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About me
Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko – Chess Grandmaster & Coach
Chess Grandmaster & Coach
Welcome to the official website of Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko, an International Chess Grandmaster (GM) and renowned coach with extensive experience in both playing and teaching chess.
Why learn from Mykhaylo?
Grandmaster and PhD in mathematics.
Grandmaster since 2005
PhD in math since 2012
Ukrainian rapid champion-2014
Ukrainian champion-2016
Professional coach
Teaching chess since 2011
FIDE Trainer since 2015
Coaching national teams of Ukraine, Egypt, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Netherlands (women)
Proven courses
20+ courses for 14.000+ students with 3.500+ reviews with 4.5(+) out of 5 star rating
Author and educator
Co-author of two books about tactics for advanced players. Lecturer at killerchesstraining.com
Courses
Learn from a Grandmaster
Modern-chess
Tactics Helping Strategy - Learn from Fischer - Part 2
ELO: 1600-2200+
Level: Advanced-Expert-Master
In this series, I explore the connection between strategic play and the tactical play. You will enjoy 50 handpicked puzz...
Duration: 5.5 hours
Price: 59 EUR Discounts apply
Udemy
Understanding chess openings | How to play ANY opening well
ELO: 400-2000
Level: Beginner-Intermediate-Advanced
In this course, I explain the most fundamental opening principles (center, development, and castle), the reasons behind ...
Duration: 3.5 hours
Price: $59.99 Discounts apply
Modern-chess
Boost Your Calculation - Part 1
ELO: 1600-2200+
Level: Advanced-Expert-Master
In this series, I give you tactical puzzles with a special value. You will find out about my tactical algorithm and you ...
Duration: 6 hours
Price: 79 EUR Discounts apply
Lesson price:
$80 per hour
Lesson duration:
1 hour
Services
Personalized
Chess Coaching
Chess Coaching
In addition to online courses
Mykhaylo offers personalized chess coaching and a variety of chess-related services designed to help players improve their game. His main goal is to help you study chess better on your own. Also, there would be a significant emphasis on importance of calculation. This muscle needs constant training!
Why learn from Mykhaylo?
Every student needs a special approach.
This is why during the first 2-3 sessions, you will receive personalized guidance on how to study chess better, given the time constraints we all face.
Every student is special.
And yet, some things are common to all players. For example, everybody (and I mean EVERYBODY) needs to work on their calculation. Mykhaylo knows how to do it wrong (because he did it), and he knows how to do it right!
Tesmotionals
Real Feedback, Real Growth
Marian C.
Very good course on how to spot tactical moments. The video implementation could be a bit better (at times the sound has some glitches), but the information itself is great. There are plenty of puzzle...
Tu D.
what an amazing teacher!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love your lessons, so easy to understand and I have improved my chess opening. I have already purchased the other course and will watch it very soon. Thank ...
Felipe de Lima A.
I've completed both courses of Mykhaylo and I can guarantee both are mandatory for players who want to turn their gameplay into a systematic one. Since the possibilities in chess are infinite for t...
Vaggelis G.
Very good and descriptive course. It's a great asset for my chess journey. I totally recommend this course (especially for those who want to go a step further and watch some really sophisticated tacti...
Verq
These are not puzzles you can just breeze through. The positions are very complicated for a 1750 rated onliner. They push you to look at variations a few more moves ahead than you were originally e...
Ben S.
This is a great Chess opening course. GM Oleksiyenko explained a simple but effective opening for both White and Black piece. It helped me improved my game.
Steven B.
Really enjoyed the course. Mykhaylo provides a clear framework on how to plan out your openings - his explanations are clear and backed up by many demonstrations with analysis. I'm looking forward to ...
Adam T.
I started this course over the weekend and am literally only 30% through the course. Since that time, my rating went skyrocketed by almost 250 points. OUTSTANDING COURSE!!! My game just leveled up BIG...
Mec C.
The instructor has a deep understanding & obvious passion.
Julian C.
About half way down and I have already noticed a considerate improvement on my game. Was actually quite surprised this course is as good as it is and now I'm 100% buying the others from him.
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