Chess School for Beginners

This engaging interactive chess course caters to both children and adult beginners. It's structured into two key sections: Chess Rules and Gameplay, featuring 500 meticulously selected and, in many cases, custom-designed examples to aid learning.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a revolutionary chess teaching methodology. The series encompasses courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, spanning various skill levels from beginner to advanced, even professional.

Through this course, you'll enhance your chess understanding, discover new tactical maneuvers and combinations, and solidify your knowledge through practical application.

The program functions as a personal coach, assigning problems and providing assistance when needed. It offers hints, explanations, and demonstrates compelling refutations of potential errors.

A comprehensive theoretical section is also included, explaining game strategies at different stages using real-world examples. This theory is presented interactively, allowing you to not only read lessons but also make moves on the board and analyze unclear positions.

Key Program Features:

• High-quality, thoroughly verified examples.
• Requires input of all key moves as instructed.
• Varied task complexity levels.
• Diverse objectives for problem-solving.
• Hints provided for errors.
• Refutations shown for common mistakes.
• Ability to play any problem position against the computer.
• Interactive theoretical lessons.
• Organized table of contents.
• Tracks player rating (ELO) progress.
• Customizable test mode.
• Option to bookmark favorite exercises.
• Tablet-optimized interface.
• Offline functionality.
• Integration with a free Chess King account for multi-device access (Android, iOS, Web).

A free portion of the course is available to test the program's functionality. The free lessons are fully functional, allowing a realistic trial before purchasing additional content. The free content covers:

1. Introduction (1.1 Introduction, 1.2 Chessboard, 1.3 Chess Pieces, 1.4 Starting Position)
2. Piece Movement (2.1 Rook, 2.2 Bishop, 2.3 Queen, 2.4 Knight, 2.5 King, 2.6 Pawn)
3. Pawn Promotion
4. Relative Piece Value
5. The King's Role: Check and Mate (5.1 Check, 5.2 Escaping Check, 5.3 Checkmate, 5.4 Castling, 5.5 Checkmate in One, 5.6 Stalemate, 5.7 Perpetual Check)
6. Capturing Pieces
7. Chess Notation
8. Basic Captures (8.1 Winning a Knight, 8.2 Winning a Bishop, 8.3 Winning a Rook, 8.4 Winning a Queen, 8.5 Winning a Piece)
9. Simple Defenses (9.1 Retreat, 9.2 Defending with Another Piece, 9.3 Capturing an Attacking Piece, 9.4 Interception, 9.5 Preventing Checkmate)
10. Chess Skill Development
11. Advanced King Strategies (11.1 Mate in 1, 11.2 Mate in 2, 11.3 Discovered Check, 11.4 Double Check, 11.5 Perpetual Check, 11.6 Stalemate)
12. King and Queen vs. King
13. King and Rook vs. King
14. King and Minor Piece vs. King
15. King and Pawn vs. King
16. Game Etiquette
17. Chess Mazes