National Level Chess Player • International FIDE Rating 1953 • 65+ Tournament Wins • 16 Years of Experience | Creator of the Parallax Protocol: Take the Red Pill. See Beyond the Board.

I had always loved attacking chess. After watching games of Mikhail Tal, his fearless sacrifices naturally appealed to my aggressive style. Earlier I often confused sacrificing pieces with attacking and would sometimes simply give material away without enough justification.

Through the Inferno Principle, Aditya Sir taught me that a successful attack needs structure and preparation. I learned to first evaluate factors such as the safety of the enemy king, the number and coordination of attacking pieces, the available defenders, open files and diagonals, weaknesses around the king, attacking space and how quickly additional pieces can join the attack.

This changed the way I approach attacking positions. Instead of sacrificing simply because an opportunity looks exciting, I now try to build the conditions for an attack first and sacrifice only when the position justifies it.

I have observed that many players think in the middlegame without a clear plan and simply start calculating different variations. I used to approach positions in exactly the same way.

Aditya introduced me to his Parallax Protocol, which brought much needed structure to my thinking and helped me understand what I should actually be looking for before calculating. My decision making and positional understanding have improved significantly since then.

His Axiom of Command also changed the way I understand piece values and concepts such as the bishop pair instead of treating them as only rules. He has built similarly structured frameworks such as the Meridian Principle for strategic planning, Crucible Calculus for calculation and the Inferno Doctrine for attack

What I appreciate most is that the coaching is not about memorising rules or moves, it teaches you a systematic way to think independently over the board.

Sir has a very unique coaching style. He makes all the sessions interactive by asking questions to under Clarence's thought process and then guides him towards the right thinking process.

I started coaching with Sir to build a good opening repertoire. I was stuck at a rating of 1950 on Chess.com and wanted to cross 2300, and I didn't have an advantage from the positions which I got out of the opening. Sir helped me prepare Ruy Lopez, Italian Game, English, and Queen's Gambit from White with regards to the pawn structures, long-term ideas, and also explained opponents' ideas in depth. From Black, he helped me prepare Sicilian, French, and Caro-Kann primarily, as I had requested Sir. I am now a much more flexible player due to great opening knowledge and already 2200 on Chess.com.

Coach has been a wonderful guide. He has helped me a lot in improve my chess along with my brother Irfan and I know that my problem solving skills has improved thanks to the thinking process sir taught us

My lessons with Sir have been extremely high value learning. Through the analysis of positions he teaches us not only what is the correct move, variation but also how you can brainstorm to reach the top candidate moves. He helps build a strong foundation on which he gives you relevant homework to help solidify it and additional recommendation which can improve your understanding further. He cares about you and your improvement and his passion for teaching chess reflections in his sesssion Always recommend sir

Bhaijaan gave me a chess crash course to play in our college championship. Although I was only able to afford 8 sessions, I am thankful for Bhai helping me impress Zeba with chess

Sir helped me built an opening repertoire with white he helped me prepare Ruy Lopez, Spanish, Scotch etc. and with Black he helped me prepare multiple lines in the Sicilian. Unlock my previous chess teacher which taught me openings, Sir explained each and every move to me, the pawn structures the ideas behind moves, long term plans, opponents ideas, ideal squares for the pieces etc in the opening which helped me get a better understanding

Alhamdulillah, Aditya sir's approach to tactics has helped me with my calculation and focus. He teaches with great patience and makes even the most technical variations easy to grasp, it is truly Allah's blessing to have such a professional mentor guiding our chess progress

After watching Queen's Gambit, we decided to start chess coaching for 6-year-old Ananya. However, when I looked at online chess coaching, there were either chess coaching academies that all had the same buzzwords and AI slop content, with a generic curriculum not tailored for Ananya in the form of group chess coaching, or extremely expensive private coaching. I was also not sure if Ananya would sit for online chess coaching sessions since she was starting from absolute zero, but Aditya made learning chess extremely enjoyable and super fun. Aditya had amazing patience to lower his level to teach Ananya the basics through enjoyable stories, making her feel chess was like a game rather than difficult or boring work. Ananya also scored an A+ grade in exams, which increased her interest in studies. I am extremely thankful to Aditya for his guidance, not only in chess but also in her studies.

Aditya Paji is a real Ustad no big talks only great coaching. He is a strong coach and is disciplined, no time pass or shortcuts allowed in his class. My daughter Jasmeet was wandering before but now her focus is sharp like a driver on a night route. If you want your children to learn the real chess game with full focus Aditya is the only man for it.

I was in our college female chess team and Ali sir had given the task of selecting the male and female chess team for inter university chess tournament to Aditya since he was the strongest chess player in college. From organizing a smooth selection process to teaching us for a period of 1 month to prepare for the tmt Aditya was a great coach since he taught us more in 1 month than we had ever learned chess. Thank you Aditya

I was at a point where I was ready to quit competitive chess because I felt stuck. I had a solid opening repertoire I'd memorized but then I got totally outplayed in the middlegame or worse survive the complications only to blunder in the endgame. Aditya changed my perspective and taught me opening isnt about memorizing moves but about piece harmony, understanding pawn structures etc. that decide the middlegame plans. We spent weeks on Calculations, prophulaxis which stopped me from panicking when the position got messy. He also taught me technical endgames. He analyzed my actual tournament games and showed me the principle of 2 weaknesses & importance of King activity. Last week in a tournament game at Borivali I converted an equal endgame position because i understood the power of opposition. All the best Sir!

I have been working with sir for a few months now and the biggest change in my game is not only the moves but how I think. He drilled into me the habit of brainstorming candidate moves instead of just reacting, which helped me find much stronger ideas. We have spent a lot of time learning Accelerated Dragon and the Ruy Lopez and I feel like I am selecting the right plans in the middle game. My puzzle rating has also increased by more than 350 points on chess.com and my understanding of the logic behind these systems has improved a lot. I am much more confident in my tournament games and I would definitely suggest him.

I have been taking Online Chess Classes with Aditya Bandekar Sir from my home for about 2 months. We have spent a lot of time on the English Opening and Sicilian Defense and he helped me understand the logic behind the moves and concepts like why Bishops are superior to Knights in open games etc. (I managed to win a tough endgame last week by using the double bishop advantage which we had practiced.) The tactical puzzles he gives me for homework are challenging and have helped me sharpen my Tactical Vision. My rating has already increased by around 150 points in just 8 weeks. If you are looking for a coach who knows Opening Theory & Positional Play I would highly recommend him