1.2 Safe to install
Master Your Chess Strategy with 'Manual of Chess Combinations'

This comprehensive guide by Chess King offers a deep dive into the intricacies of chess tactics, perfect for players looking to elevate their game.
The course material is based on the renowned chess trainer Sergey Ivashchenko's textbook, "Manual of Chess Combinations vol 2." The focus of the program is on finding the most important moves. If you propose a wrong move while solving a problem, the program provides various visual hints, such as arrows indicating key lines of attack, and eventually shows the piece that should be moved.
This course is part of the Chess King Learn series, which is an innovative chess teaching method. The series includes courses on tactics, strategy, openings, middle game, and endgame, divided into different levels ranging from beginners to experienced players, including professionals.
By using this course, you can improve your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply your acquired knowledge in practice. The program acts as a coach by assigning tasks and assisting you in solving them when you encounter difficulties. It provides hints, explanations, and even highlights the errors you might make.
Advantages of the program:
- High-quality examples that have been double-checked for correctness
- You need to enter all key moves required by the teacher
- Different levels of task complexity
- Various goals that need to be achieved in the problems
- The program gives hints if an error is made
- The refutation is shown for typical mistaken moves
- You can play out any position of the tasks against the computer
- Interactive theoretical lessons
- Structured table of contents
- The program tracks changes in the player's rating (ELO) during the learning process
- Test mode with flexible settings
- Possibility to bookmark favorite exercises
- The application is adapted to the larger screen of a tablet
- The application does not require an internet connection
The course includes a free part where you can test the program. The lessons offered in the free version are fully functional, allowing you to evaluate the application in real-world conditions before moving on to the following topics:
- Mating combinations
- Pinning combinations
- Distraction
- Decoying
- Damming
- Blockade
- Annihilation of defence
- Discovered attack
- Clearing the space
- Opening of file (rank, diagonal)
- The double attack
- X-ray attack
- Demolition of pawn structure
- Conjunction of tactical methods
- Using a passed pawn
- Maneuvers
- Exchange
- Theoretical positions
- Studies
Overview
Manual of Chess Combinations is a Freeware software in the category Games & Entertainment developed by Chess King.
The latest version of Manual of Chess Combinations is 1.2, released on 02/12/2024. It was initially added to our database on 02/12/2024.
Manual of Chess Combinations runs on the following operating systems: Android/iOS.
Users of Manual of Chess Combinations gave it a rating of 5 out of 5 stars.

Peter Salakani
I'm Peter, a software reviews author at UpdateStar and content specialist with a keen focus on usability and performance. With a background in both software development and content creation, I bring a unique perspective to evaluating and discussing general software topics. When I'm not reviewing software, I enjoy staying updated on the latest tech trends, experimenting with new applications, and finding innovative solutions to everyday tech challenges.
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