September 2025 brings another month of high-quality, structured training at the Modern Chess Academy. This month's focus is on mastering counterplay dynamics, developing systematic calculation skills, and understanding the fundamentals of position evaluation and planning. Whether you're looking to improve your strategic understanding, tactical precision, or analytical approach, the Academy has you covered.
September 2025 brings another month of high-quality, structured training at the Modern Chess Academy. This month's focus is on mastering counterplay dynamics, developing systematic calculation skills, and understanding the fundamentals of position evaluation and planning. Whether you're looking to improve your strategic understanding, tactical precision, or analytical approach, the Academy has you covered.
Coach: GM Ioannis Papaioannou
📅 Dates: 10.09.2025 and 24.09.2025
💡 Focus: Master one of the most dynamic and decisive strategic concepts in chess—counterplay. Learn to recognize counterplay opportunities, neutralize opponent threats, and generate active counterchances in complex middlegame positions. The first two lectures examine defensive counterplay techniques, while the final two focus on creating active counterplay opportunities.
🗓 Program Schedule
Coach: GM Swapnil Dhopade
📅 Dates: 11.09.2025 and 18.09.2025
💡 Focus: Master the systematic approach to complex tactical situations. Learn systematic candidate move selection and accurate long-range calculations. Develop the disciplined thinking process and calculation accuracy that separates masters from club players when facing the most demanding tactical challenges.
🗓 Program Schedule
💡 Focus: Deepen your understanding of position evaluation fundamentals and develop systematic planning skills across various game phases.
📅 Training Stages
💡 New Format: GM Grigor Grigorov and GM Petar Arnaudov present fresh opening ideas played during the month and answer submitted opening questions.
💡 Focus: Personalized guidance, game analysis, and monthly check-ins.
How It Works
Exclusive September Promotion: Purchase a 6-month subscription and receive our Gold Membership package absolutely free!
Gold Membership Includes:
Special Anniversary Price: 189 EUR 150 EUR
This exclusive offer celebrates 10 Years of Modern Chess excellence
💡 Join now and make September 2025 your most inspiring and productive chess month yet!
Six-month members join the Mentorship Program: a Modern Chess mentor guides your training, matched to your goals, strengths and level.
To start: fill out the mentorship questionnaire and send 20 recent games (PGN); your mentor contacts you within 3 working days.
Included in the six-month subscription, 449.00 EUR.
