Hi I’m ryan ackerman
12 Years of Coaching Experience
Spokane City Champion 2022
US Chess Expert
And I absolutely love playing and teaching chess
Scholastic Coaching
Lessons conducted virtually via zoom and chesskid.com
Adult Classes
Conducted physically via cans, strings and marbles
Lesson Demos
Boost Your Child’s Self-Esteem
Unlock Their Full Potential Sharpen Their Mind
Studying chess systematically has been shown to raise students’ IQ and exam scores , as well as strengthen mathematical, language, and reading skills. Using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, a Venezuelan study of over 4000 second-grade students found a significant increase in most students’ IQ scores after only 4.5 months of systematically studying chess. This occurred across all socio-economic groups and for both males and females. Source
Wouldn't you want to enhance their cognitive growth?
Raising their IQ sounds nice, right?
You want a coach you can trust, right?
Schedule a lesson. You'll be happy with your investment; I promise.
Accompliment
Acheivement of meaningful desired outcomes
Relationship Building
Learning to build and keep relationships at an early age is more important than ever.
Dedication
I love teaching chess
Long Term Planning
Chess sets children up for planning out their own paths ahead.
Who is Chess Coaching For?
Anybody aged 5-99
Elementary aged children with little experience
Some of my all time favorite students started from scratch. It can be really fun to identify the thing about chess they love the most and then double down on it during lesson time.
Elementary aged children with some experience
They’ve already play a few tournaments and now would be an excellent time in their development to bolster their foundational knowledge for the longer term.
Elementary aged children with that competitive edge
Time to channel that passion and talent! Time to start taking tournament play more seriously to instill positive values. I can help guide the way!
Adults with little to moderate experience
Oh boy have you picked the right hobby. Time for puzzles and more focused game analysis. I won’t treat you like a kid, that’s for sure!
Advanced players
If your chess.com rapid rating is above 1400 (or lichess rapid/classical rating of >1650) congratulations! You fall into the category of advanced! There’s a couple ways I can help: (a) a short term package of lessons designed to go over a self study plan, or (b) a weekly study of a specific area of the game such as attacking chess, positional play, or endgame expertise.