I will coach absolute chess beginners through to intermediate players, 0 to 1200 elo

Before we dive into chess theory and practice, we'll spend your first lesson figuring out how you learn best, where your strengths already lie, and which gaps need closing all tailored to your current level.

If you're an absolute beginner, that might mean starting with the fundamentals: how each piece moves, how the board is set up, and the core concepts that everything else builds on check, checkmate, and stalemate, along with special rules like castling, en passant, and pawn promotion that often trip up new players.

If you've already got some experience, we'll skip straight past the basics and pinpoint exactly where your understanding breaks down whether that's opening principles, tactical awareness, or endgame technique so every lesson after this one is built around what you actually need.