Want to become a chess master? Hire a teacher, if you can afford it. If you're serious about chess, a good teacher is worth the money. (Q) You don't need anyone to tell you why you won, but how do you find out why you lost? (A) An experienced player tells you.

FM: FIDE Master, NM : National Master, IM : International Master, GM : International Grand Master (Grandmaster).

Teacher(s) Available:

Bindi Cheng, Henry Sikorski and Frank Ho (math/chess)

Name: Bindi Cheng, FM

2352 CFC, 2307 FIDE, 2006 Canadian Junior Champion, 2006 and 2007 BC Junior Champion

Currently a grade 12 student at Burnaby North Secondary School
Plays on Internet Chess Club, Playchess.com and WorldChessLive.com.

Achieved success in Canadian Open 2007 and Quebec Open 2007, in which the FM title and 1 IM norm were achieved.

Able to teach all levels up to masters.
As a new teacher, I feel the need to focus on teaching strategies that try to benefit the student's overall game play along with the psychological impact of the game on one's play such as with improved reflexes, quick to sense changes, adaptability to new situations, as well as the tendency to improve their thinking strategies.

Rates are currently $20-25 an hour with student satisfaction being the predominant factor in determining the overall rate.

Students are expected to practise their play either online or in clubs to test their thoughts as well as studying chess books willingly

Name: Henry Sikorski

Teaching Basic and Intermediate chess lessons

Teaching for White Knights Chess Academy - Champions for Life. Currently, I teach at the Guildford Library in Surrey, 104 and 152nd, on Thursdays, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm. The cost is $5.00 per lesson and we do 10 to 12 lessons depending on the time of year, so that works out to be $50.00 or $60.00 per each session.

January 10 to March 27
12 sessions ............ $60.00

April 03 to June 19
12 sessions ........... $60.00

In White Rock, at the White Rock Library on Buena Vista Ave by City Hall, we also have a chess club that meets every Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 pm and on Saturdays from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. They are co-sponsored by the Library and are free for all participants..

Name: Frank Ho, BSc., MSc.

Teaching Math and Chess

For further information please contact Frank at 604-266-4321

Frank Ho is a Canada certified math teacher.

I invented the world's first math and chess integrated teaching method so children can learn math and chess together in a fun and educational environment at the same time. I also invented the patented applied Ho Math and Chess Teaching Set which is incredibly easy for a child as young as 4 year-old to learn chess.

The math and chess integrated workbook challenges children to go through a series of table-lookup, comparison, spatial relation, logic, coordinates, and mapping to seek questions and only then can children finally find the questions and answers after computing, It is much fun and entertaining than the traditional worksheets.

My fee is $90 for a month per student with weekly session and each session is 1 1/2 hour.

This course is especially designed for grade 4 and under who would like to learn chess and math together with paying only one fee.

My phone is 604-266-4321, more details can be found at web site www.mathandchess.com