Mindful Chess

Got me rapidly paired with a truly excellent chess tutor. Thanks 😊

I recently organised a taster session for my 11 year old with a great coach - Joel, through Mindful Chess. The session was well worth it - my son learnt plenty in the hour, came out positive and there wasn’t any pressure from either Joel or the Mindful Chess team to arrange more lessons (though I am going to). Helen at Mindful Chess has been very helpful and responsive to emails. The lesson was over Zoom, which I had reservations about (I thought face-to-face would be needed) but it seems to...

My experience of Mindful Chess has been nothing short of amazing. My 8 year old has been doing lessons and his teacher Bilaal has made it fun and enjoyable, and it's clear that he is very experienced in teaching kids effectively. Some of the concepts are quite complex but he's very good at breaking it down and making it easy to understand. He also monitors my son's online games and helps him to analyse them which is really useful. My son has improved very quickly and surprises us every week w...

Finding mindful chess online was so great during lockdown. And my chess is getting so much better which is wonderful.

Excellent teaching and not just for children/beginners. I'm a middle-aged intermediate player and my Mindful Chess tutor has really helped to improve my game.