1:1 Exploring Chess Tactics: Level Up Your Game

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Intermediate and Advanced Chess Players level up their game in these private lessons.

Class Experience

In this private chess lesson, you'll work on chess tactics. Specifically designed for the intermediate and advanced player, each week the instructor will take a deep dive into different chess tactics, including analyzing games from professional players.  The instructor will encourage the student to have a discussion about the tactics being analyzed and how the student can incorporate similar tactics in their own games. Students will not play a full game in the lesson, but will get some...

Build skills to improve overall game performance or  compete in tournaments.

Mr. Val is an avid chess player and cohost of a YouTube Channel dedicated to chess. He holds a Masters in Educational Psychology and a Bachelor's in English & Communications. He won the 2021 Philadelphia World Open U1800 and the 2021 Las Vegas National Open U1700. His blitz ranking is 2113. He has been teaching chess to children and adults for over 10 years.

Mr. Nate grew up competing in local, state, and national chess tournaments. He has won about 50 trophies.  In high school, he taught at after school chess clubs at multiple elementary schools. He has been tutoring young  and tutored young chess players both online and in person for over 10 years. His current chess ranking is 1800. He remembers chess being an important part of his childhood and looks forward to helping learners discover the joys of playing chess both recreationally and competitively.

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Assessments Offered
We do not provide written feedback to families regarding their students skill development. You are certainly welcome to email us questions about student participation, but we cannot save student scores. Having your own personal ChessKid.com account for use at home offers a good way for students to practice in between lessons and for parents to monitor their child's chess ranking.
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In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:lichess.org

We do not provide written feedback to families regarding their students skill development. Students will play using Lichess.org. Students are not required to use personal information such as email addresses to login to these accounts. We do not store personal information in these accounts. 

If you already have a digital chessboard account on Lichess.org, Chess.org, ChessKid.com, Chess.com or any other online digital chessboard account please keep it for your personal use. We are unable to store student information including scores/ rankings. Having your own personal ChessKid.com account for use at home offers a good way for students to practice in between lessons.

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Choreography by Rae

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Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(552)

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