How to Play Chess for Beginners Course Bundle

Most beginners have problems improving at chess because they lack the foundation needed to build upon. Those beginners tend to study the wrong things in the wrong way. They spend countless hours on openings and tactics, while what they really need is getting the fundamentals straight. Chess training doesn’t have to be hard and unpleasant. International Master Valeri Lilov teaches you everything you need to know to become a club strength player from the ground up in the most efficient way. This is by far the quickest shortcut you can take to go from absolute zero to club player strength!

• Access 23 lectures & 10 hours of content 24/7
• Understand how chess pieces move
• Avoid losing games due to blunders, strategic mistakes & other oversights
• Master the fundamentals such as forks, pins, development, basic end games & more
• Straighten out your basic chess knowledge & skills

This is a true beginner’s course that will take you from just ‘knowing the game’s rules to a competitive player who can hold his ground against more experienced opponents. This course is also perfect for those who have played for a while but haven’t really studied chess and want to get a clear understanding of some of the basic strategy elements and tactical patterns.

• Access 8 lectures & 3.43 hours of content 24/7
• Learn key opening principles that any chess players must understand
• Play an opening with zero opening theory
• Know the best openings to play for beginners
• Know the most important middlegame principles
• Practice the must-know tactical patterns
• Learn how to find tactics in your position
• Learn the secrets of endgame play

Most beginners have huge problems with opening preparation.They either spend too much time on a single line trying to memorize it till move 35 or simply get lost in never-ending sub-variations. Sound familiar? You don’t need to go over 5 to 6 four-hundred page books or absorb 100+ hours of video lessons to play solid openings. All you need is understanding basic opening principles and 2 to 3 reliable opening lines at your disposal. That’s it. In this brand new 6-hour course, IM Lilov provides you with the essential opening resources. The course is structured so that you get 3 types of repertoires for both colors: ‘tournament, ‘‘basic‘ and ‘sparring. ‘ The tournament repertoire maximizes your victory chances and should be used for competition.

• Access 7 lectures & 6 hours of content 24/7
• Learn an opening without the need to spend weeks on opening preparation
• Find & play the strongest opening moves even if you encounter unknown lines
• Improve at chess by using the sparring repertoire
• Set up an opening repertoire that fits your style, level, & goals

Tactical ability is by far the most powerful universal weapon a chess player can possess. It is one of those “super skills” that you apply automatically after every move. IM Mat Kolosowski compiled over a decade of tactical experience in a single 4-hour crash course. He arms you with an in-depth understanding of 8 tactical themes for successfully outplaying your competition. You will actively participate in the training. It includes an on-the-spot analysis that is helpful for your pattern recognition and visualization. Mat also reveals tactical training secrets used primarily by 2600- and 2700-rated GMs and the structured approach for increasing your tactical ability.

• Access 9 lectures & 4 hours of content 24/7
• Dramatically increase your pattern recognition
• Develop speed at cracking the position
• Modify the position to use tactical motives against your opponent
• Break down tough defenders even in “quiet” looking positions with no obvious tactics
• Develop rock-solid confidence when you know tactics
• Unleash your potential & become the chess player you meant to be

This bootcamp is designed to fill the gap in your tactical knowledge and train you to see winning tactics within seconds. IM Mat Kolosowski trains you in the key themes you need to finish off opponents and avoid throwing away the wins you "know" you deserve. In the course, he covers the basics like forks, pins, skewers, discoveries, and much more advanced tactics and combinations.

• Access 16 lectures & 7.3 hours of content 24/7
• Learn the basics like forks, pins, skewers & discoveries
• Visualize & calculate sacrifices that would make even Mikhail Tal drool
• Bamboozle opponents with devastating threats of pawn promotion to tie them up
• Learn the 5 best tracks & techniques of swapping down into winning endgames

It doesn’t matter which openings you play. Every single opening has dangerous, venom-filled traps that can lose you the game in a single move. And as a chessplayer… nothing’s worse than the embarrassment of resigning before move 10. That is why IM Mat Kolosowski created this entire course on every trap in chess theory. No matter what openings you play, there’s something IM Mat Kolosowksi will point out to help you sidestep the dangers, improve your tactical skill, and improve your overall tournament performance.

• Access 21 lectures & 6.2 hours of content 24/7
• Laugh at the London System, one of the most solid openings in chess
• Learn a Knight Sac that shatters the Caro Kann
• Know one of the hidden dangers of the Queen's Gambit opening