1:1 chess lessons online · Children & adults

Improve your chess. Learn to handle what happens inside you while you play.

Real chess, plus the tools to stay clear-headed when frustration, fear or pressure show up. Beginners welcome.

5.0 · 19 reviews on Superprof

Illustration: a wooden chess knight on the four central squares of a board, with a petrol-blue sphere at the centre, a book and a pawn
The method

The board is only half the game.

Most lessons teach you what to move. Here we also train what happens to you when the game gets hard.

Illustration: wooden chess pieces on the central squares of a board, next to a petrol-blue book
Board

Real chess

Openings, tactics, strategy and endgames, at your level.

Illustration: a wooden king standing calmly next to a chess clock
Mind

What happens to you

Pressure, frustration and fear, and how they shape your moves.

Illustration: a wooden knight moving forward along a path of light squares
Result

Better decisions

Keep playing well when emotions show up.

This is still a chess lesson, not therapy. How the method works

Who it's for

One method. Three starting points.

Illustration: a pawn standing back up next to a fallen one, with coloured pencils and a sketchbook

For children

Real chess at their own pace, where a mistake is information, not pressure.

Lessons for children
Illustration: a chess knight beside an hourglass, a notebook and a pencil

For adults

Better technique and a plan to get past your plateau, without ignoring pressure.

Lessons for adults
Illustration: a tall king leaning towards a small pawn, next to a report folder and a cup

For parents

A recap of every lesson and a monthly report, so you know what they're working on.

How we support families
Between lessons

The lesson ends. The learning keeps going.

Every membership includes a private portal that turns each lesson into a plan for the week.

  • Lesson recaps with the key ideas and your task
  • A weekly plan made for you
  • Your next lesson and what you'll review

Plus puzzles from your own mistakes, smart review, interactive lessons and a monthly report for families.

Portrait of Andrea Romero, chess teacher
Your teacher

Andrea Romero

A hard loss, with no one to help her through it, kept her away from chess for years. She came back to teach the board without ignoring the person making the decisions.

  • Former regional junior champion of Venezuela
  • National top 3, junior
  • 8+ years teaching children, teens and adults
Read Andrea's story
What students say

Real progress, on the board and off it.

5.0 · 19 reviews on Superprof

"(…) She created an extremely suitable plan that challenges me and helps improve my game."
Jeff · Adult student
"Andrea is really patient with my kid (…) They are progressing really quickly as a result."
Jeremy · Parent of a student
"If the chess problem is really difficult and I am getting frustrated, she helps me process that and transform it into something positive."
Isaac · Student

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When you're ready

Start with one lesson. Decide later.

One lesson to see your level and whether the method fits you. No package to buy first.

Memberships from US$19/month · trial lesson US$35

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