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International Directory of Chess Teachers
Alphabetical Listings

This project is in memory of International Master Boris Kogan.

Information in the directory is free to both teachers and students. Teachers are listed by location (including online and e-mail lessons), by specialty (learning disabled children, team coaching, openings, languages in which lessons are given, etc.), and alphabetically by last name. Duif's Place also includes a chess page for kids, and one for parents of young players.

(Note: inclusion in the Directory does not represent an endorsement of any kind by Duif or Jade River Designs. This directory is simply being provided as a convenience to chessplayers around the world. All information is provided by the teachers and has not been validated.)

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• Kurzdorfer's Chess Service
• American Chess School

Teacher Specialties
• Beginners (Children)
• Beginners (Adults)
• Openings
• Tactics
• Endgames
• Tournament Preparation
• Simuls
• Chess Camps
• Lectures
• Other specialties: Game Analysis, Personalized correspondence chess courses

Age of Students

• Children Age 6 to 12
  
• Children Age 13 to 18
  
• Adults

Student Recommendations

• available on request

• Usual Rates: For the Personalized Correspondence Courses:
  Course advice: FREE
  One lesson: $25.00
  Ten lesson course: $175.00
  Twenty lesson course: $295.00
  Individual game analysis: $20.00 per game
• For the Chess for Everyone! Workshops:
  $250.00 per day plus travel expenses

• co-author of "Dr. Schiller's How to Play Chess" CD
• Endgame tutorial for Chessmaster 5,000
• Numerous articles for Chess Life,Chess Horizons, Chess Coach Newsletter, Empire Chess,
• American Chess School Basic Chess Workbook

• Private
  
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)
  
• Group (6 or more)

• In person at local club
  
• In person at student's location
  
• In person at teacher's location
  
• by mail
  
• by e-mail

I am the official game analyst at the annual USA Junior Chess Olympics and Pennsylvania State Scholastic Championships. I teach classes in basic and advanced chess and supervise chess play at the Chautauqua Institution each Summer. I also lecture, analyze student games, direct tournaments, and play simuls in YOUR area with my Chess for Everyone! workshops as well as doing much the same thing at all three Castle Chess Camp locations. Besides offering "Personalized Correspondence Lessons" through the US mail or e-mail, I am a faculty member of the Pennsylvania Department of Education accredited "Developing Higher Order Thinking Skills Through Chess Seminar"" along with American Chess School executive director Dr. Robert Ferguson, Jr. My students have won championships at the state and national levels and big money prizes at national tournaments. Some have gone on to master the game and/or become teachers.

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Teacher Specialties

• Openings
  
• Endgames
  
• Tournament Preparation

Age of Students

• Children Age 6 to 12
  
• Children Age 13 to 18
  
• Adults

Student Recommendations

• available on request

• Usual Rates: $22/hour for private lessons; reasonable group rates;

Publications

• Informant Games
  
• NY CHESS (column)
  
• TENNESSEE CHESS (column)

Size of Groups

• Private
  
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)
  
• Group (6 or more)

Type of Lessons

• In person at teacher's location
  
• In person at local club

I have designed a complete system based on Steinitzian principles, incorporating American contributions from Alburt, Byrne, Benko, Rohde, and Benjamin's CHESS LIFE articles, and games. I traveled for years with IM Boris Kogan and have used his wisdom to teach a US Amateur Champion, a 2500 student, and others on the Top 50 List. I have required reading, homework, and a system to help any person improve on their own, with only general guidance after the first dozen or so lessons. I recommend BOOKUP and any good playing program. I have a huge database and can bring anyone into the 21st century. I have beaten most of the top players, Fedorowicz, Rohde, Wolff, Igor Ivanov, Christiansen, Shirazi (4 times), Sagalchik, and Hracek and can help you get higher-rated scalps with aggressive fundamentally sound chess.

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Teacher Specialties

• Beginners (Children)

Age of Students

• Children Age 6 to 12
  
• Children Age 13 to 18

Student Recommendations

• available on request

Size of Groups

• Private
  
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)
  
• Group (6 or more)

Type of Lessons

• In person at local club

I teach a 7th/8th grade chess elective and run a lunchtime club for 6th graders.

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Teacher Specialties

• Beginners (Children)
  
• Beginners (Adults)
  
• Endgames

Age of Students

• Children Age 13 to 18
• Adults

• Usual Rates: Available on request

• Editor, Iowa Chess EN PASSANT

Size of Groups

• Private
  
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)

Type of Lessons

• In person at student's location
  
• In person at teacher's location
  
• In person at local club

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Teacher Specialties

• Beginners (Children)
  
• Beginners (Adults)
  
• Correspondence Chess
  
• Openings
  
• Tactics
  
• Endgames
  
• Tournament Preparation
  
• Other Specialties: Computer Databases

• Children Age 6 to 12
  
• Children Age 13 to 18
  
• Adults

• Usual Rates: $20-$40/lesson

Publications

• articles published in several issues of Canadian National magazine, En Passant
  
• Currently editor of SK provincial newsletter, T-Notes

Size of Groups

• Private

Type of Lessons

• In person at teacher's location
  
• by Mail
  
• by e-mail

See my homepage at http://www.sfn.saskat oon.sk.ca/~ac125/Profile.html

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Teacher Specialties

• Beginners (Children)
  
• Beginners (Adults)
  
• Blitz Chess
  
• Openings
  
• Tactics
  
• Endgames
  
• Tournament Preparation
  
• Preparation for Titled Players
  
• Team Coaching
  
• Other Specialties: Additional Tips and Advice for Female Players

Age of Students

• Children below age 6
  
• Children Age 6 to 12
  
• Children Age 13 to 18
  
• Learning Disabled Children
  
• Adults
  
• Learning Disabled Adults

Student Recommendations:

• Judit Polgar (2692 FIDE), Number 8 in the world on the PCA List
  
• Szofia Polgar (2495 FIDE)

Usual Rates:

• $150/hour for private lessons
  
• group rates also available

Publications

• Several chess books
  
• Articles in numerous chess magazines including Inside Chess,New in Chess, British Chess Magazine,64, etc.

Size of Groups

• Private
  
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)
  
• Groups (6 or more students)

Type of Lessons

• In person at teacher's location
  
• In person at local club
  
• by phone

I am the current Women's World Champion and would like to promote chess in America and the world.

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Teacher Specialties

• Tournament Preparation

Age of Students

• Adults

• Usual Rates:
  
• available on request

Publications

• regular columnist for Chess Life Magazine

Size of Groups

• Private

Type of Lessons

• at Website

former US Open, US Junior, National High School Champion
"kc" on the Internet Chess Club
My website, http://www.infochess.com focuses on openings analysis. The site features free access to analysis and discussion of the Najdorf and the King's Indian; to access the analysis for all other openings, a subsciption is required. Students are invited to e-mail material to me for the website.

Club Affiliation: Atlanta Chess Center

Teacher Specialties

• Beginners (Children)
  
• Beginners (Adults)
  
• Team Coaching

Age of Students

• Children Age 6 to 12
  
• Children Age 13 to 18
  
• Learning Disabled Children
  
• Adults
  
• Learning Disabled Adults

Student Recommendations

• available on request

• Usual Rates:
  
• In person, $20/hour, including travel time

Size of Groups

• Private
  
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)
  
• Groups (6 or more students)

Type of Lessons

• In person at student's home
  
• In person at teacher's location
  
• by mail
  
• by e-mail
  
• by phone
  
• Online (Internet) at FICS, ICC, chess.net etc.

I love the game of chess and enjoy teaching beginners. I have been a chess coach for Renfroe Middle School in Decatur, Georgia, and Harrison High School in Cobb County, Georgia.

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Teacher Specialties

• Beginners (Children)
  
• Beginners (Adults)
  
• Tactics
  
• Endgames
  
• Tournament Preparation
  
• Team Coaching
  
• Other Specialties: Planning, Thinking, Psychological Factors

Age of Students

• Children below Age 6
  
• Children Age 6 to 12
  
• Children Age 13 to 18
  
• Adults

• Usual Rates: $60 per session, at the student's home or mutually convenient site

• Student References available on request

• Authored articles for Chess Life, Inside Chess, American Chess Journal, California Chess Journal, Empire Chess (NY)

• Private
  
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)
  
• Group (6 or more)

• In person at local club
  
• In person at student's location
  
• In person at teacher's location
  
• by mail
  
• by phone
  
• by e-mail
  
• Online (FICS, ICC, chess.net, etc.)

FIDE Master 1994, USCF Life Master 1993, USCF National Master 1992, Currently teaching chess programs in four school districts in Nassau County.

Teaching Philosophy: concentrate on flexible knowledge and problem solving, minimize memorization ... and make chess fun!

Also available for tournament organization, simuls, and other chess services.

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Teacher Specialties

• Openings
  
• Tactics
  
• Endgames
  
• Tournament Preparation

Age of Students

• Children Age 6 to 12
  
• Children Age 13 to 18
  
• Adults

Usual Rates:

• available on request

Publications

• AN INTRODUCTION TO CHESS (Prentice Hall, 1982)
  
• THE ANTI-INDIAN: TROMPOWSKI'S ATTACK (Thinker's Press, 1984)

Size of Groups

• Private

Type of Lessons

• In person at teacher's location (just outside Washington, DC)

Twenty years experience in teaching. Lessons are tailored to each student's needs, with emphasis on analysis of student's tournament games.

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• Openings
  
• Endgames
  
• Tournament Preparation
  
• Preparation for Titled Players
  
• Team Coaching
  
• Other Specialties: Using Chess Software, Using Chess Literature

• Children Age 6 to 12
  
• Children Age 13 to 18
  
• Adults

• available on request

• $50 for opening repertoire review
• $64/lesson (90 minutes for a child/2 hours for adult)
• $250/group lesson (up to 2 hours for up to 10 students)
• $500/one day clinic
• $1,000/weekend clinic

• Over 70 books on chess, plus electronic books, databases, Kasparov's Gambit (tutorial), Chessmaster 5000 (instructional materials), Dr. Schiller's HOW TO PLAY CHESS (Fall 96), Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess (rules and glossary)

• Private
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)
• Groups (6 or more students)

• In person at teacher's location
• In person at local club
• Online (Internet) at ICC, FICS, chess.net, etc.
• by e-mail

I am available on a limited basis for teaching and training, and prefer to work with students at least once per month. I am interested in weekend training classes such as those held in San Francisco this year.

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• Beginners (Children)
• Beginners (Adults)
• Openings
• Tactics
• Endgames
• Tournament Preparation
• Preparation for Titled Players
• Team Coaching
• Other Specialties: I prefer to work:
  • on basis of good personal relations
  • with long-time perspective
  • at high intensity.
  If you meet these points, there is no reason why our work shouldn't be successful!

• Children below age 6
• Children Age 6 to 12
  
• Children Age 13 to 18
  
• Adults
  
• Learning Disabled Adults

• available on request

• Articles in numerous chess magazines including Schach- Echo and Schach and New in Chess Magazine
  * but the main part of my work isn't published, but used for my lessons!

• Private
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)
• Groups (6 or more students)

• In person at student's location
• In person at local club
• Online (ICC, FICS, chess.net, etc.)

I can arrange a training camp for groups of 10 to 15 persons at a nice place in Bavaria (south-east of Munich) to a reasonable price, or I can visit at as a guest teacher at camps in other locations.

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• Beginners (Children)
  
• Beginners (Adults)
  
• Openings
  
• Tactics
  
• Endgames
  
• Blitz Chess
  
• Tournament Preparation
  
• Team Coaching
  
• Preparation for Titled Players

• Children under age 6
• Children Age 6 to 12
• Children Age 13 to 18
• Learning Disabled Children
• Adults

• Available on Request

• $30 per hour for standard lessons
• $25 per hour for training games

• North Carolina Gambit
• Georgia Chess Association News

Size of Groups

• Private
  
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)

Type of Lessons

• In person at teacher's location
  
• In person at student's location
  
• by phone
  
• Online (Internet) at ICC, FICS, chess.net, etc.

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• Openings
• Endgames
• Tournament Preparation
• Other Specialties:Author of several electronic chess books in BOOKUPformat. I will help you gain the maximum instructional benefit from yourtournament games through careful examination by both of us.

• Children Age 13 to 18
• Adults

• $35 for introductory evaluation. This includes completeanalysis of two student games, plus recommended course of study to meet yourchess goals. Otherwise $25/hour for instruction or analysis services.

• Book-up Books On Disk
  
• Current games editor for Northwest Chess magazine
  
• Formerly games editor and assistant editor for Ohio Chess Bulletin.

• Private
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)

• In person at teacher's location
• In person at student's home
• In person at local club
• Online (Internet) at ICC, FICS, chess.net, etc.
• by Mail
• by e-mail

I have lectured and taught chess since age 15, and currently do so as a full time occupation. I have been a National Master since 1981, and I have won four state championships. My longest term studentand my newest student are both masters. I can help you broaden yourappreciation of chess and/or reach the next competitive level.

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• Openings
• Tactics
• Endgames
• Tournament Preparation

• Children Age 13 to 18
• Adults

• Online (Internet) at ICC, FICS, chess.net, etc.
• by e-mail
• at Website

The Internet Chess Academy, http://www.yourmove.com/, features puzzles, GM lectures, and a monthly contest with chess prizes worth $1000. You can participate in the Academy via! email, or any web browser.

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• Beginners (Children)
  
• Openings
  
• Tactics
  
• Endgames
  
• Tournament Preparation
  
• Team Coaching
  
• Chess Camps
  
• Lectures
  
• Other Specialties: Training National Championship level Scholastic players in addition to beginning youth. Running school programs and presentations to large groups of students in Elementary and Junior High Schools.

• Children Below Age 6
• Children Age 6 to 12
• Children Age 13 to 18
• Adults

• Group (weekly): $36 per four weeks.
• Private: Under 16, $27/hour,
• 16+, $37/hour
• In-Home Private: $50/hour (includes travel).

• Private
  
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)
  
• Group (More than 6 students)

• In person at student's location
  
• In person at teacher's location
  
• by phone
  
• by email

• CHESS FOR JUNIORS, Random House, 1991
• SNYDER SICILIAN, Players Press, 1984
• CHESS LIFE
• SCHOOL MATES
• PLAYERS CHESS NEWS
• SCHACH ECHO
• FERNSCHACH

• Harry Akopyan (9 times) - 2290
• Alex Huff (1), Justin Sheek (2), Alen Melikadamyan (1), E.J. Schloss (1), Stephen Kendrix (1), Andranik Maissain (1), Raul Pinochet (1), Cory Evans (2), Minas Nordanyan (1), Asuka Nakamura (3), Roy Runas (2), Richard Phillips (2).
• MASTERS: Douglas Root, Roger Poehlmann.

Trained 27 first place individual winners in championship sections at the National Scholastic Championships (national record).
Trained 5 first place teams at National Scholastic Championships. Director/Trainer/Owner of "Chess For Juniors", the nation's largest chess club for youth which has a full time facility in Huntington Beach, California.
Organizer/Trainer of "Chess For Juniors" National Camp held each summer in Wrightwood, California with students attending from all over the U.S. and Europe. Has run camps at many locations in the United States.
Was California State High School Champion, Western U.S. Champion (1972), had the highest score on US Correspondence Olympic Team and qualified for the Semi-finals of the ICCF World Correspondence Championship. Correspondence World Championship.
Has introduced chess to over 120,000 students in school presentations.

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• Beginners (Children)
• Blitz Chess
• Openings
• Tactics
• Endgames
• Tournament Preparation
• Team Coaching
• Problem Composition
• Simuls
• Chess Camps

• Children Below Age 6
• Children Age 6 to 12
• Children Age 13 to 18
• Learning Disabled Children

• Kyle Sellers (USCF 1359)
• Andrew Hollingsworth (2nd Grade)
• Allison & Billy Barlow (805) Michael Sierze (USCF 1150)
• and 300 more on request!
• contact teacher for contact information

• At schools: $29 for a six-week (once weekly) course
• At the club(small classes/advanced levels): $33/mo.
• Private: $25/hr. (waiting list)

• Private
  
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)
  
• Group (6 or more)

• In person at local club
  
• In person at student's location
  
• In person at teacher's location

CYCL is a non-profit organization with a mission of "empowering youth to grow through chess." Students receive a strong foundation in basic endgame, middlegame and opening strategies. CYCL holds club on Saturday nights from 5-9pm. Kids enjoy tournaments, self-testing and pizza!

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Teacher Specialties
• Beginners (Children)
• Beginners (Adults)
• Openings
• Tactics
• Endgames
• Tournament Preparation
• Team Coaching

• Children Age 6 to 12
• Children Age 13 to 18
• Adults

• My best known student is Joshua Friedel, who won the 1996 National K-3 Championship in Tuscon, AZ with a 7-0 score

• $25/hour, One sample testing/evaluation hour free.

• TEST, EVALUATE, AND IMPROVE YOUR CHESS, co-authored with IM Danny Kopec (forthcoming)
• Articles in Chess Horizons and The New Hampshire Chess Journal

• Private
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)

• In person at teacher's location
• by mail
• by e-mail

I have three years experience working with IM Danny Kopec at his summer chess camp. The camp has had 50+ the last two years, ranging in age from 9 to 75. I designed a "Novice Test" which is used at the camp to evaluate the skills of players beginner to about 1500 USCF strength.

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Teacher Specialties

• Beginners (Children)
  
• Beginners (Adults)

Age of Students

• Children Age 6 to 12
  
• Children Age 13 to 18
  
• Adults

• Usual Rates: First two lessons free. $5/hr after that, if you believe I can be of help.

• Private
  
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)

• In person at local club
  
• In person at student's location
  
• In person at teacher's location
  
• Online (FICS/ICC/chess.net/etc.)

I am not a titled chess player. What I am is an excellent teacher with a great love for the game. I have helped numerous beginners and novices from age 6 to 60 learn the game and improve their play. I have my share of club trophies and have won prizes in national events in my class. But what I treasure most is seeing the light of understanding grow in the eyes of the students I have taught -- and then to see them succeed in putting that understanding to work in their games. I teach a regular novice class each 1st Tuesday at the Baton Rouge Chess Club and have a regular list of private students. I’d be glad to work with you as well. A list of references can be provided on request (i.e., students who liked my lessons! Ha! Ha!)

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Teacher Specialties

• Beginners (Children)
  
• Beginners (Adults)
  
• Correspondence Chess
  
• Blitz Chess
  
• Openings
  
• Tactics
  
• Tournament Preparation
  
• Other Specialties:
  Obtaining the better position; but if that fails, finding salvation in very bad positions.

Age of Students

• Children Below Age 6
  
• Children Age 6 to 12
  
• Children Age 13 to 18
  
• Adults

• $15 per hour ($25 2 hour block)

• Private
  
• Small Group (2 to 6 students)
  
• Group (More than 6 students)

• In person at student's location
  
• In person at teacher's location
  
• In person at local club
  
• by phone
  
• by mail
  
• by email

• Game - Best game prize, U.S. Amateur West, see Chess Life, Sep 1996, p.43.
• Extensive annotation of game in S.A.C.A piece Jan 1997.

• Todd Blankenship, S.V.C.C.
• Dave Bousquet, S.V.C.C.
• Juan Plouin, Tucson AZ

Educated and articulate. I've played tournament chess - OTB and correspondence - since 1964. At 55 years of age, I'm still active in AZ chess. Out of 101 participants, I shared equal 2nd thru 4th place at the Tucson Open, Jan 1997. During the 70's and 80's, I was many times champion of the South Penn Chess Club. I have placed in numerous Pennsylvania and Arizona tournaments. Shared 1st and drew with WIM Irene Aronoff at Wilkes-Barre 1983.

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