# Chess Strategy & Tactics Vol 1 — Chess Training

> Interactive chess strategy and tactics course for club players. (iPhone/iPad app by Chess King.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-strategy-and-tactics-vol-1/id1134504353 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Chess King](https://appshunter.io/developer/1096660597)
- Category: Games, Education, Board
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 97 App Store ratings · 16 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 44 MB
- Languages: Russian, American English, European Spanish, Italian, German (Germany), European Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish
- Released: 2016-09-07
- Data updated: 2026-09-08
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-strategy-and-tactics-vol-1/id1134504353/reviews.md

## What is Chess Strategy & Tactics Vol 1?

This is a course for club players based on a textbook by a distinguished Russian chess trainer Victor Golenishchev. The source material is supplemented with examples of play by lead chess players from the latest major contests and is organized in chess lessons. The course contains 57 themes, including theoretical material and practical exercises. The theoretical part includes more than 400 examples of play. The practical part includes more than 200 exercises of varying difficulty.

This course is in the series Chess King Learn, 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. Attacking the king in the center
2. Attacking the king when both sides castle to the same flank
3. Attacking the king
4. The calculation mistakes
5. Training the technique of calculation
6. The "good" and the "bad" bishops
7. The bishop is stronger than the knight
8. The knight is stronger than the bishop
9. The bishops of opposite color in the middlegame
10. Bringing a piece out of play
11. Exploiting the open and semi-open files
12. Open and semi-open files and attacking the king
13. An outpost on an open or semi-open file
14. Fighting for an open file
15. Strong pawn center
16. Undermining the pawn center
17. Pieces against the pawn center
18. Pieces and pawns in the center
19. The center's role in flank operations
20. Two bishops in the middlegame
21. Two bishops in the endgame
22. Successful struggle against a bishop pair
23. The weak points in opponent's camp
24. The weakness of a complex of squares
25. About some strong points
26. The pawn weaknesses
27. The doubled pawns
28. A retarded pawn on a semi-open file
29. A passed pawn
30. Queen vs. two rooks
31. Queen vs. Rook and a minor piece
32. The queen vs. the three minor pieces
33. Compensation for the queen
34. Two rooks vs. three minor pieces
35. Two minor pieces vs. Rook (with pawns)
36. The rook vs. the minor piece and two pawns
37. Compensation for the rook
38. The minor piece vs. the three pawns
39. Compensation for a minor piece
40. The learning positions

## Key features

- 57 themes with theoretical material
- Over 400 examples of play
- Over 200 practical exercises
- Interactive theoretical lessons
- Hints and refutations for mistakes
- Play positions against the computer
- ELO rating tracking

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full course | $7.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 16)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-strategy-and-tactics-vol-1/id1134504353/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Realmente ajuda a aprender

*2020-11-05*

Aplicativo realmente ajuda a desenvolver seu raciocino no jogo de xadrez. Vale a pena. Vários temas em cima de partidas de mestres.

### 4/5 — Вопрос

*2020-02-03*

При анализе движок ходит не так как в задаче. Это честная программа?

### 5/5 — Спасибо

*2018-08-29*

Спасибо

### 5/5 — Strengthen your chess

*2018-02-26*

This is a great to improve your chess the best to focus and get to be a better player

### 5/5 — Excellent App

*2018-01-03*

Love the exercises!

### 1/5 — Problema

*2017-10-15*

Não funciona no iOS 11.0.3.

### 5/5 — Шах и мат

*2017-09-29*

Отличное приложение для тренировок

### 5/5 — Harder than I imagined

*2017-09-02*

I like Think I'm fairly good at chess

App showed I still have much to learn

### 5/5 — Very useful

*2017-07-02*

I haven't yet tried many other interactive chess guides, but this one is definitely very good.

### 5/5 — PERFEITO!!!!

*2017-06-04*

Exercícios muito bons! Dá para treinar várias situações do jogo.

## Frequently asked questions about Chess Strategy & Tactics Vol 1

### What is Chess Strategy & Tactics Vol 1?

This is a chess training course designed for club players, based on a textbook by Victor Golenishchev. It includes theoretical material, practical exercises, and interactive lessons to help users improve their chess knowledge and skills.

### What are the key features of this chess course?

The course offers 57 themes covering theoretical material with over 400 examples and practical exercises with over 200 problems. It features interactive lessons, hints, refutations for mistakes, the ability to play positions against the computer, and ELO rating tracking.

### How much does Chess Strategy & Tactics Vol 1 cost?

The application includes a free part to test the program. Additional topics and full functionality are available through in-app purchases.

### Is this app compatible with my device?

The application is adapted for the larger screen of a tablet. It does not require an internet connection, making it accessible for offline use.

### Who is this app for and how can it help them?

This app is for club players who want to enhance their chess abilities. It helps users learn new tactical tricks, combinations, and consolidate their knowledge through practice and interactive coaching.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2 — 2017-12-28

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

• App is updated for iPhone X
• New home screen
• Animated playback of theory with sound
• Date of reading the theory
• Disabled automatic playback of refutations
• Option to reset password
• Renaming of account
• Various fixes and improvements

### 1.0.3 — 2017-06-02

• Bug fixes

### 1.0.2 — 2017-05-08

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 switching between exercises using swipe gestures
• Added Tag (colored commentaries) option for bookmarks
• Various fixes and improvements

### 0.9.8 — 2017-02-08

• Added auto switch to the next exercise
• Added engine analysis mode and improved engine play mode
• Added statistics of the solved exercises by day
• Added possibility to share exercise with friends
• Added table of symbols convention
• Bug fixes and small improvements

### 0.9.7 — 2017-01-13

• Added sounds in practice
• Added option to disable showing of the exercise goal
• Added possibility to change appearance of move marker
• Bug fixes and small improvements

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