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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