Valsan Kanavath Qualified FIDE Instructor, ICCF rating 2190
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I am a FIDE (World Chess Federation) qualified Chess Instructor/Coach, who has been conducting offline and online chess instruction for over 17 years. My previous offline students who transitioned to online coaching during the Covid period is now enjoying online tutoring more because of the improved inputs and the ability to save travel time.

English is my preferred teaching language. My Hindi is also quite fluent. Malayalam is my Mother tongue.

I am a self taught chess player with over 40 years of experience. I completed in numerous open and national chess tournaments, as well as National /international correspondence chess championships. I was the Chess Champion of all India Ordnance and Ordnance equipment Factories.

Chess is my passion, and I have had the pleasure of coaching and guiding numerous children to good positions in various age level tournaments.

Every week, I host an online chess competition on lichess.org which almost all of my students enjoy participating in. During chess instruction I evaluate selected games / positions for correctios/improvements.

My current ICCF rating is 2201 (International Correspondence Chess Federation) while my current FIDE rating is 1783 (Rapid) .

Presently I have students from India, USA, UK, Singapore & UAE.

Thank you for taking the time to read my profile.

I eagerly await the opportunity/ demo class request.

Subjects

  • Chess Intermediate

  • Chess Coach Beginner-Intermediate

  • Chess middle game, endgame, openings, chess calculation Beginner-Intermediate

  • Chess for Kids Beginner-Intermediate

  • Chess Fundamentals Beginner-Intermediate

  • Chess class Beginner-Intermediate

  • Chess classes for beginners

  • Chess Junior (Post-Beginner level from 100 to 500 USCF or FIDE Rated)

  • Chess Intermediate Level 2 - from 1200 to 1400 USCF or FIDE Rated

  • Chess 1000-1800 rating Beginner-Intermediate

  • Chess for Beginners

  • Chess (Beginners)

  • Online chess coaching from India Beginner-Intermediate

Experience

  • Chess Trainer (Jan, 1993–Present) at Own classes
    Chess coaching

Education

  • Mechanical engineering (May, 1978–Oct, 1982) from Technical board of kerala

Fee details

    ₹700–1,100/hour (US$8.32–13.08/hour)

    Based on strength. Beginners Rs 700/- hour. Will increase as per strength.

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