Divya Garg
Personalized Chess Lessons | Openings, Middlegame, Endgame & Tactics Think smart, play sharp, win more!
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Divya Garg
Masters degree
/ 55 min
About your chess coach
I am Divya Garg, an enthusiastic chess tutor with FIDE rating of 1827, bringing both practical game experience and a deep understanding of strategy to every lesson. My teaching focuses on building solid fundamentals, including opening principles, tactical patterns, middlegame planning, endgame techniques, and overall board vision, while adapting each class to the student’s level and learning style. Whether you’re a complete beginner learning piece movement or an intermediate player aiming to improve calculation, positional play, and tournament confidence, I make chess engaging, structured, and easy to understand through interactive lessons, practice games, and real-game analysis. Beyond just moves, I help students learn how to think like a chess player—analyzing positions, predicting opponents’ ideas, and making confident decisions under pressure. My sessions include puzzle solving, opening preparation, blunder spotting, and personalized improvement plans to strengthen weak areas. I also emphasize tournament mindset, time management, and practical strategies that students can immediately apply in online or over-the-board games. My goal is not only to help students improve their rating, but also to develop sharper focus, patience, problem-solving skills, and a lifelong love for the game.
Divya graduated from Institute of catalunia, Barcelona, Spain
Chess coach skills
Hands on practice
Competitive play
Interactive learning
Game design
Strategic thinking
Rule understanding
Tactical thinking
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Games concepts taught by Divya
The Student and Tutor worked on a 3D modeling assignment to create various jug designs with handles, spouts, and ice cubes, utilizing tools like 'revolve' and 'blend surface'. They discussed different design approaches for the jug's body and features, as well as the rendering process. The Tutor will finalize the models and upload them to a shared drive for the Student to render for a submission due tomorrow.
Revolve Tool: Creating Symmetrical Forms
Loft Tool: Blending Complex Profiles
Feature Modeling: Spouts and Handles
Design Considerations for Realistic 3D Models
Introduction to 3D Rendering Workflow
Student and Tutor reviewed key chess concepts including attack, capture, defense, and hanging pieces. They then focused on the A B C D rule for defending attacked pieces, practicing moving away, blocking, and supporting pieces. The Tutor indicated that the concepts of attack, capture, and defense, along with the A B C D rule, would be reinforced in the next session.
The ABCD Rule: Saving Your Pieces
Hanging Pieces (Free Pieces)
Defense & Support
Attack & Capture
The Student and Tutor worked on a SketchUp session, learning to translate a 2D bedroom floor plan into a 3D model. They practiced creating exterior and interior walls, accurately defining wall thicknesses, and precisely extruding them to a uniform height using reference points and the push/pull tool. The session concluded with the Student successfully creating detailed door and arched openings, as well as multi-pane window frames, with the Tutor advising continued practice and planning for the next week's session.
SketchUp Basics: Navigation & Interface Setup
Importing & Tracing 2D Floor Plans
Building 3D Walls with Offset & Push/Pull
Creating Doors & Arched Openings
Designing Windows with Frames
Mastering Snapping & Workflow Shortcuts
The Student and Tutor worked on creating a circular staircase in SketchUp. They focused on fundamental operations like creating surfaces, using Push/Pull with precise measurements, and accurately copying and rotating tread components to build the spiral structure. The next session will involve drawing walls on the inner and outer circles of the staircase.
Iterative Duplication & Rotational Placement
Understanding Projection Modes (Plan & Perspective)
Surface Restoration & Regeneration
Snapping for Accurate Placement
Object Grouping for Manipulation
Precise Dimensioning & Adjustment
Student and Tutor revisited and practiced the chess tactics of Decoy and Deflection, working through several illustrative puzzles. They then played a chess game where the Student applied opening principles and looked for tactical opportunities. The Tutor also reminded the Student to do homework to reinforce concepts.
Decoy (Chess Tactic)
Deflection (Chess Tactic)
Forcing Moves in Chess
Essential Chess Opening Principles
Avoiding Hanging Pieces & Blunders
The Student and Tutor focused on modeling a circular staircase in SketchUp. They practiced importing and scaling a reference drawing, drawing base circular geometry in plan view, and extruding the initial stair tread in 3D. The session concluded prematurely due to technical difficulties with the Student's screen sharing, preventing further progress on component creation.
Tracing & Visualizing with Material Opacity
Creating Reusable Components for Efficiency
3D Extrusion using the Push/Pull Tool
Accurate 2D Layout with Plan View & Parallel Projection
Importing & Scaling Reference Drawings
SketchUp Interface & Project Setup
Teaching tools used by chess coach
Game Analysis Tools
Online Chess Boards
PGN Editors
Collaboration Tools
Chess Engines
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