Capturing Pieces 1 (Chess)
This comprehensive course features over 1400 exercises designed with a minimal number of pieces on the board, making it an ideal tool for chess beginners looking to enhance their skills rapidly. If you're a beginner, it's crucial not to lose a piece in just one move if you're serious about improving your game. Similarly, you cannot afford to overlook opportunities to capture your opponent's undefended pieces. This course is perfect for players who are already familiar with the basic rules of chess. By tackling just 20% of the exercises, you're guaranteed to sharpen your skills and become more adept at seizing undefended pieces in your actual games. All exercises are sourced from real games and are organized by piece type and difficulty level.
This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which offers a groundbreaking method for learning chess. The series covers a wide range of topics including tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored to various skill levels from beginners to professionals.
With this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, discover new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply what you've learned in practical scenarios. The program serves as a personal coach, presenting you with tasks to solve and offering assistance if you encounter difficulties. It provides hints, explanations, and even demonstrates powerful refutations of any mistakes you might make.
Key advantages of the program include:
- ♔ High-quality, thoroughly verified examples
- ♔ Requirement to enter all critical moves as instructed by the coach
- ♔ Exercises with varying levels of difficulty
- ♔ Diverse objectives to achieve in the problems
- ♔ Immediate hints when an error is detected
- ♔ Demonstration of refutations for common mistakes
- ♔ Ability to play out any position from the tasks against the computer
- ♔ Well-organized table of contents
- ♔ Monitoring of ELO rating changes during the learning process
- ♔ Flexible test mode settings
- ♔ Option to bookmark favorite exercises
- ♔ Compatibility with larger tablet screens
- ♔ No need for an internet connection
- ♔ Synchronization across multiple devices on Android, iOS, and Web with a free Chess King account
The course offers a free section where you can experience the program's full functionality. The free lessons allow you to test the application under real-world conditions before moving on to the following topics:
- Part 1
- Winning a knight
- Winning a bishop
- Winning a rook
- Winning a queen
- Part 2. Win a piece
- Level 1
- Level 2
- Level 3
- Level 4
What's New in the Latest Version 2.4.2
Last updated on Jul 15, 2023
- 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 - choose how many exercises 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
Capturing Pieces 1 (Chess)





This comprehensive course features over 1400 exercises designed with a minimal number of pieces on the board, making it an ideal tool for chess beginners looking to enhance their skills rapidly. If you're a beginner, it's crucial not to lose a piece in just one move if you're serious about improving your game. Similarly, you cannot afford to overlook opportunities to capture your opponent's undefended pieces. This course is perfect for players who are already familiar with the basic rules of chess. By tackling just 20% of the exercises, you're guaranteed to sharpen your skills and become more adept at seizing undefended pieces in your actual games. All exercises are sourced from real games and are organized by piece type and difficulty level.
This course is part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), which offers a groundbreaking method for learning chess. The series covers a wide range of topics including tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored to various skill levels from beginners to professionals.
With this course, you can enhance your chess knowledge, discover new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply what you've learned in practical scenarios. The program serves as a personal coach, presenting you with tasks to solve and offering assistance if you encounter difficulties. It provides hints, explanations, and even demonstrates powerful refutations of any mistakes you might make.
Key advantages of the program include:
- ♔ High-quality, thoroughly verified examples
- ♔ Requirement to enter all critical moves as instructed by the coach
- ♔ Exercises with varying levels of difficulty
- ♔ Diverse objectives to achieve in the problems
- ♔ Immediate hints when an error is detected
- ♔ Demonstration of refutations for common mistakes
- ♔ Ability to play out any position from the tasks against the computer
- ♔ Well-organized table of contents
- ♔ Monitoring of ELO rating changes during the learning process
- ♔ Flexible test mode settings
- ♔ Option to bookmark favorite exercises
- ♔ Compatibility with larger tablet screens
- ♔ No need for an internet connection
- ♔ Synchronization across multiple devices on Android, iOS, and Web with a free Chess King account
The course offers a free section where you can experience the program's full functionality. The free lessons allow you to test the application under real-world conditions before moving on to the following topics:
- Part 1
- Winning a knight
- Winning a bishop
- Winning a rook
- Winning a queen
- Part 2. Win a piece
- Level 1
- Level 2
- Level 3
- Level 4
What's New in the Latest Version 2.4.2
Last updated on Jul 15, 2023
- 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 - choose how many exercises 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