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Encyclopedia 1 by Informant
The Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations vol. 1 (ECC vol. 1) is an educational tool designed for players with an ELO rating of 2000. It is based on the bestselling book of the same name by Chess Informant and offers systematically selected content. This volume focuses on chess combinations of Basic Level (ELO 2000) for solving. The combinations are hand-picked and sorted by theme to provide an engaging and effective training experience.
Unlike the disorganized basic tactics found online, ECC vol. 1 challenges players consistently and systematically, revealing new intricacies just when they think they have mastered a particular tactic.
ECC vol. 1 is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which offers an unprecedented chess teaching method. The series covers various topics such as tactics, strategy, openings, middle game, and endgame. These courses are split into levels, catering to beginners, experienced players, and even professionals.
By using this course, players can enhance their chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply their acquired knowledge in practice.
The program acts as a coach by providing tasks and assisting in their solution when players encounter difficulties. It offers hints, explanations, and even shows striking refutations of mistakes that may be made.
Additionally, the program contains a theoretical section that explains game methods in different stages, using real-life examples. The theory is presented interactively, allowing players to not only read the lessons but also make moves on the board and work through unclear moves.
Advantages of the program include high-quality examples that are double-checked for correctness, the requirement to enter all key moves instructed by the teacher, various levels of task complexity, diverse goals to be achieved in the problems, error hints, refutations for typical mistaken moves, the opportunity to play any position of the tasks against the computer, interactive theoretical lessons, a structured table of contents, monitoring of the player's rating (ELO) during the learning process, a test mode with flexible settings, the ability to bookmark favorite exercises, adaptation to tablet screens, and no need for an internet connection.
The course offers a free part that allows players to test the program. The lessons provided in the free version are fully functional and allow for testing the application under real-world conditions. The following topics are released in the full version:
1. Annihilation of defence
2. Blockade
3. Clearance
4. Deflection
5. Discovered attack
6. Pinning
7. Demolition of pawn structure
8. Decoy
9. Interference
10. Double attack