About us - Chess Gurukul

About us

Chess Gurukul

founded in the year 2008, to provide systematic and effective chess training to the players of all levels from complete beginners to World championship contenders. We believe that learning should be fun and instructive at the same time.

Chess Gurukul is the first chess academy which catered to all levels of players – from complete beginners to World championship contenders.
Chess Gurukul plays a huge part in the world and Indian chess in all categories with students like GM Praggnanandhaa, GM Karthikeyan Murali, GM Aravind Chidambaram, GM Vaishali, GM Pranesh, GM Arjun Kalyan, WGM Savithashri, WGM Rakshittha Ravi,GM Raahul and many others.

Video courtesy – President of India website.

Chess Gurukul Mentors

GM Ramesh RB

Founder - Chessgurukul

A thoughtful Master and strategist, his passion for chess and nurturing young talents keeps him up and running. Founded ChessGurukul in 2008 with a vision to take Chess to every possible individual talents. A wordsmith and author of many Chess books including “Improve your Chess Calculation” that won the Book of the year award in 2023. Led the proudful Indian team as a Coach and Captain of Indian Olympiad teams during 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2022. Under his leadership, the India-2 team won the Bronze in the Chess Olympiad 2022 @ Mahabalipuram, Chennai.

A grandmaster himself, our Chief RB Ramesh has always been a go-to person and a prime reason for creating many many young and vibrant Grandmasters that includes the child prodigy – Praggnanandhaa.

GM Ramesh has a number of accolades/awards in his inspiring career and is a most sought Chess Guru.

WGM Aarthie

Cofounder - Chessgurukul

An apt “Queen to the King” – Aarthie ensures smooth E2E operations of ChessGurukul as a co-founder. Ramesh says – “Happy to have such a wife” when she advised that – we should focus on winning our match and accept the outcome whatever it is…” . Aarthie and Ramesh are the first Grandmaster Couple of India.

Aarthie unwraps young talents to perform and achieve better heights. A go to person for all Chess aspiring kids. Together these couple runs the best coaching centre across the entire country.

Our Coaches

Frequently Asked Questions

My kid is only 3 years but likes chess a lot, is it a right time to start coaching?

That’s nice. The kid is brilliant. But it is too early to judge the kid on actual game and would say, needs some more time to take chess as a sport.

My kid learns chess for the past 3 years, he/she attends the classes regularly. But when i take the kid to tournament, the perfromance is not upto the mark. Why is it so?

There is no way to measure the performance of a game. Even world champions have situations where blunders/mistake occur in their games. The best remedy is not to repeat a mistake once done.

How much time should a kid spend for Chess in a day to become a champion?

As I mention always, there is no tabulated method to becoming a champion and the number of hours spent in games, classes does not determine any qualities for becoming a champion. A number of parameters amounts to it.

My kid is watching TV/Computers, will that impact chess.

As my personal opinion, anything to certain limit is always acceptable and required as a part of life. Anything that overrides that threshold is a sure shot for impact.

What is the best age to start playing chess?

It depends on the individual. Talks are going on to introduce National, Asian and World Chess Championships for kids below 6 years of age. With that in view, we believe that the ideal age to start chess is between 5 to 6, provided the child shows some interest towards the game.

How important is it to get the right trainer for my child?

A good trainer can motivate the child in the right way, teach the essential basics of the game, set the right attitude, kindle the interest in learning and working individually at home. The trainer should incline your child more towards learning so that victories come automatically but not the other way round.

How important is it to get the right trainer for my child?

A good trainer can motivate the child in the right way, teach the essential basics of the game, set the right attitude, kindle the interest in learning and working individually at home. The trainer should incline your child more towards learning so that victories come automatically but not the other way round.

How important it is for the child to practice regularly?

According to a school of thought, it takes roughly 20 hours per week of practice to become a successful professional in any discipline. It would be ideal if a child, aspiring to become a Grand Master, can practice chess 2 hours a day during weekdays/schooldays and around 4 hours on weekends. Chess being an individual sport, a player should learn to think for himself/herself and take tough decisions all by himself/herself. Regular individual work will help improve these qualities greatly! The importance of home work in chess cannot be emphasized enough.