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Endgame Roadmap - Your compass to navigate in the Endgames
Course
72 episodes
(3 hours 50 min)
(3 hours 50 min)
Creators
GM Avetik Grigoryan
What to do when you don’t know what to do? 😀
This is a question that many chess lovers suffer with in the endgame phase.
They try different theoretical endgames, books and courses, but still, often find themselves in a situation where they simply don’t know what to do.
Is this about you too? 😃
This course isn’t on theoretical endgames. And it’s not subtle Grandmaster-level techniques.
It’s a very unique course, which will teach you how to think in the endgames, and what you should try to achieve in different kinds of positions.
Grandmaster Grigoryan will put a compass into your hands, so whenever you end up in the endgame, you’re never lost anymore.
Below are the positions from the course:
The course is made with care and love, for your growth.
Enjoy it, and take your chess to another level.
Best wishes,
ChessMood team
What you'll learn
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What’s the main road that takes to the opponent’s King
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What’s the shortcut and when you can use it
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Who’s the endgame superstar? (It’s not the Rook or the Queen)
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What’s the main plan in the endgames
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How to use weak pawns
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How to use weak squares
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The principles that are applied in the endgame and much more…
Course Content
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72
Episodes -
251
Quizzes & Trainings -
2
Attachments -
3 hours 50 min
5
Students give this course an average of 5 out of 5 stars.
Alessandro Genovese
just what I was looking for
Eric Stolen
Excellent and fun course. The exercises really reinforce the concepts. Avo is a great teacher!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Eric!
Danielle W
Amazing! This is my favorite course so far! I hope there will be middlegame road map too. Absolutely excellent job, Chessmood team!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hey Danielle! Thank you very much, my friend. It's my favorite course too.
Middlegame is too complex. But after you watch the Silent Strategy and the 7Q Method, you'll have quite a good understanding of how to navigate in the endgames.
Katie Sanderson
It was very helpful in my losing positions and drawing also winning.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Katie!
Have you watched the SLP course already?
Blackdog
just one word, spectacular
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Just 2 words. Huge Thanks! :)
Jon Bain
I have taken a few chessmood courses now, and this by far has been the most practical. I learned some things immediately, and used them almost immediately in real games. Great job!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks a lot, Jon!
This is my favorite course!
Radu Cirstea
That's a great course, in the endgames I always looked at the board without any clue. I was just randomly moved pieces and hope for the best. Now it's a different story! One of the best resource you can find about the endgame strategy.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
"Now it's a different story!"
Thank you very-very much, my friend!
Flynn
Very good for beginners
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you!
Peter Ackland
This is the 9th ChessMood course I have taken - they have all been really good - but perhaps this has been the pearl of them all, so far. First league game after completing the course I won a very long end game with moves I would have never made before studying the course. Can't wait to start the end game must know theory course.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hey Peter!
Thank you very much for your kind words!
This is my favorite too... :)
Rahul kumar
Very good
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks :)
Jem Mendoza
Helpful as always!!!!!!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you as always! :)
ActingGM what
Perfect course for me (beginner-intermdiate). I thought endgame is some kind of boring and I need a lot of endgame theories, something like "Lucena Position" which I don't need much at my level. So, I just give up studying endgame and when I enter into the endgame phase, I just hope my opponent will make mistakes. This is how I deal with endgame so far. But, this course changed my entire mind about endgame. Because this course is a little bit different endgame course from what I know. This course doesn't order to memorize theories. Rather, it offers natural and logical ways to win in the endgame perfectly. I just followed the instruction (especially, think about the solution first and then listen to explanation).
After finishing this course, I have a lot of confident in the endgame. I feel if I get into endgame phase with advantage, my opponent? he's going to feel frustrated. And I feel even if I make mistakes in opening or middle game phase and go into endgame phase, my opponent? he will have to play very precisely, otherwise he'll lose. I feel l'm not afraid of endgame anymore.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you for your great-great feedback, my friend!
Exaclty. Endgame isn't just theoretical endgames.
Massimiliano Fantazzini
Thanks a lot. I really had grateful for these lessons. True you use an easy way to teach and impressive by heart
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Grazie mille! :)
Alex Rakipi
Fantastic course! My fide is 2000, but I was feeling like a 1400 in endgames, so watching this course was definately a great idea!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehe :)
Great! Thanks a lot! You can also take a look at Must Know Endgame Theory under 2000. Then you'll feel you're at least 2000 in the endgames too :)
Alex Rakipi
I already did, it helped a lot!
JAANVI THOTA
so nice theory
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Happy you liked it! :)
Epram Edward
من افضل الكورسات التي شاهدتها في النهايات
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you!
Ricardo Bertolini
Excellent course! A great deal of knowledge divided into small parts for easier understanding.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Ricardo!
Henry Yang
Tom Nicholson
Super course, quite a different way of presenting how to approach endgames, that I'd not come across after diving straight into theory. Great stuff, thanks team!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks a lot, Tom!
Nicholas Murphy
Wow - what an amazing course. It opened my eyes to a lot of concepts I was previously vaguely familar with but did not truly properly grasp like I feel I do now. Looking forward to playing endgames with these new insights. A key insight I gained from this course that I had not previously realised is that in endgames the main focus of piece development/improvement/exchanges should be creating and targeting pawn weaknesses, rather than other considerations that predominate in the middlegame like controlling the centre. I think this will improve my middlegame play substantially as well, as feel like I will be happier enter endgames where I am nursing a small advantage, rather than just trying to blow opponents off the board tactically in the middlegame. Thankyou Avetik for the immense work that has gone into making this excellent educational material.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks a lot, Nicholas! Thanks for your kind words.
Indeed, the concepts should help with middlegame too!
Joseph Williams
Great course, your presentation has made concepts, which were complicated for me, very easy to learn and internalize! Just for one example, the topic of exchanging weak pawns for positional advantages has been a game changer in my endgames. Before I was very stubborn to give away any pawns, but that was completely the wrong way to play. Thank you so much GM Avetik, you are a great teacher!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Joseph, thank you very much too, for your kind words!
I'm very happy to be helpful. Best of luck in 2025!
HariNarayana PE
Thank you GM Avetik, this course given me confidence to play end game, before watching this course i so confused which pices first move and how to finish the game....now I got better clarity, thank you Chessmood team......and family
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Great! You're welcome, my friend!
Oris Robinson
This is a must study. GM Avetik Grigoryan is an excellent presenter.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you, Oris!
Juan Garcia
Wonderful course and material!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Juan!
Saulius Diktanas
Great course! My understanding of the endgames has definitely improved. ChessMood team are great teachers!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Great!
Thanks, Saulius!
Madhouse No
Amazing :D
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks!
Aabhas Kumar Srivastava
Amazing course!!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you!
Yundi Lin
Amazing course!!!!!P.S (Can we give more then 5 stars? I wish there was a function for that.)
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehe :) :) :)
Yeah... We need to update that part :)
Thanks a lot!!!
CP CP
10 out of 10
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
10x thanks! :)
PURVANSH SHAH
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GM_Avetik Grigoryan
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Christian Laringer
Thank you for an outstanding course! Enjoy every minute!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you, Christian!
Chris Zhang
very nice
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks! :)
Sanj Dica
Շատ շնորհակալ եմ ձեր հիանալի դասընթացի համար, ես շատ ուրախացա. Lots of love, Avetik.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Haha :) Thanks! :)
Aarav Singh
Absolutely love this course. It is really one of it's kind. You don't get to see such type of courses anywhere. Chess Mood is great as well as GM Avetik :) Great Job !!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you, my friend!
This is my favorite course :)
Adam Machnik
Fantastic course.
Endgames were the part of the game that was the biggest problem for me, but thanks to this course I feel I really improved my endgame skills.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Adam! Thanks for sharing this.
You should also watch the MET2000.
Vishnu V
Even without deep theoretical endgame knowledge one can hope to win endgames under 2000 level.You have proved that endgames are enjoyable and have shown an endgame thinking algorithm.Hoping to apply these ideas in my next classical tournament.Completed the course in one night session Thanks a lot I will try to cover endgame mastery also
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks Vishnu!
In one night? Then, please, download the slide and keep with you :)
Andy Willkinson
Very good and easy-to-follow way to play the endgame. I find the concept of "Roadmaps" very helpful at making me understand the contents and making a logical conneection between different elements in the endgame. Also, PLS RELEASE MIDDLEGAME ROADMAP, I HAVE A TOURNAMENT COMING UP.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks Andy!
For Middlegame, for now please watch the 7Q Method. It'll dramatically help.
Alexandra Rella
Well structured, easy to follow and understand. Just brilliant!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Alexandra!
Tony Weir
Another great course. I have never seen the Endgame taught in this way before - the Roadmap is an excellent guide to help you plan as you transition into and play the endgame
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Tony!
Vagner Navasardyan
Thank you it was a very understandable course.Every information was easy to absorb and to study.As I watched this course I have the feel that I'm really holding a compass witch is showing me the right moves anytime.Not like before I am just WAITING for the endgame.Also the great thing is, that you can youse the skills for middle game and also openings for example to cover the weak squares or just destroy the opponent by entering his camp, if he Isn't too strong and I have enough recourses.
really useful, funny,studieable and great course.THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Vagner!
Thanks a lot, friend! You absolutely got it, and I see in depth. When you speak about connection of this and positional chess, I know you know it! :)
Yuya Sato
This is a very good and very useful course. Before I watch this course, I thought that Endgame is boring. and I didn't know well how to conduct in the endgame to win. But after watching this course, I thought that Endgame is interesting. and I got the strategy for winning the endgame. This course helped me so much. From now on, I will take the test to review. Thank you.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Great!!!
Thanks for sharing this! Thanks, friend!
Matthew Pearce
Thank you - I thoroughly enjoyed this course and feel I have absorbed a lot!
But, as also mentioned by Heather Walker below, it would be a great help sometimes if there was a one-line explanation as to which principle was being applied when a particular move is offered as the preferred as the solution. Perhaps this could ost usefully be attached to either the Hint or the Solution button?
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks Matthew!
Yeah, thats a great idea!
We'll expand the functionality of the solution and hint.
Dane Stevens
Great course! loved it so much!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Dane!
Naman Khandelwal
This was a brilliant course. Just played a game after completing this course, took it to the endgame and won it using the roadmap. Thanks!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Super!
Link for the game?
Naman Khandelwal
https://lichess.org/0olqdkCa/black (straight mate and targeting weak pawns)
Naman Khandelwal
How was it?
Elizabeth Warren
brilliant
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you! :)
Heather Enid Walker
Thank you so much for your wonderful course and for making it available to us all. I have never thought endgames were boring, they are the most exciting part of chess, like the last few pages of a thriller, or the last few minutes of a film, so I enjoyed the course very much. You are a most charming and charismatic presenter, and the visual presentation was faultless throughout. However, a couple of little tweaks would make the course absolutely perfect.
1. The sound quality is rather variable, both in volume and EQ-- I often had to rerun the beginning of what I had missed whilst I'd been adjusting it, sometimes to make it properly audible, other times to avoid disturbing other people. I think your foam filter is cutting too many of the upper frequencies and you are still getting some popping, so it might be worth trying a mesh shield. But even if you don't want to rerecord it all (and I wouldn't blame you!) a good sound engineer could still balance up the different recordings throughout the sections.
2. When working through the quizzes, I would appreciate a few seconds' pause after each answer, so that I could absorb what I did wrong (or right!) and why, and how, the correct answer works.
These are small points and not enough to dock you a star! I hope they are of help and I look forward to more of ChessMood when able.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hey hey hey!!!
Thank you very much for kind words and feedback!
Thats a good idea! I should ask our tech team and see what they can do!
Kanishka Bhatia
Excellent courses
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks! :)
Sarko Topuzyan
Thanks for the very interesting and useful course.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks too, friend!
Jiten KPathak
Excellent!!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks!
Andeel Mohammed
Great ideas and very well explained. This will surely win me a few end games 👏🏽
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Great! I think so too :)
Dikshant
Absolutely amazing course. I'm always confused about what to do in endgames, but no longer anymore. I look forward to applying what I've learned when I play chess.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Super! Thanks, too!
Tom Gruber
Great course as always!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehe :) Thanks, Tom!
Iain Sneddon
Incredible course, full of great ideas and presented with a novel premise as to the desired outcome of your endgame play. Highly recommended.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, friend!
Iain Sneddon
Your training helped me directly win a R+P endgame in a recent tournament, all on increment.
JADAB CH
Great coach I have ever seen
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehe : ) Thanks :)
AARUSH SHINDE
WOW WOW WOW WOW
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Nice, yeah? :)
Ivan Ivec
This is the way the chess should be thaught. Good luck!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Wow! Thanks a lot, Ivan!
Ivan Ivec
I got 40/50 in the test several weeks after watching the course. I'm happy with the things I've learned here.
Hsien Jin Lim
This is the best course I have seen so far on endgames, keep up the good work, chessmood!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Will do!
Thank you! :)
Max Real
This course helped me so much. Before this I was just thinking of random but like active moves I did not understand passed pawns, after, now I understand how to attack weak pawns create passed pawns and more.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Great! My mission is completed! :)
Lorenzo Scatolini
Thank you Avetik, this was an amazing course!
Thanks to this and all the other courses I've managed to beat stronger players and raise my rating!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Lorenzo!
How much have you raised?
Lorenzo Scatolini
Almost 70 ELO points.
Hubert Bates
Linda Kalin
Loved Avetik's relaxed style of the commentary in this Endgame course.
Super information as always.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Linda!
S ARUN KUMAR
wow, simply awesome!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks! :)
Pascal Frayda
i like the way you explain all the Principles and also in a a good funny way which keeps the good mood and very good and easy to understand greetings from germany! my otb rating is 1600 ELO!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks for kind words, Pascal! I hope to hear more from you and learning your ELO is at least 100 points higher. Thanks again!
Hemant Ghoorah
Totally awesome!! Now I can tackle my endgames logically, instead of randomly!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Logically, instead of randomly!
I should have used these words in the description of the course :)
Thanks a lot, my friend!
Joshua Adrean
Plateu at 1900 Chess.com blitz for months, and suddenly the day after I complete this I get to 2k! Thank you Avetik and entire ChessMood Team!🎉
As someone whose only played online chess, and realizing this is becoming the norm I think endgame skill is becoming less-focused on. This course is a blessing, and I can't wait to see what the other courses have in store!🔥
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Wow!
Congratulations Joshua! And thanks for sharing this.
I guess the 7Q method course, will add another 50-100 rating points :)
Alexandre Bur
Dear Avetik,
Your course is just great. Looking forward to practice the roadmap OTB! Thanks a lot.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Alexandre!
This is my favorite course, too.
Gabriel Go
This course helped me understand about weak pawns and to take advantage of my opponent's weak squares. Thank you for this amazing course!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks for sharing this, Gabriel!
I hope our upcoming positional course it'll help you even more.
Wesley Bloemsma
I learned so much from this course. Till now I always dreaded getting in equal endgames now I look forward to put what I learned here in to practice.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks a lot, Wesley!
Good luck in practice. Right Mood - Right Move? :)
Harald Kaada
I can't believe how much you managed to cover in under 4 hours! Some of the material I found tricky, and I made way too many mistakes on the final test, but I already find myself thinking differently and finding more opportunities in the endgames. So I think I should keep repeating the course until everything sticks.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehe :)
Yes, my friend. This is my favorite course! :)
Thanks a lot!
Anuradha Raghavendran
I love this course
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehe :) Thanks! Me too :)
Nathan Kuo
This course is a game changer and by far the course which has made the most difference to my game. I go through this every month and always find something which will improve my game. I just have one suggestion though. For the quizzes at the end of each chapter, one has to start all over again if we get the last answer incorrect. Hope this can be addressed. All said and done, an absolute gem!!!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks a lot! This is my favorite course, too!
If you click on the last unsolved puzzle, lets say on #5, isn't fine?
If you click start over, yeah, but clicking on the wrong solved puzzles doesn't work?
Aarav Katukuri
amazing course
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you!
Guillermo Garcia
Hi, I love this course. In the section 8 I think there is an error in the "King is weak" second quiz. It says that the correct answer is Rg5 but the video explains the Rg4 idea with the rook sacrifice, get rid of your pawn and bring the rook to the empty file and mate.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks a lot!
Fixed! :)
Ishan Ganguly
The two stars of the show: The pawn, and Mr. Avetik. It was just a delight watching how you make navigating through endgames look like a piece of cake. This course hopefully will be a long lasting rating booster. Thank you!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
What a beautiful review!
Thanks a lot!
kyle hnwi
Great course
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you :)
Alex Reeve
This was a huge breakthrough for me. The course is laid out in small steps and the logical progression is very consumable for busy players that just want to make progress but can't dedicate hours to learning in one sitting. I've bought several Chessable Courses, Aimchess subscriptions, books on Endgames but this was by far the one that helped me to the next level. That's not to say those courses are no good, but now thinking about it as a roadmap is allowing me to not panic and make random moves and if anything allows me to apply what I've learnt in other material and this was perfect for me. Endgames were a major weak spot for me as I had no plan, I still have a long way to go but GM Avetik has a really nice teaching style and I'll be back to try more. The style of the lessons in short videos then quiz is exactly how I like to learn.. I have to admit I thought "not another Chess website wanting a subscription" when Google offered this course, but I'm so glad I tried it as if feels much more of a small team of GMs sharing their insights in a very simple and way than the slightly more polished big course elsewhere.. worked for me! Thank you very much to the team - look forward to trying more
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
What a review!!!
Thanks a lot!
Did you keep yourself anonymous intentionally?
Alex Reeve
Sorry no! Thank you from Alex
Shannon Berry
I really enjoyed this course and found it very appropriate for my rating level (1200ish). I feel that with a better understanding of the endgame, I might climb another 200–300 elo.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Shannon! You should!
Thanks for review!
pierre Wavresky
Très pédagogique, merci !
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Merci beaucoup! :)
RAM ERUMBI
amazing course. but I request a course on endgame mating patterns (except the ones in the mating matador course
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Good idea! Thanks! :)
Boris Silbermann
As a chess enthusiast and avid learner, I recently had the pleasure of delving into the endgame course for the second time, and I have to say big thank you to the creators!!! It felt like an emotional symphony of discovery, with each note striking a chord deep within.
What I learned most is the importance of the pawns structure and how they can be pushed without losing them unncessarily. The ideas presented in the course are easy to implement in your real games. Now I have a clear plan! Looking forward to watching more courses made by Chessmood!!!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Boris!
"An emotional symphony of discovery, with each note striking a chord deep within. "
What a review!!!
Thanks a lot!
Arno du Plessis
Very good
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks!
there is
great course but the you said the answer of the second puzzle was rg5 but in the Quiz the answer was rg4
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks!
Let me find which one and fix it.
there is
Hello,
I apologize, it is my 8 year old sun that uses it and I can't remember what it was. I just finished reading your article about improving in chess.
He is playing at batumi world cup u10 at the end of June.
He is a diamond member.
He just joined a couple of month ago. I need the best plan for him.
His fide rapid is 1550
Any yes he wants to be a gm and he has about 2 hours per day.
What is the best thing for me to do for him?
Siddharth PSBB
a very good course this course helped me improve
my endgame so much.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Great! Thank you, too!
Hugo Amo
This is probably the best course I've ever come across. Sorry, probably no, the best.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehe :)
Thanks a lot! Its also my favorite!
Gabriel Cattoir
End games were a dark maze for me but this course changed my light bulb!
Lets see how that new, bright light shines upon the test :-)
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
I feel like I'm Thomas Edison :)
Thanks my friend!
Todd McAuliffe
Great Course!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
I am Mr. Great, yeah? :)
Tony O'Donovan
great course and very intuitive keep up the great work your doing
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Tony! Will do! :)
Miguel Haag
Very good course, friend Avo!!
As always in Chessmood Courses, if there is a test position, look first at moves with a tempo!!!! This never fails
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Exactly!
Thanks, Miguel!
franci soba
great course! amazing! simple to understand
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Franci!
Petrisor Gavrila
Just AMAZING! Until now I played the ending by ear, but now i feel I will playing it by notes! Since now I was just a simple violonist, but now I feel I am a real musician! Thank a lot!!!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehe!
Thanks for the beautiful comment! :)
Josh Delzell
Loved this course! Could you consider doing the attachments with a white background? I like to print them but they use so much ink.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Josh!
My designer will kill me, if I give her that task on top of everything she does :)
If you'll cover expenses of my family after I'm gone, I'll do that! :)
Josh Delzell
no problem, consider the expenses covered!
Nilesh Shinde
Happy Birthday 🎂
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Haha, thanks :)
Gary Morris
Amazing course. Years of reading endgame books, trying to understand the concepts without the fundamentals in place, has resulted in untold pain! Can't thank you enough. Absolutely the best introductory endgame course out there in my opinion. 5 stars.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Gary!
Indeed, this is my top 1 favorite course too :)
Daniel Bachmann
Best endgame course of my life. Most endgame courses only cover one disconnected aspect while this roadmap equips you with a cristal clear 360 endgame plan and framework which makes it also easier to digest and learn all kind of endgame training. I look forward to similar roadmaps for positional and middlegame play.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks a lot, Daniel!
Stephane Lam Kin Cheung
The ChessMood Endgame Roadmap Course is hands down the best endgame course I've ever experienced. It's far more engaging and interesting than other courses and books on chess endgames.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks a lot, Stephane!
I am also most proud of this course.
yogesh vishwakarma
Superb course!
Easy to digest & easy to implement in actual games,
Thanks for the course
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Yogesh!
Santo D'Agostino
Excellent *foundational* endgame knowledge. The "roadmap" concept is great, and well-executed. Off to the next endgame course on theoretical endgames!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Santo!
Charles Greer
Lovely course - endgame strategy in a nutshell A fantastic framework for understanding key endgame principles and priorities.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Charles! I'm happy you liked it.
Kartish Wani
THANK YOU THIS IS THE BEST COURSE IN MY LIFE
ChessMood
Thank you, my friend!
I'm also, most proud of this particular course.
Lawrence Chibambo
This course has given me a wake up on end games some things that made me lose in a winning end game have been eliminated
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Great! Have you watched the theoretical endgame course too?
Narasimha Rao
Excellent course . Best thing is that it avoids complex calculations and gives strategic ideas . The road map is effectively organized. Thanks @Avetik
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you my friend!
Super Champ
i really liked it gave me 51 fide rating points in Rapid
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Nice!
Was it the only course you've watched?
Paarth Pawar
Thank you Avetik! for this course.
This course really helped me to make a plan in the Engames.
It helped me understand the Endgames better
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
You're welcome my friend, and thank you too. Good luck in your games!
Ori Raz
great course ,thanks.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, too!
Elizabeth Tanyous
It was the best course ever
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Elizabeth!
Elizabeth Tanyous
BTW me and my son watching you in this courses 😍 and we will be first GMs in our country God welling
Mary Mackay-James
This course is amazing - clear and concise with many helpful examples and practice positions. Thank you Avetik, the endgame roadmap is so much more than I was expecting. You've done a great job and I'm less random in my endgame now thanks to you : )
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Great!
Thank you to Mary!
Aumkar Sriram
Juste wow
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks!
"WOW" is probably the most common review, you know? So interesting!!!
Thanks again!
Ravi Kumar
THE BEST EVER COURSE I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!! EXTREMELY USEFUL....... THANKS A LOT FOR A WONDERFUL ENDGAME COURSE...
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
I feel your gratefulness from your words.
Thank you too, my friend.
Phillip Sheldon
Avetik, the endgame is what I struggle with most. Your course sets out a tremendously logical approach to how to proceed to try and promote a pawn. It taught me a lot in a short time. Thank you
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Happy to hear that!
Thanks my friend!
Chow Da
This is an easy framework to follow.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
I tried :)
Thanks!
Ahmed Jghuiel
Juste wowwww !!!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehe :)
Thanks!
Mattiangelo D'Agnese
Amazing and instructive course! Simple and clear explanations which made the material easy to digests, just great stuff! Maybe the only improvement I can think of, it would be helpful to have in the exercises after each section a line or two of explanation about, if a wrong move is played, why it is wrong.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, my friend!
And thanks for the idea.
The only challenge of it, is how to make that technically.
If you can volunteer and make it, we'll add that feature immediately! :)
dhruva roy
it is good
Michal Konieczny
Very nice course. It was well paced while comprehensive. A lot of the concepts made sense to me, but still I found it very useful to see them put together and I'm sure it will help me play endgame better.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks!
Get your pawns to the 8th rank! :)
jan torres
I have a very popular end game book, which i will not name, and its always a battle to pick it up and study it . I find it dry and boring and often find the concept too abstract. The guys in Chessmood really did a good job in diluting key concepts and make them easy to digest in a fun way. Also the "road map" make practical play so much easier.
I really like how the end game is presented and am currently enjoying endgame battles.
looking forward forward for the middlegame roadmap
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks a lot, Jan!
That's exactly what we found by going through all the endgame books.
And I think, I know which famous book you're referring.
On top of that, that book is for very advanced players with many advanced concepts.
Tarik Bendif
I can't wait now to apply this roadmap in my futur games. Thank you for the good work and materials!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Tarik!
Let us know how did it go.
Balazs Paraszthy
A marvelous course. No longer will you just look at the board in the endgame confused, and thinking about "what's next?", but you can go ahead with confidence.
I've learned a lot, especially that there is method to the madness. Passed pawns, weak squares, and the like, they don't just materialize out of thin air. Thank you GM Avetik!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you too, my friend, for a fantastic review!
Dishi Makhija
Hi Avetik now my endgames are not boring and I'm having lots fun thanks
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Super!
I achieved the goal! :)
Brighton Tan
Gained 710 points (990-1700) from this. Love this course. Thanks!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
700 points? Are you kidding? :)
Oscar Lopez
I have liked the course a lot. Good structure, clear concepts. A completely new point of view of the endgames.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Oscar!
Summa Lai
There always this guy who keeps beating me in the endgame and since this course help me catch up to him I have finally got my revenge thank you😊
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehe :) Hopefully you take a revenge in all areas, in the openings and middlegame as well :)
Alejandro Moreno
I have no words to describe my feelings after seeing this course. I can´t avoid a laugh on my face when i think about thousands of games that I played without a clear destination in the endgame. I must have looked like a puppy pleying endgames. I still must put it in practice, but I can say that it´s compeltely awsome. Thanks and congratulations, Master Avetik! :-)
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
What a review, Alejandro!!!
Thanks a lot!
Ashok ng
nice
Andrei Cuter
very informative, after watching 2 courses on endgames and one on middlegames my rapid rating jumped from 1200 to 1660 in 45 days !
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Wow, wow, wow!!!
Debasish Bhattacharjee
This course is a game changer and by far the course which has made the most difference to my game.
I go through this every month and always find something which will improve my game.
I just have one suggestion though. For the quizzes at the end of each chapter, one has to start all over again if we get the last answer incorrect. Hope this can be addressed.
All said and done, an absolute gem!!!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you very much for the nice feedback, my friend!
About the quizzes. We've solved the issue and it's back again.
I just told to our developers, will be fixed soon.
Thanks!
Lau Jeff
Not easy to make endgames attractive, this course succeed in the challenge. Thank you Avetik !
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, my friend!
Alejandro Rangel
Maravilloso. Muchas gracias
ChessMood
Gracias! :)
Rojina Attia
Amazing course! I no longer feel afraid in the endgame. Could you please help me find more endgame puzzles to solve. thanks!
ChessMood
Thanks!
We're building a feature where you'll solve puzzles on any topic on ChessMood. Stay tuned!
Sayed Elnemr
Honestly, this is the best Endgame study I have ever seen. before, i watch that course, i was feeling like lost in any Endgame. Now, I know very well what is the best move in every endgame i meet. I strongly recommend that course for every chess player who is searching for improvement.
ChessMood
Thank you very-very much my friend!
Thunder Bolt
My favourite course on chessmood which I have watched so far! Makes the commonly acknowledged "boring" study of endgames fun and interesting! Also in my games I am entering endgames more confident now with good plans to follow (I was clueless before). Thanks Avetik!
ChessMood
This is my favorite course too! :)
Thanks!
Athanasios Kordalis
I had 0 knowledge on handling the endgames. After watching this course a steady plan was created into my mind and by now I get the upperhand in the endgames against most of my opponents, with very nice positions
ChessMood
Super! It seems I accomplished my goal :)
Keep going!
Zyad Hisham
it is beautiful course , i know information that i don't know before.
thank you Avetik Grigoryan .
good bye.
ChessMood
Thank you too! :)
Good bye, hahaha
Renato Albuquerque
Great course! Might be the best I came across in the platform!
ChessMood
Thanks!
This is also my favorite course! :)
Ali ElSaid
Perfect course for planning what to do in the endgames, before seeing it I usually get confused in endgames not knowing which plan works, after seeing this course and reviewing some of the past games that I lost due to confusion in the endgame I see now what would have worked if I watched this course earlier
ChessMood
Great!!!
Passia Pandora
Fabulous course! Thank-you!
ChessMood
Thanks too!
Ace Mckareb
Great and very structured approach to endgames
ChessMood
Thanks!
SUBRAMANIAN PONNIAH
Excellent course. I so far had a less confident feeling after reading the "100 Endgames you must know" book twice. This Endgame roadmap course made me confident now.
ChessMood
Super!
Juan Ramirez
Todo perfecto, muy instructivo y didactico
ChessMood
Muchas gracias!
Henry Singletary
Never actually studied the endgame using this road map approach. The course was awesome. I plan to use it in my games. Thanks
ChessMood
Super!
Thanks! :)
Somiun Bashir
Great so much helpful
ChessMood
Thanks!
Coşkun DUMAN
very well organised...congratulations on an important job well done...
ChessMood
Thanks!
Alperen
Great course for who dont know what to do on end games as like me
ChessMood
thanks!
Savitha Yonal
Very nice course. Learnt some new stuff!
ChessMood
thanks!
Arya Borumand
Amazing endgames I love it!
ChessMood
Hehe :)
I love the course too :)
Thanks!
Michael Corbitt
This was SUCH a practical course! It has forever changed the way I navigate the endgame. Before, I knew that the focus was on pawns and promoting them if possible, but now I understand exactly how to apply that principle. I would highly recommend this course!
ChessMood
Thanks, Michael!
Torgil Svensson
Awesome course. Lots of tools and thought processes to practice. To follow up on this I feel the need to find or create a game classifier to generate puzzles with.
ChessMood
Thanks!
What do you mean with "I feel the need to find or create a game classifier to generate puzzles with?"
AtulAnu Sriram
Hi I have finished the road map it was an very incredible experience. That made my positional advantages higher and capture the right squares. I think I will improve from 1200 rating. With also some nice Rook endings. It made me to make it solve the nice puzzles without making me randomly move or advance the king forward, made me a toddler.
ChessMood
Thanks!! :)
Mary Lea
Haha, I finished this course, and had a game where I applied all the principles and suddenly winning was easy. I mean, I literally saw a plan in the middle game and it led directly to the win. I'm not a great player and I know I made mistakes, but it's great when you see improvement in your game and a plan actually works! Thanks coach!
ChessMood
Nice!
Thanks, Mary!
Mary Lea
Just to let you know, I'm still gaining points online, and am playing in my first rated tournament. I'll let you know how it goes!
ChessMood
Super!
How many raised rating points already?
Mary Lea
195 since I started the tactic ninja course, 72 since I posted the above review a few weeks ago. I had a week that I didn't play for health reasons. Don't get me wrong, I am still a weak player, but I am fefi improving, after decades of stagnation.
Mary Lea
I meant definitely improving, not fefi. Clearly my spelling is not getting any better.
ChessMood
Nice, nice!!! Congratulations!
CoGro, Mary! Constant Growth!
Mary Lea
And now, officially, 300 points up on lichess in classical games!
Giorgos Kechagias
Good revision for 1800+ players like me...
ChessMood
Thanks!
Athanasios Kordalis
Now I can understand the main concepts of the endgames and get the initiative and the advantage
ChessMood
Super!
Jai Adithya Gnanasekar
I now understand how to navigate the endgame.
ChessMood
Super!
Dmitry Kamaev
Great course as all the others! Thank you a lot for your work!
ChessMood
Thanks, too! :)
Karl-Heinz Kotitschke
Very good course, a little different, which make it very good for the practical game!
ChessMood
thanks!
Kailas Goliwadekar
I loved the course strategically and tactically I raised 100 points on chess.com with this course. Thank you very much and I look for more endgame courses. Bye
ChessMood
Congratulations and thanks for sharing this!
Brian Morrissey
well documented and logical format. Loved it. I have a much better understanding of endgame basics now and I am ready for any other endgame studies now.
Thank you.
ChessMood
Thanks too, Brian!
Alan Marcuse
Great course. Highly recommended for better understanding - even (or especially?) for those, who have learned all theoretical endgames
ChessMood
"even (or especially?)" ! Exactly!!!
Thanks, Alan!
Eng Chiam YEAP
Great! Thank you.
ChessMood
Thank you too :)
Roy Comer
Easy to understand and the quizzes are very helpful to emphasize the lessons, helping us to have more than a "nodding acquaintance" with the material. Doing is learning.
ChessMood
Thanks Roy!
Hany Maged
Perfect Course. Helps with understanding endgame positions and what to do. Loved the idea of a checkbox to see what my next move and strategy to this part of the match.
ChessMood
Nice!
theoccult mee
Top course!
ChessMood
Thanks!
Ron Brinegar
Awesome course, Priceless value !!
ChessMood
Thanks, Ron!
Furiosi Alessio
Amazing course! The simplicity of explanation is majestic! Now I feel, obviously with effort and focus, that I can navigate the endgame easily. Thanks Avetik
ChessMood
Thanks too!
Dominic Cooper
Super! Very enjoyable and filled lots of knowledge gaps, I am ready to move on to the next course and become a champion!
ChessMood
Hehe!
Vamos, champion!
Vasyl Cherniy
Dear Avetic, increadible course that changed the understanding of the endgame. Now I know what to look for and where to go with a roadmap!
ChessMood
Super!
Peter M.
Great course. Very practical and crystal clear.
ChessMood
Thanks, Peter!
Nils Philipp
Very instructive approach - it is (like in the opening and middlegame) all about mating the opponent! No abstract principles but a clear roadmap on how to achieve (or prevent that when defending) that. Can't believe that this course was 3h50m. Time went by so fast. PS. The tests are a great feature.
ChessMood
Thanks, Nils! :)
What a great review!
Puneet Kumar
Amazing Endgame Course. Can't thank you enough Avetik.
ChessMood
Send me a cake :)
Sergio Carrera
Awesome course that allows you to comprehend Endgames, before starting with theoretical endgames
ChessMood
Gracias!
Massimo Cucca
Finally, the endgame course i needed to start with.
ChessMood
Great :)
Leslie Smith
The Endgame Roadmap is really really good! A clear, succinct way to approach the endgame is presented as a fun, easy to understand plan. Very well done GM Avetik!
ChessMood
Thanks, Leslie!
md. redwan ullah
Love it.
ChessMood
Thanks! :) I love it too :)
James McCauley
Excellent
ChessMood
Thanks!
Roy Comer
This was a very good course and I learned a lot. I'm not very good, and I'm getting old, but I appreciate the way Avetik explained the principles and gave examples. I hope I can apply them when I get into a match.
ChessMood
Thanks, Roy!
Never is late to enjoy this beautiful game.
rampichino ..
I completed the course and I really liked it. The examples are well selected and the teacher asks for the right move every time. It is not passive learning. It is really interactive. The teacher is perfect for explaining the examples. However, the rating range suggested for the course is a bit broad. I am about 1700 FIDE and I found the examples not too hard. I can solve them in a few seconds. So I think for all the players above 1600 is more a review that a challenging course. I was expecting more challenging exercises. So I will give it 4 stars because the rating range in not appropriate. But the course itself is 5 stars.
ChessMood
Okay :)
Yuma Okabe
This cource is exactly what I really need to study!
I think my other skill is already reached to expert level, but endgame knowledge was absolutely beginner!
Thank you for creating this course and I'm really looking forward to see MET course!!
ChessMood
Nice!
GM Gabu will be in the MET! You'll love it!
Srujan Borkar
Excellent content explained in simple-comprehensive way!
ChessMood
Thanks!
Narek Gaitan
The course is excellent, I've learned a lot. Thanks a lot!
ChessMood
Thanks!
Elizabeth Tanyous
Really Amazing thank you so much 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
ChessMood
Thanks too, Elizabeth!
James McCauley
Excellent.Great job.
ChessMood
Thanks!
Per Harila
Thanks for nice way to logically educate!
ChessMood
Thanks too!
Wim van Denderen
very educative
ChessMood
Thanks!
Simon Manuel
STRONG course!
ChessMood
Yeey!
Dipankar Ghosh
Wow!! This is my new favorite course. I have never seen any book or course explaining the endgame in such a clear way. Thank you GM Avetik and team for putting together such a clear and instructive course.
ChessMood
Hehe :) Thanks! I understand you! Its my favorite course too!
Thomas Sanderson
I've found this one of the most useful sections so far. The concept of targeting weak pawns was new to me and I feel I've already put it to use, I beat a player 2 divisions higher than me in an endgame position where i was slightly ahead, I'm not sure I would have a few weeks ago before watching this course, and I'm not fully finished yet. Bravo
ChessMood
Woow! What a nice review!
Thanks, Thomas!
Randall Sears
Finally, an endgame course with information I will use in every endgame I play. Thank you for teaching me a structure I can use to plan my endgame strategy. I learned more practical information in this course than I learned in several books that focused on specific endgames that rarely arise. I am sure I would be a better player had the course been available when I started playing 60 years ago.
ChessMood
Thanks a lot for sharing this beautiful review!
John Fallon
I actually like endgames and find them very interesting. So I can leave a very short review... This is the greatest endgame course I have ever learned!! It is even better than my prior #1, Complete Endgame Course by Jeremy Silman. Thank you so much, GM Grigoryan and the ChessMood team!!!
ChessMood
Nice!!!!
Thanks a lot, John!
David Flynn
So often I outplay opponents in the endgame. Weaker players especially don't understand activity, creating favourable positions and aiming for well known positions (not intended for coverage in this course). The roadmap gives a thinking system that will help redress this imbalance. It will also provide a thinking structure useful for the stronger player while looking for a plan so less chances are missed, especially as the end of the game is where fatigue and carelessness can set in.
ChessMood
Thank you very much, David!
Tina Vehl
A really good course on endgames, and it is explained in a simple and clear way. Next taking the quiz and then, hopefully going to theoretical endgame :-)
ChessMood
Thanks Tina!
Yeah, you will like the Endgame Theory course!
Elizabeth Tanyous
Really!! Amazing as usual .. and very clear . and can't wait for Theoretical engame .
ChessMood
Thanks, Elizabeth! It's there already!
Elizabeth Tanyous
HelloOozZz
really amazing as usual :) explanation was very clear and i can't wait for theoretical endgames .. deaply thank you
ChessMood
Thanks!
Alex Nicu Văsâi
Beautiful and clear course! Thanks a lot!
ChessMood
Gracias, Alex!
Francesco Brighenti
What a course!!! So clear! Already while watching this course I noticed I was playing the endgame with much more confidence. If you don't know much about endgames and you always avoid them in your games, after watching this course your attitude will be completely different.
A great addition to the ChessMood portfolio!
ChessMood
Much appreciated, Francesco!
Ovi - Silver Cloud
Once again Avetik shows that he is a master coach. Endgame strategies and ideas are clearly presented, broken down then reinforced.
Thank you again!
ChessMood
Ovi, thanks my friend!
Sankar Anbazhagan
great
ChessMood
Thanks :)
Adham Hossam
Amazing work. Very useful and fantastic roadmap and clear explanation.
ChessMood
Adham!
Thanks a lot.
Was create with care and love :)
Marius Cornee
really good to have a clear target plan in the endgame. It s presented like a reversed engineering phase: from end goal up to the start of the endgame phase and that makes that more easy to grasp. Nice job.
ChessMood
Exactly! Reversed engineering phase.
Thanks a lot, Marius!
Esteban Gutierrez
Great course! I really like the breakdown of the different ways to create passed pawns and ways to create and target weak squares.
I have been losing a lot of pawn endgames because of time pressure and not really knowing how to proceed. I either take too long to figure out the correct move or I blunder my advantage (this happens more often). Now I have a better idea of what to focus on.
Also, I can't wait for the middlegame roadmap!!!
ChessMood
Gracias, amigo!
Tony O'Donovan
Another great course from chessmood
ChessMood
Thanks, Tony!
Kamel Hamoudi
GM Avetik delivers again another amazing course.
Thanks/Merci Avetik!
ChessMood
Thanks a lot, Kamel!
Its not me :) Its our team. I just recorded it :)
Claudio Thoux
simply excellent as usual...actually more then usual, I'm sure that with this endgame roadmap I'll improve my skills. THANK YOU COACH!!!
ChessMood
Merci, merci!
Edmond Zeldin
This course is an eye opener. It focuses attention on the absolute essentials in the endgame, and helps to cut through all the potential confusion. I love Avetik's clear explanation and infectious enthusiasm.
ChessMood
Thanks a lot, Edmond!
Llorenç Boldú Zabih
Excellent course. Explanations are clear, expecting new lessons to come. Thanks
ChessMood
Gracias, Llorenc!
Zaid Al-JAY
Great content with clear explanation
ChessMood
Thanks, Zaid!
Mateo Jackson
Great course!
ChessMood
Thanks, my young brother!
Randy Dixon
I'm loving this course! Can't wait for the rest of the sections!
ChessMood
Randy, thanks!
GM Avetik Grigoryan
After having a successful playing career where he became the Armenian Champion in 2010, GM Avetik Grigoryan found his passion for chess coaching and switched to it full-time.
Since then, he has guided many ambitious players to become Grandmasters and International Masters and has over 10 years of coaching experience.
He believes anyone can improve at chess, with the right mood and proper direction. And with that vision, he founded ChessMood in 2018.
After having a successful playing career where he became the Armenian Champion in 2010, GM Avetik Grigoryan found his passion for chess coaching and switched to it full-time.
Since then, he has guided many ambitious players to become Grandmasters and International Masters and has over 10 years of coaching experience.
He believes anyone can improve at chess, with the right mood and proper direction. And with that vision, he founded ChessMood in 2018.
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