This curriculum explores a comprehensive variety of opening principles, middlegame strategies, and endgame techniques.

This interactive tutorial is designed for newcomers—both younger and adult players—who understand the basic rules of chess and are ready to progress to an intermediate skill level. It addresses a broad spectrum of topics, from fundamental checkmates against a lone king to more complex concepts like converting material or positional advantages. Featuring 55 lessons with over 1200 instructive examples and practical exercises, this course effectively guides a beginner to becoming an intermediate player.

This program is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a groundbreaking chess instruction method. The series encompasses courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for all levels from novice to advanced, and even master players.

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

The software functions as a personal coach: it assigns exercises, provides hints if you struggle, explains concepts, and demonstrates decisive refutations for common mistakes.

An integrated theoretical section explains key gameplay methods for each phase, using practical examples. This theory is presented interactively, allowing you not only to read the lesson material but also to make moves on the board and explore variations.

Program benefits:

♔ High-quality examples, all verified for accuracy

♔ Requires input of all key moves, as instructed

♔ Tasks with varying difficulty levels

♔ Diverse objectives to achieve in exercises

♔ Helpful hints provided after errors

♔ Refutations shown for typical incorrect moves

♔ Option to play out any exercise position against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Organized table of contents

♔ Tracks rating (ELO) changes throughout your learning

♔ Customizable test mode

♔ 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 access one course simultaneously on Android, iOS, and Web

A free section is included to trial the program. The lessons in the free version are fully functional, letting you evaluate the app before exploring further topics:

1. Utilizing a decisive material advantage

1.1. Mating with major pieces

1.2. Mating with a rook

1.3. Mating with a queen

1.4. Mating with two bishops

1.5. Mating with bishop and knight (king is on the edge)

1.6. Mating with bishop and knight (king is in the center)

1.7. Mating with two knights

1.8. Different kinds of large material advantage

1.9. How to solve chess problems

2. The three stages of a chess game

2.1. How to play in the opening

2.2. Quick mobilization of forces

2.3. Fighting for the center

2.4. Harmonious pawn structure

2.5. What to do after the opening?

2.6. About endgame

2.7. Basic endgame rules

3. Basic pawn endings

3.1. The rule of the square

3.2. More about the rule of the square

3.3. The king helps the pawn

3.4. Opposition

3.5. The key squares

4. The fundamentals of chess tactics

4.1. Tactical methods

4.2. Combination and its components

4.3. Double attack

4.4. Knight and pawn forks

4.5. Exploiting a pin

4.6. How to fight against pins

4.7. Discovered attack

4.8. Discovered check

4.9. "Mill"

4.10. Double check

4.11. Decoy

4.12. Blocking

4.13. Smothered mate

4.14. Distraction

4.15. Weakness of the back rank

4.16. Square clearance

4.17. Line clearance

5. Utilizing a material or positional advantage