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Private Chess Tutoring
Private Chess Tutoring Grandmaster

Grandmaster
Maxim Dlugy

  • Online & In-person lessons
  • Top 🔝 rated world class coach
Founder of Chess Max Academy, Former World Junior Champion and number 1 blitz player in the World. Coached Kasparov, Karpov. Maxim's students have won more than 25 National Scholastic titles, 1 World Championship titles and 2 Continental Championships.

Rate Starting From: from $250/hour

OUR CHESS COACHES

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GRANDMASTER VLADIMIR AKOPIAN
Grandmaster Vladimir Akopian

[ Online Lessons ]

International Grandmaster since 1991. Best achievements include World Champion under 16 (1986), World Champion ...

Rate Starting From: from $220/hour
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SURFI AHMED - Chess Tutor
Surfi Ahmed

Top Rated Coach, PHD
[ In-Person & Online Lessons ]

Surfi is the most popular chess coach on our team, whose amazing understanding of kids psychology ...

Rate Starting From: from $200/hour
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Paul De Fusco - Chess Tutor / Coach
Paul De Fusco

[ In-Person & Online Lessons ]

Paul is an accomplished chess player, having decided to learn the game by himself after losing to a kid in school. Three months later he beat the kid who was rated 1400 at the time ...

Rate Starting From: from $150/hour
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Grandmaster Sergey Makarychev
Grandmaster Sergey Makarychev

[ Online Lessons ]

A leading expert on chess openings and endgames, GM Sergey Makarychev has coached world champions Garry Kasparov (Sergey was Kasparov’s principal coach from 1991 to 1994), Anatoly Karpov, and Nona Gaprindashvili...

Rate Starting From: from $180/hour
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Silas Lund
Silas Lund

[ In-Person Lessons NYC ]

Since his arrival in New York in 2017, Silas has worked with chess in New York schools. He has been to multiple National and State Scholastic Championships for the Anderson School (since 2018) and Speyer Legacy School (since 2021) ...

Rate Starting From: from $180/hour
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Grandmaster Davorin Kuljasevic
Grandmaster Davorin Kuljasevic

[ Online Lessons ]

Analyzing student's games in depth. Focusing on areas that need improvement. Improving student's understanding and analytical skills through joint analysis. Personalized homework exercises. Opening databases for student's opening repertoire ...

Rate Starting From: from $170/hour
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Daniil Yuffa
Grandmaster Daniil Yuffa

[ Online Lessons ]

Grandmaster Yuffa is a professional player and a successful coach of top chess players. His impressive achievements playing chess include shared first in Gibraltar Masters, and wins of Cap d’Agde Karpov trophy...

Rate Starting From: from $170/hour
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Arslan Otchiyev - Chess Tutor
Arslan Otchiyev

Top Rated Coach CT State
[ In-Person & Online Lessons CT ]

Is a strong National Master who has fulfilled the requirements for an International Master status ...

Rate Starting From: from $160/hour
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Expert coach Marfa Esaulova
Expert coach Marfa Esaulova

Top Rated Coach
[ In-Person & Online Lessons ]

Marfa is a chess expert and a great kids coach. Marfa has graduated from the World famous Botvinnik Chess School in Moscow, as well as from the Orient Chess School ...

Rate Starting From: from $150/hour
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Murad Shadiev
Murad Shadiev

[ In-Person & Online Lessons NYC ]

Murad Shadiev - Chess Expert. In his youth, Murad was one of the top Junior players in his native Uzbekistan. He has experience teaching chess to young kids as well as adults, and his sense of Humor helps students ...

Rate Starting From: from $150/hour
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International Chess Master Artiom Samsonkin
International Chess Master Artiom Samsonkin

Top Rated Coach, National Level
[ Online Lessons ]

Artiom is extremely diligent and responsible when it comes to organizing the chess classes for his students, making sure that they are assigned significant homework ...

Rate Starting From: from $130/hour
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Mykola Bortnyk
International Master Mykola Bortnik

[ Online Lessons & In-Person NYC ]

Mykola has won multiple Youth Championships in his native Ukraine - the Under 10, 18 and 20 championships, he was also the rapid and blitz champion of Ukraine ...

Rate Starting From: from $130/hour
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Grandmaster Mark Paragua
Grandmaster Mark Paragua

[ Online Lessons & In-Person NYC ]

Mark was a former Champion of Philippines and the youngest chess master in Philippines history at 9 years of age. He is currently the top coach ...

Rate Starting From: from $160/hour
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Humberto Blanco International Master
International Master Humberto Blanco

[ Online Lessons ]

Humberto is an established coaches, having coach State Youth Team of Cuba in the Under 14 and Under 18 Categories as well as National Team of Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela ...

Rate Starting From: from $90/hour
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Angelyn Binan
Angelyn Binan

[ Online Lessons ]

Coach Angelyn is one of the top Women coaches in the Philippines. She is also a National Master. As a coach of a University team, she coached the team to the number 2 position in the country...

Rate Starting From: from $90/hour
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Bryle Arellano - National Master
Bryle Arellano

[ Online Lessons ]

Bryle Arellano is a Professional player in the Philippines who championed many tournaments. He is an active player and a professional coach who teaches beginners to advanced level students ...

Rate Starting From: from $90/hour
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National Master Jerich Cajeras
National Master Jerich Cajeras

Top Rated Coach
[ Online Lessons ]

Coach Jerich has been doing chess for 2 decades already with some notable successes both as a Player and as a Coach. His coaching style is to make sure ...

Rate Starting From: from $90/hour
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FIDE Master Gregory Markzon
FIDE Master Gregory Markzon

[ Online Lessons ]

Gregory has coached players to the level of International Master and has had Grandmaster level results in his prime ...

Rate Starting From: from $90/hour
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Marvin Ting - Chess Tutor
National Master Marvin Ting

Marvin is a new addition to our team who has taught our summer camps during this past summer. His strong knowledge of the game ...

Rate Starting From: from $90/hour
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Joel Adebayo
Joel Adebayo

Top Rated Coach, PHD
[ In-Person & Online Lessons ]

Joel Adebayo is a strong FIDE Master and the most dominant player in Nigeria in the last 20 years ...

Rate Starting From: from $150/hour
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Nacer Alvarez

Top Rated Coach
[ In-Person ]

Expert coach Nacer has worked teaching chess to kids and adults in a variety of settings, and has great experience in conveying complicated concepts in an easy-to-understand way ...

Rate Starting From: from $150/hour
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Grandmaster Ulvi Bajarani

[ In-Person Lessons ]

Grandmaster Ulvi Bajarani is a new addition to our coaching team. Ulvi was a promising junior player in Azerbaijan, and champion in the Under 14, 18, and 20 categories in his country ...

Rate Starting From: from $160/hour
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Arrik Leman
Arrik Leman

[ In-Person & Online Lessons ]

Arrik Leman is a Master level chess coach, who helped GM Max Dlugy prepare for the US Senior Championships and helped edit Max’s new book on the Queen’s Gambit Accepted. His photographic memory enables him to quickly bring ...

Rate Starting From: from $160/hour
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lev alburt
Lev Alburt

Top Rated Coach
[ In-Person & Online Lessons ]

Lev Alburt is a chess Grandmaster, writer and coach. He was born in Russia, and became a three-time Ukrainian Champion. After defecting to the United States in 1979, he became a three-time U.S. Champion ...

Rate Starting From: from $220/hour
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Why would you choose Private tutoring at Chess Max Academy?

There are a number of excellent reasons to choose a private coach from Chess Max Academy. Lets go down the bullet points:

Master Private Chess Tutors with vast experience

All Chess Max Academy coaches are Masters or master level coaches, which means that they have studied the game similarly to a black belt in a martial arts. During the private chess lessons, they will not spend your time and money teaching you or your kids useless information concentrating their lessons on what is necessary to start winning games and improving quickly.

Our private chess coaches are taught by a Grandmaster about how to teach

GM Max Dlugy teaches instructs our private chess tutors in his own teaching methods, which have raised dozens of National Scholastic Champions, two grandmasters and have helped two World Chess Champions in their career. While helping our private chess teachers in NYC directly, GM Dlugy also instructs our online coaches about his methods, making sure there is always a high quality of private chess instruction going on in all classes.

Curriculum

In all our private chess tutoring, coaches use the curriculum designed by GM Max Dlugy to effectively teach all levels of students. Our online school platform and our mobile apps are connected through each students individual user name and login password, allowing the students to learn in between the lessons.

Ease of use:

You can find a coach in NYC or in Greenwich, CT near you for the price that includes all of our technology or Online using ZOOM.

Become connected to hundreds of satisfied Chess Max Academy students who are learning in group classes, private classes, workshops and camps at numerous Chess Max Academy locations near you!

Testimonials
about our chess classes
Eugene Galbmillion

Love this chess school. Facilities are great, teachers are very professional. Online classes are very helpful as well. They often hold chess championships and competitions.

Very recommended to everyone who wants their children to learn and advance in chess.

Antti Rajala

While visiting New York City from Finland. I took one lesson from GM Dlugy. My goal is to become National Master in Chess in the coming 10 years. Mr. Dlugy gave me excellent advice regarding opening choices. An important take away from the lesson was also a list of things to consider when making a move. The list encouraged me to move from a 10-minute game to a longer 30-minutes game which requires more thinking and it helps me to assemble different aspect of what I have learned about chess into a concrete plan of what move to make in a specific situation arising in the game. I put the tool to test and already can see that the accuracy of my play was greatly improved.

Pete Francis

Chess Max Academy is first rate. Coach Surfi has taken my game to a higher level. He makes studying chess fun and exciting. I look forward to my lessons each week.

Justin Kulla

Chess Max has been a terrific experience. Our son grew so much over the past year. He gained, skills, confidence and friendships. While he was the youngest in his class, Chess Max created a supportive environment. With the teacher’s support and encouragement, he competed in tournaments, some of which were at the school and had a terrific time playing against other students across the city. We appreciated the rigor of classes and assignments. Highly recommended for kids who are interested to really improve in chess.

Fu Chen
Chess Max Academy NYC

My two sons (11 and 7) have been attending Chess Max Academy’s online classes for about a year now and they have really benefited from the lessons and homework. Their game has improved and more importantly the classes are fun and the kids they met have helped them remain interested in chess. It is a great program and I recommend it to everyone.

Rohit Bansal
Chess Max Academy NYC

Chess Max Academy has been an incredible experience for my son and my family. My son is 8 yrs old and has been attending for close to a year. He is taking group lessons on Saturdays and 1-on-1 lessons on Sundays. Max and his team are extremely caring and focused on the student’s growth in both chess and life skills. I have seen tremendous growth in my son’s chess skills and his confidence in applying new strategies. The staff are incredibly talented and passionate when it comes to teaching chess. Mr. Surfi, in particular, has done an incredible job of helping my son make leaps and bounds in his chess playing ability. He employed incredible patience and care to see that my son made it through his self-doubt and frustrations. We had such an enjoyable experience that we are most likely going to sign our 5yr old son up to the same curriculum. I could not be more emphatic in my recommendation for Chess Max. It is a great experience for the parents, and especially for the children. It doesn’t matter what your level is when you start, you will see real improvement. Just Amazing. 5 Starts.

Jenny Villar
Chess Max Academy NYC

Chess is part of our daily lives thanks to Chess Max Academy. My 6 YO son started with them at 5 1/2, and they have led him in every step.

Sarfaraz Ahmed
Chess Max Academy of Greenwich

At Chess Max Academy the syllabus and training are designed in a step by step process carefully understanding the individual needs with the expert knowledge and supervision of Grand Master Maxim Dlugy. His years of experience embedded in the training procedures and developing a curriculum ensures the development and the learning curve of chess.