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GM Arjun Kalyan at the board
4.9★ 200+ verified ratings
GMTitle earned at 18
22+Courses published
3×Indian team coach
🥇🥇Olympiad double gold, 2024

Who I am

Competitive experience.
Practical teaching.

I completed all four Grandmaster norms by age 16 and earned the title at 18. Since then I've coached some of India's strongest players and teams at the highest level, while building a course library rated 4.9/5 from over 200 verified students.

My courses are built around lines that work in real games. My coaching is selective — I work with players who are serious about improvement, from 1600 FIDE to Grandmaster level.

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Candidates 2024 — one of the coaches for Praggnanandhaa at the FIDE Candidates Tournament.
Olympiad 2024, Gold — assistant coach, India Women's team. India won historic double gold.
Asian Games 2022, Silver — assistant coach: Gukesh, Pragg, Vidit, Arjun Erigaisi, Harikrishna.
Olympiad 2022, Bronze — assistant coach, India Men's B team (Gukesh, Pragg, Nihal) in Chennai.
Chess Super League — part of Pivotal Pawns, which won the online league. Team included former World Champion Ding Liren.

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01 · Latest
The Resilient 1.e4 e5
Build a principled and resilient repertoire against White's most critical tests after 1.e4 e5.
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Play 1.e4 with Purpose
A complete, long-term 1.e4 repertoire designed to pose the maximum problems for your opponent.
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Lifetime Repertoires: Semi-Slav
A deep dive into the most solid and counter-attacking option against 1.d4.
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Arjun Kalyan's Lethal Italian
Master the intricacies of one of the most strategic openings — always stay a step ahead.
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What students say

Course reviews

★★★★★
Practical, Insightful, and Masterfully Instructed
GM Arjun Kalyan explains not only why moves are made but also what is going on in the position and what we should be aiming for next. Clear, helpful, and free of filler. A mature and genuinely instructive course — practical, original, and exceptionally well explained.
Verified · Play 1.e4 with Purpose
★★★★★
Interesting and challenging
Learning this course really helps you improve your general chess knowledge and positional play. On my level (2400 on chess.com) people really struggle in the 5.c3 variations. I really like the line where White gives up an exchange and gets incredible attacking pieces.
Verified · Arjun Kalyan's Lethal Italian
★★★★★
Must buy for players looking for something against 1.d4
I have played almost every defence against 1.d4 and most just didn't suit me. Then I stumbled upon this great course. Arjun makes sure in every variation that the c8-bishop gets to play an important role, usually ruling over the long diagonal.
Verified · Lifetime Repertoires: Semi-Slav

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