Application Description

Sharpen your chess skills with 1000 high-quality puzzles designed for 2400 ELO players. Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations Vol. 3 (ECC Vol. 3) offers a structured, advanced-level training experience based on the latest Chess Informant edition. This meticulously curated collection challenges you with systematically organized combinations, progressing smoothly from one tactical concept to the next, unlike the disorganized online resources.

This Chess King Learn course (https://learn.chessking.com/) utilizes a unique teaching methodology, part of a broader series covering tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame at various skill levels. The program acts as a personalized coach, providing tasks, hints, explanations, and refutations of common errors. Interactive theoretical lessons reinforce understanding through on-board practice.

Key features include:

• Rigorous Quality: All puzzles are double-checked for accuracy.
• Comprehensive Input: Requires input of all key moves.
• Adaptive Difficulty: Offers varying levels of complexity.
• Diverse Objectives: Presents problems with a range of goals.
• Real-time Feedback: Provides hints and error refutations.
• Interactive Practice: Allows playing positions against the computer.
• Engaging Theory: Interactive theoretical lessons with on-board practice.
• Progress Tracking: Monitors ELO rating improvement.
• Flexible Testing: Offers customizable test modes.
• Personalization: Allows bookmarking favorite exercises.
• Offline Access: No internet connection required.
• Cross-Platform Compatibility: Link to a Chess King account for multi-device access (Android, iOS, Web).

A free version allows testing the application's functionality before purchasing the full course. Topics covered in the free trial include annihilation of defense, blockade, clearance, deflection, discovered attack, pinning, pawn structure demolition, decoy, interference, and double attack.

Version 3.4.0 (Oct 12, 2024) Updates:

• Incorporated spaced repetition training, blending new and previously missed puzzles.
• Enabled testing on bookmarked exercises.
• Introduced daily puzzle goals and streaks.
• General bug fixes and performance improvements.

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