If you're an avid chess player with an ELO rating of 2400, you're in for a treat with the "Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations vol. 3 (ECC vol. 3)." This educational powerhouse is meticulously crafted to enhance your skills through 1000 high-quality puzzles tailored for advanced players. Sourced from the latest edition of the bestselling book by Chess Informant, this volume dives deep into chess combinations at an Advanced Level, sorted by theme to ensure an engaging and effective learning journey. Unlike the scattered, basic tactics found online, ECC vol. 3 challenges you systematically, revealing new layers of complexity just when you think you've mastered a particular tactic.

This course is part of the renowned Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a groundbreaking method in chess education. The series encompasses courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored to players of all levels, from beginners to professionals.

With this course, you'll not only bolster your chess knowledge but also master new tactical tricks and combinations, reinforcing your skills through practical application. The program acts as your personal coach, presenting tasks and assisting you when you're stuck. It offers hints, explanations, and even showcases striking refutations of your potential mistakes.

The program also includes a theoretical section that interactively explains game strategies at various stages, using real-world examples. This interactive approach allows you to not only read the lesson text but also make moves on the board and work through unclear positions.

Advantages of the Program:

♔ High-quality examples, all double-checked for correctness

♔ Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed by the teacher

♔ Different levels of task complexity

♔ Various goals to achieve within the problems

♔ Hints provided when errors are made

♔ Refutations shown for typical mistaken moves

♔ Ability to play out any position of the tasks against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Structured table of contents

♔ Monitoring of ELO rating changes during the learning process

♔ Flexible test mode settings

♔ Option to bookmark favorite exercises

♔ Adaptability to larger tablet screens

♔ No internet connection required

♔ Linkable to a free Chess King account for multi-device access on Android, iOS, and Web

The course offers a free section where you can test the program. The lessons in this free version are fully functional, allowing you to experience the application under real-world conditions before diving into the following topics:

1. Annihilation of defence
2. Blockade
3. Clearance
4. Deflection
5. Discovered attack
6. Pinning
7. Demolition of pawn structure
8. Decoy
9. Interference
10. Double attack

What's New in the Latest Version 3.4.0

Last updated on Oct 12, 2024

• Added training mode based on Spaced Repetition - it combines erroneous exercises with new ones and presents the more suitable set of puzzles to solve.
• Added ability to launch tests on bookmarks.
• Added daily goal for puzzles - choose how many exercises you need to keep your skills in shape.
• Added daily streak - track how many days in a row you've completed your daily goal.
• Various fixes and improvements