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GM Efstratios Grivas October 4, 2025

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Introduction and Free Preview  Free
GM Efstratios Grivas - Video CV  Closed
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The Strategy Section  Closed
Chapter 1 - Strategic Prevention, Prophylaxis  Closed
Geller, Efim - Mikhalchishin, Adrian - Video Lecture  Closed
Geller, Efim - Mikhalchishin, Adrian  Closed
Kasparov, Garry - Shirov, Alexei  Closed
Taimanov, Mark - Sliwa, Bogdan - Video Lecture  Closed
Taimanov, Mark - Sliwa, Bogdan Stanislaw  Closed
Winter, William - Capablanca, Jose Raul  Closed
Grigorian, Karen - Sakharov, Yuri - Video Lecture  Closed
Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich - Sakharov, Yuri  Closed
Gufeld, Eduard - Damjanovic, Mato - Video Lecture  Closed
Gufeld, Eduard - Damjanovic, Mato  Closed
Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin  Closed
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly - Dvoretzky, Mark  Closed
Chapter 2 - The Capablanca Maneuvre  Closed
Alekhine, Alexander - Capablanca, Jose Raul  Closed
Bobotsov, Milko - Petrosian, Tigran - Video Lecture  Closed
Bobotsov, Milko Georgiev - Petrosian, Tigran  Closed
Andersson, Ulf - Atalik, Suat  Closed
Nikolic, Predrag - Kramnik, Vladimir  Closed
Portisch, Lajos - Kasparov, Garry - Video Lecture  Closed
Portisch, Lajos - Kasparov, Garry  Closed
Wang, Yue - Carlsen, Magnus - Video Lecture  Closed
Wang, Yue - Carlsen, Magnus  Closed
Artemiev, Vladislav - Inarkiev, Ernesto  Closed
Ioannidis, Evgenios - Predke, Alexandr  Closed
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Giri, Anish  Closed
Chapter 3 - The Superfluous Knight  Closed
Example 1 - Video Lecture  Closed
Example 1 - Suba, Mihai  Closed
Zukertort, Johannes - Blackburne, Joseph - Video Lecture  Closed
Zukertort, Johannes - Blackburne, Joseph  Closed
Savon, Vladimir - Dvoretzky, Mark  Closed
Dolmatov, Sergey - Romanishin, Oleg  Closed
Karpov, Anatoly - Dolmatov, Sergey  Closed
Geller, Efim - Ciocaltea, Victor  Closed
Grivas, Efstratios - Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador - Video Lecture  Closed
Grivas, Efstratios - Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador  Closed
Grivas, Efstratios - Halldorsson, Gudmundur - Video Lecture  Closed
Grivas, Efstratios - Halldorsson, Gudmundur  Closed
Lautier, Joel - Ivanchuk, Vassily  Closed
Kurajica, Bojan - Trkulja, Goran  Closed
Grivas, Efstratios - Tassopoulos, Marios  Closed
Visser, Yge - Nijboer, Friso  Closed
Schandorff, Lars - Nielsen, Peter Heine  Closed
Swiercz, Dariusz - Damljanovic, Branko  Closed
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Giri, Anish  Closed
Le, Quang Liem - Venkatesh, Marani Rajendran  Closed
Hyde, Geoff - Stathos, Dimitrios  Closed
Chapter 4 - The Worst-Piece Principle  Closed
Nimzowitsch, Aron - Rubinstein, Akiba - Video Lecture  Closed
Nimzowitsch, Aron - Rubinstein, Akiba  Closed
Smirin, Ilia - Grivas, Efstratios - Video Lecture  Closed
Smirin, Ilia - Grivas, Efstratios  Closed
Pert, Nicholas - Haslinger, Stewart  Closed
Larsen, Bent - Browne, Walter Shawn  Closed
Kiss, Attila - Hulak, Krunoslav  Closed
Polgar, Judit - Huebner, Robert  Closed
Hodgson, Julian - Hillarp Persson, Tiger  Closed
Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich - Penrose, Jonathan  Closed
Short, Nigel D - Vaganian, Rafael  Closed
Petrosian, Tigran - Smyslov, Vassily  Closed
Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich - Hamann, Svend  Closed
Kasparov, Garry - Huebner, Robert  Closed
Beliavsky, Alexander - Geller, Efim - Video Lecture  Closed
Beliavsky, Alexander - Geller, Efim  Closed
Oll, Lembit - Hodgson, Julian  Closed
Polgar, Judit - Khalifman, Alexander  Closed
Kasparov, Garry - Short, Nigel - Video Lecture  Closed
Kasparov, Garry - Short, Nigel  Closed
Petrosian, Tigran V - Yudovich, Mikhail  Closed
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Garry  Closed
Rivas Pastor, Manuel - Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique  Closed
Sargissian, Gabriel - Yu, Yangyi  Closed
Mamedov, Rauf - Shankland, Samuel  Closed
Petrosian, Tigran - Peters, Jack  Closed
The Endgame Section  Closed
Chapter 5 - Q & R & Three Pawns(Same Side, + Passed Pawn  Closed
Starting Out - Example 1  Closed
MacDonnell, George Alcock - Steinitz, William  Closed
Buturin, Vladimir - Zhidkov, Valery - Video Lecture  Closed
Buturin, Vladimir - Zhidkov, Valery  Closed
Golubev, Mikhail - Fedorchuk, Sergey - Video Lecture  Closed
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Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Kuzubov, Yuriy  Closed
Banikas, Hristos - Gashimov, Vugar  Closed
Caruana, Fabiano - Nakamura, Hikaru  Closed
Giorgadze, Tamaz - Polgar, Judit  Closed
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael  Closed
Dautov, Rustem - Lau, Ralf  Closed
Lastin, Alexander - Potkin, Vladimir  Closed
Anastasian, Ashot - Asrian, Karen  Closed
Kramnik, Vladimir - Nepomniachtchi, Ian  Closed
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Vachier Lagrave, Maxime  Closed
Carlsen, Magnus - Caruana, Fabiano  Closed
Galyas, Miklos - Fish, Gennadij  Closed
Leko, Peter - San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo  Closed
Carlsen, Magnus - So, Wesley - Video Lecture  Closed
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Kurajica, Bojan - Organdziev, Oliver  Closed
Radjabov, Teimour - So, Wesley  Closed
Gavrilakis, Nikolaos - Grivas, Efstratios  Closed
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter  Closed
Novikov, Igor - Oll, Lembit - Video Lecture  Closed
Novikov, Igor A - Oll, Lembit  Closed
De Firmian, Nick E - Nikolic, Predrag  Closed
Danielsen, Henrik - Akesson, Ralf  Closed
Aronian, Levon - Karjakin, Sergey  Closed
Aronian, Levon - Dubov, Daniil  Closed
Oblitas Guerrero, Carlomagno - De Souza Haro, Paulo Cezar  Closed
Kasparov, Garry - Biyidi, Thomas  Closed
Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek - Dautov, Rustem  Closed
Carlsen, Magnus - Nakamura, Hikaru  Closed
Carlsen, Magnus - Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar - Video Lecture  Closed
Carlsen, Magnus - Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar  Closed
Avrukh, Boris - Mikhalchishin, Adrian  Closed
Guerlach, Frederic - Shirazi, Kamran  Closed
Andreikin, Dmitry - Caruana, Fabiano - Video Lecture  Closed
Andreikin, Dmitry - Caruana, Fabiano  Closed
Potapov, Alexander - Kurnosov, Igor  Closed
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael  Closed
Svidler, Peter - Giri, Anish - Video Lecture  Closed
Svidler, Peter - Giri, Anish  Closed
Ribli, Zoltan - Kuczynski, Robert - Video Lecture  Closed
Ribli, Zoltan - Kuczynski, Robert  Closed
Burmakin, Vladimir - Dreev, Alexey  Closed
Alekhine, Alexander - Capablanca, Jose Raul  Closed
Chapter 6 - The Chekhover Endgame  Closed
Study 1 - Video Lecture  Closed
Study 1 - Loyd, Samuel  Closed
Study 2 - Horwitz, Bernhard  Closed
Study 3 - Horwitz, Bernhard  Closed
Study 4 - Gerbaus  Closed
Study 5 - Prokop, Frantisek  Closed
Study 6 - De Feijter, Ad  Closed
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Study 8 - Chekhover, Vitaly  Closed
Lehmann, Heinz - Stephan, Werner  Closed
Stein, Leonid - Dorfman, Cicero  Closed
Rosin, Ralf - Rittmueller, Gerd  Closed
Gashimov, Vugar - Ponomariov, Ruslan - Video Lecture  Closed
Gashimov, Vugar - Ponomariov, Ruslan  Closed
Mannion, Stephen - Danin, Alexandre  Closed
Radjabov, Teimour - Nepomniachtchi, Ian  Closed
Safranska, Anda - Dornbusch, Tatiana  Closed
Lopez Gracia, Fernando - Castillo Pena, Patricia Evarista  Closed
Gufeld, Eduard - Smyslov, Vassily  Closed
Chapter 7 - The Prokes Manoeuvre  Closed
Study 1 - Video Lecture  Closed
Study 1 - Prokes, Ladislav  Closed
Study 2 - Video Lecture  Closed
Study 2 - Prokes, Ladislav  Closed
Study 3 - Video Lecture  Closed
Study 3 - Prokes, Ladislav  Closed
Example 1 - Rook vs. Pawns  Closed
Study 4 - Maiselis, Ilya  Closed
Fridstein, German - Lutikov, Anatoly - Video Lecture  Closed
Fridstein, German Samuilovich - Lutikov, Anatoly  Closed
Seletsky, Grigory - Rusan, Paul Cristian  Closed
Petrosian, Arshak B - Tseshkovsky, Vitaly  Closed
Slobodjan, Roman - Beliavsky, Alexander  Closed
Gligoric, Svetozar - Popovic, Petar  Closed
Shehter - Aloni  Closed
Samaganov, B - Zilberman, Yaacov  Closed
Topalov, Veselin - Beliavsky, Alexander - Video Lecture  Closed
Topalov, Veselin - Beliavsky, Alexander  Closed
Tsereteli, Tamari - Epstein, Esther  Closed
Tarrasch, Siegbert - Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz  Closed
Maroczy, Geza - Tarrasch, Siegbert - Video Lecture  Closed
Maroczy, Geza - Tarrasch, Siegbert  Closed
Glek, Igor Vladimirovich - Lputian, Smbat G  Closed
Sikora Gizynska, Bozena - Peng, Zhaoqin  Closed
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Kuzubov, Yuriy  Closed
Harikrishna, Pentala - Dreev, Alexey  Closed
Krumpacnik, Domen - Lenic, Luka  Closed
The Tactics Section  Closed
Chapter 8 - The Pearl of Poznan  Closed
Tylkowski, Roman - Wojciechowski, Antoni - Video Lecture  Closed
Tylkowski, Roman - Wojciechowski, Antoni  Closed
Ortueta Esteban, Martin - Sanz Aguado, Jose - Video Lecture  Closed
Ortueta Esteban, Martin - Sanz Aguado, Jose  Closed
Ortueta Esteban, Martin - Sanz Aguado, Jose  Closed
Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter - Caruana, Fabiano  Closed
Study 1 - Timman, Jan  Closed
Study 2 - Timman, Jan  Closed
Study 3 - Video Lecture  Closed
Study 3 - Timman, Jan  Closed
Study 4 - Timman, Jan  Closed
Study 5 - Hanssen, Lars  Closed
Study 6 - Video Lecture  Closed
Study 6 - Timman, Jan  Closed
Timman, Jan - Ivkov, Borislav  Closed
Chapter 9 - Trapping a Piece  Closed
Tan, Zhongyi - Stefanova, Antoaneta - Video Lecture  Closed
Tan, Zhongyi - Stefanova, Antoaneta  Closed
Botvinnik, Mikhail - Spielmann, Rudolf  Closed
Lugovoi, Aleksei - Balashov, Yuri - Video Lecture  Closed
Lugovoi, Aleksei - Balashov, Yuri  Closed
Miko, Valer - Radics, Laszlo  Closed
Nezhmetdinov, Rashid - Konstantinov, Alexander  Closed
Romero Holmes, Alfonso - Polgar, Judit  Closed
Fraser, George Brunton - Taubenhaus, Jean  Closed
Timman, Jan - Polugaevsky, Lev  Closed
Shirov, Alexei - Wang, Hao  Closed
Reti, Richard - Vidmar, Milan Sr  Closed
Miles, Anthony - Gdanski, Jacek - Video Lecture  Closed
Miles, Anthony John - Gdanski, Jacek  Closed
Grivas, Efstratios - Klokas, Konstantinos  Closed
McShane, Luke - Gordon, Stephen  Closed
Radjabov, Teimour - Shirov, Alexei  Closed
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Dworakowska, Joanna - Video Lecture  Closed
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Dworakowska, Joanna  Closed
Andersson, Ulf - Torre, Eugenio - Video Lecture  Closed
Andersson, Ulf - Torre, Eugenio  Closed
Peresipkin, Vladimir - Chekhov, Valery  Closed
Kramnik, Vladimir - Naiditsch, Arkadij  Closed
Shavtvaladze, Nikoloz - Jankovic, Alojzije  Closed
Pfleger, Michael - Tiemann, Christoph  Closed
Marshall, Frank James - Swiderski, Rudolf  Closed
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Winter, William - Capablanca, Jose Raul  Closed
Brener, Ilja - Georgiev, Vladimir  Closed
Nakamura, Hikaru - So, Wesley  Closed
Chapter 10 - Centralized Safe King  Closed
Kamsky, Gata - Karpov, Anatoly - Video Lecture  Closed
Kamsky, Gata - Karpov, Anatoly  Closed
Collin, Denis - Grivas, Efstratios - Video Lecture  Closed
Collin, Denis - Grivas, Efstratios  Closed
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Duer, Werner - Petschar, Kurt  Closed
Wells, Peter - Grivas, Efstratios - Video Lecture  Closed
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Grivas Chess Lab – Strategic and Tactical Education

The Culmination of a Chess Philosophy

Every great chess thinker has a system—an internal architecture that explains how the game truly works. For GM Efstratios Grivas, that system has unfolded step by step through his lifelong mission to connect classical wisdom with modern understanding.

The first two courses of the Grivas Chess Lab series—Endgames with Opposite-Colored Bishops and The Principle of the Two Weaknesses—established the foundation: technique, conversion, precision.
Now comes the course that unites them all. Strategic and Tactical Education represents the core philosophy of Grivas’s work—a comprehensive framework that transforms fragmented chess knowledge into a single, coherent method of thinking.

The Architecture of Chess Understanding

In 1927, during his World Championship match against Alekhine, José Raúl Capablanca placed a knight on d6—a move that looked ordinary but revealed profound strategic logic. It was not just a good square; it was the right square for that specific structure, preventing the minority attack while preparing active play.

This example illustrates what GM Efstratios Grivas calls the architecture of chess understanding—the systematic relationship between strategic ideas and tactical execution. From Nimzowitsch’s prophylaxis and Dvoretsky’s “superfluous piece” to Kosikov’s “worst-piece principle” and Prokeš’s geometric endgame concepts, Grivas shows that these ideas form a unified system rather than isolated principles.

Throughout his decades of coaching, GM Grivas has focused on helping players internalize these structural patterns instead of memorizing countless positions. This course presents ten interconnected frameworks—from strategic prevention to tactical recognition—that explain why good moves work and how strong players think.

A Laboratory Approach to Classical Concepts

What makes this course unique is its laboratory methodology. Instead of presenting isolated examples, GM Grivas dissects ten classical concepts through a structured, scientific lens.

The material is divided into three main sections—Strategy, Endgames, and Tactics—featuring more than 170 annotated examples that demonstrate how these ideas manifest across all phases of the game.

Part I: Strategy

Part II: Endgames

Part III: Tactics

The Authority Behind the Analysis

GM Efstratios Grivas combines competitive success, academic rigor, and decades of training experience.

Career Highlights

As a long-standing FIDE lecturer and theoretician, Grivas has helped shape modern chess education. His analytical style bridges the gap between classical principles and modern engine precision.

Course Contents

This 10-chapter course provides a complete multi-format learning experience:

Connecting the Series

This course is the third part of the Grivas Chess Lab series, following:

Together, these courses form a complete program for advanced players—covering endgame precision, conversion technique, and the strategic-tactical frameworks that define modern chess mastery.

Conclusion

Strategic and Tactical Education unites decades of classical wisdom under a modern, practical framework. Through Grivas’s systematic approach, players learn to connect prophylaxis, activity, and calculation into one coherent method of thinking.

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