Dojo Core and Live Classes
Dojo Digest 28 • January 1, 2026
Updates
Free Month at the Dojo — Make your New Year’s resolution and join the Dojo for the month of January at no cost! Use the code NY26 when signing up. The code only lasts until the 7th, so don't wait!
Live Classes start next week! If you're interested in learning directly from Jesse, David, and Kostya, sign up now. Use the code CLASSES for 10% off through January.
2025 Postmortem — See a review of your 2025 with the Dojo here. Overall, it was a great year for the Dojo. Dojoers collectively gained 43,739 rating points and logged 10,468 training hours in 2025, resulting in 1,637 graduations.
How to Analyze Your Games — A ChessDojo Guide is out on Kindle, the ChessDojo store, and now ForwardChess!
Patreon and DojoTalks — The Dojo is trying to be more consistent with our podcast, but we need your help! Head over to our Patreon where you can get episodes early, vote on coming topics, suggest topics and discuss the pod on our private Discord.
Achievements
Thorbiddles finally hit 2000 USCF! After winning their section and beating two CMs in the latest tournament, their USCF rating has jumped to 2034.
JerryMac made it into the January Chess Life magazine!
AmbushRakshasa finished T-3 u1600 in the year's final Tuesday Night Marathon at Mechanics' Institute in SF, rising to 1423 USCF for a total gain of 472 points in 2025. He also qualified by rating to play-up in the u2000 section of the next TNM!
KenpoGMBrian ended 2025 on a high note, hitting a personal record of 1342 USCF after finally breaking through a 1300 plateau. He also secured 3rd place in the Chess.com Improvers Tournament with a strong 4/5 score!
Despite a break since October, ac_secret returned to the Dojo program this December to end 2025 with a bang! On the final day of the year, they hit new all-time personal records in both Chess.com Rapid (1959) and Puzzles (2166).
AI Jason tied for second place going 4/5 in the lachessladder.com Daylight Savings Tournament at Granada Hills Park taking home the trophy for best outside the top 30.
The Dojo has collectively achieved:
210,708 rating points gained
99,673 training hours logged
75,133 Dojo points earned
3,909 graduations
Keep up the great work!
