Chess Combinations Vol. 2

An excellent second course for club players, featuring 400 lessons and 2200 exercises.

This essential chess training program for club players, in its second volume, encompasses over 2600 exercises—more than 400 illustrative examples and 2200 puzzles to solve—organized into 60 key tactical methods and motifs.

This course belongs to the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a groundbreaking chess instruction platform. The series offers comprehensive courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for all skill levels from beginners to professionals.

Using this course, you will enhance your chess understanding, master new tactical ideas and combinations, and solidify your knowledge through practical application.

The program functions as a personal coach: it assigns puzzles and provides support if you struggle. It offers hints, detailed explanations, and demonstrates decisive refutations for common mistakes.

A dedicated theoretical section explains key game-phase strategies using practical examples. The interactive theory format allows you to not only read the lessons but also practice moves directly on the board to clarify complex ideas.

Program Highlights:

• ♔ High-quality, meticulously verified examples
• ♔ Requires entry of all key teacher-recommended moves
• ♔ Tasks at varying difficulty levels
• ♔ Diverse strategic objectives within puzzles
• ♔ Helpful hints provided upon mistakes
• ♔ Demonstrates refutations for typical errors
• ♔ Option to play out any position against the computer
• ♔ Interactive theoretical lessons
• ♔ Clear, structured table of contents
• ♔ Tracks rating (ELO) progress throughout training
• ♔ Customizable test mode with flexible settings
• ♔ Bookmark favorite exercises for later review
• ♔ Fully optimized for tablet displays
• ♔ Operates completely offline
• ♔ Sync progress across devices—link the app to a free Chess King account and train on Android, iOS, and Web simultaneously

The course includes a free tier to evaluate the program. All lessons in the free version are fully functional, letting you test the app thoroughly before exploring additional 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. 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
* Introduced Spaced Repetition training mode—mixes past errors with new puzzles for optimal learning.
* Added functionality to run tests on bookmarked exercises.
* Implemented a daily puzzle goal—set your target to maintain sharp skills.
* Added daily streak counter to track consecutive days of goal completion.
* Various bug fixes and general improvements

Chess Combinations Vol. 2 스크린샷