Publisher: Convekta, 2011 Edition: CD-Rom Language: English
This program presents 18 important strategic themes, including:
• Advantage in development • Advantage in space • Attack on the king • Attack on the queenside • Weak squares • Pawn structure • Open files and diagonals • Central squares • Position of pieces • Exchange • Positional sacrifice • Prophylaxis • Isolated queen's pawn • Hanging pawns • Pawn pair of c3+d4 on semi-open files • The rule of two weaknesses • Planning • Defense • Counterattack
This course was composed by GM Kalinin and contains as many as 250 instructive examples, each of them illustrating typical plans and methods and 1100 selected exercises for you to solve.
While solving, you are shown refutations of wrong moves as well as other hints to help. Multiple user profiles are possible, with independent ratings for each user.
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish.IBM-compatible PC, 256 Mb RAM, hard disk 100Mb, Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, CD-ROM drive. No additional software required.