Check your chess principles!

International Master Andras Toth is a full-time chess coach based in Australia, and he’s had a revelation. His coaching experience has taught him that a universal weakness among ambitious improvers, club players and even seasoned experts is that they don’t always fully grasp some of the basic principles of chess, or tend to neglect them.

The three most important of these principles are:

Control the centre – when in doubt, centralize!
Develop your pieces – make sure you have the right pieces in the right place at the right time
Be aware of king safety – if it is an issue, it’s critical!
IM Toth has a wide range of students under his wing, from promising scholastic players to busy adults with full-time jobs. He has created the Chess Principles Reloaded series for Chessable to make you more confident in your decision-making by reviving the most essential principles of the game. In this book, you get all three courses together to take your chess to a higher level immediately.

International Master Andras Toth is an experienced chess coach, a popular Chessable author, and a charismatic streamer known for his engaging and eff ective teaching methods. A two-time junior champion in Hungary, he is now based in Australia and has coached hundreds of students worldwide for over two decades. In 2021, he was honoured as Chessable Author of the Year, and in December 2024, he was named Chess.com’s Coach of the Month.