Chess Middlegame II

Part two of play methods analysis for the middlegame – featuring 500 lessons and 300 studies

The Chess Middlegame II course, crafted by GM Alexander Kalinin, is designed to teach students a wide range of middlegame methods and intricacies through comprehensive theoretical sections. It covers the following openings: Sicilian Defense (Dragon, Najdorf, and Paulsen Variations), Ruy Lopez (Open and Exchanged Variations), King's Gambit, Italian Game, Evans Gambit, Pirc-Ufimtsev Defense, Alekhine's Defense, Nimzo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Defense, Queen's Gambit, and the Modern Benoni.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which represents an innovative method for chess instruction. The series includes comprehensive courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for all skill levels from beginner to experienced and even professional players.

With this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, master new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply what you learn through practical exercises.

The program functions like a personal coach, assigning tasks and providing assistance when you're stuck. It offers hints, clear explanations, and even demonstrates decisive refutations for common mistakes.

It also includes a detailed theoretical section that explains key gameplay methods for specific game stages using real examples. This theory is presented interactively, allowing you to not only read the lesson material but also make moves on the board and explore unclear variations hands-on.

Program Advantages:

♔ High-quality examples, all thoroughly verified for accuracy

♔ Requires input of all key moves as instructed

♔ Tasks with varying levels of difficulty

♔ Diverse objectives to achieve within each problem

♔ Helpful hints provided if an error is made

♔ Refutations shown for typical incorrect moves

♔ Ability to play out any training position against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Clearly structured table of contents

♔ Tracks rating (ELO) changes throughout your learning journey

♔ Customizable test mode with flexible settings

♔ Option to bookmark favorite exercises

♔ Tablet-optimized for larger screens

♔ Fully functional offline – no internet connection required

♔ Sync your progress across devices by linking the app to a free Chess King account; solve a single course simultaneously on Android, iOS, and Web

The course includes a free section to try out the program. The lessons in the free version are fully functional, letting you evaluate the application in real conditions before unlocking further topics:

1.1. Sicilian Defense

1.2. Dragon Variation

1.3. Najdorf Variation 6. Be3

1.4. Paulsen Variation

2.1. King's Gambit

2.2. King's Gambit Declined 2... Bc5

2.3. Falkbeer Counter Gambit 2... d5 3. exd5 e4

2.4. Variation with 2... d5 3. exd5 exf4

2.5. Variation with 3... Nf6 4. e5 Nh5

2.6. Variation with 3... Be7

2.7. Variation with 3... g5

3.1. Giuoco Piano (Italian Game)

3.2. Giuoco Pianissimo 4. d3

3.3. Moeller Attack 4. c3

3.4. Evans Gambit 4. b4

4.1. Ruy Lopez

4.2. Open Variation

4.3. Ruy Lopez. Exchanged Variation

5.1. Pirc-Ufimtsev Defense

5.2. Classical Variation 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O

5.3. Variation with 4. f3

5.4. Austrian Attack 4. f4

6.1. Alekhine's Defense

6.2. Four Pawns Attack 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4

6.3. Exchange Variation 5. exd6

6.4. Modern Variation 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O

7.1. Nimzo-Indian Defense. Classical Variation 4. Qc2

7.2. Variation with 4... d6

7.3. Variation with 4... b6

7.4. System with 4... O-O

8.1. Queen's Indian Defense

8.2. Classical Variation

8.3. System with 4... Ba6

9.1. Queen's Gambit Declined. Orthodox Defense

9.2. Rubinstein's Attack 7. Qc2

10. Modern Benoni Defense