Ash - Chess Tutor - London
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Ash - Chess Tutor - London

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Ash

  • Rate US$47
  • Response 1h
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Ash - Chess Tutor - London
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US$47/hr

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Highly engaging Chess coach in top 200 English players & world 1% ( classical). Experience with ages 5-64. Every Grandmaster was once a pawn! Lessons for all ages/aspirations and levels!

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Ash is a respected member of our tutor community. He is highly recommended for his commitment and the quality of his lessons. An excellent choice to progress with confidence.

About Ash

Hey I’m Ash. A particular warm welcome to those starting out (adults and juniors)! I am a highly motivated English NM (National Master). I live and breathe chess, which is an essential component of my daily routine and life! I actively participate in London's vibrant chess scene (e.g league matches), in which I belong to at least 4 clubs, including being part of a squad and playing alongside GMs (Grand Masters), IM (International Masters) featuring some of England's very best ( current and former British Champions).
Also part of Hammersmith, the ECF (English Chess Federation) 2025 Club of the year which meets at the amazing London Mind Sports Centre.
I also play regularly for the best county in the country (Surrey) A team, where I feature in the top half of the team consisting of 16 boards.

OTB (Over the board) ECF rating 2240+. In the top 200 for English players Standard play and top 150 for Rapidplay. For Online chess, I am in the top 99.9/100% players on both Lichess- 2500+ in Rapid and Blitz , 2900+ bullet (in top 475) Chess.com 2500+ rapid, 2700+ blitz and 2870+ bullet.

Outside of chess I have a First-Class degree in Computer Science (graduated 2021), with a particular interest in AI and Chess Engines. But I am more into chess! As my choice for my final project demonstrates: I created a framework designed to compare the performances between the various free-source chess engines, by linking them up, getting them to play games and analysing the results.

My best results/achievements to-date in a nutshell include:

• Fide 2350+ rating performance in 2017/18 4NCL (The strongest chess league in the U.K), playing around half the games on board 2 in Division 1! Results against GMs (Grand Masters- the highest title available in chess barring World Champion), , IMs (International Masters, the title below Grand Master) and FMs (Fide Masters, the title below International Master), narrowly missing out on achieving an IM norm.

• Fide 2310+ rating performance (which included a win against a GM and a former European Women Champion) in 2019 Gibraltar Masters (Was one of the strongest open OTB tournaments in the world) with IM norm chances towards the end.

• Victories over world-class players like Indian Prodigy and the then World Junior 2018 runner-up (2nd place) GM Abimanyu Puranik ( albeit in OTB Blitz- a very fast time control, but really great to beat such a world-class player, by getting a nice game from start to finish) in 2019

• I participated in the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz teams championships 2025 in London, for Hammersmith, which won the U2200 team prize in the Rapid, playing against titled players (Mostly IMs and FMs) and in the blitz competed against some elite GMs (Vidit, Ivan Saric- in world top 30 and 70 respectively).

In regard to teaching- I have been doing more and more of it since 2023, I have worked 1-2-1 with ages 5-64. I have taught in after school clubs, managed teams of U9s and U11s and given voluntary lectures at chess clubs.

I have participated in various high-level masterclasses and courses aimed at teaching chess to children (as young as 6)- most recently the Every Lesson Counts masterclass supported by FIDE (The World Chess Organization), held in London, and the FIDE EDU 34th Preparation of Teachers Course (online), becoming a newly qualified FIDE School Instructor. From those I was able to learn from the best, discover new strategies and practical resources to engage students, gain fresh insight and enrich my teaching practice.

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Unleash Your Chess Potential: Personalized Coaching Awaits!

Are you ready to elevate your chess game, whether you're a complete beginner or a seasoned tournament player? In our first (free and introductory!) session, I dive into understanding your aspirations and craft a personalized training plan just for you. Together, we'll tackle your weaknesses and build on your strengths, for beginners this may involve mastering the basics and tactics, for more advanced players this may vary from:

• opening preparation ( creating a repertoire that suits the student’s playing style/preferences)
• strategic/positional play
• endgames ( theoretical and technical)
• tactics ( the deciding factor in the vast majority of games at beginner/intermediate level)
• calculation ( THE most important skill in chess)
• and the analysis of recent games ( an essential part to improving your chess)

I strongly believe that working on the weakest part of your game brings about the biggest improvement whilst ensuring that the process is not just challenging, but enjoyable!

Online lessons will be conducted over MS teams and ChessBase/Lichess. Though am happy to travel (at additional fee, depending on distance) up to 15km from Rotherhithe, should face-to-face be preferred.

In order to enhance the learning process, I send lesson materials and homework/ suggest chess sources (i.e books) to study after the lesson, my support does not end there and you can feel free to message me between them to ask questions or for advice.

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  • US$47

Pack prices

  • 5h: US$220
  • 10h: US$400

Travel

  • + US$15

free lessons

The first free lesson with Ash will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.

  • 30mins

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  • US$47/h

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First free lesson = 30 mins. For the first lesson my objective is to assess the student's level, discuss goals and elaborate on my teaching style and how I can best help. It would look like:
1-5 mins: Introduction and discuss chess goals.
5-20 mins: Analyzing a recent game (if possible)
20-25 mins: Provide actionable feedback with a mini-roadmap for improvement
26-30 mins: Make a proposal for what future lessons would look like.

Before the first lesson, please let me know your Chesscom/ Lichess credentials and send over a few OTB (over-the-board) games (preferably as PGN) if you are able to do so and I will provide insight :)

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