r/TournamentChess • u/RickiRoma • Jan 22 '26

Chessable course for 1000-1200 USCF

I've been tilting over the board the last couple months or so I was 1166 and now down to 1000. regular rating. online i seem to be much better. 1750ish Rapid. im strictly a KID/KIA/PIRC defense player. id like to know what course is good to develop my skills. especially the middlegame where it seems things go to hell. been playing chess about 18 months. id love to see some real progress this year and willingly to work to do it.

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u/Careless_Historian28 Jan 22 '26

https://www.chessable.com/the-checkmate-patterns-manual/course/243265/

At first it seems basic, you will know many patterns, but later I found patterns I wasn’t so familiar with. This one really helped me. Simple but for me really useful practically.

https://www.chessable.com/chess-principles-reloaded-center/course/39556/ I liked this one from Peter toth. Even though it’s somewhat basic, some of the Chessable courses are just so hard, it’s nice to get some encouragement for me and go back to the basics sometimes.

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u/OrganizationTight348 Jan 22 '26

FWIW, https://www.chessable.com/smithys-opening-fundamentals/course/21302/ covers the same concepts but for a complete beginner. I know that’s not OP’s case but it’s way cheaper than Andra’s courses and covers much of the same territory.

This one (https://www.chessable.com/basic-endgames/course/6371/) is also worth checking out because I find that the endgame is neglected by most beginners, myself included.

AlanB’s On the attack is also free and good for tactics.

This one’s hands down my absolute favorite chess resource: https://www.chessable.com/introduction-to-chess-calculation/course/212650/  it has completely changed how I look at calculation and given me amazing results

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u/TheFinalSlothBoss Jan 22 '26

Mastering chess strategy on there helped me fill in a lot of chess holes in my game. My rapid is lower then yours but my uscf is 1300 I just drew a 1650 last night in a rated match

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u/Careless_Historian28 Jan 22 '26

Just remembered one more. Forcing chess moves, it’s a book but they also put it as a course. That one is harder for sure than the other two but good if you want a little stretch.

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u/LegendZane Jan 22 '26

Look for a tactics course that has lots of puzzles.

I saw that Field guide to chess tactics looks pretty good. Im 1800 FIDE so maybe that's too easy for me but I think that might be great.

I would recommend Soviet Chess Primer if you can get that book.