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The Wolf of Chess Street - Mastering the Art of Piece Trading
Course
227 episodes
(8 hours 38 min)
(8 hours 38 min)
Creators
GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes
People are always trading stocks on the Wall Street.
And the smartest person on the Wall Street, or the wolf as they like to call it, knows how to make a big fortune by spotting the right trades!
The chess board is no different.
Just like trading stocks is very common on the Wall Street, so is exchanging pieces on the chessboard.
See moreAnd just like the right trades can make you a fortune on the Wall Street, the right trades can greatly improve your position in chess!
Now here’s the surprising part – Despite exchanges being so common, most players have never studied it as a separate topic like ‘attack’ or ‘tactics’. Crazy right?
But if you know exchanges are very common, wouldn’t it be smart to learn about them?
In this course, GM Gabuzyan will teach you all the rules and concepts, the common ones and the uncommon ones, around exchanging in different situations like – exchanging in openings, middlegames, winning positions and others.
Below are the positions from the course:
You’ll also learn 1 easy question to evaluate any exchange.
And as you make better decisions around exchanging, it will improve ALL areas of your chess understanding – from the openings to endgames to attack to defense.
Because remember, exchanges will happen in every game you play!
Get ready to become a wolf on the chess street.
Wish you good luck and let’s begin!
What you'll learn
- 1 easy question to evaluate any exchange.
- 3 important strategies around exchanging in the opening.
- The rules of trading pieces when one side has a space advantage.
- The common and the hidden mistakes even strong players make while exchanging.
- A classic strategy to use when one of the opponent’s pieces is shut out of the game.
- The rules of exchanging in lost positions and winning positions.
- When to make anti-positional trades to gain an advantage.
- The exceptions when you can break all the exchange-related rules and more.
- How to defuse your opponent’s ideas by understanding what they want to trade.
- Passed pawn and the role of exchanges and more!
Course Content
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227
Episodes -
360
Quizzes & Trainings -
8 hours 38 min
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Students give this course an average of 5 out of 5 stars.
avi dhayagude
very nice course.
Hector Viadiu
This is an outstanding course. Very well explained and structured. There is no book that covers this often ignored topic in such detail. Thank you for your clear concepts and the effort to make it crystal clear!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Dear Hector,
Thank you so much for your kind words!
We also noticed that this super important topic is quite often ignored and created the course :-)
Good luck!
yogesh vishwakarma
Amazing course!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thank you!
Good luck :-)
Nilanjan Sengupta
Couldn't have found a better a better course, being a Jeremy Silman fan myself, I still think this course does far better justice on the topic of minor piece imbalance than his books!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thank you so much for amazing words :-)
Show them the trading power :-)
Lakshit Da
This is one of the best course in chessmood thanks Gabuzyan
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks for kind words - this is a very important topic and it's great you enjoyed it :-)
Lakshit Da
The course is splendid and helpful. I just watched 2 sections and I feel it interesting.Thankyou Gabuzyan
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks for your kind words!
I hope you will enjoy the rest of the course :-)
Prabhath Jana
GM Gabuzyan has come in a suit and delivered lot of useful information (still need to complete but learnt a lot already) in a very pleasant and entertaining manner. I lost or drew many games exchanging just like that, but now even in bullet and blitz I am feeling like I am intuitively making better decisions. Thank you very much for this course.
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
It's great to know the course helps. As mentioned in the intro trading is super important and this knowledge you will use almost in every game :-)
Keep going!
hesoka
a very great person and a very great course
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks so much for your kind words! It's warming my heart.
Edmond Zeldin
I've watched only the first few segments and love it already. Whoever learns this material is going to have a very big edge.
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Dear Edmond, thank you so much for these kind words, feeling happy!
Vikram Medelin
Great course. A lot of practical examples amazing work by GM Gabuzyan and all team!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thank you!
Ar Ray
Brilliant course.just wondering when will the conclusion be added ?
ChessMood
Thanks!
Soon, with the PGNs.
Ar Ray
Great i recently played a otb tournament and performed well there .my rapid rating is 1056 but I made a performance rating of 1663. which includes 4 wins 2 draws and only a loss .Thanks a lot chessmood espiacially for the middlegame courses .
Rishit Shah
nice course
ChessMood
Thanks!
Alpha Zero
Great
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks!
Jean-Marie Robiolle
Great course, especially the last section 21 : the games are really fantastic as are the comments of GM Gabuzyan ! .....Unfortunately the last Quizz goes wrong : the last questions are the same ad libitum.
ChessMood
Thank you very much, Jean-Marie!
What do you mean is wrong with quizzes?
Can you tell me more?
Alan Marcuse
What a course! It was also haunting, intense, comprehensive (and fun). Above all, I learned a lot. Great, thank you very much Hovhannes! I hope we soon get the Section 21 (and also "Take the test", which I'm missing)
ChessMood
Thanks a lot, Alan!
vinay hi
Great
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thank you!
Nigel Fleming
Definitely the best ChessMood course I’ve done so far. GM Gabuzyan is enthusiastic, energetic and makes it fun - the research and work pulling such a comprehensive course together must have been huge. Really enjoyed this one - looking forward to section 21!
ChessMood
Thanks a lot, Nigel!
Paulius the Witcher
Very useful course and clearly masterfully explained by GM Gabuzyan so that wide rating range players understand the concept, well researched as I don't find many sources on this topic in books - usually it's just some chapter.
That said I've seen these 2 books by GM Rozentalis which could be additional study/benefit: 1. To exchange or not and 2. The correct exchange.
Well done Chessmood team!
ChessMood
Thank you, very much, Paulius!
hamada marni
thank you
ChessMood
Thank you too!
David Flynn
Fantastic and detailed tuition on an important topic that often gets missed, abridged or hidden inside another course. One of the best courses in existence. Aimed at 1800+ but also probably of some benefit to 1500s.
Great name as well. Be a wolf, not one of the sheep!
ChessMood
Hehe :)
Thanks, David!
Punit Dodhiya
Excellent Course, step by step explanation for all level of players :)
ChessMood
Thanks Punit!
Ethan Sims
This course is a game changer.
ChessMood
Thanks, Ethan, Tell that I am sorry to your opponents 😅😅
Ovi - Silver Cloud
GM Gabuzyan is one of the best chess teachers today. His subject matter expertise combined with superior, in depth presentation can benefit anyone from relative beginners to seasoned , tournament tough GMs.
Thank you !
ChessMood
Thanks so much dear Ovi, I am deeply touched.
Akiba Rubinstein
Great course! If you are rated between 1600-2000, this is the kind of material that will make a big difference against your opponents in your games.
For advanced players, there are some great/pleasant examples to discover (or rediscover).
5/5
ChessMood
Thanks, Akiba - I hope this helps to trade better 😊
Mohamed Amen
Wonderful
ChessMood
Thank you!
george tallidis
Great
ChessMood
Thanks George 😎
Punit Dodhiya
very instructive lesson of trading easy to understand one of the best courses here i liked it a lot Thankyou so much!!!!
ChessMood
Thanks for your kind words Punit,
I am glad you enjoyed it.
Ramela M.S
Great teaching
ChessMood
Thanks, Ramela 😎
Kirills Semjonovs
Top-notch!
ChessMood
Thanks Kirill 🙂
Esteban Gutierrez
There are only 3 sections so far, but I already feel like I am getting value from this course. I constantly struggle with evaluating if an exchange is good or bad. This course is giving me a better sense of what questions to ask. I especially like the breakdown of bishop exchanges in the middlegame. I have understood the idea of good and bad bishops - but I could never really master figuring out how to trade off my bad pieces for my opponent's good pieces.
ChessMood
Thanks for your kind words!
All the sections are out already 😊
Esteban Gutierrez
The course has been great! I'm working through the last few videos now and plan review some of the earlier sections afterwards.
Pratik Tambi
good
ChessMood
Thanks!
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.
Course
227
Episodes
360
Quizzes & Trainings
8 hours 38 min
227
360
8 hours 38 min
Creators
GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes
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