Application Description

This comprehensive chess course features 1069 games played by World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik (1924-1970). It's part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a unique chess training methodology. The series offers courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, catering to all skill levels, from beginner to professional.

Master Botvinnik's strategies with 350 quiz positions in the "Play as Botvinnik" section, challenging you to replicate his brilliant moves. This interactive course enhances your chess understanding, introduces tactical techniques, and reinforces learned concepts through practical application.

The program functions as a personalized coach, providing exercises, hints, explanations, and refutations of common errors. Interactive theoretical lessons, using real game examples, allow you to actively participate in the learning process by making moves on the board.

Key Features:

• High-quality, verified game examples.
• Requires input of all key moves.
• Varied difficulty levels.
• Diverse problem-solving objectives.
• Hints and error refutations.
• Play against the computer.
• Interactive theoretical lessons.
• Organized table of contents.
• ELO rating tracking.
• Flexible test settings.
• Bookmarking capabilities.
• Tablet-optimized interface.
• Offline accessibility.
• Multi-device compatibility via Chess King account (Android, iOS, Web).

A free version allows you to explore the program's functionality before purchasing the full course. The free portion includes fully functional lessons covering:

1. Mikhail Botvinnik's Games (Year by Year): 1924-1970 (broken down by year).
2. Openings
3. Combinations: Pawn combinations, exploiting weaknesses, mating combinations.
4. Tactical Blows: Intermediate moves, small combinations, forced variations, refuting traps.
5. King Attacks: Uncastled king, same-side castling, opposite-side castling.
6. Positional Play: Creating/exploiting weaknesses, piece placement, blockade, exchanges, prevention, positional sacrifices, attacks, pawn structure manipulation.
7. Defense: Counterattack, exchange.
8. Converting Material Advantage
9. Maneuvering
10. Traps
11. Simple Positions
12. Endings

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