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A short introduction to the people, the method, and how ChessPure actually works.

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The founderPrashant SaxenaFIDE 2240, teaching since 2010International Master
From our founder

Taught slowly,
on purpose.

My first student walked into my living room in September of 2010. He was seven years old, held a knight in his left hand, and asked, in the most serious voice a seven-year-old can manage, whether a knight could jump over the queen. He could. He did. We began.

Sixteen years later, ChessPure is a small, deliberate academy teaching six hundred students, some in person and most online, and I still teach six of them each week myself. I have learned a great deal about what chess does to a growing mind, and very little of it is advertised by the industry.

We built ChessPure to be the school I couldn’t find for my own students: one with a written curriculum, coaches who compete and therefore teach, and a cap on class sizes that nobody wants to lift. We ask students to commit to a full course because chess rewards repetition. We ask parents to be patient because results come slowly, and then all at once.

Our promise is modest. We will teach your child (or you) to think carefully, lose well, and sometimes win. We are glad you found us.

Prashant SaxenaHyderabad, April 2026
Our story

Sixteen years,
seven moments that mattered.

  1. 2010

    A board in a living room.

    Prashant Saxena, then a tournament coach teaching out of his home in Hyderabad, enrols his first six weekly students. No name, no website. Just patient teaching.

  2. 2013

    The first rated student.

    Aarav Shah, aged nine, earns his first FIDE rating of 1214. He goes on to finish third in the U-13 Nationals the following year. The method starts to take shape.

  3. 2016

    The academy is named.

    ChessPure is registered as a formal academy with a written curriculum of three volumes, roughly fifty weeks each. The founder stops calling himself a tutor.

  4. 2019

    The first hundred.

    ChessPure welcomes its 100th student and hosts its first open tournament, Chesspure State Open. Sixty-four entrants and printed certificates.

  5. 2021

    A small, deliberate scale.

    The academy adds three FIDE-rated coaches, each personally vouched for by the founder. We cap coach rosters at six students a week. The rule has not since been broken.

  6. 2024

    Six hundred students, fifteen countries.

    The online arm goes live. Students from Chennai, Toronto, Lagos, Dubai, and San Francisco now share the same lesson plans. The founder still teaches six of them personally.

  7. 2026

    We write it all down.

    We write the academy's method down properly for the first time: three volumes, start to finish. What you are reading is part of it.

The Crown Method

Five phases.
One steady route up.

We don't teach "chess". We teach you chess. The same five phases run every season, but the work inside them is built for your weaknesses, not the average student's.

  1. We don't sell a course before we know you. Every prospective student plays one rated mini-match with a coach, who then writes a one-page assessment: strengths, gaps, opening repertoire, and a starting rating.

    Duration25 minutes, free
    DeliverableOne-page assessment + starting ELO
  2. From the assessment, your coach drafts a 12-week plan: which openings to fix, which tactics to drill, and which endgames to learn cold. You receive it as a PDF before lesson one.

    DurationWithin 48 hours
    Deliverable12-week personalised plan
  3. Between lessons, your dashboard shows the day's micro-assignment: 8 puzzles plus a game review. Streaks are tracked and missed days are flagged to your coach.

    Duration20 min a day
    DeliverableStreak + coach-reviewed log
  4. Twice-weekly 50-minute live sessions over Zoom. Your coach shares a board, goes through last week's games, then sets a short test. Every session is recorded and rewatchable.

    Duration2 × 50 min weekly
    DeliverableSession recording + notes
  5. Theory meets clock. Students enter our internal rated tournaments every six weeks, plus external Lichess and FIDE events when ready. We track every game and feed the results back into your plan.

    DurationEvery 6 weeks
    DeliverablePersonal game database
Our coaches

Four coaches,
all of whom still compete.

Every coach at ChessPure is actively FIDE-rated, so they play in the same tournaments they prepare students for. Their ratings are verifiable at ratings.fide.com.

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Founder & Head CoachPrashant SaxenaIM, FIDE 2240

Taught chess in Hyderabad since 2010. Believes in patience, and in going over your losses properly.

PositionalEndgamesJuniors
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Coach, Volumes I & IINeha IyerWIM, FIDE 2180

Known for her kindness with first-time students and her belief that tactics come from drilling, not lectures.

TacticsBeginnersParents
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Coach, Tournament PrepArjun MalhotraGM norm, FIDE 2320

Spent four years on the tournament circuit before joining. Writes most of the academy's opening repertoire.

OpeningsCompetitiveAdvanced
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Coach, Volumes II & IIITanvi RaoWFM, FIDE 2080

Former school-team captain. Runs our Saturday analysis circle, where seven students review their losses together.

AnalysisIntermediate
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