I remember when Coach Paul started teaching with us, in February of 2015. One of his clubs was subbing in the classroom next to mine at Haycock Elementary (where he...
Coach Siddharth started teaching chess with us ten years ago! Over that period, he's taught more than 1,000 students in Frederick and Montgomery County. Schools regularly make a point of...
MCA back under original owners: Adam and Daniel Weissbarth buy company back from chess.com The headline basically says it all: we’re buying Magnus Chess Academy back from chess.com, and will...
A short story about Dave: we do a mid-year training for our coaches to talk about how the year is going and share ideas and best practices. In January 2015,...
Over the last ten years, Coach Jeff has taught thousands of kids chess with us all over Frederick. He draws his students in with enthusiasm and humor. Jeff always goes...
More than a thousand students have learned chess in Howard County with Coach Phyllis over the last 10 years. She specializes in working with younger students who are just starting...
Coach Brent has taught thousands and thousands of students chess with us over the last 10 years in Maryland, Virginia, DC, and online. He has a deep love and understanding...
They say you should never meet your heroes in real life because you will be disappointed. But we’ve already met our chess hero a few times and we absolutely love...
On July 30th from 12pm-1pm Eastern, five time world champion Magnus Carlsen will join us for an event! Magnus has been the highest rated player in the world for 12...
Coach Adarsh has been very busy. He recently earned the title of FIDE Master (FM) and has just published a Chessable course featuring the games of Ding Liren.
Six months ago, we joined the Play Magnus Group – the company founded by World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. We did this because we believe that by partnering with...
Five Reasons to Be Excited About Yasser Seirwan's Visit
On Wednesday, 1/26 from 5pm-5:45pm, grandmaster Yasser Seirwan is going to be visiting our club! He's going to teach a lesson on a "funny" game he played and answer questions...
