This course features over 1,400 exercises, each involving a limited number of pieces on the board.

For a beginner, one of the costliest mistakes is accidentally giving away a piece in a single move—assuming you genuinely want to improve your game. Equally damaging is overlooking a chance to capture your opponent's undefended piece! With more than 1,400 exercises focusing on boards with few pieces, this extensive collection serves as an outstanding tool for rapid training of new chess players. The course is designed for those already familiar with the basic rules. Even by studying and solving just 20% of the exercises, you will noticeably enhance your skills and learn to seize undefended pieces in your own games. All exercises are drawn from real games and organized by piece type and difficulty level.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), an innovative chess instruction method. The series covers tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, with content tailored for everyone from beginners and club players to experienced and even professional competitors.

Using this course will help you expand your chess understanding, learn new tactical ideas and combinations, and apply what you learn in practice.

The program acts as a personal coach: it assigns exercises and provides support if you get stuck. You’ll receive hints, explanations, and even see convincing refutations for common mistakes.

Program benefits:

♔ High-quality examples, all verified for accuracy

♔ Requires you to enter all key moves as instructed

♔ Tasks range in difficulty

♔ Various objectives to achieve in each problem

♔ Hints provided when you make an error

♔ Refutations shown for typical wrong moves

♔ Option to play out any position against the computer

♔ Clear, structured table of contents

♔ Tracks rating (ELO) changes throughout your learning

♔ Customizable test mode

♔ Bookmark favorite exercises for later review

♔ Tablet-optimized for larger screens

♔ Works fully offline

♔ Sync your progress across devices—link the app to a free Chess King account and access the same course on Android, iOS, and Web simultaneously

The course includes a free section to try out the program. Lessons in the free version are fully functional, giving you a real-world test before you unlock the following topics:

1. Part 1

• 1.1. Winning a knight
• 1.2. Winning a bishop
• 1.3. Winning a rook
• 1.4. Winning a queen

• 2.1. Level 1
• 2.2. Level 2
• 2.3. Level 3
• 2.4. Level 4

What's New in the Latest Version 2.4.2

Last updated on Jul 15, 2023
* Added Spaced Repetition training mode—it mixes previously missed exercises with new ones, presenting the most effective set of puzzles for your progress.
* Added ability to run tests on bookmarked exercises.
* Added daily puzzle goal—set how many exercises you want to solve to maintain your skills.
* Added daily streak counter to track consecutive days of completing your goal.
* Various bug fixes and improvements