2025 Fall Training, Elite 2

<p><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":""} --></p> <p class="">Welcome to Elite 2 of Puddletown’s 2025 Fall Training Program! The ELITE 2 program is for advanced players who graduated from our ELITE 1 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 2 is for players with USCF ratings between 1300 and 1700. Join <a href="https://puddletownchess.org/fide-master-charles-shulien/">FM Chuck</a><a href="https://puddletownchess.org/about-zoey/"> </a>and <a href="https://puddletownchess.org/karthik-bimod/">Karthik </a>on Tuesday nights and focus on positional understanding of middle games and practical endgames. The goal of Elite 2 is for the players to compete at national level and reach a USCF rating of 1900!</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p class=""> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p>