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Looking to improve your game and start winning more?

If you wish to become a better chess player by learning how to win more games, you’ve come to the right place.

TheChessWorld is about inspiring, teaching and supporting chess players across the globe. Whether you are a novice, a chess club veteran, a hobbyist or even a titled pro, we’ve got something for you. Whether you play chess online or off-line, in a chess club, at the World Open or in Central Park, we’ve got something that will provide the momentum you desperately need to reach new levels.

How It All Started

“Back in 2007, TheChessWorld started out life as a personal blog. I shared the games I played and the openings I learned with my fellow readers. I liked what I saw and decided to give it a go. I ended up posting on a regular basis, producing higher quality content for chess players of all levels to enjoy.” – TheChessWorld CEO, Co-Founder, and Chess Player Yury Markushin.

TheChessWorld Was Born

In 2014, we launched our 21 Days to Supercharge Your Chess training course — and it was a huge success.

We received [and still receive] waves of positive feedback from players all over the globe who took the course, improved their game, and then went on to win important chess events to receive scholarships, team acceptance letters, prestigious trophies, and even FIDE titles!

It was the positive response from our students that inspired us to reshape our mission to deliver the highest quality chess training to places with no strong Grandmasters or International Masters available to share their knowledge.

TheChessWorld is now much more than just a blog

The blog itself is bursting at the seams with over 1,500 articles and tutorials covering every conceivable element of chess, written by leading FMs, IMs, and GMs. Over the past 4 years, we have filmed hundreds of hours of GM/IM level instructional videos covering Calculation, Tactics, Openings, Middlegames, Endgames, Attacking Chess, Pawn Structures, Reviews, Annotated Games and so much more! You can also download chess engines.

You can find all our video courses here.

If that’s not enough, we also have a Chess Store with over 1000+ different chess titles covering everything chess from A to Z.
We also recommend you check out our store with Chess Courses.

What Do You Need Help With?

Most new chess players come with the goal of mastering the game but also with one of few common needs or challenges. As a result, we organized the site into 5 categories to help you find content that best suits your needs.

If you haven’t done so yet, why not test your chess level and grab our free calculation video?

Keeping in Touch

The best way to stay in touch with TheChessWorld is to subscribe to our newsletter.

It is filled with the latest articles, videos, tutorials, tips, Grandmaster secrets, and other news from the community.

If you have any questions, concerns, offers, or just want to tell us what do you think about TheChessWorld.com please contact us!

Whitelisting Our Email

To make sure you don’t miss out on anyof the important chess training info and our newest posts and course launches I strongly recommend whitelisting our email!

It is super-simple and you can read here how to do that.

We’re on Social

Don’t forget to join TheChessWorld on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter:

TheChessWorld Official Facebook Page — I’m especially active here

Chess MasterMind Facebook Group — A small dedicated group for those who really want to step up their game

Official YouTube Channel — New videos DAILY!

Official Twitter Page

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