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Mating Nets

Mating Nets

How can you trap the opponent's king at any stage of the game?

WGM Tatev Abrahamyan is a ferocious attacking player. In this course she presents five brilliant games to demonstrate how to cast a mating net at any moment.

  • How did Mikhail Chigorin sacrifice his queen to win a brilliant miniature?
  • How did Tatev win by forcing her opponent's king down the board?
  • How did world champion, Alexander Alekhine, checkmate in the endgame?
  • How did GM Judit Polgar take risks to attack a solid opponent?
  • Put it all together with an amazing study by Genrikh Kasparyan. 

Great video series! This is super helpful to understand the ways you can finish off your opponent, I usually get stuck in the middle of an attack and can't find the mate, this video series really helps out on that, thanks WGM Tatev Abrahamyan!

Chess.com member - MerlotKodiak

Chigorin's Queen Sacrifice: Mating Nets

How should you chase down and checkmate your opponent's king? WGM Tatev Abrahamyan begins her new series on mating nets with a classic king hunt by the great Mikhail Chigorin.
11 min
5 Challenges

Tatev Slays The Dragon: Mating Nets

How does WGM Tatev Abrahamyan hunt her opponent's kings? Check out one of her best games, a brilliant attack against FM Eugene Yanayt.
12 min
5 Challenges

Alekhine's Endgame Attack: Mating Nets

Did you know that you can still look for checkmate tactics in endgames? World champion, Alexander Alekhine loved to attack at every stage and he didn't let a few trades stop him from constructing a mating net.
12 min
5 Challenges

Judit Polgar Goes Catches a King: Mating Nets

GM Judit Polgar is one of the greatest attacking players of all time. WGM Tatev Abrahamyan shows you one of Polgar's exciting and risky attacks against GM Lenier Dominguez.
12 min
5 Challenges

An Amazing Study: Mating Nets

WGM Tatev Abrahamyan wraps up her series on king hunts with an amazing study by Genrikh Kasparyan.
10 min
5 Challenges

Mating Nets

Attacking
5 Lessons
57 Minutes
25 Challenges
Released June 22, 2021