5 Chessable Courses You Can Finish During Your Next Coffee Break

Look, we know that balancing your work, personal, and chess life is hard. I'd be lying if I told you I never let chess interfere with my life or work. (And I work at Chess.com, for crying out loud!) Sometimes, it seems like there are just not enough hours in a day.

But if you're a busy bee who'd still like to improve at chess, we have the solution for you. Here are five free and quick Chessable lessons that you can start and finish during your next coffee break:

• Master Your Chess With Judit Polgar: Free Lesson #1 by Judit Polgar
• Winning Chess Strategies: Free Lesson by Yasser Seirawan
• Chess Geometry: Free Lesson by Maurice Ashley
• Free Piece Alignment Lesson by Sam Shankland
• Everyone's First Chess Workbook: Free Lesson by Peter Giannatos

Master Your Chess With Judit Polgar: Free Lesson #1 by Judit Polgar

• Video duration: Eight minutes.
• Category: Chess strategy.
• Level: Intermediate and advanced.
• Free lesson: Click here.
• Full version: Click here.

This eight-minute course by the one and only GM Judit Polgar is a great option to enjoy over a hot cup of coffee. In this lesson, Polgar demonstrates how to capitalize on your opponent's greedy play to develop a crushing attack. Join the legend as she goes over one of her masterpiece games and reveals, move by move, the logic behind her attacking prowess.

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Winning Chess Strategies: Free Lesson by Yasser Seirawan

• Video duration: 19 minutes.
• Category: Chess strategy.
• Level: Intermediate and advanced.
• Free lesson: Click here.
• Full version: Click here.

When it comes to teaching chess, there's no one quite like GM Yasser Seirawan. In this free lesson, Seirawan will give you 19 minutes of pure chess knowledge to help you master chess strategy—all delivered with his signature silky voice and true love for the game. 

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Chess Geometry: Free Lesson by Maurice Ashley

• Video duration: 27 minutes.
• Category: Tactics.
• Level: Intermediate and advanced.
• Free lesson: Click here.
• Full version: Click here.

Another gem that won't take you even half of an hour to finish comes from the mind of legendary GM Maurice Ashley. In this free lesson, Ashley will teach you one of the many tactical patterns he explores in his full Secrets of Chess Geometry course. Enjoy the video explanation by one of the most renowned presenters in chess, and then perfect what you learned with practical exercises. 

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Free Piece Alignment Lesson by Sam Shankland

• Video duration: 31 minutes.
• Category: Tactics.
• Level: Novice and beginner.
• Free lesson: Click here.
• Full version: Click here.

If you're new to chess, you're probably hanging some pieces—and letting your opponents off the hook when they do it, too! But don't worry; this is a common issue among beginners. However, this doesn't have to keep happening if you invest just 31 minutes into this free piece alignment lesson.

To create this course, gold medalist and former U.S. champion GM Sam Shankland reviewed the games of beginners on Chess.com and identified their most common pitfalls. He then devised this course to help beginners overcome their most critical shortcomings to improve as quickly as possible. And now you can do it the next time you take a break to enjoy your favorite beverage!

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Everyone's First Chess Workbook: Free Lesson by Peter Giannatos

• Video duration: 18 minutes
• Category: Tactics
• Level: Beginner
• Free lesson: Click here.
• Full version: Click here.

FM Peter Giannatos has turned thousands of beginners into skilled tournament competitors in record time. Now, it's your turn to try out Giannatos' training program, and all of that in less than 20 minutes! Take this free lesson over your next coffee break and improve your board vision to spot more tactics.

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Have you tried any of these free lessons already? Let us know in the comment section below.