Chola Chess has quietly become one of India's most effective training operations. R. B. Ramesh and Aarthie Ramaswamy run the program, which has cycled through over 1300 players since it started. The camps aren't flashy. They're working sessions where top Indian talents grind through concrete positions and build their calculation skills.
This second edition pulls puzzles directly from recent camp material. These aren't theoretical novelties or exotic endgames. They're practical problems that came up in actual analysis sessions. That's the real value here. Chola doesn't exist to publish pretty position collections. It exists to make players stronger.
The camp structure focuses on what works: consistent, serious training with strong coaches and peers. GM Debashis Das, among others, has benefited from this environment. The positions on offer let you test yourself against the same material these players studied.
If you work through these positions, you're essentially taking a glimpse into how India's next generation prepares. That's not a gimmick. It's the actual training ground where players learn to handle pressure and find the right moves when it matters.