Chess Strategy for Beginners

This course explores a broad spectrum of chess topics, covering openings, middlegames, and endgames.

Designed as an interactive tutorial, this course is ideal for novice players—both children and adults—who know the basic rules of chess and want to reach an intermediate skill level. You’ll learn essential techniques, from delivering checkmate against a lone king to leveraging material or positional advantages. The program features 55 lessons with over 1200 instructive examples and exercises, turning a beginner into a confident intermediate player.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a groundbreaking approach to chess instruction. The series includes courses focused on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored to all levels from novice and club players to masters and professionals.

By using this course, you'll expand your chess understanding, discover new tactical ideas and combinations, and apply your knowledge in practical situations.

The program works like a personal coach: it assigns tasks, offers help when you’re stuck, and provides hints, explanations, and even powerful refutations for common errors.

A theoretical section is also included, illustrating key strategies for each phase of the game through annotated examples. Lessons are interactive, letting you not only read the material but also make moves and explore variations on the board.

Program features:

• ♔ High-quality examples, each verified for accuracy
• ♔ Enter all key moves as directed by the coach
• ♔ Tasks of varying difficulty levels
• ♔ Clear objectives for each exercise
• ♔ Hints provided if you make an error
• ♔ Refutations shown for typical mistakes
• ♔ Option to practice any position against the computer
• ♔ Interactive theory lessons
• ♔ Organized table of contents
• ♔ Track rating (ELO) changes over time
• ♔ Customizable test mode
• ♔ Bookmark favorite exercises
• ♔ Tablet-optimized display
• ♔ No internet connection required
• ♔ Sync your progress across devices—link the app to a free Chess King account and access one course simultaneously on Android, iOS, and Web

A free version is available to try before you buy. It offers full-function lessons that let you experience the app’s core features. The following topics are included in the full course:

1. 1\. Utilizing a decisive material advantage
2. 1.1. Mating with major pieces
3. 1.2. Mating with a rook
4. 1.3. Mating with a queen
5. 1.4. Mating with two bishops
6. 1.5. Mating with bishop and knight (king on the edge)
7. 1.6. Mating with bishop and knight (king in the center)
8. 1.7. Mating with two knights
9. 1.8. Various forms of large material advantage
10. 1.9. How to solve chess problems

2. 2\. The three stages of a chess game
3. 2.1. Opening principles
4. 2.2. Rapid piece development
5. 2.3. Controlling the center
6. 2.4. Creating a sound pawn structure
7. 2.5. Transitioning to the middlegame
8. 2.6. Introduction to the endgame
9. 2.7. Basic endgame principles

3. 3\. Essential pawn endings
4. 3.1. The rule of the square
5. 3.2. Advanced applications of the square rule
6. 3.3. King and pawn cooperation
7. 3.4. Opposition
8. 3.5. Key squares

4. 4\. Fundamentals of chess tactics
5. 4.1. Common tactical themes
6. 4.2. Combinations and their elements
7. 4.3. Double attack
8. 4.4. Knight and pawn forks
9. 4.5. Capitalizing on pins
10. 4.6. Defending against pins
11. 4.7. Discovered attack
12. 4.8. Discovered check
13. 4.9. The "windmill" tactic
14. 4.10. Double check
15. 4.11. Decoy
16. 4.12. Blocking
17. 4.13. Smothered mate
18. 4.14. Distraction
19. 4.15. Back-rank weakness
20. 4.16. Square clearance
21. 4.17. Line clearance

5. 5\. Making the most of a material or positional advantage

What's New in the Latest Version 3.3.2

Last updated on Jul 24, 2024
* Added Spaced Repetition training mode—it blends missed exercises with new ones to create an ideal puzzle set.
* Bookmark sets can now be used in tests.
* Set a daily puzzle goal to maintain your skills.
* Track your daily streak—how many consecutive days you've hit your goal.
* Bug fixes and performance enhancements