Chess Middlegame II

Part Two: Analyzing Middlegame Strategies – Featuring 500 Lessons and 300 Studies

The Chess Middlegame II course, crafted by Grandmaster Alexander Kalinin, is designed to instruct students in the essential methods and complexities of the middlegame through a comprehensive theoretical section. It examines the following openings: Sicilian Defense (Dragon, Najdorf, and Paulsen variations), Ruy Lopez (Open and Exchange Variations), King's Gambit, Italian Game, Evans Gambit, Pirc-Ufimtsev Defense, Alekhine's Defense, Nimzo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Defense, Queen's Gambit, and the Modern Benoni.

This program is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), representing an innovative approach to chess instruction. The series encompasses courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for all skill levels from beginner to advanced, including professional players.

Utilizing this course will enhance your chess understanding, introduce you to new tactical ideas and combinations, and help you apply this knowledge in practice.

The software functions as a personal trainer, assigning tasks and providing assistance if you encounter difficulties. It offers hints, detailed explanations, and demonstrates decisive refutations for common mistakes.

Additionally, the course includes a theoretical section that explains strategic methods for specific game phases using practical examples. This theory is presented interactively, allowing you not only to read the lesson material but also to make moves on the board and explore unclear variations.

Program Advantages:

♔ High-quality examples, all thoroughly verified for accuracy

♔ Requires input of all key moves as instructed

♔ Tasks with varying levels of difficulty

♔ Diverse objectives to achieve within the exercises

♔ Hint system activates upon mistakes

♔ Refutations shown for typical errors

♔ Ability to play out any exercise position against the computer

♔ Interactive theoretical lessons

♔ Well-organized table of contents

♔ Tracks rating (ELO) changes throughout your learning journey

♔ Customizable test mode with flexible settings

♔ Option to bookmark favorite exercises

♔ Tablet-optimized for larger screens

♔ Fully functional offline

♔ Sync your progress across devices by linking the app to a free Chess King account (Android, iOS, and Web)

The course contains a free section to trial the program. The lessons in the free version are fully featured, letting you evaluate the application under real conditions before exploring subsequent topics:

1.1. Sicilian Defense

1.2. Dragon Variation

1.3. Najdorf Variation 6. Be3

1.4. Paulsen Variation

2.1. King's Gambit

2.2. King's Gambit Declined 2... Bc5

2.3. Falkbeer Counter Gambit 2... d5 3. exd5 e4

2.4. Variation with 2... d5 3. exd5 exf4

2.5. Variation with 3... Nf6 4. e5 Nh5

2.6. Variation with 3... Be7

2.7. Variation with 3... g5

3.1. Giuoco Piano (Italian Game)

3.2. Giuoco Pianissimo 4. d3

3.3. Moeller Attack 4. c3

3.4. Evans Gambit 4. b4

4.1. Ruy Lopez

4.2. Open Variation

4.3. Ruy Lopez. Exchange Variation

5.1. Pirc-Ufimtsev Defense

5.2. Classical Variation 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O

5.3. Variation with 4. f3

5.4. Austrian Attack 4. f4

6.1. Alekhine's Defense

6.2. Four Pawns Attack 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4

6.3. Exchange Variation 5. exd6

6.4. Modern Variation 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O

7.1. Nimzo-Indian Defense. Classical Variation 4. Qc2

7.2. Variation with 4... d6

7.3. Variation with 4... b6

7.4. System with 4... O-O

8.1. Queen's Indian Defense

8.2. Classical Variation

8.3. System with 4... Ba6

9.1. Queen's Gambit Declined. Orthodox Defense

9.2. Rubinstein's Attack 7. Qc2

10. Modern Benoni Defense