GM Gawain Jones and GM Jacob Aagaard will be live on “Thinking Aloud”, this Thursday at 16:00 UK time on Killer Chess Training. This class is one of the favourites in the chess academy: Two people. Six positions. Real-time solving. Join them for a small preview of the second volume of Gawain’s Coffeehouse Repertoire 1.e4, […]
GM Gawain Jones on Killer Chess Training Read Post »
Jacob is extra busy these last few days; on top of finishing some books and training people all over the world, he is going live on YouTube for a quick view on the games of the day in the ongoing Candidates tournament. You can see here the scheduled times, here the videos, and here the
Candidates Breakdown with GM Jacob Aagaard Read Post »
One of my favourite things in this job is to take books from our bookcases in the office, pack them up and send them off to another bookcase all over of the world. It is just so nice for me to have this reminder that there is still a huge world out there, daydreaming about
Shipping fee changes to Oceania Read Post »
Last year John was hoping that the Candidates tournament would go ahead without any disruptions from viruses or anything else. We all know how that worked out. Here we are again, waiting for the second part to start in 10 days, so let’s have a second quiz, in addition to the one from last year;
Candidates 2020 Part II Read Post »
As John said in a previous blog, Quality Chess has just published The Exhilarating Elephant Gambit. In that connection, Killer Chess Training is organizing a Gambit weekend. For any reader of Quality Chess who wants to join the simul tomorrow, the 5th of December, 17:00-19:00 UK time, just join the team. Also, you can join
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365 Chess Academy is hosting a three-day camp to celebrate the publication of the 2012 World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand’s two new endgame books; Technical Decision Making in Chess and Decision Making in Major Piece Endings by Quality Chess. GM Boris Gelfand is returning as a guest lecturer to 365 Chess Academy. He will be
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GM Swapnil Dhopade will be joining 365 Chess Academy for a lecture based on his book, Playing the Petroff, published in July. The session will take place on Monday the 31st of August, 14:30 UK time. For those of you interested in attending, we have made arrangements for a few free spots. You will need
Online class on Playing the Petroff Read Post »
Boris feels strongly that this cover reflects the spirit of the book better, so we followed his intuition. The previous copperish colors didn’t work, so I went with silver, to make sure the face is the focal point of the whole cover and not just of the great photo that Maria Emelianova took.
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