Chess-Mates Winter Youth Rapid Tournament 2023
on Jan 29th 2023 in Missisauga
The tournament will be rated by CFC for Active rating.
Gallery of Chess-Mates Youth Rapid Tournament 2022
Why Chess?
There are a lot of articles that talk about the benefits of playing chess. To name a few, chess brings people together and builds friendship, exercises your brain and develops problem-solving skills, and also helps children to focus and remain calm under pressure.
With all being said, chess is a very fun game! It’s loved by people around the world for more than 1000 years!
Why Chess-Mates?
Our online/in-person lessons are taught by masters with lots of experience. They are either well-known chess coaches in the GTA with decades of experience and proven records, or rising Canadian young masters who grew up right here in our communities. They are all very successful in their chess careers and are passionate and eager to share their knowledge and experience.
At Chess-Mates, we focus on fundamental leaning as well as practise. We limit the class size up to 10! Also, with every online lesson signed (L1 to L4), we will have a free home work lesson! Our coach will work with your children step by step to make sure they fully understand what is taught and will also encourage them to practise frequently on popular chess websites. Remember, practise is always the key!
Chess Lesson
All registration include a free homework lesson, practice is the key!
Online & In Person Lessons
- Level 1 Introduction to Chess. (CFC rating under 500 or chess.com rating less than 700), Class size (6 to 10).
Learn chess rule, function of all pieces, Students are expected to be able to finish a game comfortably. - Level 2 Beginner (CFC rating 501 to 800, or Chess.com rating 701 to 900).Class size (6 to 10)
Learn concept of opening, middle game and endgame. Focus to Tactic training. Prepare for chess tournament. - Level 3 Intermediate (801<CFC<1000 or 900< Chess.com rating<1200). Class size (6 to 14)
Continual to develop all chess skills, continual to focus on tactic training. Goal, Get ready for Chess tournament. - Level 4 (CFC Rating 1101 to 1400).
Goal, Start to play competitive Chess - Level 5 (CFC Rating 1401 to 1700)
Goal, Competitive Chess. Taught by IM SPAS KOZHUHAROV - Level 6 (CFC Rating 1701 to 2000)
Goal, Aim to title. Taught by IM SPAS KOZHUHAROV
In-class lessons
Will be taught by well know junior coach Mikhail Egorov
Special Chess Lesson 3
First kind of lessons just for what you need, fix your weakness.
- Ending Lesson Beginner CFC under 1000
You learn and you have it for life. Very solid and fundamental lesson taught by FIDE Master FIDE Insturctor Jura Ochkoos - Ending lesson Advance CFC over 1000
You learn and you have it for life. Very solid and fundamental lesson taught by FIDE Master FIDE Insturctor Jura Ochkoos
Our Coaches
Spas Kozhuharov
International Master, Official FIDE Trainer
Spas has been teaching for more than 15 years.
He has worked together with many national champions and prodigies all over Bulgaria and abroad including 2-time Bulgarian Champion for women Viktoria Radeva (2018, 2019), the National Champion for Boys U18 (2019) Viktor Boev, the 2nd-place holder in the Bulgarian National Championship (2019) Jaroslav Dokuzov. And many others …
He has also been coaching Canadian students online for several years.
Best Skills:
Positional Understanding , Opening Theory, Typical Middlegame Structures, Endgames, Tactics.
Jura Ochkoos
In-Class Coach, FIDE Master FIDE Insturctor
2014 Awarded FIDE Instructor title
2014 Captain, Canada's Olympiad Women's Team
2012 Captain, Canada's Olympiad Women's Team
2010 Captain, Canada's Olympiad National and Women's Teams
Jura has been coaching chess for more than 30 years! He is one of the most well-known coaches in the GTA chess community.
Mikhail Egorov
In-Class coach
Mikhail is a very experienced chess coach for 10+ years now. He has worked with many students who ended up winning National and International awards and many Canadian Chess Challenge titles and earning FIDE official titles. He was also one of the official coaches for Canadian Chess Team at World Chess Championship events such as: 2011 World Youth Chess Championship Brazil, 2015 World Youth Chess Championship Greece, 2016 World Cadet Chess Championship Georgia, 2017 World Cadet Chess Championship Brazil and 2019 World Cadet Chess Championship China in Weifang, and 2011 Columbia was delegate for Pan-American Youth Chess Championship.
Mikhail Egorov is a National Master.
William Li
Coach
William Li is currently a student at the University of Waterloo, majoring in Computer Science. As a chess coach, William holds years of valuable experience teaching and inspiring children on the fine details of the game of chess through group lessons, chess camps, and more. Throughout his competitive career, he has officially represented Canada in numerous international championships, including the 2018 World U16 Chess Olympiad and the 2019 World Junior Chess Championship.
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3300 Ridgeway Dr #11,
Mississauga, Ontario