We offer both:

• Online Lessons (recommended) 

• In-Person Lessons

What happens in a Typical Chess Lesson?  

We review the principles and fundamentals of how chess is played.  For instance, what should you be doing during each phase of the game; Opening, Middlegame, and Endgame? Or when to trade pieces. We play chess and I evaluate your chess game.  Typically, we look at your online games or USCF tournament games.  We also do Drills and Exercises.

• Endgame Drills/Exercises 
• Opening Drills/Exercises  
• Attacking Drills/Exercises 
• Proper Chess Thinking and Analysis 

You will receive a lesson summary (an email) on the lesson and your chess game.

After many years of teaching and selling chess books

We have developed chess lessons that are practical. We highlight important chess principles and fundamentals that have proven to be effective.

• We practice Opening Play (drills) and Attacking & Defending Exercises. 
• We review your online chess games (or tournament games) and find your playing style.
• We practice Tactics & Combinations (drills) and Endgame Study; both are very important 
• We share and explain online learning resources for teaching yourself. 
• The chess lessons are fun and enjoyable.  

Chess Instructor for after-school chess clubs and enrichment programs in Cincinnati schools:

Our after-school chess programs are popular with kids; they are happy and have a good time.  The students learn to focus. They improve their chess skills, and parents are always telling us how much their children are improving. Chess Earth offers students and families a way to continue their chess journey by connecting them to the Cincinnati Chess Community. Children can join the local chess community, and participate in one of Chess Earth’s chess tournaments.

Robert is an experienced chess instructor who is good with principals, teachers, and parents, and he is also good with kids. He  taught chess to kids at the Wyoming Library on Mondays for many years. Kid’s Chess Club.  He was a substitute teacher for three years in middle school and learned how to communicate with school administration and students.  Our after-school chess clubs are the perfect way to end the school day routine!

Here are the current schools we have chess programs in:

Saint Mary School, Terrace Park, Mariemont, Maderia, Blue Ash, Hyde Park 

Available for Chess Teaching Assignments and Teaching Gigs

Robert is a chess teacher and instructor who teaches chess to kids at the Wyoming Library every week.  He organizes and runs the Kid’s Chess Club. He organizes Chess Earth’s Chess Breakfast and plays with the older players every Friday morning at Panera Bread 8420 Winton Rd. He’s been teaching chess for a long time and is effective. He has a wide range of students, ranging in age from 7 to 87 years old. He’s good at teaching tournament players who are active, where the lessons take hold.  He is a FIDE-rated expert and an active tournament player, and known for helping others enjoy the game.

Price for Cincinnati Chess Lessons

• $100 – In-Person Private Lessons.  We arrange to meet at a convenient location, typically a Cincinnati Library. Many have private rooms that I use all the time.
• $100 – Getting Set Up In The Chess World – Online Lesson – It’s a good lesson. This lesson lasts one hour and 15 minutes.  We discuss setting up Chess.com and Lichess.org accounts and useful online tools and resources. It’s a conversation, we find out what you want out of chess.  We play chess.  What do you know already?  I need chess intel to be effective.  We talk about options for chess lessons. And how to teach yourself. 
• $75 – Online Private Lessons. One-on-One Instruction. Players choose this option when only taking 1 or 2 chess lessons. 
• $50 – (Most Popular) Online Chess Lessons/Taking Several Lessons  –  Online Lessons are more effective because of access to your online games and online tools and resources. Mostly everyone chooses this option and takes several lessons.  I’m becoming a better online teacher than an in-person teacher. I have more resources to share and help players grow because of online resources. I’m into teaching the Principles and Fundamentals and Practical chess play. 
• $25 – For Each Student – Group Lessons  – You may have to help create the group. The group has to be created (minimum of 3 students) and the location agreed upon, but it’s great for 3-4 students. Students learn as a group and the cost is reduced. The magic of group learning takes hold.  We meet at a Cincy Branch Library or someone’s nice home.