PART 2 Chapter 1............................................................................................... 127
PART 2 Chapter 1............................................................................................... 127
Installing Chess King on a Mac.............................................................................. 128 Installing Chess King on PC................................................................................... 130 Creating a user profile............................................................................................. 131 Languages and colors............................................................................................ 134 Sounds................................................................................................................... 136 Create your own database...................................................................................... 137 Checking for updates............................................................................................. 139 Endgame tablebases( Chess King pro – gold only)............................................... 140
Chapter 2............................................................................................... 142
Getting to know you- the Chess King interface..................................................... 143 The ribbon............................................................................................................... 144 The chess board..................................................................................................... 144 The notation panel.................................................................................................. 147 The chess tree........................................................................................................ 149 The clock................................................................................................................. 150 The control panel.................................................................................................... 150 Description panel.................................................................................................... 151 Analysis panel......................................................................................................... 151 Profile panel............................................................................................................ 152
Chapter 3............................................................................................... 153
Learn the“ universal language” of chess................................................................ 154 Abbreviations and symbols..................................................................................... 160
Chapter 4............................................................................................... 162
Riddle me this – the first step in training................................................................. 163 Exploring the chess puzzle control panel............................................................... 164 Solving a Chess King puzzle set............................................................................ 168 Finishing a puzzle set and earning rewards........................................................... 173 Unlocking tougher challenges................................................................................ 175
Chapter 5............................................................................................... 177
Saddle up and go on a chess quest!..................................................................... 178 Your chess quests................................................................................................... 179 Going on a quest.................................................................................................... 184 Getting help from Chess King................................................................................. 188 Spotting mistakes: your personal chess coach...................................................... 200 The end of a quest – the fruits of victory................................................................. 203 When a quest ends, another begins!...................................................................... 207 The idea behind chess quests................................................................................ 211
Chapter 6............................................................................................... 215
Do it yourself! Chess king ' s random games........................................................... 216 Setting up your own challenge............................................................................... 217 Saving and loading random games........................................................................ 221 Playing a random game.......................................................................................... 223
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