Chess Middlegame II

Part 2 of Middlegame Play Methods Analysis - Featuring 500 Lessons and 300 Studies

The Chess Middlegame II course, crafted by GM Alexander Kalinin, is designed to immerse students in middlegame strategies and complexities through comprehensive theory. It explores the following openings: the Sicilian Defense (Dragon, Najdorf, and Paulsen variations), the Ruy Lopez (Open and Exchanged variations), the King's Gambit, the Italian Game, the Evans Gambit, the Pirc-Ufimtsev Defense, Alekhine's Defense, the Nimzo-Indian Defense, the Queen's Indian Defense, the Queen's Gambit, and the Modern Benoni.

This program is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which features an innovative chess instruction methodology. The series encompasses courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for all skill levels from novice to master.

Utilize this course to expand your chess understanding, master new tactical ideas and combinations, and apply your knowledge in practice.

The application serves as a personal trainer, assigning tasks and providing assistance when you're stuck. It offers hints, detailed explanations, and demonstrates decisive refutations for common errors.

Additionally, the course includes a theoretical section that explains gameplay methods for specific phases using practical examples. This interactive theory allows you to not only read the lesson material but also make moves on the board to explore unclear ideas.

Program Advantages:

♔ High-quality examples, all verified for accuracy

♔ Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed

♔ Tasks with varying difficulty levels

♔ Diverse objectives to achieve in each problem

♔ Helpful hints provided after mistakes

♔ Refutations shown for typical errors

♔ Ability to play any task position against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Clear, structured table of contents

♔ Tracks rating (ELO) changes throughout your training

♔ Customizable test mode with flexible settings

♔ Option to bookmark favorite exercises

♔ Tablet-optimized for larger screens

♔ Fully functional offline

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

The course offers a free preview to evaluate the program. The free lessons are fully functional, letting you test the app in real conditions before exploring subsequent 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