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GM Vishnu Prasanna
Peak FIDE Rating: 2543
- Former Coach of World Champion D Gukesh
- Former Second of GM Adhiban, GM Surya Ganguly, GM Leon Mendonca
GM Srinath Narayanan
Peak FIDE Rating: 2572
- Coach of Team India at the 2024 Chess Olympiad, winning Gold.
- Former Coach of GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM Nihal Sarin
GM Akash Ganesan
Peak FIDE Rating: 2495
- Youngest National Chess Champion
- winner of the Prague International Chess Festival Open 2020
GM Swapnil Dhopade
Peak FIDE Rating: 2545
- Coach of the Indian Women’s Team at the 2019 World Team Chess Championship
- Coach of one of the youngest Grandmasters in the world GM Raunak Sadhwani
GM Shardul Gagare
Peak FIDE Rating: 2521
- Shiv Chhatrapati Awardee (2018)
- Won Team Gold at the World Youth Olympiad U-16 (2013)
GM Sundarajan Kidambi
Peak FIDE Rating: 2526
- Asian Team Gold Medalist (2005)
- Winner of Barcelona open (2015)
GM Karthik Venkataraman
- 2 Time National Champion Winner of Tsaghkadzor Open A 2024
- Winner of Tsaghkadzor Open A 2024
GM Lalit Babu
- Winner of Commonwealth Chess Championship in 2012
- Winner of Chennai Super Kings International Grandmaster tournament
GM Visakh N R
Peak FIDE Rating: 2566
- Leça Blitz Open 2023 Champion
- First Indian to win the Mumbai Mayor’s International Open Chess Tournament
GM Shyam Sundar
Peak FIDE Rating: 2554
- Gold medal in Asian Juniors [2010,2011]
- Team Gold and Individual Board Gold, 2012 and Common Wealth Silver Medal
GM Elisabeth Paehtz
Peak FIDE Rating: 2513
- European woman rapid winner 2018
- 2nd in woman grand Swiss 2021
GM Sethuraman
Peak FIDE Rating: 2673
- Bronze Winning Team in Indian team – Olympiad 2014
- Featured in Limca Book of Records for winning the historic Olympiad Bronze medal in 2014
GM Harshit Raja
Peak FIDE Rating: 2522
- One of the youngest to be Awarded the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Award
- Won the Qatar Blitz International in 2020 ahead of more than 50 Grandmasters.
GM Dejan Bojkov
Peak FIDE Rating: 2556
- GM title in 2008
- Helped many students around the world become GMs and IMs, and win national titles and medals
GM Pravin Thipsay
Peak FIDE Rating: 2494
- India’s 1st Indian to receive GM Norm and 3rd Indian to receive the GM title
- Arjuna Award 1984
GM Luka Budisavljevic
Peak FIDE Rating: 2524
- Became the youngest Serbian Grandmaster ever in 2020, at the age of 16
- Tied for the 1st place and finished 3rd on tiebreaks at the 2023 World Juniors
GM Ruben Felgaer
Peak FIDE Rating: 2624
- Awarded the Grandmaster title in 2002 after winning the Politiken Cup
- Five-time Argentine National Champion (2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014)
GM Sergey Tiviakov
Peak FIDE Rating: 2699
- 3 times European Champion (individual and teams)
- Olympic champion
GM Miloje Ratkovic
Peak FIDE Rating: 2499
- High performance rating of 2753 at the Orbis 2020 Round Robin
- Junior Champion of Serbia in 2014
Distinguished FIDE Titled Coaches
IM Kushager Krishnater
Peak FIDE Rating: 2411
- World’s Youngest Fide Trainer (FT)
- Chief Openings Coach – Singapore National Team
IM Abhishek K
Peak FIDE Rating: 2403
- Indian World Cadet Team Coach (2024)
- Shiv Chhatrapati Awardee
- Winner in Aeroflot B Category (2017)
IM Sammed Shete
Peak FIDE Rating: 2478
Winner, First Saturday GM Tournament, March 2023 (Budapest, Hungary)
Winner, National Amateur Championship, 2014
FM Yashas D
Peak FIDE Rating: 2325
Gold Medal, U-16 Commonwealth Chess Championship, Singapore
Gold Medal, Asian Youth Chess Championship, China
WFM Kotepalli Sai Nirupama
Peak FIDE Rating: 1934
- 3 years of coaching Experience
- U-8 and U-10 Asian Gold Medalist
- U-12 Commonwealth Bronze Medalist
AFM Shrutika Prachand
Peak FIDE Rating: 1799
- 3 years of coaching Experience
- Taught 500+ kids (online and offline) from various countries.
IM M Nubairshah S
Peak FIDE Rating: 2461
- Honoured with Shiv Chhatrapati Award – at age of just 18
- Five-times Asian Champion (2008, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2023)
IM Satyapragyan
Peak FIDE Rating: 2480
- National Sub junior Champion 1995 and National Team Champion twice.
- GM Elect
IM V Saravanan
Peak FIDE Rating: 2423
- National Junior Champion 1989
- International Master since 1995
- Member of the Indian Team 1997 – 2000 and Olympiad 1998
IM Vishal Sareen
Peak FIDE Rating: 2409
- National Sub Junior Champion 1986
- National Cities Champion 1991
- FIDE Senior Trainer 2016
WIM Saritha M Reddy
Peak FIDE Rating: 2218
- Silver and Bronze medalist in the commonwealth women championship in 1994 and 1996
- Silver medalist in Asian zonal women championship in 1997
FIDE Rated Mentors
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Augustin A
Peak FIDE Rating: 2082
- Karnataka State Open Chess Champion – 2024
- 8 Times Karnataka State Age Category Champion
Mrinalini Dhar
Peak FIDE Rating: 1536
- 15 years in chess
- Secured second position in Tata Steel Chess India Women’s Category
Mohammed Aamir firoz khan
Peak FIDE Rating: 1446
- Winner of Dadar skill academy domestic tournament
- 10+ Students won podium finishes
Jayesh Mishra
Peak FIDE Rating: 1612
- Represented in State level and District Championship
- Won a Simul Against GM Praggnanandha
Nandhabalan S
Peak FIDE Rating: 1485
- Secured 4th position in state level tournament
- 3+ students achieved fide rating
Priyangsu Sur
Peak FIDE Rating: 1553
- Podium finishes in several district-level chess championships
- Trained 100+ students
- Represented in School Nationals
FIDE Rated Coaches
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Madhur Tamne
Peak FIDE Rating: 1657
- 15+ Years Coaching Experience
- Helped many students to get achievement in various tournaments
Bhuvneshwar Z
Peak FIDE Rating: 1562
- One of his students, currently rated 1441
- Some of his students have won the District Championships in Jodhpur in their respective categories
Vasishta S
Peak FIDE Rating: 1768
- 4 years of coaching Experience
- Under-7 State Champion
- Youngest FIDE-Rated Player of Karnataka State
Vinay Bhatt
Peak FIDE Rating: 2047
- 3 years of coaching Experience
- 1st Position in a Below 2000 International Rating Tournament at Delhi
Deepak S
Peak FIDE Rating: 1906
- 3 Years Coaching Experience
- Mentored and created under 7 Tamil Nadu State Championship 2024
- Helped many students to cross their rating from 1400 to near 1900+
Saurabh Lokhande
Peak FIDE Rating: 1799
- 3 Years Coaching Experience
- One of his student won African Youth Chess Championship
- One of his student won National level chess tournament in London
Vivekananda L
Peak FIDE Rating: 1799
- 3 years of coaching Experience
- One of his student is Bronze Medalist at 2023 Asian Youth Championships
- One of his student is Under-9 State Champion in 2022
Ashutosh Gangan
Peak FIDE Rating: 1830
- 2 years of Coaching Experience
- Champion – Maharashtra State School Championship (U-17)
Rishi Raj Bharadwaj
Peak FIDE Rating: 1602
- 5+ Years Coaching Experience
- Helped many students to get achievement in various tournaments
Shubham Kumar Singh
Peak FIDE Rating: 1680
- 3 Years Coaching Experience
- One of his student selected for Women’s National Championship
Pawan Singh
Peak FIDE Rating: 1680
- Represented state in school game tournaments
- Player of national team and player of state team
Varun Desai
Peak FIDE Rating: 1507
- Represented in South Zone Nationals
- Secured Podium finishes in 10+ tournaments
- 10+ Students achieved Fide rating
Shrutarshi Ray
- Champion in Marcel International Chess tournament in Bangaladesh
- Winner of 3+ State championships
- 5th in U19 Nationals
Sree Hari Nathan
Peak FIDE Rating: 1441
- Secured silver medal in south Asian online chess festival in OPEN Category
- Secured 2nd position in U-16 Category in state level Team Championship.
Naman Kaushik
Peak FIDE Rating: 1546
- 4+years of experience
- Champion of first Mahakal open FIDE rated tournament in U1600
- Champion of Interzone Chess Tournament
Mahalasa Pai
Peak FIDE Rating: 1435
- 3+ years of experience
- Secured 1st in interschool chess tournament
- Student won U12 national Championship
Ambarish Sharma
Peak FIDE Rating: 2148
- 6+ Years of experience
- Champion of 5+ All India Rated Tournament
- Got invited to Bangladesh Premier League
Yashas D
Peak FIDE Rating: 2315
- Gold Medal in Commonwealth Chess Championship (2009)
- Gold Medal in Asian Youth Chess Championship
Sankar Narayanan V
- 5+ years teaching experience
- Represented in 5+ national and international rated tournaments
- Podium finishes in 5+ rated tournaments
Jaipriya k
- 4+ Years of experience
- Got more than 300 awards and won bronze in all india university tournament
Karuppasamy C
Peak FIDE Rating: 1679
- 10+ Years of experience
- Runner up in All India FIDE rated tournament
- Increased 197 rating in one month
Aditya Tiwari
- 5+ years teaching experience
- Winner of 5+ state championship
- Was the captain of the national sgfi games
Navya Mannepalli
Peak FIDE Rating: 1833
- 5+ Years of experience
- Silver Medal in U8 world championship
- U8 Asian gold medal
Rizwan Siddiqui
Peak FIDE Rating: 1544
- 7+ years of experience
- Represented in senior national Rapid and Blitz Championship(2018)
- Secured podium finishes in 10+ tournaments
Jatin Saini
Peak FIDE Rating: 1769
- 5+ Years of experience
- Defeated multiple IM FM and CM in rapid and online tournaments
- Two of his students defeated GMs