Chess Middlegame Mastery: 520 Lessons & 450 Exercises
GM Alexander Kalinin's "Chess Middlegame V" course offers an intensive 520-lesson, 450-exercise program designed to elevate your middlegame skills. This comprehensive course covers strategic plans and tactical methods for popular openings, including:
- Vienna Game
- Petroff's Defense (5. Nc3)
- Four Knights Game (5. Bb5)
- Ruy Lopez (Berlin Defense, 3...Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 variation)
- Caro-Kann (Panov Attack)
- Sicilian Defense (Sveshnikov Variation)
- Queen's Gambit (Cambridge-Springs Variation, Tarrasch Defense)
- Nimzo-Indian Defense (Leningrad Variation, 4. g3 variation)
- Queen's Indian Defense (Petrosian System)
- Trompowsky Attack (1. d4 2. Bg5)
An Unprecedented Learning Approach
Part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), this course utilizes a revolutionary teaching methodology. The series encompasses tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, catering to all skill levels, from beginner to professional.
Key Features:
- Interactive Learning: Engage with interactive lessons, making moves on the board to solidify your understanding.
- Personalized Coaching: The program acts as a personal coach, providing hints, explanations, and refutations of errors.
- Comprehensive Exercises: Tackle diverse problems with varying difficulty levels and objectives.
- Error Analysis: Receive immediate feedback, including refutations for common mistakes.
- Practice Against the Computer: Test your skills by playing through any position against the AI.
- Progress Tracking: Monitor your ELO rating improvement throughout the course.
- Flexible Testing: Utilize the customizable test mode.
- Bookmarking: Save your favorite exercises for later review.
- Offline Access: No internet connection is required.
- Cross-Platform Compatibility: Link to a free Chess King account to access the course across multiple devices (Android, iOS, Web).
- High-Quality Content: All examples have been rigorously checked for accuracy.
Free Trial Available:
Test the program's capabilities with the free portion, offering fully functional lessons from the following sections:
- Open Games: Ruy Lopez, Vienna Game, Four Knights Game (5. Bb5), Scotch Game, Petroff's Defense
- Semi-Open Games: Caro-Kann, Sicilian Defense
- Closed Games: Queen's Gambit, Nimzo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Defense, Trompowsky Attack
### What's New in Version 3.3.2 (Jul 29, 2024)
- Spaced Repetition Training: Combines erroneous exercises with new ones for optimized learning.
- Bookmark Tests: Run tests on your saved bookmarks.
- Daily Puzzle Goals: Set a daily puzzle target to maintain your skills.
- Daily Streak Tracking: Track your consecutive days of completing daily goals.
- Various Fixes and Improvements
