Chess: From Beginner to Club
This course is in the series Chess King Learn (http://chessking.com/guide/android/), which is an unprecedented chess teaching method. In the series are included courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middle game, and endgame, split by levels from beginners to experienced players, and even professional players.
With the help of this course, you can improve your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and consolidate the acquired knowledge into practice.
The program acts as a coach who gives tasks to solve and helps to solve them if you get stuck. It will give you hints, explanations and show you even striking refutation of the mistakes you might make.
The program also contains a theoretical section, which explains the methods of the game in a certain stage of the game, based on actual examples. The theory is presented in an interactive way, which means you can not only read the text of the lessons, but also to make moves on the board and work out unclear moves on the board.
Advantages of the program:♔ High quality examples, all double-checked for correctness♔ You need to enter all key moves, required by the teacher♔ Different levels of complexity of the tasks♔ Various goals, which need to be reached in the problems♔ The program gives hint if an error is made♔ For typical mistaken moves, the refutation is shown♔ You can play out any position of the tasks against the computer♔ Interactive theoretical lessons♔ Structured table of contents♔ The program monitors the change in the rating (ELO) of the player during the learning process♔ Test mode with flexible settings♔ Possibility to bookmark favorite exercises♔ The application is adapted to the bigger screen of a tablet♔ The application does not require an internet connection
The course includes a free part, in which you can test the program. Lessons offered in the free version is fully functional. They allow you to test the application in real world conditions before releasing the following topics:1. Your first move1.1. The board1.2. The simplest endings1.3. Some basic concepts1.4. How to start a game1.5. The Opening1.6. Middlegame1.7. Endgame1.8. Chess composition1.9. Short games and traps1.10. History of chess1.11. How to use mistakes1.12. How would you play here2. Chess: from beginner to club player2.1. The board2.2. The simplest endings2.3. Some basic concepts2.4. Short games and traps2.5. Middlegame2.6. Endgame2.7. Chess composition2.8. How to use mistakes2.9. How would you play here
Category : Educational
Reviews (30)
I have learnt a lot using this app. I haven't done much of the theory stuff but I think that helps to understand why moves happen a certain way. I think beginners need to be told that wrong moves are only wrong because they lead to uncertain or neutral outcomes, right moves lead to strong advantages or winning the game. I have spent some time figuring out why moves are right or wrong but this is exactly what is needed when actually playing a game of chess, so it's good training.
Annoying to not knowing why piezes are moving a certain way. It would be smart if you knew why piezes were moving a certain way. Many times you don't know why you were recommended a move. Then you use 10-15 minutes to figure it out. The beginning of each task is very brief and unspecific. I almost destroyed my phone, because I don't like bad explanations, when I could have made the right move. Other than that you will learn chess very efficiently, if you don't destroy your phone with the app.
Excellent! Installed as a lapsed amateur and it really helped me get back into the groove. Very generous free version, thank you - will definitely be buying the full app now. Explanations are thorough and clear (10/10 for actually having text I can skim instead of making me watch a video). Puzzles are appropriately challenging (for the level) and also explore blunders and weak lines. Really like the customisation options! Wd be nice to be able to flip the board to study openings as black.
Really confusing. I don't understand why I have to move a specific piece in that specific play most of the time, only that it wouldn't say "right move" otherwise. There are no explanations and only a brief objective beneath each new gameboard; play to win and mate in # are relatively straightforward, but everything else makes very little sense to someone who hasn't gotten to club level yet.
I bought the full version of this app because it helped me a lot. I thought making one purchase provides the entire course but when I downloaded the total chess endgames app of chess king, I had to make separate purchase for that. Moreover, the app says there is a chess learn app which has all the courses from all the different apps but in reality that app does not exist. Little dissatisfied.
The app is really helpful. Sometime it is hard to follow the logic behind and it is not as interactive as other apps. There seem to be a connection with a lot of other apps....It's hard to find out which app one needs.. Support responded a bit late to a request but the problem was resolved in a reasonable time.
Even though I bought this I found the interface to be a challenge to get to grips with and I found myself giving up many times. Very confusing which is a pity as there is so much good content but the layout is so non-intuitive.
If I likened this app to being a learner driver, it's a bit like enjoying the initial getting to use first gear and the brakes in the car park for the first part and then being challenged to negotiate the local town centre in the second part, with no real feedback as to why you're doing right or wrong before the instructor declares the lesson over. Will persevere...
The challenges are great, but the app is not intuitive in use or descriptive about what the challenge is. "play for advantage" What does that mean? Could use better goal description and directions at the beginning.
Wonderfully designed for beginners to club player. Tricks with practice and also through lesson taught wisely. If play the full version you never feel bored. So I rate it 5 star. Also there is no boring commercial ad in between game is there.. hopefully you also like it.
The practice section is way too advanced to actually reinforce the theory concepts. I should be able to read section 1 and then reinforce the concept by practicing section 1. Instead the practice for section 1 doesn't reinforce the concepts, but quizzes you on making the "right" move in a scenario that has nothing to do with the topic. I wanted to use this app to learn how to apply the theory concepts, but this is impossible with useless 'practice' such as this.
Very smart teaching app, needs more explination for beginners. I couldn't tell what I learned in some of the lessons but pushing through helped me realize what I was doing right.
One of the ABSOLUTE BEST chess strategy developer apps for sure. It's not quite as polished as other apps, but you can go F*** yourself if that matters to you. The content and the way it guides you to help understand concepts is top notch.
Great beginner's course! If you read the theory AND do the practices simultaneously, you'll definitely start to get a better idea of the foundation of chess. Definitely recommend.
Having never been 'good' at chess, this app suits me. It gives feedback (" good move but not the best) and I get a chance to make a better move. Just a warning, I am finding it a bit addictive --,
In this app on fourth puzzle the app does a mistake. The app says to do a move that I can earn just one piece, but it's clear that can be done a move that can earn two pieces and the material get equal. Review this error. Thanks
Pretty good testing to see where ones playing level is at. Not buying yet since I think I am too good for this level, save that I may want to cover all the materials that the masters would have one cover.
Good app, simple interface. Takes a minute to sort out the navigation, but once you do the content is great.
Does a VERY poor job explaining really anything it's trying to teach. Operates in simple "right" or "wrong" terms, you have to make the exact correct move, and I certainly hope you don't need to know what makes it the correct move.
Doesn't teach you anything about chess. Just provides some animated arrows. Doesn't explain the reason for the moves. Also, the app is only a taster and to get all the lessons you need to purchase.
Love all the courses , really these courses improved the way I play and though I am not a professional chess player , I can give these to my niece who are young and let them start practicing the most wonderful game 😀
Enjoying this a lot but sometimes, no matter how much cache I clear, it just won't open. I've uninstalled and reinstalled once already. Next time might just be an uninstall. That said, when it was working, I was really loving my lockdown chess learning phase. Lol.
Brilliant app. Great learning experience, however the design needs improving. Make it a little exciting its simoly the best chess learning tool ever.
This is not an app to learn chess. User interface is poor and there is no quality feedback or explanation on the puzzles to help newer players develop skills.
Excellent instructional tool for the novice chess player. Read, watch animations, solve problems.
The gameboy level is ajustes so what its challenging but estilo posible to solve the problems. The UI is dice.
Difficult UI design. Lessons were fine but menu and navigation and where to even start were not clear.
Still learning this app but liking it and hoping to use it for tutoring beginning players! When i'm more familiar with this free version then i'll look into the paid version!
I thought it was great program I followed the begining part and hit the pay wall I thought well this is ok I'll buy it but then saw the price maybe for a beginner course you should set the price a bit lower I think it was quite pricey for a beginner and didn't buy it
Seems really well-made but usually there's no reason to pay for this stuff as it can be found for free. Perhaps if the UI was designed better and this app was made to be closer to a "categorised wiki page" providing materials and lessons for beginners, intermediate, advanced, and other categories, then it would have been a 5 stars because the current system is rather odd. If the dev ever plans on doing an overhaul then I recommend looking at the app "sololearn". The course format there is great.