This course offers over 1,800 exercises tailored for beginners.

For new players, it’s essential to study fundamental tactical methods and understand how to apply them. This program includes more than 1,800 beginner-level exercises covering these core tactics: annihilation of defense, decoy, interception, and distraction.

This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), a groundbreaking approach to chess instruction. The series covers tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame topics, with content organized by skill level—from novice and intermediate to advanced and professional players.

By using this course, you'll enhance your chess understanding, master new tactical ideas and combinations, and apply what you’ve learned in practice.

The program serves as a personal coach: it assigns exercises, provides hints when you’re stuck, explains key ideas, and demonstrates effective refutations for common errors.

Program features:

♔ High-quality examples, all verified for accuracy

♔ Requires input of all key moves as directed

♔ Tasks of varying difficulty levels

♔ Diverse objectives to accomplish in each puzzle

♔ Hints provided when a mistake is made

♔ Refutations shown for typical incorrect moves

♔ Option to play any position from the exercises against the computer

♔ Clearly structured table of contents

♔ Tracks rating (ELO) changes throughout your training

♔ Customizable test mode

♔ Bookmark favorite exercises for later review

♔ Optimized for tablet displays

♔ Works offline without an internet connection

♔ Sync your progress across devices—link the app to a free Chess King account and train on Android, iOS, and Web simultaneously

A free version of the course is available to try out the program. All lessons in the free section are fully functional, giving you a real-world preview of the app before you explore additional topics such as:

1. Annihilation of a piece’s defense

2. Annihilation of defense for a key square

3. Decoying the king into a mating net

4. Luring into a knight fork

5. Distracting a piece that defends another

6. Intercepting a defensive piece