THINK LIKE A KING - Player Package - WIN/MAC

The Think Like A King Player Package
by David MacEnulty and GM Miron Sher

Save with a collection of four Chess Workouts on one CD! Contains Vols. 3, 4, 5 & 6. The perfect combination for players over 1000 who have a strong foundation in the basics and are ready to explore real chess thinking. The TLAK Player Package can take you up to a USCF rating of 1600-1900, and is suitable for adults as well as children!

Endgame Thinking Chess Workouts Vol. 3... David MacEnulty
It may all come down to the Endgame, and here's where beginners have the most trouble. A course on the science of the end of the game, where clear thinking and careful play are critical. Learn the tactics of Pawn Promotion and the rules that let you create a winning position - or prevent your opponent from gaining one!

Opening Thinking Chess Workouts Vol. 4... David MacEnulty
A truly unique learning tool that explores the why and not just the how of opening play. Covering the common openings and variants, with Traps, Zaps and more.

More Tactical Thinking Chess Workouts Vol. 5... David MacEnulty and GM Miron Sher
Internationally acclaimed player and coach, GM Miron Sher, joins David MacEnulty as co-author of the second volume on tactics and strategy. This follow up to Vol. 1, Tactical Thinking, explores the use of all the important chess tactics in more complex positions. Intermediate players learn how to launch attacks over several moves, and gain material or positional advantage via the use of sophisticated tactical ploys

More Checkmate Thinking Chess Workouts Vol. 6... David MacEnulty and GM Miron Sher
Follow up to Vol. 2, Checkmate Thinking. Using the same techniques of checkmate pattern recognition and attacks organized by piece combinations, players learn to recognize and execute their checkmate opportunities in more difficult situations. Over 300 puzzles with mate in two, three or more moves are used to teach intermediate players.

Unlike printed chess books which are often too tedious for kids to follow, the fully interactive Chess Workouts are totally engrossing. Users move the pieces on screen to solve problems, while engaging text explanations make the game come alive and provide students with instant feedback on their thinking.

Students are rewarded with 'Workout Points' for their effort and knowledge as they move through each tutorial, learning their way up our Thinking Belt ladder until they've achieved a Black Belt - in Thinking! The Think Like A King system even allows work at home [in the form of a 'Score Report'] to be e-mailed back to the coach if your school has a chess club.

The Workouts are like having a private chess coach available anytime, anywhere ready to explain even the most complex ideas in a simple and engaging format. In fact, these may be the first chess 'books' that most kids read 'cover to cover'.

The Chess Workouts:
They take the work out of learning chess.

The Table of Contents from Volume 4, Opening Thinking, shows how this unique tutorial, on the chess opening, teaches players not simply to memorize specific openings and variations, but to learn the various principles that apply to any opening strategy. Once a player understands the fundamental concepts and how to execute them, it becomes far easier to learn any specific line of play. Ideas in this and our Endgame volume are taught not just with puzzles, but with lessons that often involve an entire game played out one move at a time, with engaging commentary after each move.

In Volume 5, More Tactical Thinking, many of the positions are far more complex, and the teaching style uses clearly described positional analysis to help intermediate players learn and apply advanced tactical ideas.

System Requirements:

Audience: First Lessons and Chess Workouts Vols. 1 & 2: Grade 3 & up readers (or younger, working with parents). Chess Workouts Vols. 3 - 6: Grade 4 & up readers.

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The Official Scholastic Software of the U.S. Chess Federation"Think Like A King... has the highest quality instructional content of any chess software we have seen. The clarity of the language and the logical progression of the lessons is exceptional, which may be the reason the software is the only scholastic software endorsed by the U.S. Chess Federation."

- Illinois Chess Association Youth Committee, September 2010

Think Like A King has created a complete scholastic chess curriculum of seven interactive tutorials that will help your children become better chess players and better thinkers - and allow you to create a culture at home where successful thinking is seen as the key to a successful life.

The Chess Workouts are the teaching arm of the Think Like A King system. Written by experts at teaching chess to children - including David MacEnulty, whose life inspired the A&E movie, the Knights of the South Bronx, starring Ted Danson, the Workouts take the work out of learning chess as lessons and puzzles actually come to life on the interactive chessboard. These interactive tutorials are for everyone from reading-aged children (grade 3 & up) to adults - so the entire family can join in the learning.

Individually, each Workout addresses thinking in a different part of the game and has the content of a complete chess book: Tactical, Checkmate, Endgame, Opening, Advanced Tactical and Advanced Checkmate Thinking. And for complete novices, there's First Lessons in Chess - the perfect way to get started.

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