Modern Chess proudly presents the debut course of IM and psychologist Nikola Nikolovski — The Chess Thinking Process – Static Factors and Planning.
This innovative work bridges cognitive science and chess understanding, offering a structured framework for evaluating positions long before concrete calculation begins.
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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.
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The camp of GM Papaioannou - Improve Your Strategy is already a digital product.
This product includes all the videos from the camp as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of 10.5 hours of video and a PGN database, which includes 126 files!
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We are happy to present the newest course by IM Boroljub Zlatanovic - Weak Squares. The ability to create and exploit weak squares and square complexes is one of the most important skills for every positional player.
The course is divided into two sections: Endgame Positions and Middlegame Positions. Each section contains 20 carefully curated model examples and 5 practical exercises to solidify your understanding and enhance your strategic intuition. It goes without saying that all the exercises come with annotated solutions.
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The camp Evaluation and Plan is already a digital product. This product includes all the videos from the camp as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of approximately 9 hours of video and a PGN database which includes 119 files!
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The second workshop dedicated to the positional play is already a digital product. This product includes all the videos from the workshop as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of approximately 7 hours of video and a PGN database which includes 136 files!
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The first workshop dedicated to the positional play is already a digital product. This product includes all the videos from the workshop as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of approximately 7 hours of video and a PGN database which includes 79 files!
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The workshop dedicated to closed positions is already a digital product. This product includes all the videos from the workshop as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of approximately 7 hours of video and a PGN database which includes 60 files!
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When the main goal of our play is to checkmate the opponent's king, one of the main ways to achieve this is to reach a material advantage. Every beginner is taught to count pieces and do not allow obviously disadvantageous exchanges (such as rook for bishop or knight for pawn). And while beginners often continue despite large material imbalances, this is much less often seen among tournament players. Here the fight usually revolves around strategical and tactical ideas. Players strive for situations in which their pieces are superior to their opponents'. One of the most important tools to achieve this goal is the exchange. The famous Soviet author Gennady Nesis has written a few books about the art of exchanges, both in middlegames and endgames. They were popular in their times and can still be useful for players today. Yet if we look at their contents, we will find that exchanges are not categorized by their themes and their goals there. The current database is designed to fill this gap.
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