Chess Combinations Vol. 2

The Essential Chess Program for Club Players

This second installment contains over 2600 exercises (including more than 400 examples to study and 2200 problems to solve), categorized into 60 tactical methods and motifs.

Part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), this program introduces an innovative chess teaching methodology. The series covers tactics, strategy, openings, middlegames, and endgames, tailored for levels ranging from beginners to professional players.

This course helps you enhance your chess knowledge, master new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply acquired skills in practical scenarios.

Acting as a personal coach, the program assigns tasks, provides hints, offers explanations, and displays striking refutations when you make mistakes.

A theoretical section explains game methods for specific stages using real examples. Lessons are interactive: read the text and practice moves directly on the board to clarify complex ideas.

Program Advantages

• ♔ High-quality, double-checked examples
• ♔ Enter all key moves required by the instructor
• ♔ Tasks with varying complexity levels
• ♔ Diverse objectives within problems
• ♔ Hints provided upon errors
• ♔ Refutations shown for typical mistakes
• ♔ Play any task position against the computer
• ♔ Interactive theoretical lessons
• ♔ Structured table of contents
• ♔ Tracks player rating (ELO) changes during learning
• ♔ Test mode with flexible settings
• ♔ Bookmark favorite exercises
• ♔ Optimized for larger tablet screens
• ♔ Works offline without internet connection
• ♔ Sync across Android, iOS, and Web via a free Chess King account

The course includes a free trial version with fully functional lessons to test the app in real-world conditions before purchasing:

1. Forcing Moves
   1.1 Forced Checkmate
   1.2 Double Attack
   1.3 Linear Attack
   1.4 Discovered Attack
   1.5 Pin
   1.6 Elimination of Defense
   1.7 Conjunction of Several Themes
2. Deflection
   2.1 Deflection Checkmate
   2.2 Deflection of a Piece
   2.3 Diversion from Invasion Square
   2.4 Piece on Critical Square
   2.5 Diversion with Double Attack
   2.6 Diversion from Defending Square
   2.7 Diversion from Promotion Square
   2.8 Diversion from Advance Square
   2.9 Diversion of Pinning Piece
   2.10 Deflection Blocking Piece
   2.11 Diversion from Key Square
   2.12 Diverting a Defending Piece
   2.13 Diversion with Linear Attack
3. Decoying
   3.1 Decoy Mate
   3.2 King Decoy with Chase
   3.3 Decoy into Mating Net
   3.4 Decoy under Double Attack
   3.5 Decoy under Linear Attack
   3.6 Decoy under Discovered Attack
   3.7 Decoy under Discovered Check
   3.8 Decoying Discovered Check
   3.9 Decoy under Double Check
   3.10 Decoy to Critical Square
   3.11 Decoy under Pin
   3.12 Decoy into Trap
   3.13 Decoy with Promoting Pawn
   3.14 Decoying under Check
   3.15 Decoy for Tempo Gain
   3.16 Decoy onto Unfavorable Line
   3.17 Decoy to Stalemate Position
4. Exercises Combining Multiple Themes
5. Elimination of Defense
6. Blockade
7. Clearing the Checkmating Square
8. Interference
9. Clearing the Line
10. Opening the Line
11. Pin
12. Restricting
13. Threat
14. Conquering a Square
15. Tactical Conjunction Exercises

What's New in Version 2.4.2

Last updated on Jul 11, 2023
* Added Spaced Repetition training mode: combines erroneous exercises with new ones for optimal puzzle selection.
* Ability to launch tests from bookmarks.
* Daily goal feature: choose how many puzzles you need daily to maintain skills.
* Daily streak tracking: counts consecutive days of completing the daily goal.
* Various fixes and improvements.