* Added training mode based on Spaced Repetition - it combines erroneous exercises with new ones and presents the more suitable set of puzzles to solve.
* Added ability to launch tests on bookmarks.
* Added daily goal for puzzles - chose how many exercise you need to keep your skills in shape.
* Added daily streak - how many days in a row the daily goal is completed.
* Various fixes and improvements
* Redesigned app screens. You can set avatars now. Feel free to share your comments!
* Added new piece theme - "Kosal".
* Added colored King icon to indicate side to move in puzzles.
* Added popping up "Next" button after a puzzle.
* Improved lesson's exercises screen
* Improved tasks share option.
* Fixed dark screen in Practice on Android 11.
* Various fixes and improvements
* Added Help section in the Settings
* Ability to select several themes in test
* Various fixes and improvements
* Chess King app released! Now you can study all courses within one app! The app provides subscriptions to all courses.
* Added night mode
* Added option to disable popup ads for 1 hour
* Added "Make current move" button in engine analysis mode
* Added "Сlear statistics" option
* Theory exercises are now marked as read after 3 seconds
* Fixed display issue on Android 8 in landscape mode
* Improved engine mode
* Various fixes and improvements
* Chess King app released! Now you can study all courses within one app! Download new Chess King app from Google Play! All statistics and purchases can be transfered to the new app using Chess King account linking.
* Showing hint arrows when trying to make impossible move (useful in case of checkmate)
* Showing pieces balance panel in practice (scroll navigation panel with arrows to view)
* Various fixes and improvements
Attention! You should have an internet connection on the first launch to verify your purchase!* Added cloud sync option for statistics and bookmarks* Added "Auto hints" option - you can use it to turn off automatic hints after wrong move attempts* Added solved exercises graph on the statistics screen* Improved theory mode* Improved puzzles sharing into images* Various fixes and improvements
CT-ART. Mating Combinations program is the unique due to two causes: the high quality of the theoretical material and a new technology of giving the studying material, the iBook technology that uses hyperlinks and additional windows for comfortable usage of the studying material. The course is prepared by the famous coach Victor Khenkin and includes 1200 instructive examples on 14 themes, each of them illustrates the peculiarities of using certain pieces for mating combinations and 700 exercises for you to solve.
This course is in the series Chess King Learn (https://learn.chessking.com/), which is an unprecedented chess teaching method. In the series are included courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, 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
♔ You can link the app to a free Chess King account and solve one course from several devices on Android, iOS and Web at the same time
The course includes a free part, in which you can test the program. Lessons offered in the free version are fully functional. They allow you to test the application in real world conditions before releasing the following topics:
1. The rook
2. The bishop
3. The queen
4. The knight
5. The pawn
6. Two rooks
7. The rook and the bishop
8. The rook and the knight
9. Two bishops
10. Two knights
11. The bishop and the knight
12. The queen and the bishop
13. The queen and the knight
14. Three pieces