Master Middlegame Chess Strategies with GM Alexander Kalinin's Comprehensive Course

GM Alexander Kalinin's "Chess Middlegame I" course offers an in-depth exploration of middlegame techniques and complexities. This course, part of the Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), uses a unique teaching method covering tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, catering to all skill levels from beginner to professional.

The course delves into typical plans and methods within popular openings, including the Scotch, Ruy Lopez, Sicilian, Caro-Kann, French, English, Dutch, Slav, Catalan, Nimzo-Indian, King's Indian, Grünfeld, and Benko Gambit. It also provides detailed analysis of common pawn structures such as the Karlsbad and Hedgehog formations.

Key Features:

• Interactive Learning: The course features interactive theoretical lessons, allowing you to actively participate by making moves on the board and analyzing positions.
• Comprehensive Problem Solving: The program provides numerous exercises with varying difficulty levels, offering hints, explanations, and refutations of common mistakes.
• Personalized Feedback: The program acts as a personal coach, identifying errors and providing targeted guidance. You can even play through positions against the computer.
• Advanced Features: Includes a structured table of contents, ELO rating tracking, a flexible test mode, bookmarking, tablet adaptation, offline access, and multi-device compatibility via a free Chess King account.

Course Content (Partial):

The course includes a free trial section to test the program's functionality. The free version offers fully functional lessons allowing you to experience the course before purchasing the full version. Topics covered include:

• Scotch Game (various variations)
• Ruy Lopez Defense (including Rauzer's plan and closed variations)
• Caro-Kann Defense (Capablanca and Smyslov-Petrosian variations)
• French Defense (Winawer, Classical, and Tarrasch variations)
• Sicilian Defense (various systems including Scheveningen)
• English Opening (Dragon system and other variations)
• Dutch Defense (Stonewall)
• Slav Defense
• Catalan Opening
• Nimzo-Indian Defense
• Grünfeld Defense
• King's Indian Defense
• Benko Gambit
• Key Pawn Structures (Karlsbad, Hedgehog, etc.)