How to Win Chess Tournaments by GM Danny Gormally

The Skills You Need to be a Fierce Tournament Competitor

It’s easy to play with confidence when the stakes are low. When playing online blitz, there’s not a lot to lose.

Do you have that same confidence when something is on the line? Whether online or over the board, in tournaments you need to bring your A-game. When your opponent wants the win as badly as you, the game changes. Your opponent will bring their best preparation and you must be ready to deal with this.

How to Win Chess Tournaments is all about developing the mental fortitude and skills required to win when the stakes are high. The course will bring your tournament play to a whole new level by teaching you the elements that decide chess games and chess tournaments as a whole.

Made originally for Ginger GM and now brought to life on Chessable, author GM Daniel Gormally does an excellent job of integrating concrete chess concepts that are valuable for any type of chess games with psychologically preparing you for tournament play.

GM Gormally is a seasoned tournament veteran who’s got 20 years under his belt. Such a resume means he’s been through it all in competitive chess; the good, the bad, the ugly.

What you’ll learn inside:

🏆Deep calculation– Learn the skills needed to see further than your opponent and find unusual hidden candidate moves

🏆Game analysis– Correctly assess positions via deep analysis and understand the importance of time in chess

🏆Punish weak opening play– Create attacking chances your opponent can’t ignore

🏆Sensing danger– Learn when a sacrifice has any teeth to it and stop underestimating your opponents’ threats

🏆How to beat stronger opponents– Learn to play the position and not let your state of mind affect your play

The author introduces each concept in its own chapter and presents model games on each topic. Quizzes precede each game to help you drill the key concepts and help you remember them for life.