GRANDMASTER
CHESS COACH
Hi and welcome to my personal web page. I will be glad to become your grandmaster chess coach and to help you improve in this magical and fantastic game! If you are looking for online chess classes please contact me with the form or an email.
About me
My name is Valery Filippov. I am an international Grandmaster and online chess coach. My current USCF rating is 2656 and FIDE rating is 2553. I have been instructing chess classes for 19 years.
In 1998 I won the Academic World Chess Championship. In 2005 I was in top 50 best players of the world.
I played with such strong chess Grandmasters as Michael Adams, Alexander Grischuk, Etienne Bacrot, Vassily Ivanchuk, grandmaster Peter Leko, and etc. I entered the national team in the chess Olympiad in 1998.
As a Chess Coach Grandmaster, I will do everything in my power to help you improve in this beautiful and incredible game!
MY CHESS COACHING SYSTEMS:
TWO DISTINCTIVE APPROACHES
ONLINE CHESS COACHING
These are personalized online chess classes tailored to your schedule. In our initial session, I will evaluate your current skill level, identify your strengths and weaknesses, and what you need to work on. Then, I’ll make a plan just for you to help you get better. After that, all our chess lessons will follow this plan. Each session will be about 60 minutes long, and we’ll use an easy-to-use chessboard to help you learn better. After each class, I’ll give you some homework to practice what you’ve learned. And you’ll always be able to access all the materials we use in our online chess lessons.
REMOTE CHESS COACHING
Not everyone has free time for individual lessons. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to agree on a time for lessons that is convenient for me and for the student. Especially if we are in different time zones. Also, some chess students prefer to study on their own at any convenient time. But not everyone knows exactly what to do.
Now there is a huge variety of different chess sites and simulators. But, unfortunately, most of them were created primarily for fun, but not for progress in chess. Therefore, I decided to create an effective learning system that will help the student to study according to a clearly structured plan and stay motivated at all times. To get more information, visit the page:
Remote Chess Coaching
Who are my students
Professional chess players
More advanced players who seek online chess classes for serious study of the game or help in preparing for tournaments. Coaching them strongest chess openings, strategy better complex endgames in depth and of course for each game against certain opponent.
As a grandmaster chess coach, I have been working with strong players and I know the game at high level. Together, we will review your games, pinpoint and benefit from areas for improvement and also practice advanced techniques to boost your progress.
Kids from 7 years old
Beginning kids who wish to learn how to follow elementary tactics and endgames, earn USCF rating or online ratings can benefit from my kind and patient style in online chess training. As a gm chess coach I make sure, that kids feel good and strong about the game of chess. I offer a comfortable environment for them to learn, ask questions, play and experience as beginner chess players. So, if your kid is a newbie or experienced, my 1-on-1 chess lessons allow you to learn the game for yourself at their own pace.
Adults with any goals
Adults with a wide range of objectives can also benefit from my chess coaching expertise. I will be happy to help you increase your rating on chess.com or win against your friends or relatives. Or, if you have ambitious goals and dream of entering professional sports, step by step, we will move together towards achieving this significant milestone. Despite the myth that grandmaster сhess сoach explains the material in an overly complex manner, I guarantee that you will find everything extremely clear and interesting!
What do you need for our chess classes
For our online chess lessons we will need Teams and the lichess website.
Using a very convenient digital chessboard, you will have the opportunity to move the chess pieces and employ visual aids like arrows and circles for enhanced learning. Moreover, all material from our online chess training will be saved forever on your computer and you can review them at your own convenience!
About my chess coaching method
Individual approach
As a chess coach grandmaster, I emphasize individually tailored teaching so that each student learns best. Over the long span of my coaching, I’ve had hundreds of students, all ages and from different countries, backgrounds and professions. I understand that every student is different, having various cross-cutting strengths and weaknesses as well as their own learning style. That’s why, as a chess coach online, I’m prepared to customize my chess coaching program to meet your goals and abilities. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced player, my personal chess coach approach ensures that every lesson fits your unique needs.
The program of the chess classes
In our first meeting, I’ll see how good you are at chess and what you’re good at and what you need to improve. Then, I’ll make a personal plan to help you improve. After that, all our chess tutoring online lessons will be based on this plan. Each class will last for 60 minutes and will include: learning openings, analyzing your games, studying new chess patterns and endgame rules, and of course, we will play against each other and against other online opponents. After every lesson, I’ll give you some homework to practice what we’ve learned. My goal as your chess coach online is to make progress measurable and motivating.
Method of teaching
My main goal is to explain complex material in simple words and make the learning process interesting and engaging. As a chess coach grandmaster with over 40 years of experience in the game, many aspects of chess seem elementary to me, but I never forget that for my student, everything is different — they are a beginner and much is unclear to them. That’s why I always remain patient and ready to calmly explain the topic until my student understands it.
The diversity
This, too, is very important. Usually, those who play chess lose motivation simply because the practices are roughly the same. This is a common mistake made by beginners when they follow only one approach (e.g., just teaching openings from week to week or refusing to incorporate gaming into their lessons). During all of my years coaching chess, I have created over 20 types of chess lessons, and this allows students to not get bored and stay active.
WHAT DO WE DO ON THE LESSONS
LEARN THE BEST OPENINGS
I will teach you the best and strongest openings, containing a large number of traps. This will not only prevent early-game piece losses but also enhance your prospects for swift victories.
ANALYSE YOUR GAMES
Working on errors is the most important part of studying. And this is the main reason why players can’t become better. Over and over again they repeat the same mistakes. My task is to find them and fix.
IMPROVE YOUR CHESS STRATEGY
This is one of the most difficult parts of chess. I will teach you how to find the best plan in any situation and how to properly develop your pieces. This will help you feel confident in any opening, even an unfamiliar one.
STUDY ENDGAMES
Everyone hates endgames because they find them very difficult. But that’s not true. In our online chess lessons I will prove to you that endgames can be easily worked with and teach you to understand the basic principles. And in the end, this can become your strong side!
LEARN FROM THE BEST GRANDMASTERS
We will explore the ingenuity of the finest chess players, endeavoring to grasp their unique logic and strategic prowess. And of course, I will encourage you to discover their masterful chess combinations.
PLAY
And of course we will play a lot! Very often I give my students positional or an advantage in time , so even if you’re totally a beginner, don’t worry, you’ll get a real chance of beating me!
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Reviews about me
By the end of the first class I booked the second one and I’m looking forward to it.
Valery is not only very strong in playing and understanding chess, but also he is very good in tutoring. He has two talents combined together in one person - talent of playing and talent of teaching - and that is rare combination, I can say.
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GRANDMASTER CHESS COACH
I, Valery Filippov, chess coach grandmaster, am glad to welcome you to my website. You can find all the basic information about my online chess lessons above. I also recommend that you take a look at the remote chess coaching programm. This is an excellent choice for those who, for some reason, are not suited to 1-on-1 chess lessons, but would still like to study under the guidance of a chess coach grandmaster.
Below, I will describe in detail some aspects of chess coaching and answer some popular questions.
If you have not yet filled out an application for private chess lessons, then hurry to do so using the form below.
My Life in Chess: Becoming a Grandmaster and Chess Trainer
I have been teaching chess to students of all levels for more than 19 years, in different countries. I’ve traveled along way and transitioned from the most exploitable chess environments to a teaching capacity that now constitutes my full-time job.
I didn’t grow up aspiring to be a chess grandmaster. The first part of my career I spent on tournaments, moving from one continent to the other and playing against the best players in the world. Gradually I came to see that my greatest fulfillment was in not just competing, but also uncovering the boundless potential inside others. Now I am able to boast that I have structured my life around online chess classes, where I bring together all the experience of a professional player with all the passion of a teacher.
My Chess Career: Laying The Groundwork For Coaching
I learned chess when I was a kid, and like most kids who learn to play, fell in love with the game fairly easily. My long hours of studying, tournament battles won and lost, along with hundreds from coaching sessions by my own coaches got me to where I am now as a player. In the end, I became an International Chess Grandmaster — chess’s most prestigious qualification and awarded only to those who prove their mastery over time at the very highest level.
There are results in my career that I’m very satisfied with:
Taking first place in the Academic World Chess Championship.
Playing for my country in the World Chess Olympiad, when I was privileged to represent my national team.
Competing against some of the world’s best grandmasters in international competitions.
This handled in-depth understanding of the game at all levels, openings, middlegames and endgame. But most importantly, it groomed me to spread that knowledge becoming as a grandmaster chess coach.
Do I teach in-person chess lessons?
I do occasionally, but only with very experienced players who, for example, need a grandmaster chess coach to prepare for major chess tournaments. In such cases, we train 5-6 hours a day.
However, I don’t take students at my home and am not available for travel to do regular 1 hour lessons. It costs a lot and the is no rush.
At the same time, I understand that very young kids find online chess classes very difficult. But I don’t think they need lessons from a gm chess coach. Any chess coach can easily and effectively work with beginner-level children who don’t know how the pieces move.
Formats of My Chess Coaching
My two 2 main methods of coaching chess at the moment are:
Online Chess Coaching (Live)
In one-on-one lessons, I reach students by way of Teams or Google Meet and employ digital chessboards for interactive coaching. Sessions typically are 60 minutes, but advanced players occasionally opt for 90 or even two hours. This live format is exciting, personal and ideal for on-the-fly growth.
Remote Chess Coaching
Not everyone can get to a live lesson. I therefore create for these students a ‘course’ of structured syllabus, exercises and resources with feedback every few sessions. This lets highly motivated students pursue a career route on their own. There are those however, that prefer this type of chess coaching for its flexibility and affordability.
Let’s discuss again who chess lessons with a grandmaster are suitable for:
1) Kids from 7 years old showing rapid growth and striving for great results.
Working with a grandmaster chess coach not only gives knowledge and motivation, the child also sees an example of reaching the top.
2) For teenagers with a more advanced level of play, actively participating in chess tournaments.
A chess coach can analyze games, prepare for a specific opponent, suggest unusual and rare opening options
3) For adults of any level, even if the goal is simply to increase the rating on chess.com. Over many years of practice, I have encountered a large number of ordinary players seeking to improve their results online. And in this case, online chess classes are ideal, as this is the most comfortable and effective way of chess coaching.
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