Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov

Live Chess Lessons
The rate is $75/h. Sometimes students come to Lexington for day or more. In this case I am able to give discounts. If somebody takes 8 hours of instruction a day it costs him $500. I also travel with chess lessons. In this case rates depend on the amount of travel involved.

Chess Lessons over the phone and internet
I have students from all over United States and gave already several lessons to people living overseas. Both of us connect to the internet, we have a chessboard on the screen and when one makes a move it instantly appears on another's screen. It is accompanied by instruction on the phone.

How do the Chess lessons work?

I usually start with student's games. It is very important to find out his or her typical mistakes. Then it's time to decide which material to present, which problems to give, and which books to recommend. One very important reminder: don't expect that one lesson will solve all your problems! I definitely will help you to improve your play, but you can't become a strong player if you'll not work by yourself! This is where a coach's help is especially important: to give a student a direction to work, to observe his or her chess and psychological problems and watch carefully the student's development. I've been studying chess for more than 30 years now, and still after every 2-3 months I can see changes in my play. I improve one part of my game, but suddenly something else is getting worse. For instance, a couple years ago I started to study games of Anatoly Karpov. Very soon I could feel that my positional understanding improved a great deal. However, I started to overestimate meaning of general principles and there were several games where I was punished for the lack of a concrete approach. So, I had to work with this problem as well, and this process never ends! The worst thing somebody can do is to repeat the same mistakes again and again!

Simuls and lectures

Rates for the simul exhibition are $700-$1000 depending on how much travel is involved. I usually give a short lecture before the simul. Lately I also put up a show, consisted of Blitz simul and blindfold game.

To Contact Kaidanov:

For arrangements please call 859-272-2025