Nikos’ camp starts on Thursday!

22 28.09 2025 1

Dear Friends,

Nikos’ camp on the French Defense Middlegames will start this Thursday, the 25th of September. You can still sign up for the camp by purchasing it in the shop until Friday. New yearly members and renewals between the 25th of August and the 25th of September will receive this camp for free, as a welcome gift.

CAMP Nikos Ntirlis - French Defense Middlegames

Click here to buy your participation ticket or here to become a yearly member and receive this camp for free!

Our next online camp will happen in November and will be held by GM Swayams. He will talk about the art of defense. The camp will happen between the 6th and the 9th of November and will include a total of 12 hours. The recordings of the camp will be made available to everyone who will buy the camp of receive it as a welcome gift.

Defensive Mastery

 New yearly members and renewals between the 25th of September and the 6th of November will receive this camp for free, as a welcome gift. Everyone else who wants to participate can purchase the camp in our shop. If you are a member, remember to log in to your account to get the camp at a discounted price!

Click here to buy your participation ticket or here to become a yearly member and receive this camp for free!

We will have an in-person camp again in 2026. The dates are 17-24 of May, in the 4* resort Zoraida Garden in Roquetas de Mar, Spain. Your trainers will be GM Jacob Aagaard, GM Renier Castellanos and GM Julen Arizmendi. The camp will be open to both members and non-members of the academy. More information, as well the sign-up form will very soon be available on our website.

2026 IN PERSON CAMP

Grupo de Xadrez Alekhine is organizing a 10 player round robin tournament for IM norms in Lisbon, Portugal, from the 27th of October to the 2nd of November.

They are searching for potential IM norm seekers with +2300 ELO.

The current players list is available here.

If you are interested and want more information, please contact them via email at: [email protected]

Long-time member Ajay Santosh Parvathareddy has recently completed his final IM norm at the Rudar XXII Round Robin in Serbia.  With only 15 years, he is currently rated 2482. Huge congratulations to him; we hope he will soon get the GM title as well! Read more about his journey to becoming an IM on ChessBase India.

Arshiya’s recent rating climb was also highlighted in an article on ChessBase India. Read more about her achievements here.

Helen Milligan finished 3rd in the Seniors’ Open Chess Championship that took place during the Malaysian Chess Festival. Congratulations, Helen!

Helen in the Malaysian Ch

Sabino has been on a roll. He finished 2nd in Trieste. On the 14th he played a rapid tournament in Monselice.  He qualified for the final, which he won 1.5-0.5. Last weekend he played and won another rapid tournament with 8/9 in Aglie.

Tarun and Trisha Kanyamarala are in Sweden, playing a norm round robin. Trisha is playing in the IM norm-seekers section, Tarun in the GM section .

Have you been playing any tournaments? We want to know!  Let us know on the forum or on social media.


Your friends from Killer Chess Training

Coming up in September: 12 hours camp with Nikos Ntirlis – free for new yearly members and renewals (sign-ups after between the 25th of August and 25th of September 2025)

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