Chess lessons with Steve Michel
More than 15 years experience
Chess lessons at schools for beginners and advanced players
& Private home and online lessons
My name is Steve, I come from France.
I am a graduated youth chess trainer. I have been teaching chess at schools for more than 15 years. I have more than 30 years of experience with competitive chess
A course includes a lesson on a specific theme, exercises, mini-games, and practice games.
Students solve exercises in their individual workbooks. I use, among others, the Brunia and Van Wijgerden step method, the official method of the KNSB (Dutch Chess Federation).
Mini-games are games with reduced materials. They allow students to focus on a particular aspect of the game.
Examples: pawn battle (8 pawns against 8 pawns), knight chase (queen against knight), the hungry knight (which knight will eat the most pawns?)
The lessons:
Let's play!
Free games with or without clock Simultaneous (me against several players) Internal tournament: prizes for all participants and trophies for the winners!
What do we learn?
Topics covered at the beginner level:
The rules of the game
Leading an attack
How to defend against an opponent's attack
How to checkmate
Topics covered at the advanced level 1:
How to activate your pieces
How to combine to win your opponent's pieces:
Playing the opening well
Topics covered at the advanced level 2:
Playing endgames well
Evaluating a position
Making a plan
Prices:
- School: Please contact me
- Private home lesson : 35 € /lesson
- Online lesson: 250 € for 10 lessons