Chess Combinations Vol. 2

The second part of an excellent course for club players, featuring 400 lessons and 2200 exercises.

An essential chess program for club players. This second installment offers over 2600 exercises—more than 400 illustrative examples and 2200 to solve—organized into 60 tactical methods and themes.

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

Using this course will enhance your chess understanding, introduce you to new tactical tricks and combinations, and help you apply this knowledge in practice.

The program acts as a personal coach: it assigns tasks and provides support if you're stuck. You'll receive hints, explanations, and even see convincing refutations for common mistakes.

It also includes an interactive theory section that explains key methods for each game stage using practical examples. You can not only read the lessons but also make moves on the board to clarify any uncertainties.

Program advantages:

♔ High-quality, double-checked examples

♔ Enter all key moves as required by the trainer

♔ Tasks at varying difficulty levels

♔ Diverse objectives to achieve in each problem

♔ Hints provided when you make an error

♔ Refutations shown for typical incorrect moves

♔ Play any task position against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Structured table of contents

♔ Tracks rating (ELO) changes throughout your learning

♔ Flexible test mode with customizable settings

♔ Bookmark your favorite exercises

♔ Optimized for larger tablet screens

♔ 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 section is included to try the program. The free lessons are fully functional, letting you evaluate the app in real conditions before unlocking further topics:

1. Forcing moves

1.1. Forced checkmate

1.2. Double attack

1.3. Linear attack

1.4. Discovered attack

1.5. Pin

1.6. Elimination of defense

1.7. Conjunction of several themes

2. Deflection

2.1. Deflection checkmate

2.2. Deflection of a piece

2.3. Diversion from the invasion square

2.4. Piece on a critical square

2.5. Diversion in conjunction with a double attack

2.6. Diversion from defending square

2.7. Diversion from the promotion square

2.8. Diversion from the advance square

2.9. Diversion of a pinning piece

2.10. Deflection blocking piece

2.11. Diversion from a key square

2.12. Diverting a defending piece

2.13. Diversion in conjunction with a linear attack

3. Decoying

3.1. Decoying mate

3.2. Decoying a king in conjunction with a chase

3.3. Decoying into a mating net

3.4. Decoying under a double attack

3.5. Decoying under a linear attack

3.6. Decoying under a discovered attack

3.7. Decoying under a discovered attack with check

3.8. Decoying discovered check

3.9. Decoying under a double check

3.10. Decoying to a critical square

3.11. Decoying under pin

3.12. Decoying into a trap

3.13. Decoy in conjunction with promoting pawn

3.14. Decoying under check

3.15. Decoying for the gain of tempo

3.16. Decoying onto an unfavourable line

3.17. Decoying into a stalemate position

4. Exercises with conjunction of several themes

5. Elimination of defense

6. Blockade

7. Clearing the checkmating square

8. Interference

9. Clearing the line

10. Opening the line

11. Pin

12. Restricting

13. Threat

14. Conquering a square

15. Exercises. Сonjunction of tactical devices

What's New in the Latest Version 2.4.2

Last updated on Jul 11, 2023 * 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 - chose how many exercise you need to keep your skills in shape.
* Added daily streak - how many days in a row the daily goal is completed.
* Various fixes and improvements