TOTAL CHESS TRAINING

Total Chess Training consists of five magnificent educational programs: Chess Tactics Art 3.0, Strategy 2.0 Encyclopedia of Middlegame, Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders, Studies 2.0 with new printing capacities and compatibility with Shredder 3 and 4, covering every phase or aspect of chess:

Openings – Instead of learning what you must play in the opening, learn what not to play by learning the opening mistakes and traps that've  been discovered over time. Be ready to trap your opponent, and avoid being trapped, with Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders.

Middlegame – Become a wizard in the art of combinations with the intensive course on tactics, CT-Art 3.0, and learn the positional methods used by grandmasters in Strategy 2.0. Study typical middlegame structures and their plans, arranged depending on the openings they come from, with Encyclopedia of Middlegame, and you'll pass on from the opening to the middlegame as painlessly as possible.

Endgame – Instead of boring lectures, learn endgame technique with the use of breathtaking artistic endgame compositions, chosen for their relevance to real play, with Studies 2.0.

Altogether Total Chess Training includes more than 9000 commented games and positions to be solved for chess players with ELO rating from 1800 to 2400!

All the programs have a similar friendly interface that allows a student to:

• Look and play through the selected theoretical material, prepared by some of the best Russian chess coaches
• Create various profiles so that any number of students could use every program and save their results and statistics in an easy, convenient way
• Receive hints (arrows or markers on the board and text) when a mistake is made while solving an exercise, and helps you  find the solution on your own
• Play specifically chosen training positions (or any position you encounter) in each program against Crafty (~2500 Elo), the built-in playing program, or if you've got one of the MCS engines (Shredder 3 and 4, and Zharkov 5), you can also use them directly within the programs instead of Crafty
• Print current examples or whole topics and study them wherever you like
• Choose between different types and sizes of the pieces

Total Chess Training is the product of the best Russian chess instructors' efforts. Take advantage of their training and knowledge now, and raise your playing level to a new standard. Total Chess Training may become the only instructive program you’ll ever need!

English, French, German, Italian versions are available.

No additional software is required.

System requirements:

Essential: IBM-compatible PC with Pentium 75 CPU, 12 MB memory (RAM), Hard Disk (4 MB of free disk space for the program), VGA graphics, Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0, CD-ROM drive, Microsoft-compatible mouse.
Recommended: 16 MB or more RAM, Super VGA graphics with 256 colors and 800x600 screen mode.