All categories

Trustworthy content where every article is written by Grandmasters

  • GM Avetik Grigoryan

Achieve Your Chess Goals Using Warren Buffett’s 5/25 Rule

Achieve Your Chess Goals Using Warren Buffett’s 5/25 Rule

Improvement Hacks | Chess Training | 5 min read
  • GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes

How To Win Chess Tournaments: 7 Key Principles

After winning the Armenian Championship, GM Gabuzyan shares 7 key principles for winning chess tournaments, along with his story of the event.

Improvement Hacks | Psychology and Mental Toughness | Tournament Preparation | Coach’s Corner | Real Stories Of Improvements | 15 min read

Become a ChessMood PRO Member

Raise your rating with unlimited access to our courses, streams, webinars, forum, PGN's, and more!

Let's go
  • GM Avetik Grigoryan

Elephant Gambit | The Refutation

Struggling against the Elephant Gambit? Not anymore! Learn this simple way to get a big advantage without needing to memorize a bunch of long lines.

Openings | 15 min read
  • GM Avetik Grigoryan

Which Chess Books? Openings? Courses? The 3 Golden Rules When Asking for Recommendations

What's the best chess book/opening/course? Follow these 3 golden rules in order to get meaningful recommendations to speed up your chess growth!

Improvement Hacks | 6 min read
  • GM Avetik Grigoryan

Be Willing to Ask

Want to get advice or training from a Grandmaster? It all starts by being willing to ask! Find out how to reach out and get in contact with GMs.

Improvement Hacks | Be Amazing | 5 min read
  • GM Avetik Grigoryan

Be Awesome!

How do some amateurs get free help from Grandmasters? Find out how being awesome could be the key to speeding up your chess growth!

Improvement Hacks | Be Amazing | 8 min read