Coaches, Coaching Courses & FIDE Trainers

The following is a list of coaches advertising their private services for chess coaching. The ECF has not conducted any background or quality checks on the people listed below, except in cases where they are working for the ECF as a coach, either on an international trip or as a coaching service provider at the British Championships. It is up to the employer, or the person or organisation seeking to employ one of these listed coaches, to perform any checks that in their judgement need to be carried out.

Laurence Ball
88 St Georges Road, Swanley BR8 8AZ | allanburclee@gmail.com
Tel: 07515770220
Available for group and individual coaching

Phillip Beckett
Brough House, Church Laneham, Retford, Notts DN220NQ | familybeckett2@aol.com
Tel: 01777 228360

Robert Bellin
32 Station Street, Walsall, West Midlands WS2 9JT | robtb@btinternet.com
Tel: 01922 626624

Pavel Besedin
South Birmingham Chess Club, Moseley All Services Club
91 Church Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9EA | besedinp@yahoo.co.uk | www.southbirminghamchessclub.com
Tel: 0785 804 0841

Emma-Jane Billington-Phillips
coach@chessentriesforall.com | chessentriesforall.com
Tel: 07770367901

FM Jonathan Blackburn
Stoke-On-Trent area | jonathan.blackburn1985@gmail.com

Dr Oliver Blacklock
New Forest Chess Club | https://new-forest-chess-club.site123.me | newforestchess@gmail.com
Tel: 07976 275152

Thomas Bonn
London | th.bonn@laposte.net
Tel: 07746125692

Francis Bowers
1037 Lincoln Road, Walton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE4 6AH | chessbower@aol.com | http://www.chessbower.co.uk/Coaching.html
Tel: 01733 575544

Chris Briscoe CM
146 Fangrove Park, Lyne, near Chertsey, Surrey KT16 0BS | christopher_briscoe@hotmail.com
Tel: 01932 872526 / 07507610306
As well as teaching in schools, I also offer private tuition and run the Surbiton Junior Chess Club on Wednesday evenings

Michael Brown
London Area | kendalchess@hotmail.com
Tel: 07597928016

Graeme Buckley | gnbuckley@aol.com

Ryan Burgin
109 Beechfarm Drive, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 2EU | rnbchess@outlook.com
Tel: 07713183427

Nick Butland
Plymouth & West Devon | nickjbutland@gmail.com
Tel: 01822 811045
Juniors at the Plymouth club on Wednesdays & available for one-to-one sessions with all ages

WGM/IM Dagne Ciuksyte
Suffolk | www.dagnechess.co.uk | mjchessclub@gmail.com

Will Claridge-Hansen FM | willclaridge45@gmail.com

Peter Cloudsdale
8 Beech Glade, Huntington YO31 9EP | cloudsdale_c@hotmail.co.uk
Tel: 01904 624958
Tuition for all ages and for blind players

Ken Coates | ken@vet-one.co.uk
Tel: 01252 683554 or 07891 253701

Ray Collett

IM Lawrence Cooper
Stafford based | lozcooper@hotmail.com
Face to face, one on one coaching & simuls

Andrew A Couchman
MBA, European Chess Union certified chess coach, FIDE licensed instructor
Director – Axon Chess Academy Limited | www.axonchessacademy.com
Tel: 07501 282847

IM Lorin D’Costa
London | www.lorinchess.com | lorinchess@gmail.com

Tim Cutter
Flat 4 Nutbrook Court, 66 Waghorne Street, Peckham SE15 4JZ | tcutter2010@googlemail.com
Tel: 02035244767 or 07368365961

Ray Dolan
Walsall | sunshine.dolan@gmail.com

Eunice Dolan
Walsall | eunicedolan@gmail.com

Andrew Drabble
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | andrewd54@hotmail.com
Tel: 07789533702

Ionică Dragomir
111 Clitterhouse Road, London NW2 1DL | iodragomir@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: 07760113132
Chess coaching for schools, groups and individuals of all ages and abilities

FM Michael Forster
8 Smithbarn, Horsham, West Sussex RH136EB | mike.sussex.chess@cantab.net
Tel: 07511262408

Jon Freeman
39 West Way, Harpenden, Herts AL5 4RD | jontrudy@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: 07708 843642   

Scott Freeman
84-90 Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon, Surrey CR5 3BA | chess@ccfworld.com | www.ccfworld.com/Chess
Tel: 020 8645 9586

Sumeet Ghasi
Based in Birmingham
Tel: 07816416453

Tom Gollins
Stafford area | tpgollins@gmail.com |  Newcomers and juniors welcome
Tel: 07597 880 472

David Graham
Chess Coaching for Schools, Groups and Individuals | dave@dgchess.com | www.dgchess.com
Tel: 07982 737784

David Geoffrey Hardy
92 Hall Road, Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs OL6 8QB | david@ashtonccc.co.uk or david@chessinschools.co.uk
Tel: 0161 339 3287 or 07974 952252

Joshua Higgs
Lancaster area | 13jhiggs@gmail.com | Current enhanced DBS
Tel: 07512 651272

WGM Sheila Jackson
Middlesex / London / Hertfordshire areas | sjackson488@btinternet.com
All ages. Schools / 1:1 / small groups. Plus online Skype / Zoom 1:1

Steven Jones
stevenjones1812@gmail.com
Experience working with children but happy to work with people of all ages. Available for coaching via Skype, or potentially in-person sessions [distance depending]. Introductory half-hour long session for free

Mark Josse
Byfleet, West Byfleet, Surrey | markjosse@hotmail.com
Tel: 07970 678395

FM Gary Kenworthy
Bletchley, Buckinghamshire | gary.kenworthy@btopenworld.com
All types of coaching and chess services (current DBS)
Tel: 07949699284

IM Andrew Ledger
Sheffield | Andrew_Ledger@outlook.com
Tel: 07807 799252

David Levens | davidlevens@chesscoach.co.uk | www.chesscoach.co.uk
Tel: 01773 270806 / 07341 282048
Groups, one-to-one and coaching via Skype

Jon Lloyd
58 Pembroke, Hanworth, Bracknell, Berks RG12 7RD | jonll58@btinternet.com
Tel: 01344 454000

Sarah Longson / Alex Longson
77 East Avenue, Heald Green, Cheshire SK8 3BR | sarahhegartychess@outlook.com
Tel: 07786260301

Phil Makepeace | makepeacewithchess@gmail.com | www.makepeacewithchess.com
London
All ages and abilities welcome. 200-graded player with over five years full-time coaching experience.

Andrew Martin
FIDE Senior Trainer, International Master, Current Head of the ECF Academy
Malt House Cottage, Hall Road, Bramley GU50AX | a.martin2007@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: 01483 893965 or 07712151761
Able to offer 1/1 and group coaching at all ages and levels. Lectures, simultaneous displays, training weekends also possible. Limited availability.

Don Mason BSc. (Hons) PGCE (Retired) | donjmason@hotmail.co.uk
Mathematics and chess consultant.

Tony Niccoli
West and Central London | tony1n@yahoo.com
Tel: 07734816436

Erika Orsagova | erikaorsagova@hotmail.com

V. Ravikumar
FIDE Trainer | bell135@gmail.com
Tel: 07951414489

Chris Rice AIM
Chislehurst, Kent | chrisrice17@hotmail.com
Tel: 07711 798 088
Chess in Schools Tutor, Enhanced DBS. Schools/Groups/Individual Tuition

Alan Ruffle
2 Moss Pit, Stafford, Staffordshire ST17 9LE | aa.chess@sky.com
Tel: 01785 249781

Ray Sayers
Gerrards Cross area, Buckinghamshire | sayers-r@sky.com
School / group / individual tuition

Dr Noel M Stewart
Chertsey, Surrey | noelmstewart@btinternet.com

FM Charlie Storey
FIDE Trainer and Qualified Teacher, available for Skype Lessons | CharlieStorey@ChessFUNclubs.com
Tel: 07719070349

Sandesh Krishna Tathare
Watford area | sandesh.tathare@gmail.com
Tel: 07958 809 058
Available to coach school chess clubs or for one to one coaching sessions

Glenn Trueman
25 Bower Avenue, Stockport, Cheshire SK4 2LX | glenntrueman@aol.com
Tel: 07714 429263

Dr. John Upham
The Lodge, 51 Prospect Road, Cove, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 8NT | john.upham@zen.co.uk | https://www.facebook.com/john.upham
Tel: 01252 514372 or 07976 634053

Martin Graham Walker
17 Mill Green, Stoke Holy Cross, Norwich NR14 8PB | martinwalker723@gmail.com
Tel: 01508 492471 or 0739 8646119

FM Tim Wall
8 Whitfield Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 7LJ | timpeterwall@gmail.com
Tel: 07503 722366
Schools, group coaching, junior & adult one-to-one tuition. Also online coaching available by Skype.

Richard Weekes
Richard Weekes Chess Academy, 65 Burrage Place, Plumstead SE18 7BE | rwchessacademy@hotmail.co.uk | https://www.rwcworldwide.com
Tel: 07538 035896 or 0208 854 8805

John Wrench
The Haven, Clevelands Road, Wroxall, Isle of Wight PO38 3DY | j.wrench11@gmail.com
Tel: 07913 227402

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