Invite a 2600+ GM to your town for a two-day coaching camp

I went to the Aeroflot Open in the year 2016. It was the first time I was in Moscow and in the huge Hotel Cosmos where the tournament was held. One day before the first round there was the customary opening ceremony. Many of the players attended it. There were speeches in Russian, so I couldn't quite understand what was going on. I moved around to see if I could take pictures of some strong players. That's when I took this one:

This scene was quite interesting. Here was a dedicated trainer who was making use of every possible minute with his student to make sure that he was in the best possible form for the tournament. The speeches went on for few a minutes but the team of Miro and Firouzja had absolutely no interest in anything apart from the position in front of them.

Evgenij Miroshnichenko, or Miro, as he likes to be called, is known to the chess world as a commentator. At just about every top event he is present and in many ways acts as a bridge between the best players in the world and the thousands of amateurs who are watching the commentary live. But Miro is also an accomplished trainer. Apart from having trained many young and talented kids, he has also worked with one of the best female players in the world - Anna Muzychuk.

Also, Miro has been one of the top players in the world. His highest published rating was 2696 in July 2009. He has played against all the elite players in the world including Magnus Carlsen, Vishy Anand, Nakamura and others. I remember that he came to India in 2009 to play in the Mumbai Mayor's Cup. And some of his games were really very nice. Especially the one against the Indian Tal. Ratnakaran is famed for his aggressive style of play, but Miro's positional prowess too hot to handle for the Kerala IM.

I consider Miroshnichenko to be a high class positional player who is able to interweave tactics in an effective manner to reach the desired results in his games.

At the same event (world cup 2017) we caught up with Miroshnichenko and did a small intereview where he spoke about the winner Aronian, runner-up Ding Liren, what makes him a good commentator and who he thinks are some of the best commentators in the world of chess.

Miro in India:

Miro is in India from the 1st of April until the 13th. From the 1st to the 10th he has a "secret training camp" with some of the most talented youngsters of our country. However, he made sure to keep two days free after that on 11th and 12th of April so that he could conduct a training camp in any part of India. His flight back home is on the 13th of April.

It's not everyday that you are able to train with a GM who had an Elo rating of 2696 and has worked with some of the best talents in the world as a coach. It is your chance to indulge in twelve hours of training (six hours on 11th and 12th each) which will help you take your/your student's game to the next level. Talking to ChessBase India, Miro said, "I have some very interesting topics which I could discuss with the students. One of them being, why do we lose games. The psychology behind our losses. To explain this subject I will be showing some of my own games with the best players in the world and how they outplayed me! Showing one's losses is always painful, but I think it can be very beneficial for the students."

Of course Miro has a wealth of knowledge in chess and he could speak on just about any subject. If you are interested to have GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko in your town/academy on the 11th and 12th of April do write to chessbaseindia@gmail.com and we will let you know about his fees. Best would be to have a good number of students so that a lot of people can benefit from his lecture. Once you send a mail to us, you can expect a revert immediately.