Capturing Pieces 1 (Chess)

This chess training course boasts over 1400 exercises focusing on tactical situations involving a small number of pieces. Perfect for beginners, it emphasizes avoiding piece sacrifices and seizing undefended opponent pieces. The course, ideal for players familiar with basic chess rules, provides a significant boost to tactical skills even if only a fraction of the exercises are completed. Exercises are drawn from real games and categorized by piece type and difficulty.

This course belongs to the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a comprehensive chess learning system. The series offers courses covering tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, catering to all skill levels, from novice to professional.

The course enhances chess understanding, introduces new tactical maneuvers, and reinforces learned concepts through practice. The program acts as a personalized coach, providing exercises, hints, explanations, and refutations of common errors.

Key Features:

• High-quality, verified exercises: All exercises are meticulously checked for accuracy.
• Comprehensive move input: Requires accurate input of all key moves.
• Adjustable difficulty levels: Exercises cater to different skill levels.
• Varied objectives: Exercises present diverse tactical goals.
• Error feedback and refutation: Provides hints, explanations, and refutations of incorrect moves.
• Computer play: Allows playing any exercise position against the computer.
• Organized content: Features a clearly structured table of contents.
• ELO tracking: Monitors player rating (ELO) progress.
• Customizable testing: Offers flexible test settings.
• Bookmarking: Allows saving favorite exercises.
• Tablet compatibility: Optimized for larger tablet screens.
• Offline access: No internet connection required.
• Cross-platform syncing: Syncs with a free Chess King account across Android, iOS, and web platforms.

A free version allows testing the program’s functionality before unlocking additional content. This free trial includes fully functional lessons covering winning various pieces (knight, bishop, rook, queen) and piece-winning exercises at multiple difficulty levels (Levels 1-4).

Version 2.4.2 Updates (July 15, 2023)

• Spaced Repetition Training: Integrates erroneous exercises with new ones for optimized learning.
• Bookmark Testing: Enables launching tests based on bookmarked exercises.
• Daily Goal Setting: Allows setting a daily exercise goal to maintain skills.
• Daily Streak Tracking: Tracks consecutive days of completing the daily goal.
• General improvements and bug fixes.

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