WGM Elena Chess School is a special place for children to achieve maximum success in chess and education. Elena doesn’t
set an absolute goal of training for chess mastership but rather using chess as an educational
tool to enhance primary education and develop natural abilities of each child.
At the same time the children who are interested
in competing in chess tournaments will get best available help on how to improve and prepare for chess
competition. These two goals cannot be completely separated and they both help the
child to learn critical thinking, memory, pattern
recognition, as well as work well under stress, take defeat with a grace and to
respect friends and opponents.
Parents are asking why IM Georgi Orlov is not a GM (a grandmaster)?
That is a good question! Georgi accomplished his 2 GM norms and his rating was very closed to the Super-GM level (he reached 2575 at some point, A super GM level is 2600+).
Due to his work schedule Georgi could not travel much to get his 3rd GM norm and a title.
It is a nice to have a GM title, but it is just a technicality, the rating that what shows a real level of a chess player.
There are currently a lots of Grandmasters whose level never even reached 2500, and some of them barely got it over 2400 - a rating of an average IM.
Contact Elena chess64@comcast.net with questions Our Curriculum
The Elena Chess School is using Chess Academy curriculum WORKBOOKS that
Elena developed several years ago in 2001 when she was teaching chess to
her son Nicholas Orlov since he was pre-K student (since 4.5
y.o.).Nicholas came 2nd at the 2005 Nationals. Many Georgi's Elena’s other students came at the top places at the Nationals.
Howie Hare, Noah Fields, Megan and Michael Lee and many others.
Nathaniel Yee from UCDS school, 2nd grade 1400+ took 2nd place at
US Nationals December 2007. Champions
It takes a year for WGM Elena students to reach
1000+ level.
It is demanding curriculum,
and students will have to do homework and follow WGM Elena’s instructions. Students who are following all directions will become
Champions.
