Mindful Chess

Nice teachers, my boys enjoyed the lesson very much!

I recently organised a taster session for my 11 year old with a great coach - Joel, through Mindful Chess. The session was well worth it - my son learnt plenty in the hour, came out positive and there wasn’t any pressure from either Joel or the Mindful Chess team to arrange more lessons (though I am going to). Helen at Mindful Chess has been very helpful and responsive to emails. The lesson was over Zoom, which I had reservations about (I thought face-to-face would be needed) but it seems to work fine as a teaching method.

Excellent teaching and not just for children/beginners. I'm a middle-aged intermediate player and my Mindful Chess tutor has really helped to improve my game.

I had an excellent taster session with coach Ollie today. From just 1 session there are things I didn't realise or overlooked that we covered, and now I know about them. I got to ask questions and that helps a lot - discussion was key to understanding things. We went through a chess league game I played recently and that will be great for me. I am hoping to continue this chess tuition.

A very good taster session which I thoroughly enjoyed. Am now following up with regular lessons.

Finding mindful chess online was so great during lockdown. And my chess is getting so much better which is wonderful.

My experience of Mindful Chess has been nothing short of amazing. My 8 year old has been doing lessons and his teacher Bilaal has made it fun and enjoyable, and it's clear that he is very experienced in teaching kids effectively. Some of the concepts are quite complex but he's very good at breaking it down and making it easy to understand. He also monitors my son's online games and helps him to analyse them which is really useful. My son has improved very quickly and surprises us every week with his abilities. And I'm certain that this is also helping him in other areas, e.g. with his schoolwork, learning how to lose gracefully, and his general brain development. It has also given my son and I a common interest that we can enjoy together.

My 10 year old son had a taster session which he really enjoyed. Ollie, the teacher, was both interesting and supportive and took him through a series of chess discussions in an informative way. The whole experience was inspiring and challenging in a positive way. We will be booking some more sessions right away!

Loved it, great teachers and easy atmosphere