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Our offer for ambitious kids: Chess4Pros

Chess4kids not only offers courses for beginners and advanced users, we also actively support our kids with our Chess4Pros offer.
This offer is aimed at kids who
- already train in our branches or online and would like additional training
- aim to take part in Swiss championships, European championships and World championships and want professional grandmasters support
- have never trained with us, but want to benefit from this great offer
What does the offer include:

Chess4Pros Winter Semester
- GM support qualification tournament:
50 CHF / tournament - GM supervision final / girls final:
50 CHF / final - Day seminar:
120 CHF / seminar (external booking possible for 200 CHF) - Q & As (Question & Answers): 200 CHF
- SSB contribution: 50 CHF
- cool jersey: 50 CHF

Chess4Pros Summer Semester
- Weekly one-hour training for 1 semester
- 2x GM supervision in qualification tournaments
- GM support Final / girls final
- 2x day seminar
- Grandmaster Q & As (Question & Answers) online (approx. 5 appointments)
- SSB (Swiss Chess Federation) contribution (if not already paid)
- Cool Chess4Pros jersey
- Price: 990 CHF / semester

Chess4Kids Semester Child Chess4Pros additional offer:
- GM support qualification tournament:
50 CHF / tournament - GM supervision final / girls final:
50 CHF / final - Day seminar:
120 CHF / seminar (external booking possible for 200 CHF) - Q & As (Question & Answers): 200 CHF
- SSB contribution: 50 CHF
- cool jersey: 50 CHF
Further prices for external kids on request.
Our members also benefit from reduced online hourly rates with Zigurds Lanka. An online private lesson with GM Zigurds Lanka costs only CHF 80 per child per hour instead of CHF 100 per child.
In addition, we offer exciting holiday camps, also for professionals with the accompaniment of grandmasters, at attractive prices.
In addition, we offer exciting holiday camps, also for professionals with the accompaniment of grandmasters, at attractive prices.
Which grandmaster is behind this concept?
In addition to our supporting team of Chess4kids trainers, this concept is accompanied by Grandmaster Zigurds Lanka. Zigurds Lanka is a Latvian chess player who holds the title of Grand Master.

ZIGURDS LANKA
* May 21st, 1960 in Baldone
Latvian chess grandmaster and trainer
Trainer of top grandmaster Alexei Schirow and GM Falko Bindrich
1975 + 76: Latvian youth champion
1988-1990: Training as a chess trainer in Moscow
Member of the Latvian national team: Chess Olmypiad 1992 Manila, 1994 Moscow and 2008 Dresden
1993 + 2020: Latvian individual champion
Latvian chess grandmaster and trainer
Trainer of top grandmaster Alexei Schirow and GM Falko Bindrich
1975 + 76: Latvian youth champion
1988-1990: Training as a chess trainer in Moscow
Member of the Latvian national team: Chess Olmypiad 1992 Manila, 1994 Moscow and 2008 Dresden
1993 + 2020: Latvian individual champion
Dates
Qualification Tournaments
Swiss Championship
U10/U12/U14/U16
- Bettingen (Basel). 28.-30.1.2022
- Organizer unknown, 25.-27.3.2022
- Organizer unknown, 3.-5.6.2022 (Pentecost)
- Grandmaster Zigurds Lanka prepares our kids for the games and analyzes the games played.
Day Seminars
- We offer four day seminars with GM Zigurds Lanka per year
- Location: Horgen
- Sundays, 10-17 Uhr incl. lunch
- 1st date: 5.9.2021 (Preparation for qualification tournament in Walenstadt)
Girls Final
Swiss Championship
U10/U12/U14/U16
- Organizer unknown, May/June 2022
- Grandmaster Zigurds Lanka prepares our kids for the games and analyzes the games played.
Final
Swiss Championship
U10/U12/U14/U16
- Biel, end of July 2022
- Grandmaster Zigurds Lanka prepares our kids for the games and analyzes the games played.