When your pieces know what they’re doing, the game almost wins itself.
So for this week’s round-up of courses, we’re all about playing your pieces to their full potential. You’ll learn how to develop fast, take control of key squares, and seize the advantage in “equal” positions.
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Anna Cramling’s 1.d4 – Part 2 by WFM Anna Cramling & GM Pia Cramling
With Anna’s attacking lines, you’ll enjoy facing the King’s Indian, Nimzo-Indian, Dutch, and other sidelines! You’ll challenge Black with double-duty moves… bringing the pieces out while setting up sneaky tactics where only the prepared survive.
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Sicilian Slayer: Queen’s Foray by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk
Beat the Sicilian theory overload with the whole-board pressure of the Queen’s Foray! This fresh anti-Sicilian centralizes your queen on move 3. So she can lay down heavy fire wherever it’s needed. Only 110 MoveTrainer lines to learn.
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Chess Imbalances: A Grandmaster Guide by GM Mauricio Flores Rios
This Ph.D. playbook on piece imbalances shows you how to find an edge… even when chess engines says 0.00. Master both sides of the bishop vs. knight, the bishop pair, and rook vs. two minor pieces. Then learn the art of long-term sacrifices — the type that gives you a surge of activity and nonstop threats.
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Perfect Your Piece Placement by GM Nikola Nestorovic
This “play along” course teaches you positional play that works in real games, not just in isolated puzzles. You’ll learn how to place your pieces on the most effective squares. All while juggling king safety, counterplay, tactics, and other factors.
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The Evans Gambit: Cruise to Victory by NM Luke Calhoun
If your 1.e4 e5 games don’t feel open nor sharp enough to mount pressure on Black, then try this Carlsen and Kasparov-approved gambit. Use the Fun Quickstarter to crush games at the 1000 to 1700 Elo level… while the Testing Quickstarter shows you how to grab the initiative against Stockfish 17 defenses.
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As you level up your piece play, be sure to check out our latest blog posts, too. Plenty of training tips, course creation stories, and human-AI lessons to dive into!
Coach’s Corner: Viktor Neustroev
Catch our interview with one of the most successful chess coaches from Russia. Learn about the common rating trap improving players fall into all the time… the minimum time control for serious games… and how to “anchor” opening moves into memory.
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Going Above and Beyond: Sebastian Mihajlov
Meet the platform’s most ambitious author! His Energetic 1.e4 series stands as the largest Chessable course, with a combined 822,384 words and over 340 hours of video. Talk about leaving no stone unturned!
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Behavioral Insights from Human-AI Collaboration Within Hand-and-Brain Chess
Sooner or later, we all need to collaborate with AI. So we need to learn to make smarter decisions together now. For this UC Santa Barbara researcher, hand-and-brain chess offered the perfect testing ground for insights on how human-AI teams can thrive.
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That wraps up this week’s round-up. See you in the next one!