MM Chess Academy: Online Chess Lessons for All Levels | United States
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Think Ahead,
Stay Ahead.

Conquer the game of chess, learning from Master-titled coaches, anytime, anywhere.

This is what over 100+ parents and enthusiast have said about us:

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Start with a 1-hour trial lesson

Trial class only $9.99

Have it any time you'd like

1-to-1 private lesson 

Note: the trial class serves as a skill assesment so we can design personalized teaching program.

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Meet our chess tutors:

Experienced

Every coach has a track of positive reviews

Professional

All of them go through our Special Dev Program.

FIDE Masters

National, International, Women's and Grandmasters.

3-time Junior National Champion, rated 2500, 12 years of experience coaching.

Misha Vilenchuk

National Master, Founder of MM Chess

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Hong Kong International Open Champion with 8.5/9.

Luis Medarde

FIDE Master

Psychologist

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5-times National Champion. Ranked 12th best player of his country.

Fabian Vivas

FIDE Master 

Olympic player

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World U14 Champion (1999), Champion of Ukraine (2006).

Zahar Efimenko

Grandmaster

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Learn from 20+ of top 0.1% players from all over the world, the frameworks of success.

Our mission

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At home or anywhere!

We pair enthusiastic students

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World-class players

With master-titled coaches

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To drive improvement

DAILY

5pm-8pm

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And deliver a fun experience!

Individual care means success! If your child is committed to learning new things, choose a Master!

Any coach you get paired to is a master-titled chess player with a rich coaching background as coach.

Our goal is to help you add value to your child's activities letting them reach full potential. 

Keeping children's attention is a MUST, and not all coaches know how to achieve it. We do.

How it works

Reply to our team's email after choosing plans
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We will connect you with a matching coach
You get the details to the class
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Enjoy!
Your piece is next!

(private online lessons)

Monthly Knight

$140 (4 lessons)

A month's worth of weekly lessons. The starting point for beginners.

Monthly Rook

$240 (8 lessons)

Two lessons a week for a month. Great choice for intermediate/adv learning.

  • No auto-renewal.

  • Class credits never expire.

  • Personalized matching with a private coach

Kings & Queens

$320 (10 lessons)

Two and a half months of weekly lessons. Perfect as a gift and for multiple kids.

Most 
popular

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Are chess lessons good for kids?

Reinforces a child's education, intellect, and sportmanship.

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Becoming a top-10% player helps them realize their true potential!

Fun fact: Only 10% of players are rated over 1200Elo

Builds self-improvement habits through a fun and rewarding experience.

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Flexible schedule

Certified Masters

Free monthly tournaments

eBooks and training material

Price of private classes:

MM Chess

$30/h

ChessKid

$70/h

Chessat3

$80/h

ChessMax

$90/h+

Would you like to know how we made high quality and affordability possible? Click here

What is MM Chess?

Our mission

Chess should be accessible for everyone, no matter the budget. In our case, top quality, at a price that is unbeatable by comparable academies.

Want to know how we do it? Click here

"Back in 2020, when the world went online, I had the idea to look for top-notch players from around the world who had coaching experience and what we call "winner attitude", train them and create a company that could work as a concierge for them, thus, MM Chess was born."

-Misha Vilenchuk. Founder of MM Chess, 3-time national junior champion, chess Master and coach for over 12 years.

Click here to learn more about us.

How it all started

MM Chess as a company

We are a US-established company based in Chicago. Although we do offer collaborations with schools for in-person classes, our main focus is online.

We are happy to meet you and talk. Contact our Director at director@mmchess.org

We are proud to be a Chicago-based company! Contact us if you're looking for in-person lessons.

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Find us in Chicago

Take us to School!

Over 20 schools are happy to have us work with them. Learn more

Participate in our tournaments!

Over 50 kids rated 600-1600 participate in our monthly online tournaments, free for all of our students and guided live by our head coach.

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