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Mating Matador - 37 King-Hunting Patterns
Course
228 episodes
(5 hours 48 min)
(5 hours 48 min)
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GM Avetik Grigoryan
Mastering mating patterns is the next step to get better at tactics and become a dangerous attacker.
It often bridges the gap between a strong attack against the opponent's King and victory.
So once you become better at sniffing checkmates, your attacking skills naturally improve.
Instead of just solving random puzzles and hoping for the pattern to stick, here you’ll train your vision for each mating pattern with deliberate practice! ...
See moreBelow you can see the positions from this course:
Once you finish the course, you’ll start noticing the mating patterns much faster!
The course is best suited for 1200-2200 players.
But if your rating is below 1200 and you love challenges, this course will certainly push your limits :)
And if your rating is higher than 2200, you’ll find many opportunities to sharpen your tactical vision.
Ready to start?
It's going to be fun – let’s go!
Note: Mating patterns go hand-in-hand with tactics. So please watch the Tactic Ninja course before starting this one.
What you'll learn
- 37 checkmating patterns, including the most important ones as well as the rarest ones.
- Mating patterns that aren't covered in chess literature.
- Checkmating patterns with each chess piece, from the Queen to the pawn.
- Mating patterns with multiple pieces coordinating with each other at the same time.
- The right way to memorize mating patterns so they stick in your head for a long time!
- Deliberately train your eyes by solving positions on each mating pattern while having fun in the process, and more.
Course Content
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228
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556
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5 hours 48 min
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Students give this course an average of 5 out of 5 stars.
Radu Cirstea
To get all the checkmate patterns with video explanations and with quizzes is really invaluable! I love what you do for chess my friends! You cannot find this anywhere else. Since I finished the Tactic Ninja and Mating Matador courses I am a much better player! I did thousands of tactics until now but I was improving very slowly, but these courses opened my brain!
JUAN GUTIERREZ
Fantastic! I ❤ chesmood
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Gracias, amigo!
Jack Heller
VERY NICE
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you, Jack!
Habib ur
Best
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you! :)
Edgardo Carlos
hello, I am having problems opening the PGN files, what tool is needed? any chances to have it in PDF?
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Edgardo, it seems everything is working correctly on our end. Can you please send us screenshots and details about your device here? https://chessmood.com/contact
Barney Powers
I had know idea there were so many mating themes. At some point I may try to learn all of the names of the mates. I find myself spotting checkmating ideas during games much more often. I just finished taking the test which is very challenging. Excellent course, I plan to take the test again in the future. The examples and puzzles are great.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Great! Thank you, Barney!
red line
Great course! For me the most difficult pattern to find is the pair rook and knight.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Yeah, the Knight is always tricky :)
Thanks!
Aarav Gupta
By this course and tactic ninja I could defeat players above 1600
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Nice! What's your rating now?
Zilgme Eglite
Just mated an opponent with Kill-box over the board and with Max Langes online, feels good :)!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Nice!! :)
Branny Bliss
I have just been to the chess classic and I got to watch some of the best chess players in the world
Buddy Gordy
Great course!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you!
vivekananda Thunga
Very interesting and fun!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hopefully, you'll also have fun while mating your opponents :)
Dave Hein
Essential.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks!
Yuya Sato
I became a mating matador by watching this course. Before watching this course, the checkmate patterns were not disorganized in my head, and I often lost by missing checkmate or won by taking more steps than necessary. However, after watching this course, the checkmate patterns were gradually organized in my head. By considering the patterns that could be applied to each situation, I was able to reduce losses and win smoothly. From now on, I will take the test to review and rewatch chapters I don't understand well again and again. I feel like my chess skills are improving. Thank you so much Mr.Avetik.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Yuya, thank you too, for such a beautiful review!
James L.
Good practice to sharpen your eye for mating patterns.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you, James!
Burak Asici
thank you so much GM Avetik Grigoryan for such an instructive course with systematical and comprehensive content.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you, too, Burak!
Emmanuelle Li
I don’t even know half of these mating patterns!!SUPER HELPFUL
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Great!!
Sandeep Borate
hello
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
What's up? :)
theoccult mee
wow. Studying and practicing only the Opening principles, tactics ninja and Mating matador courses should easily get you to 2000 chesscom rating. These 3 courses are all you need if your target is 2000 rating.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehe : ) Thanks!
Peter Ackland
Another fine course, so well designed and taught. Knowing the solution to the puzzle was the mating pattern being studied enabled me to solve nearly all the puzzles; but I guess going through the final course quiz when the solution could be any one of the 37 mating options will be the real test. I just hope that in real OTB games I can spot there is a mating opportunity.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehe :)
Thanks, Peter!
Max Ezerskii
Thank you guys!
Even for me 1900+ Elo player this course was a bit of a reminder of what I already know and some new interesting patterns as well
In most of the cases the names of patterns are catchy and easy to remember!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehe :)
Thanks a lot, Max!
Ace Mckareb
Another fantastic course!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Ace! :) Which were the other ones you liked?
Raad Saad
شرح كافي ووافي افضل كورس بسيط ومفيد
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
I hope you said good things :)
Nyaw Zi
Excellent course!!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you!
Thanish Karuvarasan
nice
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you :)
Saeid Mousavi
Amazing course. By completing this course I have a new understanding of the board and positions. The examples in the course were well thought and executed. I wish there was a way to analyse the boards next to the hint icon. Occasionally there were situations where second solution seemed possible.
Thank you for your hard work GM Aventik
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Saeid! Thanks a lot!
A board next to hint button is a very interesting idea! Thanks for sharing it, I just added to my "To think" list.
Alastair Armstrong
I stopped playing chess about 32 years ago, aged 24, and at the time was rated ~2150. I came back last year and was rated 1800! I've been working on my chess and got back to about 1900.
I did this course (Tactical Ninja) and then the first tournament I played in was the London Club Championships, this last weekend. My rating for the tournament was 2149! https://chess-results.com/tnr932849.aspx?lan=1&art=74
This thing works!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
This thing works!!!
Thanks, friend! Thanks a lot, for sharing this!
Sylvester Alfred
well organized and unique.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks!!!
Sidney Samuel
I never knew such tactics existed. Those who discovered these tactics back in those days were geniuseses. Now looking back in my previous games Im wondering how many oppurtunities I missed. Thank you GM Avetik for sharing your knowledge. Your teaching technique is amazing. I think there are some who are meant to teach and others should stop. This site is a goldmine.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Sidney, thanks a lot, a lot!!!
I hope you'll mate your opponents more often :)
Thanks for kind words, friend, thanks!
Tony Weir
A fabulous course. I have not seen the mating patterns set out like this before. Everyone who plays the attacking recommendations by ChessMood needs to know these patterns and store them in their unconscious mind. When attacking the Tactic Ninja course gives you the tools, this course trains you to spot the finishing position.
Anyone watching the streams must appreciate that Avetik and Gabuzyan see these patterns in an instant. We need to do so too and this course is the best training to achieve that
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
A fabulous review!
Thanks a lot, my friend! Indeed, we've done it so much, that we notice this patterns in games quickly. I hope it'll help you and everyone watching the course!
Thanks a again!
Harsh Tarale
Thanks my dear coach, I learned a lot from this course, I am sure that I will not make any mistake in mating the opponent:)
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehe :)
Thanks! And good luck!
I'll find you if you ever miss a mate :)
S ARUN KUMAR
Thank you my dear coach, that was an awesome course, god bless:}
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, too!
Aarav Katukuri
great
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks :)
pierre Wavresky
Très bon cours, très clair. Il y a quelques petites coquilles mais c'est anecdotique.
Merci !
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Muchas gracias :)
Chris Knight
Excellent for embedding the different mating patterns into memory and knowing what to look out for in different situations.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Chris!
Gabriel Cattoir
Move in silence and only speak when it's time to say checkmate.
Thanks to this course, I will be speaking a lot!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehehe :)
Niccccceeee!!!!
Alejandro Cornejo
Very nice and clear
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you!
Petrisor Gavrila
Simply the best course on mating patterns!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks!!
Kyle Sun
Took me ~2 months to finish this course because I only have time to watch <1 section a day, but finally finished it, and I honestly feel much stronger. It's like something clicked in my mind and I start to understand the board better.
Honestly I feel if students finish Tactic Ninja and Mating Matador alone, their elo might be already 1500 on chess.com blitz.
5/5, thanks so much ChessMood! Looking forward to the Blunderproof course now, after I finished the quiz :)
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you, very much Kyle!
It sounds like you are very focused and disciplined!
Great job!
What's your rating now?
Go with the rating booster courses, one by one, as you do!
You're on the right path. And have fun!
Love ,
Avo
Kyle Sun
Thank you Avo!
I pretty much started from scratch in chess, and ChessMood. I was around 600 when I first started on chesscom rapid, then I did finished opening principles, watched some of the simplified opening repertoire, and finished tactical ninja, and got to 1200 blitz (this took me almost a year due to my time constraints). Now I’m 1500 blitz after finishing mating matador, and I even take games off 1600s! Very powerful courses here 😚
Okke Miram
Gręæt
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Hehe :)
Amber Jorge
It's really helpful, Thankyou GM Avetik, Thankyou Chessmood Family. 🫶
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Nice!!!
Thank you too, my friend!
Jeff Petersen
Very good course. There are so many patterns to master that it will be necessary to revisit periodically. Highly recommended to anyone that has completed the Tactic Ninja course and is looking to expand their knowledge.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thank you, Jeff!
Subrata Biswas
Learning new theme!!!!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
One at a time! :)
Gian Carlo Di Martino
I didn't know the technique of imagining the elimination of some pieces from the board to recognize the possible, hidden, mating theme. Thank you! On chess.com I improved my score from 1500 to a stable 1600 in the 15 minute rapid game. I haven't finished any courses yet (out of curiosity, perhaps I started too many at once) and the feeling is that it will take me at least a year to complete them all to the fullest! I have resigned myself to the fact that the work will be hard and tiring... (I am 74 years old...) but if I want to overthrow the pompous youngsters of my country I have to get to the end. Thanks again!!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Gian!!!
Woow, wooow, wooow!!!
You're an inspiration! You keep going at your age, while many find excuses. Can we invite you to interview?
Gian Carlo Di Martino
Certainly with great pleasure! What should I do?
Elena Litan
This is so useful!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Spasibo, Elena! :)
Simon Wilks
great course
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks!
Dazai Osamu
Again I was like "LETS GOO!! another course done 😂😂"
This will surely help me in endgames where i usually do the basic checkmates
Now i can do some cool checkmates 😆. But i think legal's mate wasn't covered.
But the puzzles for David and Goliath mate were amazing 👍👍.
Ice requires coolers like avetik 😎.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks :)
Lucas Uchoa
Great explanation, its so easy to learn and memorize.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Great!
Thanks! :)
Summa Lai
Cool!
Henry Singletary
This course was awesome! I even used one of the patterns in the last round to win an OTB tournament over a higher rated player! Awesome stuff!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks Henry!
Can you share the link for the game?
Carles Brugarolas
This course has something... it keeps you moving on and progressing... until you finish it. Very well built!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, Carles!
Did you come here after finishing the Tactic Ninja?
Shawn Chua
Also must watch/study for improvement. Perfect companion piece to Tactic Ninja and shoring up an absolute 'must have' in one's chess knowledge: tactics + mating pattern recognition.
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, friend!
Prayan Sai Kumar
It is a very nice course what I liked the most was the hard tactics at the end of every pattern
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks, friend!
Subrata Biswas
Nice
ChessMood
Thanks!
Jean-Luc Gerber
Amazing job you did there.
I love your mindset and your mood.
Learning with you is fun and very instructive.
A great collection of all the main mating patterns.
It is so useful to go through them again and again.
Thank you very much.
You are the best!
ChessMood
Thanks so much, for all your kind words!
Don E Bush
I always wondered what the checkmate with queen and rook was called the railroad mate pretty cool
ChessMood
hehe :)
SUBRAMANIAN PONNIAH
Excellent course. In the quiz, few more puzzles can be added in each mating pattern.
ChessMood
Thanks!
Michael Corbitt
This was an excellent course! It opened my eyes to all kinds of checkmating possibilities. Before taking this course, I didn't know what I didn't know, so to speak. Now looking back, I realize that I had many chances to end my games in mate but simply didn't have a full mating repertoire. Gone are those days! Now I just need to maintain this focus!
ChessMood
Thanks, Michael!
Joshua JOSHUATAN_ChessMode Tan
Just a suggestion, can presents the double Rook check-mate in rank 7 materials
ChessMood
Thanks :)
Nigel Fleming
Superb course - really helping me in my growth as a player. I felt I got more out of this course than working through the chessable mating patterns course.
ChessMood
Thanks, Nigel!
Giorgos Kechagias
Best of the best, nice examples!
ChessMood
Hehe :)
Thanks!
Thomas H.
Such a nice course with many, many beautiful examples. Very well chosen!
ChessMood
Thanks, Thomas!
Aidan O'Rourke
A must-do course to improve your pattern recognition, and overall understanding of the relative value of pieces in certain positions where a mate is possible. For example sacrificing the queen with a forcing move to open up the opponent's king and finish the game. Excellent course!
ChessMood
Thanks, Aidan!
Santo D'Agostino
An excellent, comprehensive course, with the usual very detailed and clear explanations.
ChessMood
Gracias, Santo!
Roy Comer
Fun to solve the quizes as you progress through the lessons. As Av says at the end, the trick will be knowing how to use the mating patterns when the puzzle on the board in front of me is not "curated" so I know what to look for. Of course, before completing this course, I had a slim chance of knowing what to do. I feel more confident now.
ChessMood
Super! :)
Thanks, Roy!
One step at a time :)
Tony O'Donovan
Just finished the course,another well thought out and easily to understand course,thanks chessmood
ChessMood
Thanks, Tony!
Jon Ide
An excellent course made even more excellent now with the addition of the interactive quizzes at the end of each section. They really help fix the patterns visually in my mind. Thank you, and bravo!
ChessMood
Thanks, man!
issam lachtioui
Great !
ChessMood
:)
Karima Rizq
thanks
ChessMood
Thanks too :)
nikhil dixit
Useful for Beginners
ChessMood
Only? :)
Shahinur Haque
Just now i realize that i didn't give any review yet. Although I am going to finish this course for 2nd time. Its feel like falling in love same person again again. What more i can say about this course.
ChessMood
Hehehe :)
Beautiful review :)
Srujan Borkar
Beautiful course! Very complex concepts-patterns explained in very comprehensive way using excellent examples. Hats off!
ChessMood
Thanks!!
Prayan Sai Kumar
Thank you GM Aventik Grigoryan. Very nice combination of mating pattern. It gives a feel of what is invisible plan on board. This is giving a good confidence to find the hidden mating combinations.
ChessMood
Thanks a lot!
Casey Davis
Sivanesan Vision
Really very useful matting patterns. Nice work.
ChessMood
Thanks, Siva!
Marius Cornee
nice overview of mating patterns with full explanation. Great job.
ChessMood
Thanks, Marius!
Reveik Poobalan
I just did 2 lessons and my play already improved ( analysis, recognition of defensive resources) and also, I'm solving all puzzles with swallow tail and epaulette mate much faster and recognizing in my own games as well. That's how useful these patterns are.
ChessMood
Thanks, Reveik!
Have you completed the course?
Per Harila
Important to understand and understand again and again:-)
ChessMood
Thanks again and again! :)
Mike Waddington
Very close match to checkmating patterns on Chessable and a lot of the same problems. There are some excellent ones and this is enhanced by the quiz at the end. Essential course for anyone who plays chess. Mister Avetik explains everything expertly in an unhurried delivery.
Paulius the Witcher
Great course of mating patterns, better even than some books, very to the point chosen examples. For me it was nice to repeat the basics and it's a great material to teach improving students combined with tactics ninja and opening basics course for fast improvement!
ChessMood
Thanks, Mr. Witcher! :)
Ovi - Silver Cloud
Awesome as always Avetik.
Ole!!
ChessMood
Gracias, amigo!
Mohit Bayyarapu
Gabriela Harutyunyan
Great course
Artyom Manukyan
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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