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No matter your level and age, I would love to help your chess goals and share my passion for this game!
Welcome
Welcome! My name is Yuriy Krykun, and I am a 24-year-old International Master, full-time coach, and author. Originally from Ukraine, I have been living in the US since 2019. I have been teaching chess full-time for 7 years and have more than 14,000 hours of experience teaching club players, which puts me in a truly unique position to understand your needs and show you the exact steps to get better.
professional Chess Instruction
Camps
Intense, engaging, and fun series of lectures where you can learn chess and improve your game alongside a small group of passionate chess enthusiasts!
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Lectures
Hosted for groups of 10+ people, my lectures are packed with valuable insights, tips, and strategies that are sure to enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the game.
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Here is what people say about
my lessons and courses
I strive to understand each students needs and goals, and always work to improve at listening, communicating, and ultimately teaching. I have been very honored to receive kind and generous reviews on my work. Here are some of them.
Reviews about private coaching
Yuriy is passionate about chess, teaching, and helping his students to succeed. He was quick to discover my weaknesses and show me what to focus on to improve outside of lesson time, recommending books and videos relevant to my level. Equally as important, he's shown me what not to focus on.
Cephandrius
An enthusiastic teacher with a mind as sharp as a tac, Coach Yuriy meets you where you are and gently pulls you up to the next level. While this is my first experience with being coached in chess, I cannot imagine it going any better. Four lessons in and my rating has improved, I feel I have a better sense.
joyvuu_dave
I was a complete Chess noob when I asked Yuriy to become my teacher. From the time I started, to now I have learned so much about Chess, I feel like I could even improve on my own with the lessons I got from Yuriy. He answers all of my questions without issue, and most importantly he helps you develop your own playstyle.
Swash984
If you're looking for a coach, stop here! Yuriy is by far the best chess coach I've ever had. He has both an enormous amount of knowledge and the ability to communicate it clearly and simply. Yuriy has helped me become more confident in playing a variety of positions.
Pjams
Yuriy is an awesome teacher! He's really good at bringing a new perspective to the games I play, helping to pick books for me to read and work through, and generally coming up with a good plan to not only help my rating improve, but help me develop a solid foundation.
Navarr
Reviews about Chessable courses
I know that reading chess books can be overwhelming. As an experienced coach and author, I strive to make the learning experience accessible, realistic and not overwhelming. My courses focus on ideas, concepts, principles, not specific lines. Here is how students feel about them.
I've owned Giri's Lifetime Repertoire in the French for over a year now, and it's been my mainstay defense against e4. I bought this course on a whim, thinking it would be nice to see some new ideas in the French, and ended up with a treasure that I expect will revolutionize my game against e4.
Cephandrius
It’s incredible how well Yuriy explained all the ideas in this course. I already owned his French course and was amazed by the chapter on structures and ideas, as well as his detailed explanation in the theoretical lines, but this course has taken it to a whole new level.I think it’s a good choice.
Crugy
I'm about 2250 on lichess and frequently get confused but too long forced opening variations... I like strategic positions and understanding. For those like me, who find definitely hard to memorize several thousands of long moves, this course is just OUTSTANDING!, Your course is simply fantastic!
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Romulojr
Yuriy is up there with the best. Actually a part of me would have liked to keep this course a secret so I can spring it on folk over the board. Hopefully they will be fooled into thinking that because it isn't by a major GM that it isn't top quality. Big mistake! Yuriy is very thorough but also innovative.
AlonzoQuixano
I just finished the course and have watched all the video and done all the variations. First, you know the feeling when you watched a great movie and when it ends it feels kind of sad because you want more? That is my feeling in this moment. He describes the structures for each opening is really helpful.
ChessDevil
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