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Ben
- Rate $25
- Response 1h
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Number of students Ben has taught since their arrival at Superprof
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$25/h
1st lesson free
- Chess
Chess Coach for Beginners & Intermediate Players Personalized lessons focused on strategy, tactics, openings, and rating improvement. Friendly, patient coaching designed to help you improve and enjoy
- Chess
Lesson location
Recommended
Ben is a respected tutor in our community. They have been highly recommended for their commitment and the quality of their lessons — an excellent choice to progress with confidence.
About Ben
I am a 2000-rated chess player with hands-on experience coaching multiple students ranging from beginners to intermediate level. I specialize in identifying weaknesses in a player’s thinking process and turning them into clear, actionable improvements. My own playing experience helps me teach practical, competitive chess rather than just theory.
I’ve already worked with students to improve their tactics, opening understanding, and overall game awareness, and I focus heavily on helping them avoid common mistakes that hold ratings back. My approach is structured but adaptable, depending on what each student needs most. My goal is to make improvement feel consistent, measurable, and directly transferable to real games.
About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
My lessons are designed around each student’s individual skill level, goals, and preferred learning style. I work with beginners, casual players, and improving intermediate players who want to strengthen their understanding of chess and become more confident in real games. Lessons can include tactics training, opening preparation, positional strategy, endgames, time management, and detailed game analysis to help identify strengths and areas for improvement.
I focus on making lessons engaging, supportive, and practical rather than overwhelming or overly theoretical. My goal is to help students not only improve their rating and results, but also genuinely enjoy the process of learning chess and thinking more strategically both on and off the board.
Recommendations
Recommendations come from relatives, friends and acquaintances of the teacher
Met Ben at a cigar lounge where he was already giving lessons. Challenged him to a game and he beat me senseless twice so I started taking lessons myself lol.
Highly recommend Ben as a coach. Finally feel like I'm improving after a long time of playing the same level. If you want to make that step up you have to start proper lessons.In only one hour--a free hour--Ben opened my eyes to things in my chess game that I hadn't considered.
He is extremely patient and kind, and I can't wait for the next lesson.
I'm glad he's in my corner and not my opponents.Ben is a great chess coach. His skills are apparent from the start and he strives to bring the best out of his students. His knowledge in the realm is unsurpassed by many in the area.
Ben is an amazing chess teacher
Ben understanding of chess positions makes his lessons easier to understand. He takes his time,does not rush through the lesson and make sure you understand the new material.
Ben definitely has a true love for the game, enjoys teaching and sharing his vasted knowledge of Chess.
I look forward to my lessons with Ben and I will be working with him for a very long time.I met Ben through my cigar lounge. Ben would come in to visit and relax and then realized that I had some old chess sets in my cigar lounge. I knew absolutely nothing about chess and Ben helped a girl out. He took the time to teach me with absolute patience and helped inspire confidence in me. Now, I'm still no chess master or queens gambit. But, I can definitely get down on a game of chess and feel confident in what I'm doing. If you're looking for a teacher to help guide your game or someone to really challenge you, then Ben is definitely your guy. I highly recommend Ben and you should definitely give him a shot at teaching you.
I've known Ben for about 2 years now. He is an avid chess player and helped me fall in love with the game. Since he's been teaching me, my skills have drastically improved!
Ben responded so quickly and I am impressed with his knowledge of the game. Thank you for the experience!!!
Ben teaches some seriously high level chess, simplified to a level that any beginner could understand. Hard to beat the price for the amount of knowledge he brings.
Bro is pretty solid, practices for 3 hours every single day. He lives chess!
I met Ben at a cigar lounge. Dude is a wizard at chess, and is a talented teacher.
Both in and out of chess, Ben is wise beyond his years. He has taught me so much in the short time I've known him. His chess teachings take complex tactics to an easy-to-absorb reasoning. I would highly recommend Ben to up anyone's game.
Ben has truly been a blessing to me, both on and off the board. His chess wisdom is profound. I’ve been playing chess at a high level since I was nine years old, but after taking a lesson with him, I learned so much—not just about improving my game, but about myself and why I play the way I do. I highly recommend a lesson with him. At the end of the day, the best investment we can make is in ourselves.
Ben is great to learn chess from. He makes it really easy to learn not just the fancy moves but why you do or don't want to make a certain move. He is super patient and helps make it a fun game.
Would definitely recommend Ben's lessons if you want to improve your chess game.Ben is very insightful and wise when it comes to chess strategy! Definitely a pro!
Ben makes you a better chess player. No matter what level you're starting at, you'll improve, and quickly! Ben's always uber patient, and the lesson doesn't stop when the tutoring session ends - he's always ready to engage and help you work through it. Ben loves chess and he loves teaching it. It shows in every encounter.
Ben is an incredible tutor, he is
professional, and patient. He is always encouraging me. Ben communicates clearly, and has a talent of breaking down hard concepts into more simple straightforward ideas. Ben has given me many valuable tools that have helped me very much. I highly recommend!Cannot recommend Ben enough. I was stuck as basically a beginner at 350 elo and he’s gotten me up to almost a 750 in a matter of a month or so. He’s helped me stop 1 move blunders and redirected my focus to creating initiative and spotting weaknesses. 100% would recommend.
Ben is a skilled and knowledgeable chess player whose teaching comes from both experience and love for the game. 11/10
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Rates
Rate
- $25
Pack rates
- 5h: $125
- 10h: $250
free lessons
This first lesson offered with Ben will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 1hr
online
- $25/h
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