Alekhine Rate : 2.8

The Chess King Learn program offers an immersive learning experience with 1300 deeply annotated chess games played by the 4th World Champion, Alexander Alekhine. This unique course includes 600 games annotated for the first time, along with 200 carefully selected positions for you to solve. These positions represent some of the most instructive and interesting moments from Alekhine's games, presented in a dedicated section.

Part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), this course is designed to help you enhance your chess knowledge across various aspects, including tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame. The series caters to players at all levels, from beginners to professionals, ensuring comprehensive learning opportunities.

With this course, you can:

• Improve your chess knowledge
• Learn new tactical tricks and combinations
• Apply your acquired knowledge in practice

The program functions as a personal coach, providing tasks and assisting you when you're stuck. It offers hints, explanations, and even shows striking refutations of any mistakes you might make. Additionally, the program includes a theoretical section that explains game methods at different stages, supported by real examples. The interactive nature of the lessons allows you to not only read the text but also make moves on the board and explore unclear moves.

Advantages of the Program:

• High-Quality Examples: All examples are double-checked for accuracy.
• Key Move Entry: You are required to enter all key moves as instructed by the coach.
• Varied Complexity: Tasks come in different levels of difficulty.
• Diverse Goals: Various objectives need to be achieved in the problems.
• Hint System: The program provides hints if you make an error.
• Mistake Refutations: Typical mistaken moves are shown with their refutations.
• Playable Positions: You can play out any position against the computer.
• Interactive Theory: Theoretical lessons are presented interactively.
• Structured Content: Includes a well-organized table of contents.
• ELO Monitoring: The program tracks changes in your ELO rating during the learning process.
• Flexible Testing: Features a test mode with customizable settings.
• Bookmarking: Allows you to bookmark favorite exercises.
• Tablet Compatibility: Adapted for larger screens on tablets.
• Offline Access: No internet connection is required.
• Multi-Device Sync: Can be linked to a free Chess King account for cross-device use on Android, iOS, and Web.

The course includes a free part that lets you test the program in real-world conditions before diving into the full range of topics:

1. Play like Alekhine

   • Tactical blows
   • Combinations
   • Attack on the king
   • Pawn sacrifice for the initiative
   • Creation and exploitation of open files and diagonals
   • Creation and exploitation of weaknesses
   • Maneuvering
   • Exploitation of the poor placement of pieces
   • Passed pawn
   • Capturing space
   • Endgame technique

2. Games

   • International tournaments
   • World Championship matches
   • Simultaneous (blindfold)
   • Olympiads
   • Simultaneous
   • Blindfold
   • Blitz
   • Moscow Championships
   • Russian Championships
   • General games
   • Blindfold games
   • Exhibition games
   • AVRO tournaments
   • Duras-60 tournaments
   • Matches
   • Simultaneous (time)
   • Tournaments
   • Russian Masters tournaments

What's New in Version 3.4.0

Updated on October 12, 2024, the latest version introduces:

• Spaced Repetition Training Mode: Combines erroneous exercises with new ones to present a tailored set of puzzles.
• Bookmark Testing: Ability to launch tests on bookmarked exercises.
• Daily Puzzle Goals: Set your daily exercise targets to maintain your skills.
• Daily Streak Tracking: Tracks consecutive days you meet your daily goals.
• Various Fixes and Improvements: General enhancements to improve the user experience.