A new 20% discount for the download versions of all training packages is available May 12 to May 18. Each package includes a number of excellent chess teaching programs.
Products receiving the special deal: Total Chess Training I-IV, Training Package for Beginners, Training Package for Club Player and Training Package for Intermediate Players, Chess Middlegame Collection, Chess Tactics Kit, Chess Training Kit, Modern Chess Opening Set (vol.1-7) and Total Chess Tactics.

You can find detailed descriptions of all these programs in the Training Packages section of our web store.

Boris Gelfand plays Vishwanathan Anand in the official World Chess Championship match in Moscow, 10th-31st of May, 2012. Watch live video broadcasts and online broadcasts commented by Houdini 2 and leading grandmasters on the official web-site of the Championship.

Anand - Gelfand 2-2

The Russian Chess Federation, together with the ChessOK Playing Zone, invite you to an online blitz chess tournament, with the participation of leading world chess players!

	Where?	ChessOK Playing Zone
	How much?	1,240,000 Russian roubles Prize Fund! More than $42,000 (1 USD = 29,45 RUB as of April 25, 2012)
	When?	4 qualifying tournaments on the last Sunday of each month, starting on June 3, 2012. Final and Super Final tournaments will take place August 14-15, 2012.
	How?	Buy one-year Membership at ChessOK Playing Zone and gain full membership rights for only $18/€14. Buy one of our products (Houdini 2 Aquarium or Chess Assistant 12) and gain one-year membership for free!

The ChessOK Playing Zone supports both team and individual competitions. More than 1,000 active teams. Cross-tables for all tournaments are updated in real-time. Free online broadcasts of super tournaments and top matches. To access the playing zone, download our interface for Windows OS or Android OS.

For more details, read the official regulation for the competition.

Game Service: May, part 2. All updates are available on this page.

Levon Aronian plays Vladimir Kramnik in a 6 game match in Zuerich 21st-28th April 2012. The contest will be played at a Classical Chess time-control to be employed in the next Candidates tournament, with 40 moves in two hours, 20 moves in one hour plus 15 minutes and an increment of 30 seconds per move for the remainder of the game. Game 1 Saturday 21st April 2012 at 2pm BST 3pm CET.

Aronian - Kramnik 3-3

Games: Game 1 [ PGN], Game 2 [ PGN]

Check out our online shop for 4 new books on chess combinations played by various chess champions. All books include hundreds of exercises with difficulty raings to assess your progress or, if you are a chess trainer, the progress of your students.

A new fundamental chess course, Chess Tactics ART for Beginners, is now available in our online shop in both DVD and download versions.
This course can be rightfully considered the predecessor to the Chess Tactics ART (CT-ART) course written for club and intermediate players. CT-ART for Beginners contains 150 teaching examples introducing you to typical chess combinations and 1500 new exercises meant to develop your playing skills and reinforce the knowledge acquired. The exercises are classified according to more than 30 tactical methods and motifs.

The download version of a new course on chess tactics, Chess Tactics for Club Players, has been released.
Chess Tactics for Club Players contains 230 teaching examples introducing you to typical chess combinations and 350 new exercises designed to develop your playing skills and reinforce the knowledge acquired. The exercises are classified according to more than 30 tactical methods and motifs.