Dive into the strategic world of chess with "640 Games Played by the World Champion," featuring 640 deeply annotated games from the 3rd World Champion, Jose Raul Capablanca. Additionally, explore 250 of the most engaging and instructive positions from his games through the supplementary program, "Play as Capablanca." This course is part of the renowned Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which offers a comprehensive chess education, covering tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for everyone from beginners to seasoned professionals.
By engaging with this course, you'll not only enhance your chess knowledge but also master new tactical tricks and combinations, putting your skills to the test in practical scenarios. The program acts as a personal coach, presenting you with challenges to solve and offering guidance whenever you hit a snag. It provides hints, explanations, and even showcases striking refutations of common errors, ensuring you learn from your mistakes.
The course includes a theoretical section that delves into game strategies at various stages, using real-life examples. This interactive learning approach allows you to not only read lesson texts but also make moves on the board and analyze unclear positions in a hands-on manner.
Here are the key advantages of the program:
- ♔ High-quality examples, meticulously double-checked for accuracy.
- ♔ Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed by the coach.
- ♔ Tasks with varying levels of complexity to suit different skill levels.
- ♔ Diverse goals to achieve within the problems.
- ♔ Immediate hints provided upon making an error.
- ♔ Demonstrations of refutations for typical mistaken moves.
- ♔ Option to play out any position from the tasks against the computer.
- ♔ Interactive theoretical lessons that enhance understanding.
- ♔ A structured table of contents for easy navigation.
- ♔ Monitoring of your ELO rating changes throughout the learning journey.
- ♔ A flexible test mode with customizable settings.
- ♔ Ability to bookmark favorite exercises for later review.
- ♔ Optimized for larger tablet screens.
- ♔ No internet connection required for usage.
- ♔ Seamless synchronization across Android, iOS, and Web platforms via a free Chess King account.
The course offers a free section, allowing you to experience the full functionality of the program before unlocking further topics. Here's a glimpse of what the free version includes:
- Jose Raul Capablanca
- 1901
- 1902-1906
- 1906
- 1909
- 1910
- 1911
- 1912
- 1913
- 1913-1914
- 1914
- 1915
- 1916
- 1918
- 1919
- 1921
- 1922
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926
- 1927
- 1928
- 1929
- 1929-1930
- 1930-1931
- 1931
- 1934-1935
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- 1938
- 1939
- Attack on the king
- Positional play
- Creating and exploiting weaknesses in the opponent's camp
- Improving one's pieces' positions. Planning
- Fighting for an initiative
- Pawn advance. Opening up the files
- Exploiting bad position of the opponent's pieces
- Skill of exchange
- Combinations and tactical blows
- Playing an endgame
- Converting an advantage in material and/or position into a win
- Skill of defense
What's New in the Latest Version 2.4.2
Last updated on Jul 18, 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've completed your daily goal.
- Various fixes and improvements.
