Most players consume chess content.They:
Yet their results fluctuate — because their training lacks structure.
Modern Chess Academy was built to solve exactly that problem.
This is not a content platform. It is a monthly training system where every element supports the others.
Everything is connected.
Each month includes:
Strategy Wednesday → Positional understanding & long-term planning
Tactical Thursday → Disciplined calculation & practical sharpness
Repertoire Builder → Building an opening identity based on understanding
Guided Practice → Weekly curated training with structured repetition
Opening Radar → Modern theory & elite-level trends
Inside Your Games → Analysis of real member games
Mentorship Program → Personal direction & accountability
✔ All lectures recorded
✔ All material organized
✔ A system that builds month after month
Improvement in chess is cumulative.
The Academy provides the structure that makes that accumulation possible.
Modern Chess Academy does not offer shortcuts. There are no magic formulas here. The Academy will not replace the work you must do. It will only structure it.
This is a serious training environment. This environment is not designed for everyone. Before subscribing, ask yourself:
Am I ready to work systematically?
Am I willing to improve gradually, not emotionally?
If the answer is yes — you belong here.
The four pillars of the Academy continue in July, each advancing into its next stage.
Réti for White: Theoretical Knowledge – Part 2
👤 Coach: GM Grigor Grigorov 📅 Dates: 21.07.2026 & 28.07.2026 🔗 Event page: https://www.modern-chess.com/event/repertoire-builder-july-2026-repertoire-builder-theoretical-knowledge-part-2/72451/
The final stage of the six-month Opening Builder project completes the Repertoire Construction Phase. From February through May, the focus was on the fundamental structures behind the 1.Nf3 complex — Réti and Catalan-type formations, King's Indian and Grünfeld structures, English Opening positions with symmetrical setups, Hedgehog formations, and Maróczy-type structures. In June, that structural foundation began to convert into concrete theory.
In July, we complete that work. Part 2 covers the second half of the theoretical material and assembles the final repertoire — bringing the whole 1.Nf3 system together into a single, coherent weapon.
📅 Program Schedule
21.07.2026 — Paris | New York 🕒 17:30 – 19:00 | 11:30 – 13:00 — Theoretical Knowledge – Part 5 🕒 19:30 – 21:00 | 13:30 – 15:00 — Theoretical Knowledge – Part 6
28.07.2026 — Paris | New York 🕒 17:30 – 19:00 | 11:30 – 13:00 — Theoretical Knowledge – Part 7 🕒 19:30 – 21:00 | 13:30 – 15:00 — Theoretical Knowledge – Part 8 🕒 21:00 – 21:30 | 15:00 – 15:30 — Q&A Session
From the Opening to the Endgame: Typical Endgames in the French Defense
👤 Coach: GM Ioannis Papaioannou 📅 Dates: 22.07.2026 & 29.07.2026 🔗 Event page: https://www.modern-chess.com/event/from-the-opening-to-the-endgame-typical-endgames-in-the-french-defense/82385/
The French Defense is defined by its endgames: the middlegame battles flow, again and again, into the same recurring family of endings. The backward d-pawn, the "bad" light-squared bishop, the queenside pawn majority, and the locked structures that suddenly open are not accidents of a particular game — they define whole classes of French endgames, for both colours.
This camp covers those recurring endgame structures across the French. You will learn how strong players steer the middlegame toward favorable endgames, evaluate the typical French structures and minor-piece imbalances, and convert small but durable structural advantages into full points. The focus is on the phase where French games are actually won and lost.
Strategic Calculation and Calculating Long Variations
👤 Coach: GM Swapnil Dhopade 📅 Dates: 16.07.2026 & 23.07.2026 🔗 Event page: https://www.modern-chess.com/event/tactical-thursday-july-2026-strategic-calculation-and-calculating-long-variations/32418/
Not all calculation is tactical. When there is a combination on the board, the moves announce themselves; the far greater challenge is calculation in quiet, strategic positions, where the candidate moves are not forcing and the evaluation at the end of a long line is a matter of judgment.
This camp trains exactly that — how to calculate accurately in strategic positions, and how to calculate long, branching variations without losing the thread. You will learn how strong players choose candidate moves when nothing is forced, calculate long lines to the point where a position can be judged, and combine calculation with positional judgment to evaluate what they find.
Elements of Positional Play I
👤 Coach: IM Siegfried Baumegger
July opens a new cycle on the elements of positional play — the building blocks of strong strategic understanding, trained one theme at a time.
📅 Weekly Structure
Participants receive training positions each week, in-depth explanations, video summaries, and a final annotated PGN collection.
👤 Coach: GM Ivan Cheparinov
Modern opening ideas, practical novelties, and answers to member-submitted questions.
Format
✉️ Submit your opening questions to academy@modern-chess.com
👤 Coach: GM Ioannis Papaioannou
GM Papaioannou selects 15 anonymized games submitted by Academy members and analyzes them deeply, extracting practical lessons and recurring mistakes.
Submission guidelines
Publication includes
✅ Free access for all Academy members.
A structured, personalized improvement path with an assigned mentor, a 30-minute kickoff session, and monthly follow-ups built around your submitted games and your progress over time.
Most chess training is content consumption. The Academy is structure — the work is connected month to month, and every pillar reinforces the others. Live GM-led sessions every Wednesday and Thursday, weekly structured practice, modern opening updates, real game analysis, and a long-term repertoire-building project, all within one integrated system.
Improvement is cumulative. The Academy provides the structure that makes that accumulation possible.
This is not random content. This is chess training — the Modern Chess way.