What you'll learn13 basic tactical patterns such as pins, skewers, forks.
7 intermediate tactical patterns, including interference, clearance.
The secret to spotting tactics in a real game
The "3 Questions Method" for noticing hidden tactics
How a Grandmaster calculates tactics
Grandmaster thinking process in sharp positions
An effective method of noticing all the resources of the position
When to sacrifice and when not to
How Grandmasters train to maintain sharp tactical vision
And much more.
RequirementsKnowing chess rules
Enthusiasm and love for this beautiful game
DescriptionACTUAL STUDENT REVIEWS"I haven't finished this course yet, but I've gained 200 on chess com already." - Mary Lea"This is what I was looking for already a loooooong time!!! Best ever seen." - Francis Joly"The best chess instructive course that I have ever seen in my entire life" - Ali ElSaidThese are just a few of the hundreds of reviews I've received since publishing this course on my website. And now, I'm very excited to share it with you on Udemy.WHY DO MOST FAIL TO IMPROVE THEIR TACTICS AND THEIR RATING?It's not a secret that in chess, especially at beginner and intermediate levels, tactics often decide the outcome.Improving your chess tactics is one of the quickest routes to raise your rating.Many chess lovers understand this, but unfortunately, most of them fail. They try different books and different platforms for solving puzzles.But there's little to no improvement in their tactical ability because of two main mistakes they make. Mistake No. 1:They try to solve puzzles before learning the tactical motifs. How can one pick mushrooms in the forest without knowing what the mushrooms look like?Mistake No. 2:They study tactical motifs and believe they know it! But studying and learning are very different. To truly internalize acquired knowledge, you must practice.WHAT WE'LL DO INSTEADSo, the most effective approach is to study and practice simultaneously, and that's precisely what we'll do in this course."One of the clearest and most comprehensive instructional courses you will ever find on understanding and sharpening your tactics in chess."Shawn Chua But before I tell you more, let me share with you something amusing. Lily, who assisted me with editing the course and provided initial feedback, raised her rating by 100 points in just two weeks!Now, imagine how much you can raise your rating when you train with this course with full focus, without the need to edit or write down feedback? :)Please note that I said "train with this course," and not "watch" it. This course is designed to be highly interactive, offering an active learning experience.(If you're seeking a course where you can simply relax with popcorn and watch it like a Netflix movie, this is not the right fit for you.)A GRANDMASTER'S GUIDANCE OVER YOUR SHOULDERThere are 20 tactical motifs in chess that I'll help to master them. I won't just introduce them by stating, "This is a pin, and this is a fork."Instead, we'll solve puzzles together on each topic, ensuring you deeply ingrain this knowledge."I found the course to be outstanding! The puzzles were well-selected and super instructional." - Zebedee Fortman Then I'll reveal how Grandmasters spot tactics during a game, sharing insight into their thought processes.Then I'll teach you my "3 Question Method" for noticing hidden tactics. Towards the end of the course, we'll tackle puzzles again, but this time, you won't be aware of the exact topic. However, you will possess the skills to identify any tactics."A fantastic way to improve tactical awareness. You gotta love GM Avetik Grigoryan's style of presentation!" - Joe AdickesMY GUARANTEEFinally, if you don't experience a tenfold improvement by the course's conclusion, feel free to request a refund. I'm genuinely confident in this course's effectiveness, supported by the data of students, who significantly raised their ratings in a brief timeframe.SEE YOU ON THE INSIDE THE COURSE?With best wishes and love, GM Avetik Grigoryan Or just Avo, as my friends call me
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 1. Instructions
Lecture 3 2. The steps we'll go through
Section 2: Pin
Lecture 4 1. Introduction
Lecture 5 2. What's Pinning and Pinned Piece
Lecture 6 3. Killer Pin
Lecture 7 4. Rook Also Pins
Lecture 8 5. The Queen? Why not?!
Lecture 9 6. Who Can Pin?
Lecture 10 7. Smothered Mate and Pin
Lecture 11 8. Double Pin
Lecture 12 9. Cross Pin
Lecture 13 10. Situational Pin
Lecture 14 11. Do you mind if I test you?
Lecture 15 12. Summary
Section 3: Skewer
Lecture 16 1. Introduction
Lecture 17 2. What is Skewer
Lecture 18 3. Absolute and Relative Skewers
Lecture 19 4. Examples with Skewer
Lecture 20 5. Pin + Skewer
Lecture 21 6. Tactics with Skewer
Lecture 22 7. A Challenging Puzzle
Lecture 23 8. Test
Lecture 24 9. Summary
Section 4: Fork
Lecture 25 1. Introduction
Lecture 26 2. Types of Forks
Lecture 27 3. Absolute Fork vs Relative Fork
Lecture 28 4. Triple Fork
Lecture 29 5. Unstoppable Fork
Lecture 30 6. Fork Delivery
Lecture 31 7. Before going to other pieces
Lecture 32 8. Unbelievable Move
Lecture 33 9. Pawn Fork
Lecture 34 10. Pin + Fork
Lecture 35 11. Fork with a Tempo
Lecture 36 12. Absolute Fork with Queen
Lecture 37 13. Relative Fork with Queen
Lecture 38 14. Rook Fork
Lecture 39 15. Bishop Fork
Lecture 40 16. King Fork
Lecture 41 17. Ready?
Lecture 42 18. Tactics with Fork
Lecture 43 19. I hope you don't mind
Lecture 44 20. Test
Lecture 45 21. Conclusion
Section 5: Annihilation
Lecture 46 1. Introduction
Lecture 47 2. Removing the Mate Defender
Lecture 48 3. Removing the Piece Defender
Lecture 49 4. Removing the Square Defender
Lecture 50 5. Before we continue
Lecture 51 6. The Upcoming Defender
Lecture 52 7. Removing the Important Piece
Lecture 53 8. What we've learned so far
Lecture 54 9. Before we Continue
Lecture 55 10. Are you ready?
Lecture 56 11. Test
Lecture 57 12. Conclusion
Section 6: Deflection
Lecture 58 1. What is Deflection
Lecture 59 2. What you'll learn
Lecture 60 3. Deflecting the Mate Defender
Lecture 61 4. Deflecting the Piece Defender
Lecture 62 5. Deflecting the Square Defender
Lecture 63 6. Deflecting the Important Piece
Lecture 64 7. Deflection in the Endgames
Lecture 65 8. Are you ready?
Lecture 66 9. Tactics with Deflection
Lecture 67 10. Test
Lecture 68 11. Summary
Section 7: Distraction
Lecture 69 1. Introduction
Lecture 70 2. What is Distraction
Lecture 71 3. Distracting the Piece Defender
Lecture 72 4. Distracting the Mate Defender
Lecture 73 5. What is Overloading
Lecture 74 6. How to notice such tactics
Lecture 75 7. The 3rd Motive
Lecture 76 8. How to Exploit the Overloaded Piece
Lecture 77 9. Tactic 1
Lecture 78 10. Tactic 2
Lecture 79 11. Tactic 3
Lecture 80 12. Tactic 4
Lecture 81 13. Tactic 5
Lecture 82 14. Test Time
Lecture 83 15. Test
Lecture 84 16. Conclusion
Section 8: Discovered Check
Lecture 85 1. Introduction
Lecture 86 2. Winning Material
Lecture 87 3. Mate is Coming!
Lecture 88 4. Delivery
Lecture 89 5. Setting up a Discovered Check
Lecture 90 6. Removing the Obstacles
Lecture 91 7. Types of Discovered Checks
Lecture 92 8. Tactics with Discovered Check
Lecture 93 9. Let's go!
Lecture 94 10. Test
Lecture 95 11. This is not the end
Lecture 96 12. Discovered Checks in the Opening
Section 9: Double Check
Lecture 97 1. Introduction
Lecture 98 2. Reti R. - Tartakower S. "The Immortal Game by Reti"
Lecture 99 3. Anderssen A. - Dufresne J. "Anderssen's Immortal Queen Sacrifice"
Lecture 100 4. Falling in Love
Lecture 101 5. Double Check + Mate
Lecture 102 6. Winning Material
Lecture 103 7. Cold or Hot?
Lecture 104 8. Tactics with Double Check
Lecture 105 9. Testing you, Testing me...
Lecture 106 10. Test
Lecture 107 11. Checkmate in the Opening
Lecture 108 12. Congratulations
Section 10: Windmill
Lecture 109 1. Introduction
Lecture 110 2. What is Windmill
Lecture 111 3. Torre R. - Lasker E. "The First Windmill"
Lecture 112 4. The Rook Supports the Bishop
Lecture 113 5. Bishop + Knight
Lecture 114 6. Windmill + Mate
Lecture 115 7. Windmill + Draw
Lecture 116 8. Tactics
Lecture 117 9. Test
Lecture 118 10. It was cool, wasn't it?
Section 11: Discovered Attack
Lecture 119 1. Introduction
Lecture 120 2. What is Discovered Attack
Lecture 121 3. Why Many Chessplayers Get Confused
Lecture 122 4. Winning Material with Relative Discovered Attack
Lecture 123 5. Winning Material with Absolute Discovered Attack
Lecture 124 6. Opening Traps
Lecture 125 7. Common Blunders on Long Diagonals
Lecture 126 8. How to Set up a Discovered Attack
Lecture 127 9. Removing the Obstacles
Lecture 128 10. Let's Go!
Lecture 129 11. Tactics
Lecture 130 12. Test
Lecture 131 13. Congratulations
Section 12: Double Attack
Lecture 132 1. What is Double Attack
Lecture 133 2. Discovered Attack and Mate
Lecture 134 3. Mate or Piece
Lecture 135 4. Double Threats
Lecture 136 5. The nightmare puzzle of my childhood!
Lecture 137 6. Let's go!
Lecture 138 7. Tactics
Lecture 139 8. NN - Morphy P.
Lecture 140 9. Suetin A. - Sherbakov R.
Lecture 141 10. Maric R. - Gligoric S.
Lecture 142 11. Anand V. - Lautier J. "The craziest double attack ever"
Lecture 143 12. Test
Lecture 144 13. Let's move on!
Section 13: Decoy / Attraction
Lecture 145 1. Introduction
Lecture 146 2. Decoy and Discovered Check
Lecture 147 3. Decoy and Discovered Attack
Lecture 148 4. Decoy and Pin
Lecture 149 5. Decoy and Skewer
Lecture 150 6. Decoy and Fork
Lecture 151 7. Decoy and Mate
Lecture 152 8. Decoy in the Openings
Lecture 153 9. Are you ready?
Lecture 154 10. Petrosian's famous combination
Lecture 155 11. Tactics
Lecture 156 12. One more trick
Lecture 157 13. C'mon - Example 1
Lecture 158 14. C'mon - Example 2
Lecture 159 15. C'mon - Example 3
Lecture 160 16. C'mon - Example 4
Lecture 161 17. C'mon - Example 5, Alekhine A. - Von Feldt M.
Lecture 162 18. C'mon - Example 6 - Lasker E. - Thomas G. The Best One
Lecture 163 19. We're almost done
Lecture 164 20. Test
Lecture 165 21. Conclusion
Section 14: X-Ray
Lecture 166 1. What is X-Ray?
Lecture 167 2. Mate with X-Ray
Lecture 168 3. X-Ray and Back rank mate
Lecture 169 4. Winning material with X-Ray
Lecture 170 5. It's tactics time!
Lecture 171 6. Tactics - Part 1
Lecture 172 7. Tactics - Part 2
Lecture 173 8. Tactics - Part 3
Lecture 174 9. The most challenging example, Mamedyarov S. - Timofeev A.
Lecture 175 10. It's test time!
Lecture 176 11. Test
Lecture 177 12. Conclusion
Section 15: Intermediate Moves
Lecture 178 1. Introduction
Lecture 179 2. Powerful checks
Lecture 180 3. Desperado
Lecture 181 4. Run and mate
Lecture 182 5. Run and win
Lecture 183 6. A blunder on move 6!
Lecture 184 7. Fianchetto Bishop
Lecture 185 8. A typical blunder in Sicilians
Lecture 186 9. Intermediate moves in Pirc Defense
Lecture 187 10. It's tactics time!
Lecture 188 11. Tactics 1
Lecture 189 12. Tactics 2
Lecture 190 13. Tactics 3, Carlsen M. - Anand V.
Lecture 191 14. Tactics 4
Lecture 192 15. Tactics 5
Lecture 193 16. Tactics 6
Lecture 194 17. Tactics 7
Lecture 195 18. Tactics 8
Lecture 196 19. Tactics 9
Lecture 197 20. Tactics 10
Lecture 198 21. It's test time!
Lecture 199 22. Test
Lecture 200 23. Conclusion
Section 16: Counter-Threats
Lecture 201 1. Introduction
Lecture 202 2. Lifeline - Saving a piece
Lecture 203 3. Counter-Threats for saving material
Lecture 204 4. Using the King
Lecture 205 5. Dealing with pins
Lecture 206 6. Why run away if we can attack?!
Lecture 207 7. Tactic 1 - Byrne R. - Kavalek L.
Lecture 208 8. Tactic 2
Lecture 209 9. Tactic 3 - De Jong J. - Bartel M.
Lecture 210 10. Tactic 4
Lecture 211 11. Tactic 5
Lecture 212 12. Test time!
Lecture 213 13. Test
Lecture 214 14. Conclusion
Section 17: Interference
Lecture 215 1. Introduction
Lecture 216 2. What is interference?
Lecture 217 3. Tactics with interference
Lecture 218 4. Interference and back rank
Lecture 219 5. Challenge 1
Lecture 220 6. Challenge 2
Lecture 221 7. Challenge 3
Lecture 222 8. Challenge 4
Lecture 223 9. I hope you don't mind :)
Lecture 224 10. Test
Lecture 225 11. Conclusion
Section 18: Blocking
Lecture 226 1. Introduction
Lecture 227 2. Fischer R. - Benko P. 1963
Lecture 228 3. Blocking the pawns
Lecture 229 4. Blocking the escape
Lecture 230 5. When do we use Blocking?
Lecture 231 6. Tactics
Lecture 232 7. Conclusion
Section 19: Throwing a Bomb
Lecture 233 1. Introduction
Lecture 234 2. What's that?
Lecture 235 3. Bombardinio 1
Lecture 236 4. Bombardinio 2 - Maroczy G. - Vidmar M.
Lecture 237 5. Bombardinio 3 - Mastrovasilis A. - Marechal A.
Lecture 238 6. Bombardinio 4
Lecture 239 7. Bombardinio 5 - Tarrasch S. - Marotti N.
Lecture 240 8. Bombardinio 6
Lecture 241 9. Before the test
Lecture 242 10. Test
Lecture 243 11. Conclusion
Section 20: Clearance
Lecture 244 1. Introduction
Lecture 245 2. What is Clearance?
Lecture 246 3. Clearing the square for mating
Lecture 247 4. Clearing the square for winning material
Lecture 248 5. Clearing a diagonal
Lecture 249 6. Clearing a file
Lecture 250 7. Clearing a rank
Lecture 251 8. Tactic time!
Lecture 252 9. Tactic 1
Lecture 253 10. Tactic 2
Lecture 254 11. Tactic 3
Lecture 255 12. Tactic 4
Lecture 256 13. Tactic 5
Lecture 257 14. Tactic 6
Lecture 258 15. Tactic 7
Lecture 259 16. Test time!
Lecture 260 17. Test
Lecture 261 18. Conclusion
Section 21: Promotion
Lecture 262 1. Introduction
Lecture 263 2. Annihilation
Lecture 264 3. Deflection
Lecture 265 4. Clearance
Lecture 266 5. Interference
Lecture 267 6. Blocking
Lecture 268 7. Decoy
Lecture 269 8. The 6 tactical motives
Lecture 270 9. Tactics in the endgame
Lecture 271 10. Challenge 1
Lecture 272 11. Challenge 2
Lecture 273 12. What about middlegame?
Lecture 274 13. Unstoppable pawns in the middlegame
Lecture 275 14. The winning pawn
Lecture 276 15. A trap in Semi-Slav
Lecture 277 16. My favourite trap
Lecture 278 17. Mating with promotion
Lecture 279 18. Are you ready?
Lecture 280 19. Test
Lecture 281 20. Conclusion
Section 22: Underpromotion
Lecture 282 1. Introduction
Lecture 283 2. Underpromotion with a check
Lecture 284 3. When do we need a Rook?
Lecture 285 4. Selesniev's Puzzle
Lecture 286 5. Feijter's Puzzle
Lecture 287 6. When do we need a Bishop?
Lecture 288 7. Troitzky's Puzzle
Lecture 289 8. Hek's Puzzle
Lecture 290 9. Pogosiants' Puzzle
Lecture 291 10. Practical puzzles
Lecture 292 11. Tactics - Part 1
Lecture 293 12. Tactics - Part 2
Lecture 294 13. Tactics - Part 3
Lecture 295 14. Before the test
Lecture 296 15. A tricky test
Lecture 297 16. Conclusion
Section 23: Destroying
Lecture 298 1. Introduction
Lecture 299 2. Greek gift on h7, Part 1
Lecture 300 3. Greek gift on h7, Part 2
Lecture 301 4. A typical sacrifice on g7, Part 1
Lecture 302 5. A typical sacrifice on g7, Part 2
Lecture 303 6. Removing g and h pawns, Part 1
Lecture 304 7. Removing g and h pawns, Part 2
Lecture 305 8. A typical sacrifice on f7, Part 1
Lecture 306 9. A typical sacrifice on f7, Part 2
Lecture 307 10. A typical sacrifice on h6, Part 1
Lecture 308 11. A typical sacrifice on h6, Part 2
Lecture 309 12. A typical sacrifice on g6, Part 1
Lecture 310 13. A typical sacrifice on g6, Part 2
Lecture 311 14. Improving calculations
Lecture 312 15. Multiple sacrifices, Part 1
Lecture 313 16. Multiple sacrifices, Part 2
Lecture 314 17. The king in the center, Part 1
Lecture 315 18. The king in the center, Part 2
Lecture 316 19. Conclusion
Section 24: Counter-Tactics
Lecture 317 1. Introduction
Lecture 318 2. Example 1 and an important tip!
Lecture 319 3. Example 2 - Attention!
Lecture 320 4. Example 3 - The angry coach
Lecture 321 5. Example 4 - The proud coach
Lecture 322 6. Example 5 - The key for avoiding painful blunders
Lecture 323 7. Example 6 - The game of the year
Lecture 324 8. Example 7 - Executing the tactical idea, not the move!
Lecture 325 9. Example 8 - The correct square
Lecture 326 10. Example 9 - A very tricky one
Lecture 327 11. Example 10 - Countering the counter-tactic
Lecture 328 12. Conclusion
Section 25: How to Notice Tactics
Lecture 329 1. Introduction
Lecture 330 2. The three key questions
Lecture 331 3. Example 1
Lecture 332 4. Example 2
Lecture 333 5. Example 3
Lecture 334 6. Example 4
Lecture 335 7. Conclusion
Section 26: The Tree Key Questions
Lecture 336 1. Introduction
Lecture 337 2. Example 1
Lecture 338 3. Example 2
Lecture 339 4. Example 3
Lecture 340 5. Example 4
Lecture 341 6. Example 5
Lecture 342 7. Example 6
Lecture 343 8. Example 7
Lecture 344 9. Example 8
Lecture 345 10. Example 9
Lecture 346 11. Example 10
Lecture 347 12. Conclusion
Section 27: How to Notice Hidden Tactics
Lecture 348 1. Introduction
Lecture 349 2. Example 1
Lecture 350 3. Example 2
Lecture 351 4. Example 3
Lecture 352 5. Example 4
Lecture 353 6. Example 5
Lecture 354 7. Example 6
Lecture 355 8. Example 7
Lecture 356 9. Example 8
Lecture 357 10. Example 9
Lecture 358 11. Example 10
Lecture 359 12. Conclusion
Section 28: Mixed Tactics
Lecture 360 1. Introduction
Lecture 361 2. Example 1
Lecture 362 3. Example 2
Lecture 363 4. Example 3
Lecture 364 5. Example 4 - Aronian's advice
Lecture 365 6. Example 5
Lecture 366 7. Example 6
Lecture 367 8. Example 7
Lecture 368 9. Example 8
Lecture 369 10. Example 9
Lecture 370 11. Example 10
Lecture 371 12. Conclusion
Section 29: Epilogue
Lecture 372 1. Congratulations
Lecture 373 2. Review it smartly
Lecture 374 3. Quizzes
Lecture 375 4. The Importance of mating patterns knowledge
Lecture 376 5. Example 1
Lecture 377 6. Example 2
Lecture 378 7. Example 3
Lecture 379 8. Course on Mating patterns
Lecture 380 9. A short tour
Lecture 381 10. See you soon? :)
This course is designed for beginners and intermediate chess players looking to sharpen their tactical skills and achieve a rating of 2,000 or higher.,This course is NOT intended for titled players with a rating exceeding 2,000.
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