Next Level Tactics & Calculation Chessable by GM Stelios Halkias PGN ONLY

Your Study Guide to Higher-Level
Tactics and Calculation

It was written by 2 coaches who built local chess communities from the ground up — mentored players of different rating levels, from 1600 to 2550 Elo — and authored dozens of practical courses.

And it’s the first Chessable course from this fantastic duo:

Angelo Kesaris took his first steps as a coach in 2005, and helped grow the chess scene in Greece.

Kesaris is joined by Grandmaster Stelios Halkias — a peak 2600+ pro player and Olympiad gold medalist turned full-time coach. He’s helped ambitious amateurs reach the next level, while other grandmasters come to him for cutting-edge opening analysis.

In Next Level Tactics And Calculation, they highlight the skills they focus on with their students, plus the decision-making “rules of thumb” which can…

Transform You into a Sharper Tactician
and More Precise Calculator

Through 13 quick but info-packed chapters, Kesaris and Halkias explain how to organize and streamline your chess thinking system…

Like the basics it must cover — the different levels of visualization — the 2 things you must do to avoid random tactics — plus the critical moments in the game when calculation is a MUST.

The duo also gives simple but effective tips for minimizing blunders and “feeling” the tactical anatomy of the game. So you know when to start looking for combinations.

You’ll also be shown:

🎯 How to open lines and enable your pieces to weave winning tactics.

🎯 The 3 methods for eliminating key defenders… so that your next move wins material.

🎯 How to turn around enemy aggression, and snatch the initiative with intermediate moves.

🎯 Why hanging and semi-hanging pieces — as basic as they sound — are the most critical element to those deep tactical ideas.

🎯 Counterblows that can turn around even the most desperate looking situations.

Plus many more.

Finally, Kesaris and Halkias serve you with 100 practice exercises based on the material from the previous chapters — organized in increasing difficulty from 1200 to 2000 Elo.

For the ambitious class-level player, this is the course that will guide you to becoming a stronger tactician and calculator.