Masterful Moves Gukesh by WIM Natasha Regan & by Matt Ball 15 Nov 2024

Storm The Front With These “Guki-Style Factors” —
The Tactical Secrets of Chess’ Youngest
World Contender

Step up to your next game donning the bold, relentless style of Dommaraju Gukesh. Hammer the enemy position from all fronts, seize their side of the board, prop up their king for target practice… and play your boldest, sharpest chess yet!

17-year-old Gukesh beat the odds to earn a shot at the 2024 World Chess Championship. After only a few months, he wowed the world with a double-gold, 3056 Elo performance at the 2024 Chess Olympiad.

In Masterful Moves: Gukesh, you’ll uncover the “Guki-style factors,” which define his game and crack opponents wide open!

This Chessable video course revisits 150 of his best games from 2014 to 2024. It reveals the unique way he handles the pieces and imposes his brand of tactics.

From stretching defenders past their breaking point…

Guki-style factor #2:
Attack the whole board to
scramble the defenders!

Pinning, counter-pinning, and forcing blunders…

Guki-style factor #3:
Bankrupt the opponent with pins, leaving
only losing options on the table

To stripping their king’s cover with the aggressive pawn shield!

Guki-style factor #1:
Gukesh didn’t mind pushing the pawns
in front of his king… so long as he
reaches the other king first!

Top English Chess Teachers
Make Gukesh “Learnable”

Woman International Master Natasha Regan represented England in 2 Olympiads. She also won English Women’s Senior Chess Championship 3 times.

And she co-authored Game Changer — winner of the Averbakh-Boleslavsky Best Book Award in 2019.

Joining her is Matt Ball. He’s a FIDE national instructor, whose students have represented England on the international stage.

Regan and Ball pored through Gukesh’s finest games. Then they distilled his high-pressure style into clear patterns anyone can apply.

You’ll be shown how to:

🏆 Find the focal point, where files, ranks, or diagonals intersect. So you can direct your firepower to that critical square and break through.

🏆 Exploit the position’s unique geometry with your queen, and hit multiple targets without getting hit.

🏆 Turn squares of the same color into a seamless transport network for your pieces.

🏆 Mix up the board to exploit the chaos and out-calculate the opponent.

Plus many more.

Beyond the actual moves, you’ll also peek into the training techniques of Gukesh. So you can fuel your improvement in between tournaments.

🏆 Drop this habit to boost your 3 C’s — your calculation, creativity, and confidence.

🏆 Glimpse into Gukesh’s home library and the books that built his chess IQ.

🏆 Bounce back from defeat instantly. Use this mental trick which flipped his round 7 loss at the 2024 Candidates Tournament into a 7-game unbeaten streak!

🏆 And maintain your focus going into the next round by keeping your eyes off of this file.