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Lifetime Repertoires: Colle System
This Reverse 1.d4 Repertoire BeatsBlack with Their Own Ideas —One Tempo Faster You take Black’s best defenses. Add White’s first move advantage. Then watch your “solid” setup snowball into a 4-vs-2 lead in development, a fierce attack… or even an easy extra pawn. The best part? Your first four moves stay the same. So you’ll feel right […]
Starting Out: 1.d4 d5
Stop Guessing against 1.d4:Answer with a Consistent yet Ambitious Reply If you’ve ever sat down against 1.d4 and felt overwhelmed, you’re not alone. White has so many different systems, and most of them seem to require massive amounts of theory. But WIM Anna-Maja Kazarian and FM Dachey Lin offer a simple, principled, yet powerful solution […]
Get Rid of Blunders − Get Better at Chess
In the heat of the moment, we sometimes make decisions that look right at first, but turn out to be terrible mistakes later—both in life and in chess. The good thing is, in chess you can do something about this! In this course, you’ll learn a reliable method to check your moves for blunders, enabling you […]
Fundamental Chess Calculation Skills
Start with Short and Precise:Build a Rock Solid Foundation in Calculation Forget about deep, complex calculation training! Candidate Master Can Kabadayi is here to show you why improving your accuracy in shorter, broader calculations is one of the best ways to improve your win rate. The cognitive scientist, chess coach and popular Chessable author brings you a comprehensive course […]
The Positional Chess Patterns Manual
Are you strong in tactics but rarely get the chance to show it? Let 3-time Irish champion Alex Astaneh fix that! His manual helps you create winning chances for yourself, and realize the rating gains from your tactics training… Because it teaches you how to steadily improve your position, until it’s ripe for a combination! […]
The Positional Puzzle BookThat Helps You Find Strong Moves Faster
Strategy is something many players neglect in their training, even though it can dramatically improve your overall strength. Positional understanding often leads to faster, more reliable decisions than brute calculation or even memorization. While there are plenty of ways to learn about positional decision-making, there aren’t many ways to practice it through puzzles like you can with tactics. CM […]
Piece-development: How to give useful roles to your pieces
The stages (or levels) of piece-development refers to the extent to which a piece has achieved its potential. The stages of development of a piece can be broken down into 4 levels: When is development complete in chess? Chess players often use the term “to complete development”, referring to the opening stage where you want […]
Objectives in Chess: Material Advantage
Material refers to the quantity of pieces and pawns on the board. In games between masters, most players will resign if they are even one piece behind since they understand the value of extra material. They know their chances to beat another master whilst being a piece behind is almost zero. However, if your opponent isn’t a […]
How to evaluate a chess position
The lessons you have done till now gave you fundamental knowledge you need to understand the main objectives of the game. I want to remind you of the importance of repeating those lessons to help you understand and remember it even better. However, it is not enough to know what you must do – you must […]