Dear Friends,
Many of you were looking for more calculation material. A while back, in July 2024, Jacob held a camp called Basic Calculation Skills. While you can’t purchase the recordings of this camp anymore, Jacob has decided to make the last two sessions available to all members. The two videos have been added as part of the Fundamentals course, at the very end of the list.
The camp with GM Swayams will start this Thursday. As a result, we had to change the starting time of a few classes. Please double check the schedule on the website for the new timings. We also recommend you synchronize your calendar with ours, so you always know when a class starts in your own time zone. Click here to sync your Google calendar with ours and here to sync your ical with ours.
If you would like to join Swayams’ sessions on defense, you are still in time to buy the camp and get access to the live classes, as well as their recordings. 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.
Click here to buy your participation ticket or here to become a yearly member and receive this camp for free!
Thank you to everyone who has already registered for our in-person camp that will take place in May 2026! We are looking forward to seeing you in Roquetas de Mar, Spain! 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.
The dates of the camp will be 17-24 of May, and the location will be 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.
If you would like to join us, please fill in the registration form, here. More information is available on our website.
The World Seniors Championships recently came to an end in Gallipoli, Italy. Thorsten Cmiel played the 50+ section and wrote more about the tournament on his blog, here and here.
Andrzey Krzywda had a good run in the closed Alexander Alekhine Memorial and scored 3.5/9, gaining 24 rating points.
Aradhya finished 8th in Capechecs Open, with 7/9.
Sam Shankland, Awonder Liang, Velimir Ivic and Alexander Motylev continue in the World Cup. Sam won a very good game today against Vassily Ivanchuk, which you can see here. Good luck to all of them tomorrow!
Luc Zimmerman is playing the International Bayern Open in Tegernseer. He has 2 points after 4 rounds; best of luck for the rest of the tournament!Â
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)
