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Elena Donaldson is Three Time US Women’s Chess Champion,
Georgi Orlov is a 1994 US Open Champion rated 2500+ USCF
Our Students

CLASSES: High Performance Class with Elena and Georgi:
Sundays
3:30 pm to 5:30 pm Beginners (max 6 students), Intermediate I (Max 8 students)
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Intermediate Advanced, Advanced (Max 10 students)
FALL SESSION 1: Sundays 12-Sep 19-Sep 26-Sep 3-Oct 10-Oct 17-Oct 24-Oct (7 classes) ($315)
FALL SESSION 2: Sundays 31-Oct 7-Nov 14-Nov 21-Nov 5-Dec 12-Dec (6 classes) ($270)
XMAS BREAK clinics, classes, tournaments December 20-23rd, 27-30th

FALL SESSION CLASS $315


Details on all activities will be provided before the class


Challengers, Basics, Girls Classes, and Classes For little Kids
on Saturdays and during the week



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.

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