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
2. 1.1. Forced checkmate
3. 1.2. Double attack
4. 1.3. Linear attack
5. 1.4. Discovered attack
6. 1.5. Pin
7. 1.6. Elimination of defense
8. 1.7. Conjunction of several themes

2. Deflection
3. 2.1. Deflection checkmate
4. 2.2. Deflection of a piece
5. 2.3. Diversion from the invasion square
6. 2.4. Piece on a critical square
7. 2.5. Diversion in conjunction with a double attack
8. 2.6. Diversion from defending square
9. 2.7. Diversion from the promotion square
10. 2.8. Diversion from the advance square
11. 2.9. Diversion of a pinning piece
12. 2.10. Deflection blocking piece
13. 2.11. Diversion from a key square
14. 2.12. Diverting a defending piece
15. 2.13. Diversion in conjunction with a linear attack

3. Decoying
4. 3.1. Decoying mate
5. 3.2. Decoying a king in conjunction with a chase
6. 3.3. Decoying into a mating net
7. 3.4. Decoying under a double attack
8. 3.5. Decoying under a linear attack
9. 3.6. Decoying under a discovered attack
10. 3.7. Decoying under a discovered attack with check
11. 3.8. Decoying discovered check
12. 3.9. Decoying under a double check
13. 3.10. Decoying to a critical square
14. 3.11. Decoying under pin
15. 3.12. Decoying into a trap
16. 3.13. Decoy in conjunction with promoting pawn
17. 3.14. Decoying under check
18. 3.15. Decoying for the gain of tempo
19. 3.16. Decoying onto an unfavourable line
20. 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. Pins (Pin)
12. Restricting
13. Threat
14. Conquering a square
15. Exercises. Conjunction 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