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World-class Grandmasters and FIDE-rated mentors guiding you to excellence
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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 Debashis Das
Peak FIDE Rating: 2548
- National Rapid Chess Champion 2015 (Gold Medalist)
- Asian Youth U-18 Champion 2011 (Gold Medalist) in the Philippines

GM Sundarajan Kidambi
Peak FIDE Rating: 2526
- Asian Team Gold Medalist (2005)
- Winner of Barcelona open (2015)
Distinguished FIDE Titled Coaches

IM Kushager Krishnater
Peak FIDE Rating: 2411
- World’s Youngest Fide Trainer (FT)
- Chief Openings Coach – Singapore National Team

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 Jishitha D
Peak FIDE Rating: 2100
- 3 years of coaching Experience
- Under-14 World Champion
- Under-14 Asian Champion

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.
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

Akash Wadhwani
Peak FIDE Rating: 1723
- 2nd best in 1700-1800 category at SMCA classical tournament (11-16th October 2024)
- Trained over 180 students in last 4 years
FIDE Rated Coaches
Experience personalized mentorship from FIDE-rated Chess Coaches!

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