Chess Tactics for Beginners

This course is based on the best-selling book written by experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko, which has garnered significant attention in the chess publishing industry with over 200,000 copies sold. It offers more than 1300 training exercises designed for beginners of all ages, including both children and adults. The exercises primarily consist of elementary and simple tasks, ranging from one-way to three-way combinations, that serve as effective teaching material.

Presented as part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), this course stands out as an unparalleled chess teaching method. The series comprises courses covering various aspects of chess such as tactics, strategy, openings, middle game, and endgame. These courses are tailored for different skill levels, catering to beginners, experienced players, and even professionals.

By enrolling in this course, you can significantly enhance your understanding of chess, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and reinforce your acquired knowledge through practical application.

The program acts as a virtual coach, providing you with tasks to solve and assisting you in overcoming any difficulties you may encounter. It offers hints, explanations, and even demonstrates striking refutations of potential mistakes you might make.

The program boasts several key advantages:

• High-quality examples that have been thoroughly verified for accuracy
• Requirement to input all key moves as instructed by the teacher
• Different levels of task complexity
• Diverse goals to be achieved within each problem
• Provision of helpful hints in case of errors
• Display of refutations for common incorrect moves
• Ability to play out any position from the exercises against the computer
• Interactive theoretical lessons
• Well-structured table of contents for easy navigation
• Monitoring of the player's rating (ELO) changes throughout the learning process
• Test mode with flexible settings
• Option to bookmark favorite exercises
• Compatibility with tablet screens, ensuring a better user experience
• No requirement for an internet connection while using the application

The course initially offers a free section that allows you to test the program. The lessons in this section are fully functional and provide an opportunity to evaluate the application under real-world conditions before proceeding to the subsequent topics. The topics covered in the free version include:

1. Mate in 1
Rook checkmates Queen checkmates Bishop checkmates Knight checkmates Pawn checkmates Mate in 1
2. Winning material
Gain a rook Gain a knight Gain a bishop Gain a queen
3. Draw
4. Mate in 2
Double check Queen checkmates Rook checkmates Knight checkmates Bishop checkmates Pawn checkmates
5. Sacrifice material
Queen sacrifice Rook sacrifice Bishop sacrifice Knight sacrifice
6. How to proceed?