This chess course, designed for club players (ELO 1600-2000), leverages the renowned textbook by Victor Golenishchev, a distinguished Russian chess trainer. The curriculum integrates contemporary examples from top-level competitions, structured into focused lessons. Covering 57 themes, the course blends theoretical instruction (400+ examples) with practical exercises (200+).

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

Enhance your chess understanding, master tactical maneuvers, and solidify your skills through practical application. The program functions as a personalized coach, providing problems, hints, explanations, and insightful refutations of common errors.

Interactive theoretical sections, using real-game examples, allow you to actively participate by making moves on the board. The program's key features include:

• High-quality, verified examples.
• Mandatory input of key moves.
• Varied difficulty levels.
• Diverse problem-solving objectives.
• Error-detection hints and refutations.
• Computer play against any position.
• Interactive theoretical lessons.
• Organized table of contents.
• ELO rating tracking.
• Customizable test modes.
• Exercise bookmarking.
• Tablet-optimized interface.
• Offline functionality.
• Multi-device access via Chess King account (Android, iOS, Web).

A free trial version allows you to test the program's functionality before purchasing additional lessons. The free version includes:

1. Attacking the king in the center
2. Attacking the king (same-side castling)
3. Attacking the king (opposite-side castling)
4. Attacking the king
5. Calculation mistakes
6. Calculation technique training
7. "Good" and "bad" bishops
8. Bishop vs. knight
9. Knight vs. bishop
10. Opposite-colored bishops (middlegame)
11. Removing a piece from play
12. Exploiting open/semi-open files
13. Open/semi-open files & king attacks
14. Outposts on open/semi-open files
15. Open file control
16. Strong pawn center
17. Undermining the pawn center
18. Pieces vs. pawn center
19. Pieces & pawns in the center
20. Center's role in flank operations
21. Two bishops (middlegame)
22. Two bishops (endgame)
23. Countering a bishop pair
24. Opponent's weaknesses
25. Weak square complexes
26. Strong points
27. Pawn weaknesses
28. Doubled pawns
29. Backward pawn on a semi-open file
30. Passed pawn
31. Queen vs. two rooks
32. Queen vs. rook & 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)

• Spaced Repetition training mode (combines erroneous and new exercises).
• Bookmark-based test launching.
• Daily puzzle goal setting.
• Daily streak tracking.
• Various bug fixes and improvements.