AK Chess
AK Chess

AK Chess

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Introduction
👋 Hi! I'm Arnav, your chess instructor. I currently teach chess at various after-school programs, summer camps, and private lessons both in and out of the city. I love working with students of all ages! 🎉 Some of my major accomplishments include drawing with a Candidate Master ♟️ and securing a top spot in the Scholastic State Championship 🏅 just last year. Here’s the Structured Process we follow to help our students improve: 🔍 Personalized Weakness Identification: We dive deep into each student’s specific weaknesses and work on them thoroughly. 💡 Tailored Approach: I strongly believe that focusing on individual weaknesses and fixing them is the most effective way to excel as a professional chess player. 📚 Customized Lessons: We design lessons based on your unique needs, ensuring you're always improving. 👁️ Improving Key Skills: We focus on enhancing visibility (to better analyze situations), calculations, strategies, openings, and variations. 🏆 Tournament Preparation: We help guide and prepare our students for chess tournaments, making sure they’re ready to compete. Thank you, and I look forward to spreading my knowledge of chess with you! ♟️😊
Overview

Current Top Pro

Hired 69 times

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15 employees

12 years in business

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2023

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2021

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Reviews

Customers rated this pro highly for work quality, responsiveness, and professionalism.

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Troy N.
4 weeks ago
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Arnav is a great chess teacher! He explains complicated moves in a way that’s easy for a beginner to understand. I look forward to my weekly lessons and learning game winning tactics and strategies.

Details: 26 - 44 years old • Beginner • At the pro’s location • My home, venue, etc. • Remotely (phone or internet)

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Phariah Y.
Oct 27, 2024
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My son has been taking chess lessons from AK for several months and has made great progress and improvements in the games and strategic thinking. My son really enjoys chess and the classes. We highly recommend AK!

Details: 10 - 13 years old • Beginner • I don't have an Elo rating • Once a week • 60 minutes • Remotely (phone or internet)

AK Chess's reply
Thank you for your kind words Phariah, Darren is doing great!
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Arvind K.
Nov 23, 2024
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AK has been amazing! Their lessons are tailored to my son’s pace, and the homework reinforces what he learns. The progress he’s made in just a few classes is impressive. Highly recommend!

Details: 6 - 9 years old • Beginner • At the pro’s location

AK Chess's reply
Thank you for your kind words Arvind, Aarav is making great progress.
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Sutherland W.
4 weeks ago
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AK is great! I wanted to learn chess as a hobby and he has explained it very well so far

Details: 26 - 44 years old • No experience • Remotely (phone or internet) • At the pro’s location

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Justin M.
Oct 22, 2024
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Just finished first hour, and I can tell I’m going to improve much faster than I expected due to the teaching quality and focus of these sessions. Highly recommend!

Details: 26 - 44 years old • Beginner • At the pro’s location • My home, venue, etc. • Remotely (phone or internet)

Chess Lessons
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