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Chess Tactics Mastery COACH EDITION: 1-Year Training System For Guaranteed Improvement

Chess Tactics Mastery COACH EDITION: 1-Year Training System For Guaranteed Improvement

Stop spotting the winning move one move too late.

A daily plan that builds pattern recognition: 25 puzzles a day, one tactical theme at a time, getting harder as each month goes on.

13 key themes, 30 days each. Use the interactive app, or the PDFs and PGNs.

  • ✓ Master 13 tactical themes, one month at a time
  • ✓ Follow a daily plan: 25 puzzles a day, getting harder as you go
  • ✓ Build pattern recognition that holds up under clock pressure
  • ✓ Train in the offline app, on printable PDFs, or in any chess software
  • ✓ Instant download • Pay once, no subscription
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  • All Skill Levels Beginner to club player

The Product | The Complete Chess Tactics Mastery System

What’s Included Inside This Tactics Training System?

Here’s everything you get immediately, upon ordering today. A full year of structured tactical training: 13 themed months, 9,750 puzzles, and every format you could want.

  • Offline Interactive Puzzle App, With Hints, Streaks And Progress Tracking
    Interactive Training App

    Offline Interactive Puzzle App, With Hints, Streaks And Progress Tracking

    Solve every puzzle right in the app, with no chess software needed. Use hints when you’re stuck, build a streak, review what you missed, and watch your completion grow. It runs offline, and an explainer video is included.

    • All 13 months in one place
    • Hints, streaks and review
    • Automatic progress tracking and stats
    • No internet needed after download
  • Daily PDFs For All 13 Months, With Solutions And A Notion Tracker
    Daily PDFs And Trackers

    Daily PDFs For All 13 Months, With Solutions And A Notion Tracker

    A clean PDF for every day of training, with title cards and move-by-move board screenshots. Check your answers against the solutions tracker in chess notation, and use the Notion template to sort and filter by theme, Elo and day.

    • Daily PDFs for 13 months of 30 days
    • Interactive and printable solutions tracker
    • Notion tracker: filter by theme, Elo, day and more
    • Use offline, on any device or on paper
  • PGN Files For Every Puzzle
    PGN Files

    PGN Files For Every Puzzle

    Load the puzzles into your favourite chess software and analyse properly. Test variations, explore alternatives and go beyond the first move. Available individually, per day and per month.

    • PGNs for every puzzle
    • Individually, per day and per month
    • Works in any software that imports PGN
    • Included free

The One Year Tactics Training System

The Year At A Glance

12+1

Months, each a single theme

9750

Total Puzzles

25

Puzzles a day

1

Payment, yours for life

The Curriculum

One Theme At A Time. Twelve Months. Every Core Tactic.

Each month drills a single tactic until you see it before you’ve thought about it. They’re ordered deliberately, so the ideas build on each other as your skills grow.

    • Forks. One move attacks two pieces at once. The simplest tactic, and the foundation of the rest.
    • Pins. A piece can’t move without exposing something more valuable behind it.
    • Trapped Pieces. Hunt down pieces with no safe escape, and avoid losing your own.
    • Skewers. Force a valuable piece to move and win what’s behind it.
    • Discovered Attacks. Move one piece to unleash a hidden attack from another.
    • Deflection. Lure a key defender away from its job.
    • Attraction. Drag a piece onto a square where it can be exploited.
    • Advanced Pawns. Turn pawns deep in enemy territory into winning threats.
    • Sacrifices. Give up material for a decisive gain.
    • Clearance. Vacate a square or line so another piece can strike.
    • Intermezzo. Spot the in-between move that changes everything.
    • Exposed King. Punish kings that have lost their defenders.

Head To Head Matrix

How The Year System Compares

Random puzzle grinding builds general tactics slowly. Here’s how a structured year compares.

FeatureChess Cheat SheetsRandom Puzzle AppsBooksChess courses
One theme at a time
A full year of daily training built in
Difficulty rises as you improve
9,750 puzzles included
Interactive app with hints and streaks
Printable
Works offline
PGNs for any chess software
Pay once, no subscription
Price£66.97 / $89 One-TimeFree / SubscriptionVariesVaries & Subscription

Deliberate Training

Stop Grinding Random Puzzles. Train One Theme Until It’s Instinct.

Most players don’t lack chess knowledge. They lack pattern recognition under pressure.

  • The Random Puzzle Way

    Lots of puzzles, little retention

    A different idea every puzzle, no order, no plan. You solve a few, forget them, and still miss the tactic in your own game.

    • Random themes, nothing repeats
    • No structure
    • Hesitation under pressure
    • Hard to see progress
  • The Year System Way

    One theme, daily repetition, rising difficulty

    25 puzzles a day, one theme a month, getting harder as you go. The pattern burns in until you spot it instantly.

    • One theme, repeated daily
    • Difficulty built to match your growth
    • Faster calculation
    • Hesitation becomes instinct

How It Works

Your Year, Step By Step 

  • Open the month

    Each month is one theme. Start at Month 1 and work through, or jump to the tactic you need.

  • Do today’s 25

    Use the app, the daily PDF or the PGNs. Whichever suits where you are.

  • Check and review

    Use hints in the app, or the solutions tracker, to see why each move works.

  • Track and move on

    Log what you’ve completed, and revisit the puzzles you keep missing. Day 30 finished? Next theme.

Built To Scale With You

Difficulty Rises Twice

  • Within Every Month

    Each day’s puzzles climb in Elo from the day before. You start comfortable and finish stretched. They work whatever your current rating.

  • Across The Whole Year

    The themes themselves get more advanced as your skills grow. Forks are simple. Intermezzo and Clearance take more skill. By the time you reach them, you’re ready.

System breakdown | What you’re getting

6 Pillars Built To Make Tactics Automatic

A 6-part system that covers every opening you’ll meet at the board.

  • A Full Year Of Daily Training

    25 puzzles a day for 13 months. No deciding what to do next, just open today’s set.

  • 9,750 Puzzles, 13 Themes

    Every puzzle serves a single monthly theme, so you build one skill at a time and keep it.

  • The Interactive App

    Hints, streaks, review and automatic progress tracking, all offline.

  • Daily PDFs And Solutions

    Clean, distraction-free pages with title cards, plus solutions in chess notation.

  • PGNs For Any Software

    Analyse variations and go beyond the first move in your favourite chess software.

  • Trackers That Keep You Consistent

    The app tracks completion, and the Notion template lets you sort and filter by theme, Elo and day.

Testimonials and Reviews

Real players. Real results.

Don't just take it from us. Chess Cheat Sheets has helped 5,000+ players in 20+ countries since 2020. Here's what some of them told us. 

You can find full video testimonials here.

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"Great work! Very impressive. I appreciate all of the hard work to you have done on this project. I really like your products. I can see you have put a lot if time and effort into your designs. "

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"This is a very good material for beginner/intermediate level; concise, clear, it focuses on why making some moves and what general concepts players have to remember (and use). I find it extremely helpful for people who want to start taking chess seriously, and not just “play chess”."

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PH
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★★★★★

"Personally, I have to say the functions you offer are amazing and I can see all the love and work you have given to the site. The product is done with a lot of love, and I can see it."

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"Thanks, I appreciate your honesty. I'm looking forward to the new products and I admire your drive. "

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"The information I received has been very helpful in my endeavors, please keep up the great work and updated on more resources."

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"Awesome, thanks!"

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AC
Andrew C
★★★★★

"Thank you, that was helpful!"

AT
Alfredo Torres
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"Anyone who doesn't try this, buy this, and use this is simply uninformed. This is a crazy good product."

JL
Jim Logan
Opening Mastery Trainer
★★★★★

"Awesome Thanks for the rapid response! I wish I had these guides when I started playing 50+ years ago!!!"

BA
Brad A
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"BTW, fantastic resource for studying and practice. Overall, it's such a gem. Fantastic job. "

AM
Abe Martey
★★★★★

"I think $5 is a very fair price for what you have created here. Very nicely done, my friend!! Your opening trainers are the pretty girl in the room and that is what has my attention right now. Again, thank you for your help and congrats on your quality trainers and other programs."

CG
Chris Gay
★★★★★

"Great stuff."

DT
Dan Tellez
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"Thanks for asking such a good question and the opportunity for me to think clearly about a rather weak part of my chess game."

DT
Daniel Townsley
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"I teach chess to elementary kids. These are a fantastic tool to show the strengths and weaknesses of openings without overwhelming beginners."

DG
David Green
Verified Buyer | Chess Coach
★★★★★

"I've cut my learning curve in half. The comprehensive guides are a genuine shortcut to mastering openings. Seriously impressed with the quality."

DR
David Rodriguez
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"It's brilliant so far."

DK
Dom Kershaw
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"Keep up the great work. "

HB
Harminder Brainch
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"Having reviewed the materials you provided, I must acknowledge that among the numerous websites I have encountered, yours stands out as one of the most refined and professional. I am certain that I will return as a customer in the future. Thank you so much!"

TL
Thành Long
★★★★★

"I really enjoy this product"

SG
Scott G
★★★★★

"Chess Cheat Sheets are a total win! These guides have made learning chess openings a breeze. As a guy who’s always on the go, having this bundle is like having a chess coach in my pocket. The price is unbelievable for what you get. Highly recommend!"

JT
Jamal Taylor
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"I will be a reoccurring customer. Thank you. "

JD
Joe D
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"This is everything my father should have taught me when he first taught me Chess. The clarity and structure is just remarkable."

JJ
Jon Jay
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"I have learned a lot by following your sheets thus far. Thanks James for your Herculean effort in putting these altogether. Looking forward to using them one by one."

KS
Ken Simosko
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"Great work! Very impressive. I appreciate all of the hard work to you have done on this project. I really like your products. I can see you have put a lot if time and effort into your designs. "

LM
Lee M
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"This is a very good material for beginner/intermediate level; concise, clear, it focuses on why making some moves and what general concepts players have to remember (and use). I find it extremely helpful for people who want to start taking chess seriously, and not just “play chess”."

LA
Luca Allaria
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"I jumped from 1100 to 1750 ELO using these guides. The visual format clicked immediately. I finally understand why I'm making each move"

LM
Luke M
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"Thanks for the helpful information"

MP
Makosini Phiri
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"I can’t recommend the Complete Chess Openings Bundle enough! It’s been a revelation in my chess journey. The guides are clear and concise, saving me loads of time. The fact that Chess Cheat Sheets embraces inclusivity in both content and pricing makes it a standout in the chess world. A fantastic investment!"

MR
Mateo Ramirez
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"Thank you James! Love your content. "

MC
Matthew Cheung
Verified Subscriber
★★★★★

"It's like having a chess library at your fingertips. The visual guides make learning openings a breeze. Best value for money in chess, period."

MT
Michael Turner
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"Wow! This sounds fantastic! Thank you so much."

NP
Nick Pamment
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"I have purchased a few of your products in the past; however, today I took your Openings Quiz and received your free resources. This is my first look (I think) at your opening trainer. I am impressed by how good it really is. I find it most helpful. Thank you for that."

PH
Paul Hildmann
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"Personally, I have to say the functions you offer are amazing and I can see all the love and work you have given to the site. The product is done with a lot of love, and I can see it."

JD
Joshua Daniel
★★★★★

"Sounds like an interesting, possibly very helpful, approach."

RY
Rob Yehednav
Verified Subscriber
★★★★★

"Thanks, I appreciate your honesty. I'm looking forward to the new products and I admire your drive. "

RA
Robert Adam
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"The information I received has been very helpful in my endeavors, please keep up the great work and updated on more resources."

RW
Roman Williams (Gunny)
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"Wonderful- thank you kindly!"

SL
Sammy Leaver
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"As a busy professional, time is everything. These guides saved me hours of studying. A chess coach in my pocket at this price is unreal."

SP
Sasha Patel
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"Really appreciate it and love the sheets!"

SM
Skyler Morin
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"So far I think it’s great! Keep up the good work."

S
Stam
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"Awesome, thanks!"

SB
Subhadeep Bose
Verified Buyer
★★★★★

"You did it, James! Well done! I couldn't be more pleased. I'd say this app is ready for Skool now. You did an amazing job. Top marks! 👍✅️💯🎯"

AC
Andrew C

Personalised Training

Same Puzzles. Three Ways To Do Them.

The puzzles don’t change, just how you do them.

  • The Interactive App

    The Interactive App

    Train every day in a clean local app that tracks your progress and systematises your learning. Use streaks, hints and review to stay locked in.

  • Daily PDFs

    Daily PDFs

    Not at your computer? Every day has its own PDF, batched as screenshots and separated with title cards. No excuses.

  • PGN Files

    PGN Files

    Got a chess library of your own? Load the PGNs into your software, test variations and turn pattern recognition into calculation you can rely on.

The Value

A Year Of Training For Less Than £0.20/$0.27 A Day

What You GetIf Bought Separately...
Months 1-12 (12 core themes, 9,000 puzzles)About £180
Bonus Checkmates month (750 puzzles)Included
Interactive app, daily PDFs, solutions, Notion tracker, PGNsIncluded
Your price today£66.97 / $89 One-Time, No Subscription

That’s about £5 ($6.50) a month, or under 20p a day, for a year of structured training you keep for life.

Chess Tactics Mastery - FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to be good at chess to use this?

No. It’s made for beginners and intermediates, but equally useful for advanced players. If you’re under 2000 Elo, it’s a great fit, and at 400-1600 it’s ideal.

What’s in the system?

13 monthly themes (12 core tactics plus a bonus Checkmates month), 25 puzzles a day, 9,750 puzzles in total. You get the interactive app, daily PDFs, a solutions tracker, a Notion tracker and PGNs.

Which tactics does it cover?

Forks, pins, trapped pieces, skewers, discovered attacks, deflection, attraction, advanced pawns, sacrifices, clearance, intermezzo and exposed king, plus a bonus month of checkmates.

How long does it take?

The system is built around a daily session of 25 puzzles for 30 days a month. Go at your own pace.

Do I have to follow the months in order?

The order is designed to build through the year, but every month works on its own. If you need pins next, start with pins.

How is this different from the single-theme monthly systems?

Those are one month each. This is all 13 months in one purchase, at a much lower price than buying them separately, and it includes the app for every month.

Will it improve my rating?

Your improvement depends on how much you practise. This is a training tool, not a promise of a rating gain. Players who follow it consistently build pattern recognition that carries into real games.

What level are the puzzles?

They climb in Elo within every month, and the themes get more advanced across the year. That works whatever your starting rating.

Do I need chess software?

No. The interactive app lets you solve puzzles with no software and no internet. The PGNs are there if you’d rather use Chess.com, Lichess or another app.

Can I use it on mobile, tablet or paper?

Yes. The PDFs work on any device or printed on paper. The app needs a computer with a modern web browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. Pay once and the files are yours.

I coach chess. Can I share it with my students?

That’s what the Coach Edition is for. It’s the same system, with the licensing right to share it with every student you teach.

How do I get my files after purchase?

You’ll get instant access to the download on the order confirmation screen. You’ll also get an email with your order details and a link you can use to download again at any time.

Do you offer refunds?

Since these are digital downloads, we don’t typically offer refunds, because you could download the file, ask for a refund and still keep the file. But if you have any issues or want help, contact us and we’ll make it right. You can email James personally at info@chesscheatsheets.com.

What payment methods do you accept?

Credit/debit cards, PayPal, and Apple Pay / Google Pay for a quick, secure checkout.

Do you offer discounts?

Yes. Check out our bundle deals to save when buying multiple products. They’re our best-value options.

I’m having trouble with my download. What should I do?

Email James at info@chesscheatsheets.com and he’ll help you get things working.

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