This November, the Tactical Thursday series continues with a sophisticated edition led by elite Indian grandmaster and renowned coach GM Swapnil Dhopade. This time, the focus shifts to two of the most crucial and underappreciated aspects of tactical mastery: Prophylactic Thinking and Spotting Hidden Tactical Ideas. Many players focus exclusively on calculating their own threats while neglecting their opponent's possibilities, leading to preventable tactical disasters and missed opportunities. This camp will teach you to think one step ahead defensively while developing the pattern recognition skills needed to spot the subtle tactical motifs that stronger players see instantly—the hidden tactical ideas that turn equal positions into winning advantages.
GM Ioannis Papaioannou continues his acclaimed Strategy Wednesday series this November with a topic that directly addresses the phase of the game where most points are won and lost — Typical Mistakes in Practical Endgames. This edition is designed to help players identify, understand, and eliminate the common errors that turn winning endgames into draws and drawable positions into losses, while developing the practical skills and mental framework needed to navigate complex endgame decisions with confidence.
For the first time, GM Papaioannou explores the Italian Game from Black’s perspective as a strategic system rather than a memorization challenge. This is not a theoretical camp — it’s a deep understanding journey, designed to help you feel the Italian structures, typical plans, and endgame transitions that define this classical opening.
Many players excel at sharp tactical calculations but struggle when facing positions that demand a deeper blend of strategic understanding and precise calculation—particularly when evaluating positional sacrifices where material is invested for long-term compensation rather than immediate tactical gain. This camp will teach you to bridge the gap between pure tactics and positional judgment, developing the sophisticated evaluation skills that characterize elite-level play.
GM Ioannis Papaioannou continues his acclaimed Strategy Wednesday series this October with one of the most fundamental and enduring strategic concepts in chess — Pawn Majorities. This edition, Pawn Majorities - From the Opening to the Endgame, is designed to help players master the art of recognizing, creating, and exploiting pawn majority advantages while understanding how to neutralize your opponent's majority structures across all game phases.
For the first time, we explore the Reversed Torre system with unprecedented depth - studying strategic patterns, pawn structures, and endgame mastery from Black's perspective. This is not a repertoire-building camp. It's a deep positional journey into how strong players actually understand and navigate one of chess's most flexible opening systems.
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This September, the Tactical Thursday series continues with a precision-focused edition led by elite Indian grandmaster and renowned coach GM Swapnil Dhopade. This time, the focus shifts to two of the most fundamental yet challenging aspects of tactical mastery: Systematic Candidate Move Selection and Accurate Long-Range Calculations.
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GM Ioannis Papaioannou continues his acclaimed Strategy Wednesday series this September with one of the most dynamic and decisive strategic concepts in chess — Counterplay. This edition, Preventing and Creating Counterplay, is designed to help players master the art of recognizing counterplay opportunities, neutralizing opponent threats, and generating active counterchances in complex middlegame positions.
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A brand-new camp by the legendary Greek trainer – deep, practical, and completely unique. For the first time, we dive deeply into a single opening system - studying it from the endgame back to the opening. This is not a repertoire-building camp. It's a deep positional journey into how strong players actually understand and navigate complex structures.
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This August, the Tactical Thursday series continues with an explosive new edition led by elite Indian grandmaster and renowned coach GM Swapnil Dhopade. This time, the focus shifts to two of the most sophisticated and game-deciding aspects of tactical play: Attacks when both sides castled on the same wing and Attacks with castling on opposite wings.
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