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FIDE Training! Don’t miss the action!
'In 1998 FIDE formed a powerful Committee comprising of leading chess trainers around the chess globe. Accordingly, it was named the FIDE Trainers Committee.' By IM Jovan Petronic, Chairman, FIDE Computer & Internet Chess Committee.

Duif's Place
Finding a Chess Teacher. International Directory of Chess Teachers. 'In memory of International Master Boris Kogan.'

GMsquare.com
Grand Master Square. Official pages for GM Alexander Baburin, GM Alexander Morozevich, and GM Lev Psakhis.

Annakov, Babakuli (GM)
EasyChess.com. Puzzles and tips from a master who is a several time winner of the Texas State Championship.

Ashley, Maurice (GM)
The 'Tiger Woods' of Chess. 'Made history when he became the first and only African-American to attain the coveted title of GM of chess in 1999.'

Davies, Nigel (GM)
Tiger Chess. British master. Popular writer for Chess Cafe, Chesspublishing.com, and Chessville.

Dorobanov, Svetoslav Nikolov (NM)
Chess Instruction by ICC's A-Storm; 'Check A-Storm's finger notes to find out when you can tune in for a completely free chess lecture on ICC.'

Epshteyn, Igor (NM)
Master Preparation; 'A Non-Credit Continuing Education Course in Chess.'

Gavrikov, Viktor (GM)
'Play The Study Simul against chess teacher Gavrikov and learn simultaneously. The Study Simul is a weekly event which takes place on the PlayChess.com server.'

Gil, Javier (IM)
Chessnia. 'In 1992 Javier began to work as a chess coach and that is his full time job at present.' See 'Quizzes'.

Heisman, Dan (NM)
Personal page by a popular American chess instructor and author.

Ivanov, Igor (IM)
'Chess instruction for the serious chess player'. Nine times USCF Grand Prix Champion!

Khachiyan, Melikset (IM)
Chess Champion School; 'GM-Elect Khachiyan has been helping students of the game to reach new heights of chess mastery'.

Khmelnitsky, Igor (IM)
Chess Academy. '20+ years of playing and coaching experience.'

Kopec, Danny (IM)
Kopec Chess Services; Summer Camps.

Levitt, Jon (GM)
Advice on Improving Your Game : how to become a stronger player. 'It is important to have a plan of improvement.' Discusses topics like openings, endgames, and technology. From Levitt's book 'Genius in Chess' (Batsford, 1997); follow his links for more.

Mussanti, Diego (FM)
'Offers chess lessons for learning chess strategy and chess rules for a wide range of player's skill levels, from first steps to advanced concepts.'

Orlov, Georgi (IM)
Chessplayer.com offers instruction, articles, and a summer camp. Instruction pages are indexed on opening, middlegame, and endgame topics.

Petronic, Jovan (IM)
FIDE Senior Trainer. 'Officially licensed to train players above 2450 FIDE ELO and trainers from level three onwards.'

Shrikhande, Dhanesh
Chess Trainer, Maharashtra. India

Silman, Jeremy (IM)
Bestselling chess author has dozens of features by top players.

Spraggett, Kevin (GM)
Top Canadian GM. See 'Becoming a Master'.

Torres, Chris
Chess Coach. Full time scholastic chess coach located in Silicon Valley [California].'

Vaysman, Alexander
Chess coach of Ukraine; has coached 10 GMs. Limited info online.

Walker, Peter
'BCF Qualified Coach'. Website of the Chief Coach to the Essex (U.K.) Junior Chess Association.

Wolff, Patrick (GM)
WolffChess. Online exercises to complement Wolff 's book 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess'. Membership required, two sample puzzles available.

Zelkind, Ed (FM)
ChessCoaches.com; 'Ed was a professional chess coach in the former Soviet Union for 7 years, and has been coaching chess in the United States for the past 15 years.'

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