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Encyclopedia 1 by Informant – Puzzle Game Review
Encyclopedia 1 by Informant is a Puzzle/Board/Education game from CHESSQUEEN INC, first launched in 8th July 2017.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 50+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Encyclopedia 1 by Informant Stand Out
Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations vol. 1 (ECC vol. 1) is the ultimate educational tool with systematic, carefully selected content for player with ELO 2000. The material is based on the latest edition of the eponymous bestselling book released by Chess Informant. This volume contains chess combination of Basic Level (ELO 2000) for solving, all hand-picked and sorted by theme to provide the most exciting and efficient training experience possible! Unlike disorganized, basic tactics you can learn all over the Internet, this Chess Sphinx will challenge you consistently and systematically, unveiling new intricacies right when you decide you have mastered that particular tactic.
This course is in the series Chess King Learn (https://learn.chessking.com/), which is an unprecedented chess teaching method. In the series are included courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middle game, and endgame, split by levels from beginners to experienced players, and even professional players.
With the help of this course, you can improve your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and consolidate the acquired knowledge into practice.
The program acts as a coach who gives tasks to solve and helps to solve them if you get stuck. It will give you hints, explanations and show you even striking refutation of the mistakes you might make.
The program also contains a theoretical section, which explains the methods of the game in a certain stage of the game, based on actual examples. The theory is presented in an interactive way, which means you can not only read the text of the lessons, but also to make moves on the board and work out unclear moves on the board.
Advantages of the program:
• High quality examples, all double-checked for correctness
• You need to enter all key moves, required by the teacher
• Different levels of complexity of the tasks
• Various goals, which need to be reached in the problems
• The program gives hint if an error is made
• For typical mistaken moves, the refutation is shown
• You can play out any position of the tasks against the computer
• Interactive theoretical lessons
• Structured table of contents
• The program monitors the change in the rating (ELO) of the player during the learning process
• Test mode with flexible settings
• Possibility to bookmark favorite exercises
• The application is adapted to the bigger screen of a tablet
• The application does not require an internet connection
The course includes a free part, in which you can test the program. Lessons offered in the free version is fully functional. They allow you to test the application in real world conditions before releasing the following topics:
- Annihilation of defence
- Blockade
- Clearance
- Deflection
- Discovered attack
- Pinning
- Demolition of pawn structure
- Decoy
- Interference
- Double attack
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Encyclopedia 1 by Informant is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 2nd February 2018
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
• App is updated for iPhone X
• New home screen
• Animated playback of theory with sound
• Date of reading the theory
• Disabled automatic playback of refutations
• Option to reset password
• Renaming of account
• Various fixes and improvements
Download & Availability
Encyclopedia 1 by Informant is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Encyclopedia 1 by Informant on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Been out of tournament chess for about 30 years. This, and the really brilliant endgame app from this same company, have been gently bringing back chess to our mind. We're very happy with this.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.2
- Size: 43.69 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: NL, EN, FR, DE, EL, IT, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, ES, ZH, TR
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [CHESSQUEEN INC]()
Last updated: 2nd February 2018 | Genre: Puzzle, Board | Developer: CHESSQUEEN INC