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Tri-Valley Professional Chess Training

​Chess in San Ramon! ​Professional chess training are available for youth chess players from beginner to master level in Tri-Valley area. 
KLC offers group lessons, elite group training, private lessons, chess intensive camps and summer camps.
​Lessons will be instructed by national champion coach FIDE Trainer Kiki Chen. 
Chess classes start throughout the year, students are welcome to join us any time. ​
Email: kingslandchess@hotmail.com.  ​Club Address: 2410 San Ramon Valley Blvd, Suite 225, San Ramon, CA 94582

KLC CHESS CLASS LEVEL
Introduction Level
For students 5 year old or older. No Prior chess knowledge required. Students will learn basic rules of chess, checkmate, how to attack and defense.
Entry Level
For students 5 year old or older knows basic rules of chess and how to checkmate. Students will learn chess tactics, basic middle games and endgames. 
Intermediate I
For students rated 600-900. Students will participate in strategy and tactical skill building, and learn basic openings, middle game and endgame skills. 
Intermediate II
For students rated 900-1200. Focus on improve middle game strategy, build opening repertoire. Receive coaching on game performance strengths and weaknesses. 
Advanced I
For students rated 1200+. Students will receive coaching on tournament advanced strategy, middle game theory, rules of endgame and more systematic training.
Advanced II
For students rated 1500+. Students will receive coaching on chess openings, positional ideas, tactical positions, theory and plan of middle game and endgame.
​About Coach Kiki 
​​​Coach Kiki Chen, National champion coach. FIDE rating 2140, World Chess Federation FIDE Trainer Level and USCF Advanced Level professional coach. She was the captain of China national youth team. In over fifteen years, coach Kiki Chen has trained 1500+ youth chess players in US and China. Her students have won numerous prizes in local, state, national and international chess tournaments, many students won champions and national champions. Dozens of students rank top 100 in different age-group of US top chess player lists. Over dozen students are qualified for US national team.
King’s Land Chess is Northern California Tri-Valley based professional chess academy focuses on improving youth chess education. KLC offer professional chess training for youth players from beginner to master level, include group lessons, intensive chess camps, summer chess camps, private lessons, chess tournaments, and chess cultural exchange. We aim to develop successful chess kids who excel not only on the game, but in life. We dedicated our career to helping children to develop their critical thinking through chess and strengthen their mentality for the reality the children will face in their near future. Chess for World, Wisdom for Life. ​
​​King's Land Chess 国际象棋学校位于美国北加州湾区，由陈科教练创建于2012年，专门致力于青少年国际象棋教育的普及与发展。KLC采用科学的国际象棋教学及训练方法，拥有从入门班到精英班及小组课等多个级别完善的系统的教学体系。由国际棋联认证的专业教练亲自授课，使用KLC自己编写的配套系列教材，使学生在每个阶段都会得到适合其水平的系统训练，高效并循序渐进的提高棋艺水平。KLC开设多种教学课程，包括专业教学班，国象训练营，小组提高班，及中美文化交流项目。我们的目标是培养优秀的青少年国际象棋棋手，使他们不仅能够在比赛竞技中取得佳绩，更能在人生发展道路上出类拔萃。棋行天下，智通四海。

Coach Kiki，国际等级分2140，国际棋联FIDE Trainer认证教练，美国棋协高级教练，美国全国冠军教练。她11岁开始学棋，12岁入选中国国际象棋国家青少队，并任队长。学棋不到两年就获得中国棋协大师称号，13岁国际等级分（FIED rating）就达到2140，达标棋联大师。后专职国际象棋教练及国际象棋裁判。专注于推广青少年国际象棋的教育发展，2012年创建King’s Land Chess
国际象棋学校。在执教十多年的时间里，Kiki教练培养了数千名青少年棋手，多名学生位列美国7至9岁组全国第一，多名学生入选美国国家队。Kiki教练对培养年轻棋手（6-9岁）入选国家队有自己特别的一套训练体系，对天赋极高的孩子有一种敏锐的发掘能力，他所培养的青少年棋手都是名列前茅，数十名学生入选美国各年龄组百强名单。她的学生在国家、州及地区比赛中多次赢得全国冠军和州冠军。因为在青少年教育领域的突出贡献，2015年9月被美国加州核桃学区授予教育贡献奖，曾获加州华人杰出青年奖和前美国棋协主席亲笔推荐。

2020 Summer Online Chess Courses Open for Registration

Hello! In 2020 summer, we will continue online course for all levels chess class.  
Open for registration now. Please fill the form below and submit it to us. 
 
 Class Date: 6/1 – 8/9. 10 lessons in each session.
Class Platform: Zoom
Class Fee: Entry $320, Intermediate One $320, Intermediate Two $375, Advanced One $450.
Transfer online with Zelle or Venmo.
KLC account: kingslandchess@hotmail.com
Register: Contact Coach Kiki directly, send email to KLC, or fill in the registration form below.​
Dear Parents and Players,
Prioritizing the health and safety of the children, we have transferred all chess classes to online courses. Welcome to join our online program. Here are some information of online chess courses. 
      1. Unlimited Admission for Same Level Online Courses.
Students who sign up the online courses can join the same level courses multi times without limit. For example, if you sign up Entry level, you join the Thursday class, you also can join Saturday and Sunday class again in the same week. So you can learn the same lesson more times. Teaching material will be same in one week. Unlimited admission for online courses only.
      2. Real Name in the Online Courses.
Please use students’ Real Name in the online courses and please turn on the web camera. It’s easier for coaches to ask questions and count the attendance. 
      3. Download and Hand-in the Home Work.
We use Google Classroom for students to download and hand in homework. We will send you the Google Classroom code in the class. We will also upload the answer in the Google Classroom. Please see the enclosed instruction of Google Classroom.
      4. Chess Money.
Finish Homework and answer questions can earn Chess Money (points). We will save all the points that students earn in the class. When we meet in person, we will hand out all the chess money to every student.
Please let us know for any questions.
Best,
Coach Kiki

2020 Summer Online Chess Classes Schedule
Chess lessons can improve students' concentration, boosted thinking skills and raised levels of sportsmanship. KLC are holding chess afterschool program in several elementary schools. If you are interesting in our program, please contact us. ​
With a great passion on promoting chess education, KLC volunteers free chess classes in community libraries. We wish more children to get opportunities to find the key of chess wonderland. ​
Learn basic chess rules at KLC Learning Center.
​Teaching is the royal road to learning.