
Chess Middlegame IV: Master Middlegame Strategies with 560 Lessons and 530 Exercises
GM Alexander Kalinin's Chess Middlegame IV course provides comprehensive middlegame instruction through a robust theoretical section, 560 practical examples, and 530 exercises designed for players rated 1800-2400 ELO. The course covers a wide range of openings, including the Ruy Lopez, Two Knights Defense, French Defense, Sicilian Defense, Caro-Kann Defense, King's Indian Defense, Nimzo-Indian Defense, and the English Opening.
This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a unique chess training methodology. The series offers courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, catering to all skill levels, from beginner to professional.
Improve your chess understanding, learn new tactical maneuvers and combinations, and solidify your knowledge through practical application. The program functions as a personalized coach, providing tasks, hints, explanations, and refutations of common errors.
The course also features an interactive theoretical section, allowing you to actively engage with the material and work through unclear moves on the board.
Key Features:
- High-quality, verified examples
- Requires input of all key moves
- Varied difficulty levels
- Diverse problem objectives
- Hints provided for errors
- Refutations shown for typical mistakes
- Play any position against the computer
- Interactive theoretical lessons
- Organized table of contents
- Tracks ELO rating improvement
- Flexible test settings
- Bookmarking option for favorite exercises
- Tablet-optimized interface
- Offline functionality
- Multi-device syncing via a free Chess King account (Android, iOS, Web)
A free version is available, allowing you to fully test the program's functionality before purchasing additional content. The free version includes:
- Ruy Lopez (including Jaenisch Gambit and Arkhangelsk Variation)
- Two Knights Game (including 4. Ng5 and 4. d4 variations)
- French Defense (including Nimzowitch Variation 3. e5 and Classic Variation 3. Nc3 Nf6)
- Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauser Variation (covering several key lines)
- Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation 3. e5
- King's Indian Defense (including Saemisch, Classical, Fianchetto, and Averbakh systems)
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System (covering several key lines)
- Slav Defense (including 4...dxc4 and Chebanenko Variation 4... a7-a6)
- Tartakower-Makagonov-Bondarevsky (TMB) System
- English Opening (including several key lines)
- Hanham Variation against 1. d4 (covering several key lines)
- Spaced Repetition training mode added.
- Ability to launch tests on bookmarks added.
- Daily puzzle goal and streak tracking added.
- Various bug fixes and improvements