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Can you solve these positions from the Chola Chess camp? - Third edition (opens the original)
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Chola Chess is one of India's most ambitious and structured training initiatives. It was launched in July 2025 with a goal to identify and nurture India's promising chess talents. On 1 April 2026, they conducted their 100th chess camp. Behind this initiative are four driven individuals: GM R.B. Ramesh, WGM Aarthie Ramaswamy (who leads Chess Gurukul), along with Kanika Subbiah and Vellayan Subbiah from Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company. Together, they have built a program that has trai
The 15-year-old who beat Magnus Carlsen in Titled Tuesday: Vandan Alankar Sawai (opens the original)
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YOUR EASY ACCESS TO OPENING THEORY: Whether you want to build up a reliable and powerful opening repertoire or find new opening ideas for your existing repertoire, the Opening Encyclopaedia covers the entire opening theory on one product. Vandan's chess education commenced at age seven in Delhi academies before he began individual training under FM Gurpreet Pal Singh. Over the subsequent five years, he crossed the 1900 Elo threshold - the traditional benchmark for Indian juniors transitioning to
"It was solely my decision": Harika Dronavalli on stepping back from representing India in the Olympiad (opens the original)
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Michael Kotyk presents a complete repertoire after 1.e4 e5, built around creative ideas, surprising move orders, and practical weapons designed to catch your opponents off guard. "Almost like giving up a medal on my own". That's how Harika Dronavalli describes her decision to sit out the 2026 Chess Olympiad, a tournament that she has played and shined in for many years. Having been part of India's historic Olympiad gold-winning teams, Harika explained why she chose to step back from team chess a
Michal Krasenkow: "If you want a GM norm, beat a GM" (opens the original)
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In this course, you will learn the foundations and key ideas of the Vienna Game and discover a variety of systems that make you extremely difficult to prepare for. Leading with 3½/4 after four rounds, the Polish grandmaster and former world number 10 Michal Krasenkow reflects on rook endgames, the growth of Indian chess and what it means to compete at the highest level well into the later years of a career. GM Michal Krasenkow won the 2nd Chola Chess GM Round Robin Devansh Singh: Michael, you ju
Can you solve these positions from the Chola Chess camp? - Second edition (opens the original)
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In this video course experts examine the games of Bent Larsen. Let them show you which openings Larsen chose, where his strength in middlegames were, how he outplayed his opponents in the endgame & you’ll get a glimpse of his tactical abilities! Chola Chess is one of India's most ambitious and structured training initiatives. It was launched in July 2025 with a goal to identify and nurture India's promising chess talents. On 1 April 2026, they conducted their 100th chess camp. Behind this initia
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