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How to Win at Chess, Next Level: The Ultimate Guide for Intermediate Play
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Expected 6 Oct 26Take your chess game to the next level with this exciting and approachable guide for intermediate players from YouTube’s top chess teacher Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess).
Unlock the secrets to mastering chess and moving beyond the basics to dominate your matches with How to Win at Chess, Next Level. This comprehensive guide for mid-level players (1000-1600 Elo rating) teaches you everything you need to know to transform your approach to chess and elevate your gameplay as you face more challenging opponents.
How to Win at Chess, Next Level takes a deep dive into the crucial aspects of evolving into an advanced pawn play, piece play, tactics, attacking, defending, converting winning positions, endgames, and—most importantly—how to make a winning plan. Including over 500 instructional gameplay illustrations and exclusive bonus content on Chessly, Rozman’s online teaching platform, this book is packed with practical advice and strategies. Rozman also shares best practices for how to leverage powerful tools like chess engines, game analysis, chess bots, and training puzzles, to help broaden your knowledge and secure more victories.
Whether you’re aiming to defeat your friends or become a Grandmaster, How to Win at Chess, Next Level is guaranteed to enrich your understanding of the game and elevate your skills!
Unlock the secrets to mastering chess and moving beyond the basics to dominate your matches with How to Win at Chess, Next Level. This comprehensive guide for mid-level players (1000-1600 Elo rating) teaches you everything you need to know to transform your approach to chess and elevate your gameplay as you face more challenging opponents.
How to Win at Chess, Next Level takes a deep dive into the crucial aspects of evolving into an advanced pawn play, piece play, tactics, attacking, defending, converting winning positions, endgames, and—most importantly—how to make a winning plan. Including over 500 instructional gameplay illustrations and exclusive bonus content on Chessly, Rozman’s online teaching platform, this book is packed with practical advice and strategies. Rozman also shares best practices for how to leverage powerful tools like chess engines, game analysis, chess bots, and training puzzles, to help broaden your knowledge and secure more victories.
Whether you’re aiming to defeat your friends or become a Grandmaster, How to Win at Chess, Next Level is guaranteed to enrich your understanding of the game and elevate your skills!
- GenresChess
240 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication October 6, 2026
About the author
Levy Rozman
5 books138 followersI was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1995 to immigrant parents who came from a background in Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science. When I was 5, my parents argued about which afterschool classes they should sign me up for. They were confident about art but skeptical about chess – I was too hyper to focus on some stupid wooden pieces.
As it turned out, I hated art. But not chess. I loved chess. I practiced every day, forcing my relatives to play against me. In January 2003, at the age of 7, I played my first chess tournament. Throughout my childhood, I was ranked in the Top 5 for my age category in the United States. But I never told anyone about my hobby—the one time I did, I was bullied mercilessly for being a nerd.
In 2010, as a sophomore in high school, I started teaching a classmate chess and his mother paid me $10/hour. I thought I was Bill Gates. A silly little board game could earn me money? Who would have thought…
In 2013, as a freshman in college, I started teaching chess 20 hours a week in New York City. By 2015, I was running my own K-12 chess program. Our team won multiple city and state championships—even though I was just a 19-year-old head coach at the time.
This was my job for 5 years. In 2020, the world changed forever. So I took things online.
Fast forward to now: I have scaled my 10-person after school chess classes to the entire planet. Millions of people around the world come to my channel every day to watch videos about chess openings, strategies, common beginner mistakes, and recaps of top level competitions. Tens of thousands of people have tried my chess courses and my chess book.
Chess has changed my life forever, and I hope it can change yours too. I will keep bringing a high level of instruction and excitement to my channel for many years to come.
~Levy Rozman aka GothamChess
As it turned out, I hated art. But not chess. I loved chess. I practiced every day, forcing my relatives to play against me. In January 2003, at the age of 7, I played my first chess tournament. Throughout my childhood, I was ranked in the Top 5 for my age category in the United States. But I never told anyone about my hobby—the one time I did, I was bullied mercilessly for being a nerd.
In 2010, as a sophomore in high school, I started teaching a classmate chess and his mother paid me $10/hour. I thought I was Bill Gates. A silly little board game could earn me money? Who would have thought…
In 2013, as a freshman in college, I started teaching chess 20 hours a week in New York City. By 2015, I was running my own K-12 chess program. Our team won multiple city and state championships—even though I was just a 19-year-old head coach at the time.
This was my job for 5 years. In 2020, the world changed forever. So I took things online.
Fast forward to now: I have scaled my 10-person after school chess classes to the entire planet. Millions of people around the world come to my channel every day to watch videos about chess openings, strategies, common beginner mistakes, and recaps of top level competitions. Tens of thousands of people have tried my chess courses and my chess book.
Chess has changed my life forever, and I hope it can change yours too. I will keep bringing a high level of instruction and excitement to my channel for many years to come.
~Levy Rozman aka GothamChess
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I really enjoyed the information in this book, I am not good at chess AT ALL..But my daughter loves playing and is really good so I needed to up my game. The information and graphics within this book really help to make it make sense to me. Thank you to Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
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