Yashwant Naik FIDE rated chess player and a Computer Engineer
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My father taught me chess at a very early age and I won my first tournament when I was 11. Then after few years I attended chess coaching. I have won many tournaments. I have won third prize in national level inter-AEES chess championship. I have also won consolation prize in District level Navi Mumbai Mayor’s Cup. I have also represented my Engineering college chess team three times at national level inter-engineering college meet at MIT, Pune. I am a FIDE rated player with an elo of 1588.My profile name on lichess is Viper_yash and my best rating on it has been around 2300.My profile name on chess.com is yashwant20 and my peak rating has been around 2048. My teaching method includes starting with basic concepts like the introduction to chess, values of pieces, checkmates, tactics, strategy etc. I will make sure that the students learn all three phases of the game i.e the opening, middlegame and the endgame. For beginners, more emphasis will be put on middlegame and endgame plans with a little bit of attention to opening ideas and principles. As the students will start improving, openings will be covered in a greater detail along with other phases of the game. I will also provide homework and conduct chess tournaments. I will also help students with analysis of their serious games and will help them to work on their weaknesses. I will also suggest some books at the appropriate time. I have my own library of chess books and I can also teach from them as I know which ones are suitable for which levels of players. Also, I can prepare my students for tournaments based on the time left to prepare for them. Earlier I was just good at chess but as I worked with the Upstep Academy as a full time chess coach my communication in English also improved a lot especially the one required for teaching students. In the Upstep Academy, I had an experience of handling a maximum of 10 classes of 45 minutes each per day with some of them being individual classes and some of them being group classes. In the group classes, I had an experience of teaching a maximum of 8 students per class. From time to time, I conduct tests, watch my students playing and also sometimes play against them, analysing their games. Hopefully you liked my profile and wish to take a demo which I used to keep free earlier but not anymore after having gained some experience.Goodluck 👍

Subjects

  • Chess Beginner-Intermediate

Experience

  • Chess Trainer (Dec, 2023–Apr, 2026) at UpStep Academy Mumbai
    Gained valuable experience as a full time online chess trainer at the Upstep Academy for a period of about 2 years 5 months, teaching students from all over the world using Upstep's structured curriculum and methodology.
  • Freelancer Chess Coach (Nov, 2020–Oct, 2021) at Self employed chess coach
    Got my first student from USA, worked with a student on his chess skills at his home in Chembur, Mumbai, also taught chess to first adult engineering professional online. Also, worked with my friend as a chess coach teaching one of his customer's child online. Here is where, I actually started it from scratch professionally.

Education

  • B.Tech. (Jul, 2011–Aug, 2015) from Terna Engineering college, Nerul, Navi Mumbai

Fee details

    ₹800–1,000/hour (US$8.42–10.53/hour)

    Fees will get higher as the students start improving and getting better at chess because addional efforts are required from the coaches' side as the students improve.

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