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with GM Alexei Shirov
Shirov breaks down the thought process that led him to find 47...♝h3!! against Veselin Topalov, one of the most memorable moves in modern chess history.
No account, no card. Includes the annotated game to play through on the board.
Explore Mikhail Tal's boldest ideas to learn how to attack, sacrifice, and create chaos on the board without losing control of the position.
ARDFBy GM Andrés Rodríguez and GM Diego Flores
GM Alexei Shirov breaks down two of his best games and the legendary endgame against Veselin Topalov, showing how to convert strategic edges, steer complex attacks, and find brilliant solutions.
ASBy GM Alexei Shirov
Master the key plans, structures, and tactical resources of the Catalan Opening with Grandmasters Andrés Rodríguez and Diego Flores.
ARDFBy GM Andrés Rodríguez and GM Diego Flores
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The Mikhail Tal Chess Club is an excellent place to learn and develop chess skills. It features quality teaching, a very pleasant atmosphere, and coaches who are committed to each student's learning. It is a great option both for those just starting out and for those looking to refine their level. I recommend it to anyone who wants to start their chess journey with a solid and excellent foundation.
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Dear all, the courses are very nice. Easy to understand and with great analytical capacity, very didactic and participatory. Enriching to keep pursuing continuous improvement. Regards, Quimey
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The courses organized by Club Mijail Tal are very good and taught by great coaches who prepare them with great care and explain the most complicated concepts with great simplicity
No loose PDFs by email, no links that expire. The material, the lessons and your progress live here.
Lessons recorded in high quality, with speed control, and you pick up where you left off.
Summaries, exercises and key positions to read online or download.
Play through every game move by move on a real board, with variations and commentary.
The platform remembers which lesson you watched and which one is next, on any device.
AcademiaTal is a chess course platform. There are three ways to learn: recorded courses with lifetime access, live courses with a date, a venue and limited places, and private lessons over video call with a coach.
Every course brings together the lesson video, the PDF notes and annotated games on an interactive board. The platform remembers where you were, so you can pick up from any device.
To buy a course, book a lesson and reach your material you need an account. You can create it with your email or sign in with your Google account: in that case we use your name, your email address and your profile picture solely to identify you within the site and give you access to what you bought, as set out in the privacy policy.
With a beginner course: they start from the rules, the basic checkmates and the first opening ideas, with exercises to make each topic stick. If you'd rather have someone guide you from day one, a private online lesson starts exactly at your level.
Yes. Under Online lessons you choose the coach, the language, the length and the time, and the lesson happens over video call. Each coach lists their title, what they specialise in and which levels they work with, so you can pick whoever fits what you want to improve.
A recorded course you watch whenever you like, as many times as you like, with lifetime access. A live course is a group, has a date, a time and limited places, is held in person or over video call, and you can ask questions on the spot.
Yes. There are courses on advanced tactics, strategy, endgames and opening preparation, and the coaches work on tournament preparation and analysis of your own games, which is where you climb fastest.
Access is immediate. As soon as the payment clears, the course shows up under “My courses” and you can start watching from any device.
PDF notes and PGN games download without limits. Videos are watched inside the platform, to protect the author's work.
No. If you buy a course, access is for life and includes any updates published later on.
Buying a course gives you that course forever. The membership opens the whole catalogue for as long as it's active, new courses included. Live courses and private lessons are paid for separately.
Get the whole catalogue with a membership, buy the courses you want one by one, or book a lesson with a coach.
By GM Andrés Rodríguez and GM Diego Flores
By GM Alexei Shirov
By GM Andrés Rodríguez and GM Diego Flores
