Trainers

Kasparov

Garry Kasparov

  • The Legend
  • He became the youngest World Chess Champion in 1985 at the age of 22 and held the title until 2000, dominating the chess world for over two decades.
  • Kasparov reached his peak FIDE rating of 2851 in 1999, a record at the time, and remained the world's highest-rated player for over 20 years.
Svidler

Peter Svidler

  • International Grandmaster
  • 8-time Russian Champion
  • Svidler reached his peak FIDE rating of 2769 in May 2013, placing him among the top players in the world
Aronian

Levon Aronian

  • International Grandmaster
  • He has won numerous elite tournaments, including the FIDE World Cup twice (2005, 2017) and the Chess Olympiad three times with the Armenian team.
  • Aronian achieved his peak FIDE rating of 2830 in March 2014, making him the fourth-highest rated player in history at that time.
Giri

Anish Giri

  • He became a Grandmaster at the age of 14, one of the youngest in history, and has since won several major tournaments, including the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in 2023
  • Giri reached his peak FIDE rating of 2798 in October 2015
Ramesh

Ramesh RB

  • International Grandmaster
  • FIDE Senior Trainer
  • Founder and director of Chess Academy, Chennai
  • Trainer of Rameshbabu Pragnanadhaa.
Adrian

Adrian Mikhalchishin

  • International Grandmaster
  • FIDE Senior Trainer
  • Chairman, FIDE Trainers Commission 2009-2018
  • Trainer of the 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov
  • Trainer of elite female players: Zsuzsa Polgar, Maia Chiburdanidze, Alisa Maric, Nana Dzagnidze and national teams.
  • Co-founder of European Chess Academy.
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Antoaneta Stefanova

  • International Grandmaster
  • FIDE Senior Trainer
  • Women European and World Champion
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Aleksandr Motylev

  • International Grandmaster
  • FIDE Senior Trainer
  • European Champion
  • Trainer of Russian National Team and elite Grandmasters
  • Technical Director Romanian National Teams.
onischuk

Alexander Onischuk

  • International Grandmaster
  • 2006 U.S. Champion
  • World Olympiads medalist
  • Director of the chess program, Head coach at Texas Tech University
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Maxim Dlugy

  • International Grandmaster
  • World Junior Champion and former world's number 1 Blitz player
  • Founder of Chess Max Academy
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Elisabeth Paehtz

  • International Grandmaster
  • World Junior Girls Champion
  • Medailist of the European and World Women's Championships
Mohr

Georg Mohr

  • International Grandmaster
  • FIDE Senior Trainer
  • European Team Championship and World Senior Championship medalist
  • Co-founder of European Chess Academy
Saki

Tadej Sakelsek

  • International Master
  • FIDE Trainer
  • Slovenian National Champion
  • Slovenian National Team player
  • Technical director of European Chess Academy
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Davorin Kuljasevic

  • International Grandmaster
  • FIDE Trainer
  • Croatian National Champion
  • Croatian National Team player