Dear Friends,
John Hartmann will have another session this Sunday, the 23rd of November, from 4 PM UK time. The sessions is called Opening Prep for Mortals and he will use Lichess and Chessbase to build an opening file. If you have any suggestions for the variation to work on during the class, go to the forum and leave your vote.
The Christmas Camp will take place between the 27th and 30th of December. GM Ivan Sokolov will be the host and will talk about 12 Paths from the Opening into the Middlegame.
The training will take time between 17.00 and 20.30 London time each day (9:00-12:30 California, 12:00-15:30 New York, 18:00-21:30 CET). There will be two 15-minute breaks. The camp will offer you a full 12 hours of training.
New yearly members and yearly renewals between the 7th of November and 27th of December will receive this camp for free, as a welcome gift. Everyone else who would like to participate needs to purchase the camp in our shop. If you are a member, remember to log in first to have the members’ discount applied to the camp!
Click here to purchase the camp or here to become a yearly member and receive this camp for free!
Registration for in-person camp are open. The camp will take place in the 4* resort Zoraida Garden in Roquetas de Mar, Spain, between the 17th and the 24th of May. Your trainers will be GM Jacob Aagaard, GM Renier Castellanos and GM Julen Arizmendi. We will also have a special guest who will do a few extra activities with the camp participants. The camp is open to both members and non-members of the academy.Â
Check the archive section of our website to get an idea about how the camp unfolded last year. In the gallery section you can find some photos from the event.
Participants who will register and pay the camp fee before the 15th of February 2026 will receive a gift consisting of 6 books. Four of them will be available to choose from a list. The other two will be with free choice.
If you would like to join us, please fill in the registration form, here. More information is available on our website.
Sam is in the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Cup! He drew his match against Andrey Esipenko and will play tie-breaks tomorrow. Fingers crossed for Sam!
Credit: Michal Walusza
FIDE World Cup Goa 2025
Magda Curca is the Romanian Blitz Championship in her category, Girls U12. Big congratulations to her, to many more!
Szymon Rudowski played an open tournament in Brno in Czech Republic, where he picked up a few rating points.
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 December: 12 hours camp with GM Ivan Sokolov – free for new yearly members and renewals (sign-ups between the 7th of November 2025 and 27th of December 2025)
