Strategy 2.0

Designed by GM Alexander Kalinin to teach students strategy and positional play, STRATEGY 2.0 is a significantly expanded version of the original Strategy, containing not only more exercises but also many new lessons not present in the first edition.  This chess program presents 1800 instructive positions with 18 most important strategic themes, including: Advantage in development, Advantage in space, Attack on the King, Attack on the Queenside, Weak square, Pawn structure, Open files and diagonals, Central squares, Disposition of  pieces, Exchange, Positional Sacrifice,  Prophylaxis, Prevention, Isolated Queen's pawn, Hanging pawns, Pawn pair c3+d4 on the semi-open files, The rule of two weaknesses, Plan, Defense and Counterattack.

Features of the program include:

• 250 instructive examples for self-study illustrating the lessons presented, all classified and annotated extensively. 

• 1100 selected exercises for you to solve, classified according to themes and difficulty.

• Numerous text and visual hints to help the student find the solution.
• On line help markers.
• User statistics gathering and ELO calculating

• 450 typical positions to train and play against Crafty, the built-in playing engine,

or other supported external programs such as Rebel, Mchess, etc…

• Strategy generates the student’s ELO and statistics in easy-to-read bar graphs, based on the students' success rate with the exercises that help them keep track of their progress.

• Multiple user profiles are possible, with independent ratings and all other individual information.
• Good for teachers: keeps track of the time and score of each position for each student.

Several languages are supported: English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.

No additional software is required

CONTENTS

System requirements:

Essential: IBM-compatible PC, 32 Mb RAM, Hard Disk 80 Mb of free disk space, Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP, CD-ROM drive.