CT-ART for Beginners - Chess Tactics Software Download

CT-Art for Beginners Download
Chess Tactic Art

A fundamental course on chess tactics, CT-ART for Beginners. This course can be rightfully considered the predecessor to the Chess Tactics ART (CT-ART) course written for club and intermediate players. CT-ART for Beginners contains 150 teaching examples introducing you to typical chess combinations and 1500 new exercises meant to develop your playing skills and reinforce the knowledge acquired. The exercises are classified according to more than 30 tactical methods and motifs.

All exercises are designed for beginners already familiar with the chess rules, but club players may also find them useful.

Each section includes exercises from practical play covering the whole variety of possible techniques and maneuvers related to the topic in question.

Table of Contents:

Theory:

Chess Tactics ART for Beginners
Opening the lines
Clearing important squares
Clearing the lines
Decoy
Decoying to Knight forks
Blocking
Distraction
Distracting pieces from defending the back rank
Interception
Discovered attack
Double check
Exploiting a pin
Mill

Exercises:

Opening the d- and e-files
Opening the f-file
Opening the g-file
Opening the h-file
Opening files
Opening diagonals
Clearing ranks
Clearing diagonals
Clearing important squares
Clearing files
Decoying to pins
Decoying the king into a mating net
Decoying to attack lines
Decoying to Knight forks
Decoying to attacks by opening lines
Decoying to attacks by retreating pieces
Decoying to Queen forks
Distracting pieces from defending important lines
Distracting pieces from defending the back rank
Distracting pieces from defending other pieces
Distracting pawns
Distracting pieces from protecting important squares
Distracting pinning pieces
Intercepting a piece defending another piece
Intercepting a piece protecting from checkmate
Unblocking by decoy
Discovered attack
Using discovered attacks when attacking the King
X-ray
Mill

Languages: English.
System requirements: IBM-compatible PC, 64 Mb RAM, Hard Disk 50 Mb of free disk space, Windows 7/XP/Vista. No additional software required.