Alekhine

This program includes 1,300 deeply annotated chess games played by the fourth World Champion, Alexander Alekhine. Among these, 600 games receive commentary for the first time. A special section also features 200 carefully selected positions for you to solve, highlighting some of the most fascinating and instructive moments from Alekhine's career.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a groundbreaking chess teaching method. The series covers courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for everyone from beginners to advanced and even professional players.

With this course, you can enhance your chess understanding, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and put your acquired knowledge into practice.

The program serves as a personal coach, assigning tasks and providing guidance when you need it. You'll receive hints, explanations, and even see convincing refutations for any mistakes you make.

A comprehensive theoretical section is also included, explaining gameplay methods for each phase using real examples. The lessons are interactive, allowing you to not only read the material but also make moves on the board and explore unclear variations.

Program highlights:

♔ High-quality examples, all verified for accuracy

♔ Enter all key moves as required by the trainer

♔ Wide range of task difficulty levels

♔ Various objectives to achieve in exercises

♔ Helpful hints provided when errors occur

♔ Refutations shown for typical incorrect moves

♔ Play any position from the exercises against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Organized table of contents

♔ Tracks rating (ELO) changes during training

♔ Customizable test mode

♔ Bookmark your favorite exercises

♔ Optimized for tablet screens

♔ Works offline

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

A free version is available to try out the program. The free lessons are fully functional, letting you evaluate the app under real conditions before unlocking additional topics:

1. Play like Alekhine

1.1. Tactical strikes

1.2. Combinations

1.3. Attacking the king

1.4. Sacrificing pawns for initiative

1.5. Creating and using open files and diagonals

1.6. Creating and exploiting weaknesses

1.7. Maneuvering

1.8. Capitalizing on poorly placed pieces

1.9. Passed pawns

1.10. Gaining space

1.11. Endgame technique

2. Games

2.1. International tournaments

2.2. World Championship matches

2.3. Blindfold simultaneous exhibitions

2.4. Olympiads

2.5. Simultaneous exhibitions

2.6. Blindfold games

2.7. Blitz games

2.8. Moscow Championship

2.9. Russian Championship

2.10. Games

2.11. Blindfold games

2.12. Exhibition games

2.13. AVRO Tournament

2.14. Duras-60 Tournament

2.15. Matches

2.16. Timed simultaneous exhibitions

2.17. Tournaments

2.18. Tournament of Russian masters

What's New in the Latest Version 3.4.0

Last updated on Oct 12, 2024 * Added Spaced Repetition training mode – mixes incorrectly solved exercises with new ones and offers the most suitable puzzle set.
* Added option to run tests on bookmarked exercises.
* Added daily puzzle goal – set how many exercises to solve to maintain your skills.
* Added daily streak counter – tracks consecutive days of completed daily goals.
* Various fixes and improvements