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Fearless Warrior - Attack smartly and fearlessly
Course
78 episodes
(2 hours 28 min)
(2 hours 28 min)
Creators
GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes
Attacking is one of the most fun and important parts of chess!
There’s a thrill to checkmate the enemy King by bringing pieces, sacrificing at the right time, and forcing a checkmate.
Many think attacking is just that – throwing all your pieces at the enemy King and spotting tactics at the right time.
However, there’s a lot more to it. For instance, spotting mating tactics does help. But how will you reach a position from where you can see all such mating ideas?
See moreTo improve your attacking skills, you first need to understand the fundamentals. This course covers exactly that. You’ll learn:
- When to start an attack?
- When should you sacrifice material?
- The different strategies to get your pieces into an attack.
- How do you attack when the Kings are castled on the same side?
- How to punish reckless attacks from your opponent?
And much more…
Below are the positions from the course:
This course is designed for players below 1500 rating. It’ll lay the foundation for you to become a smart and fearless attacker!
Ready?
Let’s get started!
What you'll learn
- When to start an attack?
- When should you sacrifice material?
- The different strategies to get your pieces into an attack.
- How do you attack when the Kings are castled on the same side?
- How to punish reckless attacks from your opponent and much more...
Course Content
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78
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103
Quizzes & Trainings -
2
Attachments -
2 hours 28 min
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Students give this course an average of 5 out of 5 stars.
Flynn
This course is exactly what I needed. The information is so important and in the test, I got 41/42. My attack is so much better now that I watched the course. Very very nice
Sarah Johnson
I love this course!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Howdy-howdy-howdy!
Thank you Sarah :-)
Ivan Ivec
Thank you for the course. With only 22/42 in the quiz (after watching the course) I revealed a weak spot of my play here.
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Dear Ivan,
Thanks for your kind words.
Indeed, it’s important to use tests to reveal your weaknesses and focus on them during chess training.
Kosala Sandeepa Chamikara Dharmasri Amarathunge
Thank you for this course, but I would like to know where can I find the 1600+ attacking course (That was mentioned in the lessons) .
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks a lot!
The advanced course on attack you can find in the Middlegame Mastery section - Attack Like a Viking!
Kosala Sandeepa Chamikara Dharmasri Amarathunge
Thank you.
Alan Bitterman
Great for laying the ground work for a struggling adult improver
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Dear Alan, thanks for your kind words!
I am glad you enjoyed the course :-)
Juan Garcia
Amazing course!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Amazing words, thank you!
Yuya Sato
This course is good. Before watching this course, I had a tendency to attack by moving my knight aimlessly. However, after watching this course, I understood how and when to attack. I think the key is to improve my pieces effectively and attack the opponent's weak squares. From now on, I will review this course until I have cleared up any points I am unsure about and the way of thinking is ingrained in my subconscious.
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Dear Yuya,
Thanks a lot for your kind words!
I appreciate it a lot.
Depending on your rating you can also watch Attack Like a Viking, which is the advanced course on the Calculation topic :-)
Riccardo Volpati
Hi Gabu, as usually great and amazing course ; very usefull , simple and basics concepts for attack ;
better than many books about how to attack.
Thnaks a lot ! Great job !
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Hey Riccardo,
Thanks for very kind feedback, I appreciate it a lot :-)
Riccardo Volpati
Hi Gabu what amazing course , I love attack , this course help me to attack better game after game understanding all the concepts behind an attack
Thanks Gabu !
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks again dear Riccardo :-)
Eric Stolen
Wonderful course very well structured and full of great examples. Coach Gabuzyan is a great instructor.
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Dear Eric,
Thank you for your kind words. Reading positive feedbacks makes me happy :-)
CHESSMOOD FAN
WOW!
Barney Powers
This is an excellent course with easy to remember concepts with great examples. I especially liked the ‘Find the Plan’ and then a follow up in each section. I love the way this course fits in with Chessmood simplified openings, model games and streams. It is very coherent with the openings leading to attacking potential and this course filling in on the ideas. Tactics Ninja and Mating Matador help with the attacking concepts as well. Bravo coach!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Dear Barney,
Thank you for your kind words, and overall feedback!
Exciting to read this and know courses help you to become stronger!
Good luck :-)
Gabriel Cattoir
Without a plan, there's no attack. Without attack, no victory.
That solid plan was explained very carefully and thoroughly, thank you for that!
Breaking it down into small and understandable parts is so good for deep knowledge.
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Dear Gabriel,
Thanks for your kind words!
Indeed attacking itself is a big word - and knowing what are the important components and putting them together right is a key to successful attacks!
Alex Reeve
Great course, this was a course I needed, I was guilty of “hoping” when attacking and therefore getting lucky or running out of ammo but this course gave me clearly outlined principles and a plan to consider through.. now I can hear GM Gabuzyan’s voice telling me to bring the pieces, check if the sacrifice is concrete and open up the position in front of the King! Great course
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks, Alex,
Attacking is an art, and if you know what to do it becomes a pleasure to attack.
Also, great attendance at the events, keep going!
GM_Shree Akshath Nithiakanthan
BRAVO! the course is superb! Now I can see scared opponents during the game.
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks for the nice words!
Haha)) Say sorry to your opponents :-)
Raad Saad
كورس ممتع ومليء بل فائده شكرا جزيلا لك
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
I don;t speak Arabic but used a translator to understand :-)
Thanks for your kind words, Good luck!
Geo Philip
This course helps me a lot to improve in chess especially when attacking the opponents king. thank you very much sir Gabuzyan for this great course!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Dear Geo,
Thanks for your kind words :-)
Eric Stolen
This gem is packed with lots of solid lessons and practical examples. Thanks Gabuzyan for another great course!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks Eric :-)
It's amazing to read this and I am happy that you enjoyed the course.
Mainak Ghosh
This Chess Course made me realise how bad an attacker I was. It helped me improve significantly, the lessons were easy to follow and the positions taken for explanation were awesome. I never knew chess could be this enjoyable and easy. I will keep up my practice. Thanks Coach !
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks for this kind of nice words!
Show them now the attacking power :-)
Mainak Ghosh
Yup I definitely will.
Tony Weir
Before joining ChessMood I was a reluctant attacker - I didn’t really understand how to approach an attack and was consumed with fear of failure. I just couldn’t learn what to do from a book. The video explanations are so insightful and helpful.
This course, together with the streams, has put me right. Chess is much more enjoyable if you attack when the circumstances are there to do so. Sure, I’m still making mistakes at times, and lose when I shouldn’t, but the thrill of the spectacular wins more than offsets those setbacks.
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Tony! I am excited to read your fantastic feedback, thank you so much! Hope next time, when hearing back from you I see that you increased lot's of rating :-)
Johan Paul
A very excellent course. By the way when is the middlegame roadmap going to be released
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks, dear Johan!
We are working on that topic to make presentations clear and understandable :-)
Saeid Mousavi
I very much enjoyed this course. One can not win a game of chess without attacking the opponent's King.
I particularly enjoyed the end-of-session puzzles. They were not just the one we had already seen in the lessons. Grate job ChessMood team.
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks Saeid - it's cool to know people enjoy the lessons, thanks for kind words :-)
Saeid Mousavi
Thank you GM Gabuzyan.
Is there any way to ask a question from GMs directly?
Derek McGovern
An excellent, well presented course. Well done, Gubuzyan!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks for the kind feedback Derek :-)
Chris Knight
Excellent. Great summary of what to look for.
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks for your feedback!
Carles Brugarolas
Very well structured
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thank you so much!
Kartish Wani
The best lesson of my chess games.
It help me to win many games and increase my rating.
Thank you :)
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
I am very happy to hear this, thanks for kind words!
kyle hnwi
Learned a lot
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks!
Elizabeth Tanyous
I watched it and finish really Amazing Also want to repeat it again and again :) i appreciate
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Elizabeth! Thank you so much for these nice words!
If you enjoyed it, there is also Attack Like a Viking - advanced course on Attack, which you can watch later.
Good luck!
Elizabeth Tanyous
Thank you so much, I will watch it as soon as possible :) I appreciate
Frank Erfeldt
A great overview!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
A great feedback :-)
Ricardo Bertolini
Great course by GM Gabuzyan. Excellent concepts to guide us. Thank you.
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Great feedback by Ricardo Bertolini :-)
Thanks for kind words :))
Benabbas Lhadi
Great course thanks you
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks for kind words!
Nathan Kuo
Cool
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks!
Aradhya Adke
A
Kevin Kirop
Thanks
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thank you too!
Petrisor Gavrila
Excelent!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks!
Singapore Chess Infinity
thanks for making the concepts so easy to understand!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks for kind words, keep going!
Edmond Zeldin
Top quality, engaging instruction. This course has to give you an edge. GM Gabuzyan really cares!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks Edmond!
I appreciate your kind words!
Alan Bitterman
Great concepts, I learned a lot
ChessMood
Thanks!
Ace Mckareb
Very well thought out and organized course. Highly recommended.
ChessMood
Thank you!
yogesh vishwakarma
That's been really helpful course!
Now confident to attack with thec concepts learnt!
Thanks Gabu sir(This name seems simple to pronounce instead of full name..Hope that's fine)
ChessMood
Thank you! Yeah, Gabu is fine! :)
Sumanta Sinha Roy
Excellent
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks!
Aumkar Sriram
Legendary
ChessMood
Hehe :)
Manish Kumar Sharma
It was really very useful to learn so many nuances of attacking positions and resources.
ChessMood
Thank you!
Aaradhya Sharma
Thank you sir. You are the best. You help me to forget the fear of attacking.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Great!
Now its time to defend with honor! :)
Aaradhya Sharma
sure sir :)
Henry Singletary
Awesome course! I hope to attack better in my games. I am going to watch the next attacking course you mentioned as well. Great job!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Cool!
Narasimha Rao
Great course . Adds value to every minute you spend . We ca really feel and appreciate the difference of a well organized course vs 100 random vedios on the same topic in youtube and all other channels. GM Gabuzyan is a really great instructor. Wishing him great successin all his endeavours
ChessMood
Thanks for a beautiful review!
GM Magnus Carlsen
Legendary Gabuzyan Hovhannes
ChessMood
Haha :)
Ernest Zarins
Great course! I learned a lot from it, and surely recommend it to to my friends in my chess group as well. Thank you!
ChessMood
Thank you!
Attack Like a Viking is the next? :)
Ernest Zarins
I think so, and I won’t stop there :)
Stan Pasquale
I really enjoyed the course - learned a lot of concepts and principles that I was not aware of before. I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking to improve their attacking skills.
ChessMood
Thank you!
Vikram Medelin
Very good. Congratulation!
ChessMood
Thanks!
Aditi Arun
Awesome course! If possible, can you please tell the names of the books in the background? ;)
Giorgos Kechagias
One of the best, once again!
ChessMood
Thanks!
Giorgos Kechagias
Excellent!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thank you :-)
Paulo Fanha
This was the best attacking course that I have ever watched my entire life.
And I already watched plenty ofthem!
I should really congratulate you, because this time you trully excelled.
Thank you for allowing me to learn from it!
ChessMood
Wooow!!!
Thanks too! :)
Martín Rech
Very good course. Tips and examples of when is good or not to attack.
ChessMood
Super!
Thanks a lot for sharing this.
Adam Elazab
Great
ChessMood
Thanks, Adam!
prem damera
Best ideas
ChessMood
Thanks :)
Renato Albuquerque
Great course!
ChessMood
Thanks!
Kevin Williamson
Great ideas to work with.
ChessMood
Thanks, Kevin!
Roy Comer
Clear examples, though I wish there were more (!) and these helped me understand that Av an Gab are always on the attack.
ChessMood
Hehe :) Thanks!
BTW, for more examples, you can go to the "Attack like a Viking" advanced course.
Thomas H.
Great course with very illustrative examples.
More than 2 hours of enjoyment. Now, I'm warmed up for "Attack like a viking".
Thank you!
ChessMood
Hehe :)
Good luck! :)
Ron Brinegar
Clear and highly enjoyable training... worth every penny
ChessMood
Thanks, Ron!
Asad-Akbar Chess
This course is wonderfully designed and the trainer explained everything precisely. Really loved it...
ChessMood
Super!
Thanks :)
Randall Sears
Fearless Warrior is a well designed and presented introduction to basic methods for attacking the king. I wish I had this background when I tried to wade through some of the more advanced books on the subject. Keep up the good work!
ChessMood
Thanks, Randall!
Mike Luque
Loads of great information. My blitz rating has gone up 87 points since I started this course.
ChessMood
Wow!
How much is it now?
Tony O'Donovan
Very good course again
ChessMood
Thanks! :)
CY Wu
Zaid Al-JAY
Good informative course for a rating of 1500 to give something brief on what to do when attacking instead of going deep lines.
ChessMood
Thanks!
David Flynn
Years ago, a friend rated around 1200 was getting frustrated. Despite having a number of tactics books and could catch you out in his favourite Scotch, after yet another loss he was complaining loudly that he didn't know how to attack. If only this course existed back then. Building on top of Tactic Ninja and Mating Matador, it's even an entertaining enough summary for stronger players before moving on to the Attack Like a Viking course.
ChessMood
Thanks, David! Where is your friend now? :)
GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes
Hovhannes Gabuzyan became a U-16 Olympic Champion in 2010. Two years later, at 17, he achieved the Grandmaster title.
He was the World University Chess Champion in 2016, the Armenian Champion in 2017 and 2021, and has represented his country at the prestigious Chess Olympiad.
He believes time is a person’s most valuable resource. This philosophy reflects in his swift play on the chessboard and his training methods that focus on squeezing the most out of one’s time.
Hovhannes Gabuzyan became a U-16 Olympic Champion in 2010. Two years later, at 17, he achieved the Grandmaster title.
He was the World University Chess Champion in 2016, the Armenian Champion in 2017 and 2021, and has represented his country at the prestigious Chess Olympiad.
He believes time is a person’s most valuable resource. This philosophy reflects in his swift play on the chessboard and his training methods that focus on squeezing the most out of one’s time.
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