Chess study material for the club or casual player improving their own game: a free analysis tracker rated 5.0 (5 reviews), a $12 six-guide beginner bundle, a $20 taught beginner course, a $30 tactical-pattern collection rated 5.0 (2 reviews), a $43.10 bullet-chess course — anchored by a $139.99 endgame video course rated 5.0 (14 reviews). Every price verified live.
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What this page is. Chess study material — an analysis tracker, beginner guide bundles and courses, a tactical-pattern collection, a bullet-chess course, and an endgame video course — for the player improving their own game. Every pick is from a distinct seller, one per seller, and every card covers a different study job — a free analysis tracker, a six-guide beginner bundle, a taught beginner course, a patterns collection, a bullet-chess specialty course, and an endgame video course — so no two cards sell the same thing. The buyer here is the player studying their own game, never a coach or reseller. Nothing here is income talk, and this page never promises rating gains, tournament wins, or study outcomes as editorial fact — every outcome claim you see quoted belongs to the seller who wrote it.
Format honesty. Every card states what each pick IS, read live off the listing at build time. The free entry is a Notion template — it requires a Notion account, said on the card. The $139.99 anchor states "over twenty hours of in-depth video content" — a video course, as stated on the listing. The $12 guide bundle, the $20 beginner course, the $30 pattern collection, and the $43.10 bullet course state NO file format on their listings — their cards say "format not specified on the listing" instead of guessing.
About ratings. All six picks are rated — the first fully-rated ladder since niche-31 fitness — quoted exactly from Gumroad's own JSON-LD: 5.0 (5 reviews) on the free analysis tracker; 5.0 (1 review) on the $12 beginner bundle — quoted exactly, never leaned on, since one review is a data point, not a verdict; 5.0 (2 reviews) on the $20 beginner course; 5.0 (2 reviews) on the $30 pattern collection; 5.0 (1 review) on the $43.10 bullet course — quoted exactly, never leaned on; 5.0 (14 reviews) on the $139.99 endgame course — the strongest review count on the ladder, quoted exactly, never rounded.
Seller words, not ours. Product titles are the sellers' own names for their products, quoted as titles. The $20 card's "6X State and 2X National Chess Champion" is the seller's credential claim — quoted, never asserted as this page's fact. The $43.10 card's "excel your online bullet rating by 100-200 points?" is the seller's question — quoted as their words, never restated as this page's promise. The $139.99 anchor's "Unlock the Secrets to Becoming a Top 1% Endgame Player" and "the kind that wins tournaments, boosts ratings, and separates casual players from elite competitors" are all seller marketing — quoted, never restated as this page's claims.
Prices. Prices are set by each seller on Gumroad and can change; prices below were served in USD on a US fetch and may localize for non-US readers. All six were live and in stock at build time, quoted to the cent — never rounded. All six are one-time digital purchases — no subscriptions, no physical goods.
The free-entry slot: a Notion template for logging, organizing, and analyzing your games — game calendar and history, opening and endgame reviews, organized by game phases. The study-system pick. Honesty lines, up front: it is a Notion template, so it requires a Notion account. Rated 5.0 across 5 reviews — quoted exactly, never rounded. The seller frames nothing about outcomes; neither does this card.
View on Gumroad →The true-zero beginner slot: a six-guide bundle covering the board and pieces through notation and beyond — a guide bundle, distinct from the taught course below. Honesty lines: 5.0 across 1 review — quoted exactly, never leaned on, since one review is a data point, not a verdict. Format not specified on the listing — that is said here instead of guessed.
View on Gumroad →A taught beginner course, a tactical-pattern collection, and a bullet-chess specialty course — three paid slots, three different study jobs.
The taught-course slot: etiquette, piece movement, winning strategies, tactics, and the fastest checkmates — a course, distinct from the guide bundle above. The seller's credential claim — "6X State and 2X National Chess Champion" — is quoted, never asserted as this page's fact. Honesty lines: rated 5.0 across 2 reviews, quoted exactly; format not specified on the listing.
View on Gumroad →The tactics slot: 300 curated tactical and checkmate patterns grouped by theme for study and revisit — 200 tactical, 100 checkmates. Patterns-to-recognize, a different job from everything else on the ladder. Honesty lines: rated 5.0 across 2 reviews, quoted exactly; format not specified on the listing — never assumed to be a book or a video.
View on Gumroad →The format-variant slot: a bullet-chess specialty course — openings and humor-framed teaching — bullet being a distinct chess discipline from the classical study above. The seller asks "excel your online bullet rating by 100-200 points?" — quoted as the seller's question, never restated as this page's promise; this page asserts no rating outcomes. Honesty lines: 5.0 across 1 review, quoted exactly, never leaned on; format not specified on the listing.
View on Gumroad →The endgame anchor: an endgame video course by NM Solomon Ruddell with over twenty hours of in-depth video content, from beginner basics to advanced mastery — the highest-priced pick in the whole series. Rated 5.0 across 14 reviews — the strongest review count on the ladder, quoted exactly. The seller's marketing — "Unlock the Secrets to Becoming a Top 1% Endgame Player" and "the kind that wins tournaments, boosts ratings, and separates casual players from elite competitors" — is quoted, never restated as this page's claims.
View on Gumroad →NINE's free tier stays free because of pages like this one. Every product above was verified live with a visible price and picked for the $0-to-$139.99 ladder: a free analysis tracker rated 5.0 (5 reviews), a $12 six-guide beginner bundle rated 5.0 (1 review), a $20 beginner course rated 5.0 (2 reviews), a $30 tactical-pattern collection rated 5.0 (2 reviews), a $43.10 bullet-chess course rated 5.0 (1 review), and a $139.99 endgame video course rated 5.0 (14 reviews). Every card states the format where the listing states one — and says so honestly where it doesn't. Nothing here is a paid placement. Nothing here is income talk. Nothing here promises a rating.