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.
🚀 Commit to Structured Growth
Modern Chess Academy – May 2026 Program
May is endgame month at Modern Chess Academy.
Three of the four pillars converge on the same skill cluster — endgame technique and calculation under reduced material. Strategy Wednesday addresses Sicilian endgames, the phase where the most popular opening complex in chess is actually decided. Tactical Thursday trains calculation and hidden resources in technical positions. Guided Practice opens a new long-term cycle on the fundamentals of calculation, starting from candidate moves. Repertoire Builder advances the Opening Builder project into the strategically rich English Opening structures after 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4.
The thread is intentional. Endgame strength is the most measurable form of chess strength — and the most trainable, when training is structured.
1. Repertoire Builder – May Focus Réti for White: Fundamental Structures after 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Coach: Grigor Grigorov Dates: 12.05.2026 and 19.05.2026 🔗 Event page
The fourth stage of the six-month Opening Builder project covers English Opening structures arising after 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 — symmetrical setups, Hedgehog formations, and Maroczy-type positions.
These structures are among the most enduring in chess. They reward patience, structural understanding, and the ability to handle the d5-square correctly. Theory is kept light. The focus is on the plans both sides actually play, not the lines they memorize.
Program Schedule
12.05.2026 – Paris | New York 🕒 17:30 – 19:00 | 11:30 – 13:00 – Fundamental Structures – Part 1 🕒 19:30 – 21:00 | 13:30 – 15:00 – Fundamental Structures – Part 2
19.05.2026 – Paris | New York 🕒 17:30 – 19:00 | 11:30 – 13:00 – Fundamental Structures – Part 3 🕒 19:30 – 21:00 | 13:30 – 15:00 – Fundamental Structures – Part 4 🕒 21:00 – 21:30 | 15:00 – 15:30 – Q&A Session
2. Strategy Wednesday – May Focus From Theory to Technique: Understand Sicilian Endgames Coach: Ioannis Papaioannou Dates: 13.05.2026 and 20.05.2026 🔗 Event page
The Sicilian is celebrated for its dynamism, but games are often decided long after the tactical fireworks fade.
This camp covers the recurring endgame structures across the Najdorf, Taimanov, Sveshnikov, Scheveningen, and Maroczy complexes. You will learn how strong players steer the middlegame toward favorable endgames, evaluate typical Sicilian structures, and convert long-term structural advantages into full points. The focus is on the phase where most Sicilian games are actually won and lost.
3. Tactical Thursday – May Focus Calculation in the Endgame and Hidden Tactics Coach: Swapnil Dhopade Dates: 07.05.2026 and 14.05.2026 🔗 Event page
Tactics in the endgame are rarely loud. They appear as quiet zwischenzugs, stalemate motifs, hidden geometry of king and pawns, and small combinations that decide whole games.
This camp trains exactly that — how to calculate precisely when material is reduced, where the small inaccuracies are decisive. You will learn how strong players adjust their thinking when queens come off, identify critical moments where tactics decide technical positions, and recognize the quiet moves that separate strong players from accurate ones.
4. Guided Practice – May Focus Basics of Calculation – Part 1 Coach: Siegfried Baumegger
May opens a new long-term cycle on the fundamentals of calculation.
Calculation is the most trainable skill in chess, but only when training is structured. This cycle returns to first principles: what to consider, in what order, and how to do it efficiently.
Weekly Structure
Participants receive training positions each week, in-depth explanations, video summaries, and a final annotated PGN collection.
5. Opening Radar – May Edition Coach: Ivan Cheparinov
Modern opening ideas, practical novelties, and answers to member-submitted questions.
Format
Submit your opening questions to academy@modern-chess.com
6. Inside Your Games Coach: 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.
7. Mentorship Program (6-Month Subscribers) 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.
Why Modern Chess Academy
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.