Tactic Ninja - Sharpen Your Chess Tactics With A Grandmaster

The Most Comprehensive Course Ever Created on Chess Tactics

What you'll learn

13 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…

Requirements

Knowing chess rules

Enthusiasm and love for this beautiful game

Description

ACTUAL 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.