includes a free section that offers fully functional lessons, enabling users to test the application under real-world conditions before exploring further topics such as Strategy and Plan, Calculating Variations, Endgame Technique, and Defense in Bad Positions.

What's New in the Latest Version 3.3.2

Last updated on Aug 3, 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 the daily goal is completed.
• Various fixes and improvements.