Chess Trio consists of 3 CD's: Chess Tactics Level 1,
Opening Lab and Chess Kiung with
programme Houdini 2.
Total Training Package
contains more than 2500 tactical
exercises classified by theme and difficulty to ensure variety and a good
understanding of basic tactics.You get plenty of feedback and opportunity to
track your progress. Study the training material and test your knowledge
CHESS KING WITH
HOUDINI 2
Analyze your chess games with
Houdini 2, Includes 5 million game GigaKing Database Prepare for your opponent,
opening and custom trees, 1500 puzzles and 100+ quest games. Classical and
random playing modes, hundreds possible levels of play
This is a package that includes a
chess engine, chess games database, and also a collection of tactics
problems.The point of this review is to introduce Chess King software to the
readers, discuss its features, talk about its “pros” and “cons”, compare it
with other available chess programs and of course be as objective as possible
in this review. This is part 1 of the two-part review series and I will talk
about the basic things Chess King has to offer.
What does an average user
expect when he or she shops for chess software?
First of all, it should fulfill
the main purpose of any chess program.. well that is play chess. Let’s take a
closer look at Chess King’s menus. It has “Quest mode”, “Chess puzzles”,
“Random games”, “Custom games” and “Classical Chess” buttons. Let me briefly
talk about each one.
Table of contents:
Quest mode
Chess Puzzles
Random Games
Custom Game
Classical Chess
Pros
Cons
Wrap up
Quest mode
This mode allows to play quick
games against pieces and/or pawns handicapped Houdini engine. The time control
is 10 minutes for humans and 3 minutes for engines. There are 25 playing levels
that differ by the material difference between human player and computer
opponent. On the easiest level, you are offered to checkmate Houdini 2 with 2
Rooks and Queen vs. King.
The ability to complete this task
corresponds to 100 ELO. On the hardest level, the material difference between
humans and Houdini 2 is just a single pawn. You need to be about 2800 ELO to
win that against the engine.
Chess Puzzles
This is a pretty self-explanatory
section. The goal is to improve the player’s tactical vision by solving a
series of chess problems that starts with basic chess rules and captures and
ends up somewhere in mate in 3 categories.
I believe, this type of exercise
is the most effective way to get better at chess. The only problem I
encountered while going through the puzzles is that you are forced to go
through very easy basic things like chess rules and simple captures in order to
unlock more difficult (and useful) ones. While it is a good idea for novice
players to go through fundamentals, it may be a waste of time for class
players, who might like to skip a good first half of the problems.
Correction: There is also another
way to unlock the harder puzzles without going through easy ones. This
unlocking is possible by increasing your game experience level by playing the
chess engine, doing chess quests, etc.
CHESS TACTICS LEVEL 1
Chess Tactics Level 1 is designed for teaching children,
either in groups with a teacher or at home guided by parents. It covers a lot
of ground, starting from the very first steps.This edition
During a lesson you solve from 6 to 30 exercises . More then
570 tactical exercises classified by
theme and difficulty ensure variety and
a good understanding of basic tactics.
You get plenty of feedback and opportunity to track your
progres.
* Study the training materials and test your knowledge
* Review your rating history
* Keep track of the progress of multiple users, allowing you
to compete against friends and family members
* Practice by playing against a chess programe
System Requirements: IBM-Compatible PC, 64 MB RAM,
Hard Drive with 50 MB of free space, Windows 7/VISTA/XP, CD-Rom Drive. No
additional software is required.
OPENING LAB
DESCRIPTION
Opening Lab is a perfect opening manual. It features a
theoretical review of all the chess openings, which are illustrated by
instructive games of the greatest chess players. This compact opening manual
contains a detailed classification, which makes it useful to players of any
level - beginners, intermediate and advanced players. Each opening variation is
supplied with evaluations and characteristics of key moves. The theoretic
material is nicely illustrated by classic games.
The history of the variations' development is described, as
well as their current status. The theoretical material is nicely illustrated by
classic games with detailed annotations that demonstrate the principal ideas
and plans of each variation for both white and black.
There is also a special training section with more than 350
exercises of various difficulty on 40 of the most common openings used in
competitive chess.With Opening Lab, you'll be able to track your progress and
receive feedback from the software.
You get plenty of feedback and opportunity to track your
progres.
* Study the training materials and test your knowledge
* Review your rating history
* Keep track of the progress of multiple users, allowing you
to compete against friends and family members
* Practice by playing against a chess programe
System Requirements: IBM-Compatible PC, 64 MB RAM,
Hard Drive with 50 MB of free space, Windows 7/VISTA/XP, CD-Rom Drive. No
additional software is required.