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If you're a serious chess player - whether you're working toward consistency, pushing rating goals, or just trying to make real progress - this might be for you. I'm Robert Grigoryan, Arena Grandmaster and founder of ChessMate Club & School. We focus on personalized chess training for players who are done with random advice and want real structure and results. Our head coach is IM Armen Barseghyan - European Champion and full-time professional trainer. He brings years of experience and a proven method built around each student's individual needs. What you’ll gain: Opening repertoire preparation built around your style Deep middlegame strategy and tactical awareness Endgame skills that actually help you convert wins Tournament preparation and full game analysis Focus, mindset, and performance under pressure All sessions are 1-on-1, online, and fully customized. No cookie-cutter lessons - just real coaching shaped around your level, habits, and goals. We coach via Zoom or Teams, schedule flexibly, and work with students worldwide. Lessons are paid, with monthly packages available for better value. We also offer a free intro call - no commitment. We’ll look at a few of your games, talk through your goals, and outline a clear improvement plan. Book your intro call — Robert Grigoryan AGM | Founder, ChessMate Club & School

Dear Chess Friends, One of my subscribers emailed me his game with the message: “You’ll be proud of me! Your videos work!” — and he was right! He successfully applied a winning motif I’ve covered in several of my lessons, showing perfect understanding of when and how to use it. Watch the full video (15 mins) with a FREE subscription on my Patreon channel here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/youll-be-proud-136625120?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link If you also want to take your chess skills to the next level and learn practical strategies, tactics, openings, and endgames, join my channel today. With a free subscription, you’ll already get access to a few training videos — and with Patreon membership, you’ll unlock my entire private library of instructive lessons. I hope you find it useful! If you enjoy this video and want exclusive, in-depth educational content, check out my Patreon channel. I upload 4-6 hours of video per month (181 educational videos are already uploaded, totaling around 48 hours of videos!), covering openings, strategies, tactics, and endgames—plus, you’ll get daily puzzles in four different difficulty levels! Got questions? Let me know, I’d love to help! Kind regards, Gabor

Dear Chess Friends, Isolated pawns can be a weakness—or a weapon. In this video, we’ll break down key strategies for both sides when dealing with an isolated pawn. Whether you’re trying to exploit it or unleash its attacking potential, understanding the dynamics is essential. Let’s dive into the tactics and plans that can turn this imbalance into an advantage. Watch the full video (15 mins) with a FREE subscription on my Patreon channel here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/strategies-with-130869095?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link I hope you'll find it useful. If you like it and you want to see my private educational videos, you can choose a membership on my Patreon channel. I upload 4-6 hours of videos / month (I've already uploaded 141 educational videos, totaling around 37 hours of content) and you can learn about openings, strategies, tactics and endgames, too. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to me. Kind regards, Gabor

Dear Chess Friends, As I mentioned before, I started uploading a full Endgame Course to my Patreon channel. I know, it's very annoying when you play a really good game and you have a great advantage in the endgame but you don't know the right winning technique. If you want to improve your endgame skills, I highly recommend you to watch my videos in which I teach you theoretical endgame positions from the basics to the more complex ones. In this video, I'm going to teach you 6 important positions where the attacker's pawn is already on a7, but the rook is stuck in front of it. Watch the video with a FREE SUBSCRIPTION on my Patreon channel here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rook-endgames-in-128754429?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link I hope you'll find it useful. If you like it and you want to see my private educational videos (I've already uploaded 126 educational videos, totaling more than 32 hours of content), you can choose a membership on my Patreon channel. I upload 4-6 hours of videos per month and you can learn about openings, strategies, tactics and endgames, too. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to me. Best, Gabor

Dear Chess Friends, In this video, I’ll walk you through two of my recent online games where I successfully executed the classic Greek Gift sacrifice. These examples will help illustrate not just the mechanics of the tactic, but also the typical attacking ideas that often follow and can lead to a decisive victory. Whether you're learning the motif for the first time or looking to sharpen your tactical vision, this is a perfect opportunity to see how the Greek Gift can work in real games. Watch the full video (17-18 mins) with a FREE subscription on my Patreon channel here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/greek-gift-in-128053417?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link I hope you'll find it useful. If you like it and you want to see my private educational videos, you can choose a membership on my Patreon channel. I upload 4-6 hours of videos / month (I've already uploaded 121 educational videos, totaling more than 30 hours of content) and you can learn about openings, strategies, tactics and endgames, too. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to me. Kind regards, Gabor

Dear Chess Friends, In this video, I'm showing you how you can use the strategic thinking method and teaching you a lot of useful middlegame principles through a really instructive exercise. Watch the full video (21 mins) with a FREE subscription on my Patreon channel here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/strategic-method-126484895?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link The main topics what you can learn from this video:    - How to use the strategic thinking method in the middlegame    - Opposite-colored bishops strategies    - Restricting the opponent's options    - Improving your pieces    - Multipurpose moves    - To trade or not to trade?    - Gaining space with pawns    - Breaking through I hope you'll find it useful. If you like it and you want to see my private educational videos, you can choose a membership on my Patreon channel. I upload 4-6 hours of videos / month (I've already uploaded 109 educational videos, totaling more than 28 hours of content) and you can learn about openings, strategies, tactics and endgames, too. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to me. Kind regards, Gabor

Dear Chess Friends, As I mentioned before, I’ve started uploading a full Endgame Course to my Patreon channel. I know how frustrating it can be when you play a great game, gain a winning advantage in the endgame, but don’t know the right technique to convert it. If you want to improve your endgame skills, I highly recommend checking out my videos, where I teach theoretical endgame positions—from the basics to more complex concepts. In this video, I present an entertaining pawn endgame study. By solving this study, you'll learn an important endgame strategy that can be incredibly useful in your games. Watch the video with a FREE subscription here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/pawn-endgames-124053875?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Key takeaways from this video:✔ How to avoid tricky stalemate traps as an attacker✔ How to win with connected passed pawns when one of them is a rook pawn I hope you’ll find it useful! If you enjoy the content and would like access to my private educational videos, consider becoming a Patreon member. I upload 4-6 hours of new video content per month, covering openings, strategies, tactics, and endgames. Plus, you’ll get access to daily chess puzzles in four difficulty levels. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me. Best,Gabor

Celebrate Women's Day with a special 25% discount for everyone on my Patreon subscription! 🎉💖 Plus, all women who subscribe during this offer will receive a FREE personalized video session, where I analyze one of their chess games! 📅 Offer valid until March 8th! I've already uploaded 87 chess educational videos (total length: around 22 hours) covering openings, strategies, tactics, and endgames, and I’m adding 4-6 hours of new content every month. Not sure yet? Watch these FREE full-length videos to see what to expect:♟️ Think Like a FIDE Master – https://www.patreon.com/posts/think-like-fide-123392383♟️ My Thinking Process in Chess – https://www.patreon.com/posts/my-thinking-part-122833033♟️ My Crazy Game – A Must-See Battle! – https://www.patreon.com/posts/my-crazy-game-121561642♟️ Tactical and Intuitive Chess Decisions – https://www.patreon.com/posts/tactical-and-in-121183796 🔥 Sign up now at www.patreon.com/Bgabor91 and take your chess skills to the next level! 🔔 25% OFF for everyone | Women also get a FREE personalized game analysis! – Offer expires March 8th!

Dear Chess Friend, Have you ever wondered what goes on inside a chess player’s mind during a game? In this video, I take you inside my thought process as I play an exciting online match on chess.com, commenting on my moves in real time! Then, I break it all down with a quick yet insightful post-game analysis, so you can learn from both my strategy and my mistakes. Ready to take your chess skills to the next level? Watch the full video for FREE with a subscription here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/think-like-fide-123392383?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link I hope you find it useful! If you enjoy this video and want exclusive, in-depth educational content, check out my Patreon channel. I upload 4-6 hours of video per month, covering openings, strategies, tactics, and endgames—plus, you’ll get daily puzzles in four different difficulty levels! Got questions? Let me know—I’d love to help! See you on the board! Best,Gabor

Dear Chess Friends, I've created a video where you can follow my thinking process step by step. In this video, I explain everything in detail so that even beginners can understand the basic motives and methods that guide me to find the best moves in tactical positions. Watch the video with FREE subscription here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/my-thinking-part-122833033?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link I hope you'll find it useful! If you enjoy the video and want access to even more exclusive educational content, consider subscribing to my Patreon channel. I upload 4-6 hours of videos per month covering openings, strategies, tactics, and endgames. Plus, I post daily puzzles in four different difficulty levels. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to me. Kind regards, Gabor

Dear Chess Friend, Don't forget that you have a few more hours to choose a membership on my Patreon channel (www.patreon.com/Bgabor91) with a 50% VALENTINE'S DAY DISCOUNT if you would like to get access to all of my private contents (around 19 hours of educational videos about openings, strategies, calculation trainings and endgames). Don't miss this huge opportunity! :) I wish you all the best, Gabor

Dear Chess Friends, I would like to give you a summary about the contents what I uploaded to my Patreon channel this week. I've already uploaded 73 educational videos (total length: around 18 hours) and I'm planning on uploading 4-6 hours of educational videos per month. If you are interested in my contents or you just would like to support my work, please subscribe to my channel (https://www.patreon.com/Bgabor91) and choose the membership which is the most suitable for you. YOU CAN DO THAT WITH 50% DISCOUNT TILL VALENTINE'S DAY!!! Don't miss this opportunity! Thank you so much! :) 1.) Pawn Endgames - Triangulation (https://www.patreon.com/posts/pawn-endgames-121407294?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)     The main topics what you can learn from this video:      - What is the triangulation in chess?      - What is the point of triangulation and how can we use it in practice?      - Tricky stalemate motives 2.) White Opening Repertoire - How to Handle the Albin Counter-Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5) (https://www.patreon.com/posts/white-opening-to-121477361?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)      You can learn my lines against the Albin Counter-Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5) with White. I'm talking about the opening and middlegame strategies, too. 3.) My crazy game against CARUANA!!! (FREE VIDEO ANALYSIS!) (https://www.patreon.com/posts/my-crazy-game-121561642?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)       A very special thing happened to me last night. I wanted to play one more blitz game on chess.com, so I clicked on the 'Play' button and the system gave me Fabiano Caruana as my opponent! We played a crazy game and that was a huge experience for me, so I wanted to share it with you. I hope you'll enjoy the game! :) 4.) Calculation Training - The Power of Underpromotion (Part 2) (https://www.patreon.com/posts/calculation-of-2-121803193?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)      I brought 10 more entertaining examples for underpromotion to you but these ones will be a bit different. :) I hope you'll enjoy them! 5.) Daily puzzles in 4 levels (https://www.patreon.com/Bgabor91) I hope you like my uploaded contents. Feel free to give me feedback or ask questions about them. :) Have a great weekend! Kind regards, Gabor

Dear Chess Friends, A very special thing happened to me last night. I wanted to play one more blitz game online, so I clicked on the 'Play' button and the system gave me Fabiano Caruana as my opponent! At first, I couldn’t believe my eyes, so I needed to check his username three times, but it was true… I was so excited! We played a crazy game with a wonderful checkmate at the end, that was a huge experience for me, so I wanted to share it with you. I made a video analysis of it, I hope you'll enjoy the game! You can watch the full video (20 mins) with a FREE subscription on my Patreon channel here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/my-crazy-game-121561642?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link I hope you'll find it useful. If you like it and you want to see my private educational videos, you can choose a membership on my Patreon channel which is suitable for you. Now, you can do that with a huge VALENTINE’S DAY DISCOUNT (50%) till 14th February. I upload 4-6 hours of videos / month and you can learn about openings, strategies, tactics and endgames, too. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to me. Kind regards, Gabor

Dear Chess Friends, As I mentioned before, I started uploading a full Endgame Course to my Patreon channel. I know, it's very annoying when you play a really good game and you have a great advantage in the endgame but you don't know the right winning technique. If you want to improve your endgame skills, I highly recommend you to watch my videos in which I teach you theoretical endgame positions from the basics to the more complex ones. In this video, I'm talking about a very important Rook endgame situation, the Lucena Position. Here is the link to that: https://www.patreon.com/posts/endgame-basics-119431162?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link The main topics what you can learn from this video:    - The 3-step winning method in the Lucena Position if it's the attacker's turn    - The right defending method in the Lucena Position if it's the defender's turn    - Building the bridge    - Checking distance    - Deflection I hope you'll find it useful. If you like it and you want to see my private educational videos, you can subscribe to my Patreon channel. I upload 4-8 hours of videos / month and you can learn about openings, strategies, tactics and endgames, too. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to me. Kind regards, Gabor

Dear Chess Friends, Chess is a very complex game. It’s not enough if you know the openings very well or you learn a lot of tactical motives. You’ll always miss things if you don’t use a structured thinking method, that’s the basis of everything. I worked out a system what I also use in my own games and that’s what I would like to teach you through a concrete example in this video. You can watch the full video (25 mins) with a FREE subscription on my Patreon channel here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tactical-and-in-121183796?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link The main topics what you can learn from this video:      - How to use the tactical thinking method (checks, captures, threats) properly      - How to use the strategic thinking method (imbalances connected to the kings, pieces, pawns, weak squares) properly      - How to improve your pieces      - How to attack a castled king      - Beautiful checkmate motives I hope you'll find it useful. If you like it and you want to see my private educational videos, you can subscribe to my Patreon channel. I upload 4-6 hours of videos / month and you can learn about openings, strategies, tactics and endgames, too. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to me. Kind regards, Gabor

You can find my daily puzzles for today with FREE subscription here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/daily-puzzles-in-120801217?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_cjoin_link

Dear Chess Friends, Would you like to improve your chess skills but you cannot afford hiring a private coach? Here's the right solution for you then! Join my Patreon channel (www.patreon.com/Bgabor91) and choose the smallest membership which gives you access to all of my private contents. What will you get if you join?    - Around 16 hours of educational videos about the most important areas at chess (openings, strategies, tactics and endgames). I upload 4-6 hours of new videos/month, so you can always learn new things in the future.    - More than 300 puzzles in 4 levels. I upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day and you can write your solutions down in the comments and I always give you feedback.    - If you want to discuss any chess related topics, you can use the Community chat where other players or even I can help you. You can get all these things for 10 USD now! If you want to make sure that you get a high-quality material from me, please take a look at my students' (and former students') feedback about my coaching services here: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-lessons/feedbacks-from-my-services I hope you'll find my contents useful and I'll see you in my Patreon community (there are more than 300 subscribers in less than 3 months). Kind regards, Gabor

Dear Chess Friends, The problem of the bad bishop plays a crucial role in positional chess. Recognizing and exploiting such situations can give you a significant advantage in the game, so I made an educational video about this topic. You can watch the video here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bad-bishop-120685458?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link The main topics what you can learn from this video:      - What is a bad bishop?      - How to exploit a bad bishop?      - How should you try to improve your bad bishop?      - The Stonewall System      - The 'dead bishop' I hope you'll find it useful. If you like it and you want to see my private educational videos, you can subscribe to my Patreon channel. I upload 4-8 hours of videos / month and you can learn about openings, strategies, tactics and endgames, too. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to me. Kind regards, Gabor

Dear Chess Friends, A few days ago I saw an amazing attacking game, in which White sacrifices many pieces to checkmate the Black king. I think it was a really instructive one (one of the best games I've ever seen), so I made a video of it. You can watch the full video (15 mins) with a FREE subscription on my Patreon channel here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/one-of-most-what-120254376?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link The main topics what you can learn from this video: - How to exploit your development advantage - How to attack against the king in the middle - Destructive sacrifices - The Greek Gift - Boden's mate I hope you'll find it useful. If you like it and you want to see my private educational videos, you can choose a membership on my Patreon channel. I upload 4-8 hours of videos / month and you can learn about openings, strategies, tactics and endgames, too. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to me. Kind regards, Gabor

Dear Chess Friends, I played an OTB game in which a really instructive, strategic position occurred on the board, so I made a video about it, starting with the critical position. You can watch the video here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/right-strategies-120190524?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link The main topics what you can learn from this video:    - What should you play for when both players have an isolated pawn in the center?    - How can you exploit the opponent's poor development?    - How can you restrict the opponent's pieces?    - How can you create a mating net with a queen and a knight?    - Various tactical motives I hope you'll find it useful. If you like it and you want to see my private educational videos, you can subscribe to my Patreon channel. I upload 4-8 hours of videos / month and you can learn about openings, strategies, tactics and endgames, too. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to me. Kind regards, Gabor