Do you ever start online games hoping your opponent will play the line you've been studying? Unfortunately, they usually don't, and you don't get many opportunities to practice specific positions beyond theory. That's why, even when we know ...
Until now, when you studied a Chessable course, you could only train the main variations the author selected. The extra clickable lines mentioned in the written commentary, the "what if they play this instead?" moves, were there to read, but you...
Summer is here, and with it comes a little extra time to focus on your chess. Whether you're aiming to sharpen your opening repertoire, finally get to your endgames, or simply build a consistent study habit, summer is the perfect opportunity to t...
James Canty III shines brightly on many stages: as an aggressive chess player, a star commentator, and notably, World Chessboxing Champion. But the American master also actively strives to pass his wisdom on and build future champions. Through ...
The author of this guest post is Sara Cavaglià, a PhD candidate at the University of Verona, Italy, and one of the winners of the 2025 Chessable Research Awards. In this article, Cavaglià reports on her pilot study which explores ...
Chessable’s identity always stood on active learning… spaced reviews, videosync, trackable progress. With the new Repertoire feature, our platform evolves. Now you can personalize your training and pave your own path to Elo gains. ...
Benner’s The Principled & Practical 1.e4 (for club players) won Chessable’s 2025 Community Course of the Year! His repertoire solves one of the biggest headaches for club players — how to play principled chess and press fo...
In chess, self-control is often treated as a key ingredient for improvement. Strong players are assumed to be more disciplined and focused as well as willing to push through difficult study sessions. Thus, it seems reasonable to think that this...
When a chess game ends the outcome is simple: your rating goes up or down. The thoughtful buildup, rush decisions, small inaccuracies and big blunders are all condensed into one number. However, chess players know that strength shows itself bef...
Ukraine has produced some of the most creative and aggressive chess players throughout history. The region of Lviv, in particular, is the hometown of legends such as Vasyl Ivanchuk, Alexander Beliavsky and the Muzychuk sisters, Anna and Mariya....
Emmanuel Neiman is one of France’s most respected and seasoned chess trainers, a coach whose decades of experience have shaped players of all levels: from club competitors to titled players. Having worked with a diverse range of students,...
Kushager Krishnater has quickly emerged as one of the most exciting young chess coaches and authors in chess. Hailing from India, this International Master began making waves not just for his playing strength but also for his precocious coachin...
Every chess player has that one opening. The one that makes your heart sink when it appears on the board. The one you hope your opponents never play against you, especially in high-stake games. It’s your opening nemesis. As we...
GM Arturs Neiksans is a rare triple threat in the chess world: active as a player, frequent as a commentator on high profile events, highly sought as a coach. A multiple time Latvian champion and one of his country’s most accomplished pla...
In a game historically dominated by men, WGM Adriana Nikolova stands out - not just as a competitor but also as one of the most dedicated women coaches. A seasoned Olympiad player, Adriana claimed the Bulgarian Women’s Championship title ...
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...
Viktor Neustroev’s journey in chess began long before he became a coach. It started in his hometown of Novosibirsk, Russia. He was one of the best junior players in his region. But it wasn’t until 2013, when his daughter Alisa was o...
Some people’s lives are marked by careful planning, others by a series of coincidences that feel almost too unlikely to be true. For the Norwegian IM Sebastian Mihajlov, the story leans towards the latter. Back in 2014, obsessed by Costa ...
How do humans decide when to trust AI and when to take control? Kevin Yang, a Biopsychology major at UC Santa Barbara and U.S. Chess National Master, explores this question through the lens of hand-and-brain chess, a unique format where one teamma...
Early in his coaching career, NM Robert Ramirez worked with two gifted young students. Eager to accelerate their growth, he encouraged them to play up in tougher sections instead of remaining in their age group. One of the students, still a thi...
For Michael Green, a chess trainer and content creator based in Liverpool, a defining moment of his coaching career took place in Izmir, Turkey. Partnering with GM Dragan Solak, he brought together ten young players from the United Kingdom and ...
Chessable is proud to announce that a major new study on sex differences in chess performance has been published in Chance, a peer-reviewed journal. The work, partially funded by Chessable, represents one of the most comprehensive analyses ever...
Mistakes are the worst… right? You spot the tactic one move too late, miss the quiet move that conquers it all, or overlook a sneaky intermezzo. We’ve all been there. Sure, it’s frustrating; but here’s the twist...
When GM Alex Colovic became the first grandmaster to publish a Chessable course in 2016, he set a precedent that has only grown stronger in time. Since that debut, he has established himself as not only one of the platform’s most prolific...
Growing up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, NM Ruben Mashal found his calling in chess teaching at just 17 years old. In a region rich with strong players and tournaments, he learned to be inventive by turning books and creative training methods int...
