Private Chess Tutors
Get one-on-one chess lessons online with Chess Max Academy!
Choose from one of our experienced chess coaches below.
- For live one-on-one lessons and to set up your online lesson, please inquire by email at chessmaxinc@gmail.com for availability and rates.

Grandmaster Maxim Dlugy
Founder of Chess Max Academy, Former World Junior Champion and number 1 blitz player in the World. Coached Kasparov, Karpov. Scholastic students have won 17 National titles, 1 World championship title and 2 Continental Championship titles.
Rate Starting From: $250/hour
Why would you choose Private tutoring at Chess Max Academy?
There are a number of excellent reasons to choose a private coach from Chess Max Academy. Lets go down the bullet points:
Master Private Chess Tutors with vast experience
All Chess Max Academy coaches are Masters or master level coaches, which means that they have studied the game similarly to a black belt in a martial arts.
During the private chess lessons, they will not spend your time and money teaching you or your kids useless information concentrating their lessons on what is necessary to start winning games and improving quickly.
Our private chess coaches are taught by a Grandmaster about how to teach
GM Max Dlugy teaches instructs our private chess tutors in his own teaching methods, which have raised dozens of National Scholastic Champions, two grandmasters and have helped two World Chess Champions in their career.
While helping our private chess teachers in NYC directly, GM Dlugy also instructs our online coaches about his methods, making sure there is always a high quality of private chess instruction going on in all classes.
Curriculum
In all our private chess tutoring, coaches use the curriculum designed by GM Max Dlugy to effectively teach all levels of students. Our online school platform and our mobile apps are connected through each students individual user name and login password, allowing the students to learn in between the lessons.
Ease of use:
You can find a coach in NYC or in Greenwich, CT near you for the price that includes all of our technology or Online using ZOOM
Become connected to hundreds of satisfied Chess Max Academy students who are learning in group classes, private classes, workshops and camps at numerous Chess Max Academy locations near you!
Arslan Otchiyev

Is a strong National Master who has fulfilled the requirements for an International Master status and a former member of Turkmenistans National Team. This year he has been named the Connecticut Coach of the Year, while in 2018 he was crowned Connecticut State champion. Arslan is a very experienced coach who understands extremely well how to coach kids as he has won the Under 18 championship in his native country for four consecutive years!
Rate: $160/hour (Online), $160 (In-Person)
Grandmaster Vladimir Akopian

Vladimir Akopian is a professional chess player and coach. International Grandmaster since 1991. Best achievements include World Champion under 16 (1986), World Champion under 18 (1989), World Champion under 20 (1991), Winner of US Open Championship (1991), World Vice-Champion Las Vegas (1999), Winner of the 37th Chess Olympiad (Turin, 2006), Winner of the 38th Chess Olympiad (Dresden, 2008), Winner of the 40th Chess Olympiad (Istanbul, 2012), Winner of the 8th World Team Chess Championship (Ningbo, 2011). As a coach: Second of Peter Leko in the Kramnik – Leko, World Championship Match (Brissago, 2004), Coach of Qatar National Team (2004-2007), Coach of Armenian Chess Federation (2008-2015, 2017-2019), Coach of Sharjah Chess Club (2015-2017), FIDE Senior Trainer since 2015.
Rate: $220/hour
Surfi Ahmed

Surfi is the most popular chess coach on our team, whose amazing understanding of kids psychology and know-how in explaining chess concepts enables his students to make excellent progress while continuing to love the game. He holds a PHD in Economics from Singapore University and was the coach of the world championship winning debate team before settling on teaching chess professionally.
He is an expert chess player able to teach students up to an 1700 level.
Rate: $200/hour (Online), $200 (In-Person)
Paul De Fusco

Paul is an accomplished musician, chef and of course chess player! While teaching a number of school programs for Chess Max Academy he is also excellent at teaching youngsters from 3,5 years old both privately and in group classes as well as more experienced players up to about 1400 rating level.
Rate: $90/hour (Online), $150 (In-Person)
Grandmaster Lev Alburt

Three time U.S Chess Champion, coach of numerous kids who became Grandmasters, Lev is know as the fund manager coach, having coached some of the most famous people in the United States.
Rate Starting From: $180/hour
Grandmaster Sergey Makarychev

A leading expert on chess openings and endgames, GM Sergey Makarychev has coached world champions Garry Kasparov (Sergey was Kasparov’s principal coach from 1991 to 1994), Anatoly Karpov, and Nona Gaprindashvili. As captain-coach, he led the Soviet and Russian teams to gold medals at five Chess Olympiads. Under his guidance, teams repeatedly won World and European Team Championships as well as the European Chess Club Cup. Sergey Makarychev was awarded the prestigious title of FIDE Senior Trainer for his outstanding coaching service. Additionally, Sergey has an impressive career as a chess journalist, having authored a highly popular TV program and later a YouTube channel. In 2015, Sergey received FIDE’s “World's Best Chess Journalist” prize, and his name was included in the FIDE Golden Book. Sergey has co-authored two books for children and coaches, From A to Z and Chess Fairytale.
Rate Starting From: $180/hour
available in person Chicago area or online
Grandmaster Mark Paragua

Mark was a former Champion of Philippines and the youngest chess master in Philippines history at 9 years of age. He is currently the top coach at the prestigious Hunter School in NYC.
Rate Starting From: $120
International Chess Master Artiom Samsonkin

FIDE rating: 2428
- Recognition award as a distinguished chess teacher in 2017
- Represented Canada at the World rapid and blitz Chess Championship in 2019
- Former member of Men’s National Olympic Chess Team (Canada)
- Appointed as a Coach of a National Youth Team by Chess Federation of Canada
- Many students are winners of Provincial and National championships.
Artiom is extremely diligent and responsible when it comes to organizing the chess classes for his students, making sure that they are assigned significant homework to enable them to improve faster. He is very responsive to each students individual needs and has an amazing track record of bringing up champion chess players.
Rate Starting From: $130
Mykola Bortnyk

Rate: $125/hour (Online), $180 (In-Person)
Expert coach Marfa Esaulova

Rate: $150/hour
National Master Jerich Cajeras

Rate Starting From: $90/hour
FIDE Master Gregory Markzon

Gregory has coached players to the level of International Master and has had Grandmaster level results in his prime. Currently, he uses his vast chess knowledge to coach talented kids. His energetic
chess style will help your children find excellent attacking moves and sharp tactics!
Rate Starting From: $90/hour
Ramon Manon-og

Rate Starting From:$90/hour

National Master Mark Dedona
National Master since 2020 Defeated two Grandmasters in Over the Board tournaments, Coaches the 2021 6th Grade National Champions Team Mark has studied hard to become a National Master and knows what a young player needs to overcome to achieve this goal.
Rate Starting From: $90/hour online
$150/hour in person - NYC
Angelyn Binan

Rate Starting From:$90/hour
National Master Michael Ocido
Michael is the most popular coach at Chess Max Academy, teaching most Junior, Jumpstarters, and Challengers classes. His soft style clicks with most young kids who simply love to learn from him!
Rate Starting From: $90/hour
National Master Marvin Ting
Marvin is a new addition to our team who has taught our summer camps during this past summer. His strong knowledge of the game keeps kids wanting to learn more from him.
Rate: $90/ hour
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