Channel your inner Beth Harmon with this $50 chess training
TL;DR: Sharpen your chess skills with the How to Play Chess for Beginners Course Bundle. The bundle is on sale for $49.99, an 88% savings as of Jan. 6.
If you binge-watched every episode of The Queen's Gambit during the holidays, you might be ready to learn chess yourself.
Beth Harmon makes it all look easy. But if you want to improve your game (or learn for the very first time), there's an easy way to do so from the comfort of your own home. With the How to Play Chess for Beginners Course Bundle, you'll get access to six courses and 84 lessons on the classic game.
The first lesson will help you master fundamentals such as forks, pins, development, basic end games, and more. Then you'll move on to key principles, tactical patterns, and positions. As you move through the courses, specific techniques will be broken down for you, including how to achieve a strategic, game-winning opening move. Once you've gotten the hang of things, you can move on to more advanced tactical training.
These courses are all taught by chess masters, including international master Valeri Lilov (a.k.a. Tiger Lilov), who is a professional chess coach and lecturer with a 2438 chess rating.
For a limited time, you can score all six courses and 84 lessons for just $49.99.
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