2025 Fall Training, Elite 1

<p><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --></p> <p class="">Welcome to Elite 1 of Puddletown’s 2025 Fall Training Program! The ELITE program is for advanced players who graduated from our Level 4 program or have equivalent play strength (USCF rating above 1000). The students are required to have basic knowledge of how to evaluate a position and know common theoretical endgames.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --></p> <p class="">Elite 1 is for players with USCF ratings between 1000 and 1300. Join <a href="https://puddletownchess.org/fide-master-charles-shulien/">FM Chuck</a>, <a href="https://puddletownchess.org/about-zoey/" data-type="page" data-id="735">WGM Zoey</a> and <a href="https://puddletownchess.org/austin-liu/" data-type="page" data-id="7488">NM Austin Liu</a> on Friday nights and focus on positional understanding of middle games and practical endgames. The goal of the Elite program is for the players to compete at national level and reach a USCF rating of 1400!</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p class=""> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p>