Dive into the legacy of the 3rd World Chess Champion, Jose Raul Capablanca, with this comprehensive course featuring 640 deeply annotated games. Enhance your chess skills with an additional program, "Play as Capablanca," which includes 250 of the most intriguing and educational positions from his games.
This course is part of the esteemed Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), renowned for its innovative approach to chess education. The series encompasses a wide range of topics including tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for players from beginners to professionals.
Utilize this course to elevate your chess knowledge, master new tactical maneuvers, and apply these skills in practical scenarios. The program serves as a personal coach, offering tasks, guidance, and solutions when you're stuck. It provides hints, detailed explanations, and even demonstrates the consequences of common mistakes, helping you refine your gameplay.
The course includes an interactive theoretical section, where you can learn game methods through real-life examples. Engage with the content by making moves on the board and exploring various scenarios to deepen your understanding.
Key features of the program include:
- High-quality, double-checked examples
- Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed
- Tasks with varying levels of complexity
- Diverse objectives to achieve in the exercises
- Hints provided for errors
- Refutations shown for typical mistakes
- Ability to play out any task position 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
- Optimization for larger tablet screens
- No internet connection required
- Sync capability across Android, iOS, and Web platforms with a free Chess King account
The course offers a free section for you to experience the program's functionality in real-world conditions before delving into further topics. The free version includes lessons on:
- Jose Raul Capablanca
- 1901
- 1902-1906
- 1906
- 1909
- 1910
- 1911
- 1912
- 1913
- 1913-1914
- 1914
- 1915
- 1916
- 1918
- 1919
- 1921
- 1922
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926
- 1927
- 1928
- 1929
- 1929-1930
- 1930-1931
- 1931
- 1934-1935
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- 1938
- 1939
- Attack on the king
- Positional play
- Creating and exploiting weaknesses in the opponent's camp
- Improving one's pieces' positions. Planning
- Fighting for an initiative
- Pawn advance. Opening up the files
- Exploiting bad position of the opponent's pieces
- Skill of exchange
- Combinations and tactical blows
- Playing an endgame
- Converting an advantage in material and/or position into a win
- Skill of defense
What's New in the Latest Version 2.4.2
Last updated on Jul 18, 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 - choose how many exercises you need to keep your skills in shape.
- Added daily streak - track how many days in a row you complete your daily goal.
- Various fixes and improvements.
