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Shrutika taught 9 days ago
During their recent chess lesson, Shrutika and Ishaan delved into analyzing a recent game, pinpointing areas for improvement such as piece development and avoiding unnecessary pawn moves. They then transitioned to practicing mate-in-two puzzles, with a focus on identifying checks and forcing moves. For continued practice, Ishaan was assigned homework to solve at least five mate-in-two puzzles.
Chess Opening Principles
Chess Piece Values
Avoiding Free Piece Giveaways
Mate-in-Puzzles Strategy
Daniel taught 11 days ago
Daniel and Lawrence recently reviewed two of Lawrence's chess games. Their discussion involved a detailed analysis of moves and strategic concepts, including maintaining pressure, positional play, and key endgame principles. Daniel advised Lawrence to revisit their analysis to improve accuracy in his future games.
Chess Game Analysis
Evaluation Bar
Knight Rerouting
Positional Play vs. Tactics
Endgame Principles
Daniel taught 12 days ago
Daniel Yakubu and Lawrence Cernansky had a productive chess lesson where they concentrated on tactical puzzles involving hanging pieces to help Lawrence minimize blunders. They also went over essential opening principles. As part of his practice, Lawrence is to solve hanging piece puzzles up to a 2000 rating and play four rapid games, which they will review in their subsequent lesson. Additionally, they committed to analyzing Lawrence's previous club games.
Hanging Pieces
Controlling the Center
Don't Move Same Piece Twice
Dubious Moves
Tempo in Chess
Vrushti taught 19 days ago
Shah coached a learner from Hempstead, focusing on chess captures and identifying hanging pieces. The individual practiced identifying all possible captures for both white and black in different scenarios and then moved on to puzzles focused on recognizing undefended pieces. Shah emphasized the importance of regular practice to solidify these concepts.
Chess Captures
Hanging Pieces
Chess Notation (Captures)
Shrutika taught 21 days ago
Shrutika worked with a student from Lone Star College-Montgomery on a chess game, reviewing strategic moves like Bishop C5 over D6 and opposite side castling. They practiced mate-in-two puzzles, emphasizing the importance of initiating with a check. Shrutika encouraged the learner to practice chess for half an hour daily, including mate-in-one puzzles.
Mate in Two
Opposite Side Castling
Bishop Development
Pawn Movement
Shane taught 27 days ago
Shane and James engaged in a chess lesson where Shane offered strategic guidance to James. Their time together involved analyzing James's past games to pinpoint blunders and explore tactical enhancements, covering crucial aspects like opening principles, piece value, king safety, and discovered attacks. Shane specifically recommended that James avoid early king-side pawn pushes, emphasizing instead the importance of developing pieces to control the board's center.
Discovered Attack
Opening Principles (King Side Pawns)
Queen Development
Piece Value (Knight vs. Bishop)
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Ways to learn chess online
Chess is a strategic and intellectually stimulating game that enhances critical thinking, problem-solving, and concentration. Played competitively across the globe, it benefits anyone looking to sharpen their mental agility.
However, learning through traditional methods can be challenging. Many players struggle with mastering complex chess strategies, tactics, and endgames due to a lack of structured guidance and personalized instruction.
Offline classes often involve large groups and limited interactive learning, making it hard to progress at your own pace.
Online chess lessons offer a flexible, personalized approach to mastering the game. Studies show that players who receive structured coaching improve their Elo rating by 21%.
With chess lessons online, you get real-time game analysis, practice matches, and expert coaching to refine your openings and decision-making. One-on-one sessions with an online chess coach or online chess tutor offer tailored feedback, chess puzzles, game reviews, and improvement plans.
With live mentorship from a chess coach online and structured practice routines, learners can build confidence, develop strategies, and improve at any level.
Why take online chess lessons? Exploring the key benefits
Chess requires strategic thinking, pattern recognition, and deep analysis, all best learned with expert guidance. Many players struggle with identifying mistakes, mastering tactics, and improving calculation speed. Without personalized instruction, developing core skills like endgames and chess strategies can be challenging.
Online chess tutoring offers one-on-one coaching that allows learners to target specific weaknesses, whether it's building an opening repertoire like the Sicilian Defense, improving tactical awareness, or refining endgame play. An online chess tutor or online chess coach uses interactive boards, chess puzzles, game analysis, and structured plans to ensure steady progress.
A key benefit of online chess lessons is flexibility. Students can schedule sessions at their convenience and receive instant feedback. Online chess coaches also assist with tournament prep, strategy development, and rating improvement techniques.
With expert guidance, personalized lessons, and real-time feedback, chess lessons online help players strengthen decision-making, build confidence, and climb the ranks with greater efficiency.
Selecting the perfect online chess tutor: What you need to know
Define your learning goals
Decide whether you need help with openings, chess strategies, middle-game tactics, endgame techniques, chess puzzles, tournament preparation, or rating improvement. Identifying your goals will help you find the right online chess tutor or chess coach online to match your learning needs.
Check tutor qualifications & experience
Look for online chess coaches with FIDE or USCF ratings, competitive experience, coaching certifications, and strong student reviews (4+ stars). A qualified online chess teacher with a structured approach can accelerate your growth through personalized instruction.
Assess teaching methods & resources
The right online chess tutor should offer interactive boards, real-time move explanations, personalized game reviews, and structured training plans. Their sessions should include targeted chess strategies, tactical drills, and endgame studies to improve performance and deepen your understanding.
Take a trial lesson & ensure flexibility
Before committing, take a trial session to assess the tutor’s teaching style, depth of analysis, and compatibility with your learning approach. If it’s not a fit, Wiingy’s Perfect Tutor Match Guarantee lets you easily switch tutors. Wiingy also offers flexible scheduling and affordable online chess lessons at $12 per session, making expert coaching accessible to all.
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