Reviews

"Mikhail Belous offers a lot of verbal explanations regarding plans and general ideas to make it easier to remember and apply the variations. Compared with other popular courses I have bought I would say the verbal explanations are above average.."

Ru_Pe

"...  the explanations are phenomenal. I mean it. I've bought products from other authors who purportedly explain things very well, but they don't come close to Belous' text. Nearly every move is annotated, often with non-overbearing arrows in the diagram, and the explanations are nearly always to the point... The material is more difficult than I expected, a fact that is mitigated by the author's excellent explanations.

Great stuff overall. Thanks, FM Belous."

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Zoq_Fot_Pik_Zebranky

Misha is a great trainer. I have been training with him once a week for two years now. I am now stronger than I was before my 20 years of chess break! He had some self-made, but professional learning studies on lichess for standard topics (e.g. for openings) and custom-tailored training studies for me.

(Lichess name: DanielBausBSanderL, age 41; feel free to contact me)

Misha is an entertaining person, very nice and effective. I made progress almost instantly after having a bunch of lessons with him. Endgames, middlegames, and openings seem a lot easier to me now thanks to him. His enthusiasm when I was learning with him made things nicer and greater. He's an incredible coach and I'm very happy I met him. I recommend him, no matter what your skills are!!

Sandro

"However, thanks to this course, I learned it very deeply and use it successfully in tournaments. For me especially it is useful for opponents below 2000 because it looks like a quiet opening but in fact, it is very tricky. Now my ranking is 2132 and I always return to this course. It really gives you confidence in Closed Sicilian and yet another option to surprise your opponents in Sicilian Defense."

Przemek

I was looking for a professional coach since my progress from self-learning was slowing down.
Misha has helped me not only to greatly boost my performance but also showed me the game from the angles I doubt I'd discover myself.
He is a patient teacher with a great personality and passion for the chess he shares with his students.
What else to say: highly recommended!

Andrew R.

Misha has been an incredible training partner for me. His deep knowledge and experience playing at the highest levels, paired with his genuine care for those he works with makes him the perfect coach for players of all levels.

Jeevan K.