Dear Friends,
After a few months’ break, GM Boris Gelfand will return in the academy with a new class from his course, The Tortoise Method. The class is scheduled for this Sunday, the 3rd of May, from 4 PM UK time.
We have a winner in the U2100 category of this year’s Club Championship. Fmenlo defeated MrMeseex 2.5 to 1.5. Congratulations!
The current Killer Openings topic, Beat the Punks, is coming close to an end and Sabino would like to know your thoughts. Check out his post on the forum and vote on what you’d like to see next in the Killer Openings series!
We are looking forward to meeting all the 27 registered participants for our in-person camp in Spain. If anyone else would like to join, it’s not too late to do so – head over to our website and fill in the registration form.
The complete schedule of the camp is available on our website along with the current list of participants.
During the camp every student will have a 50 minutes one on one session with one of the trainers chosen at random. These lessons will take place between 9-11 in the morning and 2-3 in the afternoon. The student should provide 3-5 recent games at least 1 week in advance (otherwise the lecturers cannot prepare well).
The camp will take place at the 4* resort Zoraida Garden in Roquetas de Mar, Spain, from May 17th to May 24th. Your trainers will be GM Jacob Aagaard, GM Renier Castellanos and GM Julen Arizmendi. We are also honored to welcome GM and former Women’s World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk as our special guest. She will give a masterclass, a simul and play friendly blitz games with participants between the 18th and 20th of May.
For those traveling via Málaga Airport, we have arranged two shuttle transfers to the hotel on May 17th, departing at 15:00 and 21:30. The return shuttle to the airport will depart from the hotel on May 24th at 07:00. (Final timings may be subject to minor adjustments, which will be communicated in advance.)
On the 23rd of May there will be a FIDE rated rapid or blitz tournament with prizes. We will have all details very soon from the organisers.
More information about the camp is available on our website.
Sabino is playing the Italian League. Follow his games here.
Arshiya is playing Baku Open. Live games can be watched here.
Luc had a solid result in the World Senior Team Chess Championship, gaining a few rating points.
Yahli and a few other members will play Sardinia World Chess Festival. Live games are here.
We have been informed of two closed IM norm tournaments in Serbia:
- May 23–29 (1 spot available)
- May 30–June 5 (2 spots available)
Eligibility requirements: FM/WFM title and a rating above 2100. If you are interested, please contact Petar at [email protected].
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
