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Matt Jensen earned the National Master title at age 29. As a professional statistician and experienced coach, Matt analyzes real player improvement data to eliminate the guesswork in your daily study routine.
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How to Stop Blundering: Available Squares
In continuation of our How To Stop Blundering series, let's take a look at another position. Black just played the move Qf5. Black is looking to potentially clear the d-file,…
How To Stop Blundering: Forbidden Pawn Captures
The easiest way to get better at chess is to stop being bad. We lose most of our games due to blunders. If we stop making blunders our rating will…
Fix Your Planning Problems
Chess isn't just calculation, it's decision-making. A plan in chess is looking ahead multiple moves. Create a fantasy position in your head to aim for, even if you don't know…
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Across 9,000+ Improvers
There are dozens of books, thousands of puzzles and lessons, and no real clear way to know which of these will help to improve your game. This study plan eliminates that uncertainty. You are provided with day by day instructions on what to do, and for how long. There is also a community of support available to help you on your journey.
Jacob Craft
Novice
This was a great plan for someone who wanted some day plans for what to do. I needed a week 1 / day 1 to week 12 / day 7 and this perfectly delivered. The beginner plan suggests picking up a chess.com subscription while going through the course, and I would highly recommend this as well. Will be picking up the next level soon.
Russ
Beginner
The best part about the plan is, in my opinion, the structure to my daily chess activities this plan provided, and it really is paying off. The community is amazing, and Matt’s advice and support are invaluable. I’m really excited about continuing to get better to begin the next study plans in the ChessGoals study plan series.
Nicolas Celedon
Intermediate
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