CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics)
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About CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics)
The legendary tactics course that has been voted more than once by chess experts as the best chess training program in the world. This version includes 2,200 basic exercises and 1,800 auxiliary exercises, divided into 50 topics.
The course is based on the bestselling book Combination Motifs by a renowned trainer grandmaster Maxim Blokh. All positions have been hand-picked over the course of 20 years of training practice and come in the order that ensures most efficient learning. Each position comes with a special hint unique to this course – a 5x5 mini-position designed to convey the very essence of the tactical maneuver used in the main example.
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.
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. Themes
1.1. Annihilation of defense
1.2. Distraction
1.3. Decoy
1.4. Discovered attack
1.5. Opening of a file
1.6. Clearance
1.7. X-ray attack
1.8. Interception
1.9. Blocking, encirclement
1.10. Destruction of the pawn shelter
1.11. Pawn promotion
1.12. Intermediate move. winning of a tempo
1.13. Play for a stalemate
1.14. Restricting of material
1.15. Pursuit
1.16. Conjunction of tactical methods
1.17. Chess Tactics Art for Advanced
2. Difficulty
2.1. Level 10
2.2. Level 20
2.3. Level 30
2.4. Level 40
2.5. Level 50
2.6. Level 60
2.7. Level 70
2.8. Level 80
2.9. Level 90
2.10. Level 100
2.11. Level 110
2.12. Level 120
2.13. Level 130
2.14. Level 140
2.15. Level 150
2.16. Level 160
2.17. Level 170
2.18. Level 180
The course is based on the bestselling book Combination Motifs by a renowned trainer grandmaster Maxim Blokh. All positions have been hand-picked over the course of 20 years of training practice and come in the order that ensures most efficient learning. Each position comes with a special hint unique to this course – a 5x5 mini-position designed to convey the very essence of the tactical maneuver used in the main example.
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.
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. Themes
1.1. Annihilation of defense
1.2. Distraction
1.3. Decoy
1.4. Discovered attack
1.5. Opening of a file
1.6. Clearance
1.7. X-ray attack
1.8. Interception
1.9. Blocking, encirclement
1.10. Destruction of the pawn shelter
1.11. Pawn promotion
1.12. Intermediate move. winning of a tempo
1.13. Play for a stalemate
1.14. Restricting of material
1.15. Pursuit
1.16. Conjunction of tactical methods
1.17. Chess Tactics Art for Advanced
2. Difficulty
2.1. Level 10
2.2. Level 20
2.3. Level 30
2.4. Level 40
2.5. Level 50
2.6. Level 60
2.7. Level 70
2.8. Level 80
2.9. Level 90
2.10. Level 100
2.11. Level 110
2.12. Level 120
2.13. Level 130
2.14. Level 140
2.15. Level 150
2.16. Level 160
2.17. Level 170
2.18. Level 180
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.2
Last updated on Jan 18, 2018
Old Versions
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
• App is updated for iPhone X
• New home screen
• Disabled automatic playback of refutations
• Option to reset password
• Renaming of account
• Various fixes and improvements
• App is updated for iPhone X
• New home screen
• Disabled automatic playback of refutations
• Option to reset password
• Renaming of account
• Various fixes and improvements
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Version History
1.2
Jan 18, 2018
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
• App is updated for iPhone X
• New home screen
• Disabled automatic playback of refutations
• Option to reset password
• Renaming of account
• Various fixes and improvements
• App is updated for iPhone X
• New home screen
• Disabled automatic playback of refutations
• Option to reset password
• Renaming of account
• Various fixes and improvements
1.0.4
Jun 19, 2017
• Added Chinese translations
• Bug fixes
• Bug fixes
1.0.3
May 26, 2017
• Bug fixes
1.0.2
May 5, 2017
• Bug fixes
1.0.1
May 1, 2017
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
• 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
Feb 13, 2017
• 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
• 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
Jan 12, 2017
• 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
• Added option to disable showing of the exercise goal
• Added possibility to change appearance of move marker
• Bug fixes and small improvements
0.9.5
Oct 14, 2016
• Added guide to Chess King courses
• Added board and pieces themes
• Added Romanian, Dutch, Polish languages
• Bug fixes and small improvements
• Added board and pieces themes
• Added Romanian, Dutch, Polish languages
• Bug fixes and small improvements
0.9.4
Aug 16, 2016
CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics) FAQ
Click here to learn how to download CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics) in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics).
iPhone
Requires iOS 8.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 8.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 8.0 or later.
CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics) supports English, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics) contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Full course
$12.99