The Chess Coach Companion Intermediate Syllabus course by GM Antoaneta Chessable 10 Jan 2025

Four Top Trainers Give You a Battle Plan for Success

The Chess Coach Companion: Intermediate Syllabus is the perfect tool for coaches to support their students reach new levels. But, even better than that – this course allows you to become your own coach and master everything from checkmates to the psychological aspects of chess.

GM Antoaneta Stefanova will guide you through much of the material. The former Women’s World Champion has worked with the European Chess Union to help create a handbook for chess players to get to the intermediate category.

The course also features material from some of the best coaches on earth, including:

💯 Efstratios Grivas — Silver medalist at the 33rd Chess Olympiad… coach of the victorious “team world” at the US vs. The World: Match of the Millenials… and a 6-time winner at the Annual FIDE Awards for trainers.

💯 Adrian Mikhalchishin — A GM-coach with almost 5 decades of excellence… trained the gold-winning USSR team at the 9th European Team Championship and 29th Chess Olympiad… coached Anatoly Karpov, Judit Polgar, and other legends of the game.

💯 Miguel Illescas – A former Spanish #1 and #26 in the world, GM Illescas has won the Spanish national championship eight times. He was part of Kramnik’s World Championship team in the matches against Kasparov, Leko and Topalov.

Through a series of instructive lectures, you’ll get to grips with everything that holds intermediate players back. GM Stefanova covers useful topics such as training mistakes, psychology and how to prepare, along with more traditional topics.

Strategy – you’ll learn how to handle critical pawn structures involving isolated pawns, hanging pawns and hedgehog structures

You’ll learn different plans for different pawn structures

Tactics – understanding and practicing the most common checkmating themes will sharpen your eye for opportunities

A wide arsenal of tactical tricks will do your game wonders

Endgames – the syllabus heavily features endgames, an under-studied part of the game for beginners. You’ll learn the Vancura, Philidor and Lucena positions – and much more!

Rook endgames aren’t everything – you’ll also learn how to dominate a bishop with your lone king

GM Antoaneta Stefanova is the 10th Women’s World Champion and the 9th woman to ever reach the Grandmaster title. She works regularly with the European Chess Union as a trainer and lecturer.

If you’re looking for a tried and tested handbook to get you to the next level, or if you’re a coach looking for material to support your students, then The Chess Coach Companion: Intermediate Syllabus is for you.