Chess Coaching
We are excited to announce that we are finally rolling our chess coach pairing program! We have been working to create a database of coaches where most of them are from outside 32 Pieces CC. Any coach that you are paired with has gone through our vetting process. Here are the steps you can go through to get paired with a coach.
See our vetting process below.
Step 1) Fill out a form with your preferences in playing the game of chess. The form below asks you many questions about your chess ability as to pair you with the coach that matches the way you play and want to continue playing.
Step 2) We will email you with the details of coaches that match your preferences. Every coach we pair you with has gone through our vetting process at least once. Lastly, if we do not have a coach that matches your indicated preferences, we will try our best to find one, vet them, and then send them your way!
Vetting Process
We find coaches or look at coaches who have been referred to us from trustworthy sources.
We inspect their US Chess Profiles and/or FIDE profile to confirm authenticity.
A 32 Pieces team member will participate in a chess lesson with the potential coach, without informing them that we are considering adding them to the 32 Pieces Coach Database. During the lesson, the employee fills out an assessment sheet linked here.
At this point, if we are confident about the coach’s ability, we will move forward. If that is not the case, we stop pursuing the coach.
We ask each coach to provide a reference that we can contact. This typically comes in the form of a previous student or a chess mentor, but other forms are acceptable, as long as they can attest to the chess and/or teaching skills of the potential coach.
We ask them to fill out a form regarding any coaching preferences they have and then we start pairing them with our members’ indicated preferences!