{"msg":"","coaches":[{"id":"1","chnm":"GM R.B. Ramesh","cimg":"c1.jpg","cdesc":"Was the official commentator in the World Chess Championship Match, 2013 AnandCarlsen. Winner of the Mark Dvoretsky Award and Best Junior Trainer award , 2018 by FIDE. Founder of Chess Gurukul, an eminent institution that has nurtured many international chess champions from India.","rating":"4.8"},{"id":"2","chnm":"GM Surya Ganguly","cimg":"c2.jpg","cdesc":"Second of former World champion, Vishwanathan Anand. Winner of individual gold in Hunan International Open(2019), individual gold in World Team Championship in Astana ( 2019).","rating":"4.8"},{"id":"3","chnm":"GM Magesh Panchanathan","cimg":"c3.jpg","cdesc":"Secured a clear win in the 2012 Philadelphia Open. Emerged as the champion in the 95th edition of the prestigious Hastings International Chess Congress ( 2020 ). Founder of Kings and Queens Chess Academy.","rating":"4.7"},{"id":"5","chnm":"GM Vladimirov Yevgeniy","cimg":"c5.jpg","cdesc":"Voted best coach of the year in 2014, at the first Annual Chess Excellence Awards in Al Ain. Winner of the Asian Cities Championship while playing for the Pavlodar team.","rating":"3.7"},{"id":"6","chnm":"GM Daniel Naroditsky","cimg":"c6.jpg","cdesc":"Youngest player ever to win the Northern California K-12 Chess Championship in May 2008. Author of \u2018 Mastering Positional Chess\u2019  and \u2018Mastering Complex Endgames.\u2019  An insightful Chess.com announcer.","rating":"4.6"},{"id":"7","chnm":"GM Vishnu Prasanna","cimg":"c7.jpg","cdesc":"Winner of the UDC Golden Jubilee Rapid at Trichy 2019 and the 4th Shaastra Rapid Rating Tournament 2020. Writer of several opening survey articles for the \u2018 New in Chess Yearbook.\u2019","rating":"4.2"},{"id":"8","chnm":"GM Arun Prasad","cimg":"c19.jpg","cdesc":"Five Grandmaster norms achiever, and the first Indian to win the Open in the Scottish Chess Championship in Edinburgh, Scotland. Winner of the prestigious Asian Junior Championship in 2004 and Paris Open Championship in 2011.","rating":"4.5"},{"id":"9","chnm":"GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu","cimg":"c20.jpg","cdesc":"Termed the modern day Mikhail Tal. Has numerous international successes in his belt, like a joint first at the Pune Super GM (2004) , a clear first in the sixth European Individual Championship ( 2005 ) and a first in the Pardubice Open ( 2013 ).","rating":"4.7"},{"id":"10","chnm":"GM Pavel Eljanov","cimg":"c21.jpg","cdesc":"Winner of two team gold medals and one individual silver medal at the Chess Olympiads. Winner of Montreal International Chess Tournament ( 2006 ), Corus B ( 2007), Sarajevo International Chess Tournament ( 2009), FIDE Grand Prix in Astrakhan ( 2010) as well as the Politiken Cup ( 2010) .","rating":"4.4"},{"id":"11","chnm":"GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov","cimg":"c22.jpg","cdesc":"Winner of the Asian Championship in 1998. Coach of German National Team, second of Vishwanathan Anand and Sergey Karjakin. Author of  Trends in Modern Openings.","rating":"4.7"},{"id":"12","chnm":"GM Pentala Harikrishna","cimg":"c23.jpg","cdesc":"Broke into the top ten players in the world in November 2016. Was a Commonwealth Champion in 2001. Represented India in the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2020 where India and Russia won the gold medal.","rating":"0"},{"id":"13","chnm":"GM Vaibhav Suri","cimg":"c24.jpg","cdesc":"Became one of the worlds youngest GMs in 2012. Winner of the second ChessBase India online blitz and BrainDuel Chess Open alongside the silver medal in Commonwealth 2017 and bronze in Asian Indoor Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.","rating":"4.3"},{"id":"14","chnm":"GM Ankit Rajpara","cimg":"c8.jpg","cdesc":"Winner of the Asian Youth Team Gold Medal in 2009 and 2010, the Cannes International Chess Open, 2014 in France and the Novi Sad 6th edition International Chess Open, 2015 in Serbia.","rating":"4.6"},{"id":"15","chnm":"GM Swayams Mishra","cimg":"c9.jpg","cdesc":"Achieved his final GM norm at the Polonia Wroclaw Master Cup to become the 62nd GM of India. Prolific and eminent FIDE trainer who has helped several of his students to unlock their true potential.","rating":"4.6"},{"id":"16","chnm":"GM Karthikeyan Murali","cimg":"c10.jpg","cdesc":"Two time National Champion. Secured a win for the Indian team in the Under 16 Chess Olympiad in Gyor, Hungary. Won the 53rd National Chess Championship of India in Tiravur and the 54th edition of the same, held in Lucknow.","rating":"4.4"},{"id":"17","chnm":"GM Swapnil Dhopade","cimg":"c11.jpg","cdesc":"Was the coach for the Indian Womens team at the World Team Chess Championship in 2019. Established the online chess academy, Chess Pathshala and authored the book on the Petroff opening from the black side for leading book publication house, Quality Chess.","rating":"4.8"},{"id":"18","chnm":"GM Sundararajan Kidambi","cimg":"c12.jpg","cdesc":"Won the XVII Sant Marti Open in July 2015 in Barcelona. Author of the widely appreciated  Chess as ART.","rating":"4.5"},{"id":"19","chnm":"GM Shyam Sundar","cimg":"c13.jpg","cdesc":"A prolific chess trainer who was one of the seconds for the Indian Men Team during 2018 Olympiad at Batumi. Has contributed two articles on openings in Modern-chess.com for the benefit of trainees. Former Asian Juniour champion and Commonwealth medalist","rating":"4.8"},{"id":"20","chnm":"IM Padmini Rout","cimg":"c14.jpg","cdesc":"Four time National Womens Premier title holder, consecutively from 2014 to 2017 and the reigning Asian Womens Champion of 2018. Became Commonwealth Womens Champion in 2015.","rating":"3.9"},{"id":"21","chnm":"IM Satyapragyan","cimg":"c15.jpg","cdesc":"Won the National Under-25 title at Bangalore, 2000. Champion in the Open Rapid Tournament at Mumbai, August, 2003. Champion in International Rapid Tournament at Olomouc, July 2005.","rating":"4.4"},{"id":"22","chnm":"WGM Aarthie Ramaswamy","cimg":"c16.jpg","cdesc":"Former winner of the Indian Women Championship in 2003. A FIDE arbiter and member of the FIDE Tournament Rules and Regulations Committee. Co-founder of the esteemed institution, \u2018Chess Gurukul.","rating":"4.6"},{"id":"23","chnm":"WFM Anuprita Patil","cimg":"c17.jpg","cdesc":"A FIDE certified, top notch chess trainer who is the cofounder of Chess Kings and Queens Academy, one of the premier, extremely well known chess institutions in the US. Presently, ranked top 30 among current women players in India and the US.","rating":"0"},{"id":"24","chnm":"WIM Michelle Catherina","cimg":"c18.jpg","cdesc":"Two time Commonwealth Junior Girls Chess Champion. Won National sub junior girls and National Women Challengers.","rating":"4.8"},{"id":"26","chnm":"GM Shardul Gagare","cimg":"c26.jpg","cdesc":"Shiv Chhatrapati awardee and World Youth Olympiad gold and bronze medalist. Clinched the super strong Riga Opening Blitz 2019 at Riga, Latvia","rating":"4.5"},{"id":"28","chnm":"GM Shirov Alexei","cimg":"c28.jpg","cdesc":"Was ranked number two in the world in 1994. Won the Mikhail Tal Memorial blitz tournament in March 2017.Won the 3rd Salamanca Chess Festival in February, 2021.","rating":"0"},{"id":"29","chnm":"GM Peter Svidler","cimg":"c29.jpg","cdesc":"Eight time Russian Chess Champion. Won the Chess World Cup, 2011. Assisted Vladimir Kramnik at the Classical World Championship matches in 2000 and 2004.  An adept chess commentator.","rating":"0"},{"id":"30","chnm":"IM Joel Banawa","cimg":"c30.jpg","cdesc":"One of the top scholastic coaches in the US and Head Coach of Rising Phoenix Chess Academy. Winner of four National Scholastic Championships and multiple Open Tournaments.","rating":"4.4"},{"id":"31","chnm":"GM Ruslan Ponomariov","cimg":"c31.jpg","cdesc":"The reigning FIDE World Chess Champion from 2002 to 2004. Winner of gold medal at 2004 Chess Olympiad held in Spain and the prestigious Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting.","rating":"4.5"},{"id":"32","chnm":"GM David Navara","cimg":"c32.jpg","cdesc":"The highest ranked of his country and a ten time national champion. Author of the celebrated book, My Chess World. Won the Czech Blitz Championship in 2019.","rating":"4.3"},{"id":"33","chnm":"GM Elshan Moradiabadi","cimg":"c33.jpg","cdesc":"Began representing the United States Chess Federation in February 2017. Was one of the members of Iran national team in the first World Mind Sports Games held in Beijing. Won the Final Four of collegiate chess with Texas Tech University in 2012.","rating":"4"},{"id":"34","chnm":"GM Amin Bassem","cimg":"c34.jpg","cdesc":"Highest rated Egyptian and African player. Led the Egyptian National Chess Team to achieve the best result in Egyptian Chess history at the 41st World Chess Olympiad. Arab Men Champion (UAE,2013)","rating":"2.2"},{"id":"36","chnm":"GM Aleksandr Lenderman","cimg":"c36.jpg","cdesc":"First American to win gold medal at the World Youth Chess Championship since Tal Shaked won the World Junior Championship in 1997. Was first in 2008 USCF Grand Prix. Won the 2015 World Open.","rating":"4.1"},{"id":"38","chnm":"GM Vladimir Malakhov","cimg":"c38.jpg","cdesc":"Member of the Russian team that won gold at the 2009 World Team Chess Championship. Won the Vladimir Petrov Memorial Blitz Tournament in 2015.","rating":"4.6"},{"id":"39","chnm":"GM Wesley So","cimg":"coach_1628343801WesleySo.png","cdesc":"The inaugural and current World Fischer Random Chess Champion. Was ranked number 2 in the world on the March 2017 FIDE rating list. Defeated World Champion, Magnus Carlsen on February 14th, 2021.","rating":"0"},{"id":"41","chnm":"GM Vadim Zvjaginsev","cimg":"c41.jpg","cdesc":"Played for the gold-medal winning Russian team in the 1997 World Team Chess Championship. Helped the Russian team to win gold in the 1998 Chess Olympiad. Participated in the prestigious  Russia vs rest of the World  match held in Moscow in 2002.","rating":"0"},{"id":"42","chnm":"GM Julio Catalino Sadorra","cimg":"c42.jpg","cdesc":"Has represented the Philippines at the Chess Olympiad since 2014. Tied for first place in the U.S. Open Chess Championship in 2013.","rating":"4.9"},{"id":"43","chnm":"GM Mihail Marin","cimg":"c43.jpg","cdesc":"Winner of three Romanian Championships. Dubbed as  one of the worlds finest chess writers, by International Master, Jeremy Silman, he authored many well received books like,  Secrets of Chess Defense  and Learn from the Legends.","rating":"0"},{"id":"44","chnm":"GM Georg Meier","cimg":"coach_1627398301Photo_1627398266298_Processed.png","cdesc":"Secured a gold medal win for his German team in the 2011 European Team Championship in Porto Carras, Greece. Won the Grandmaster Tournament at the 2017 Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem, ahead of Moiseenko","rating":"4.4"},{"id":"45","chnm":"GM Krisztian Szabo","cimg":"coach_1628343151KrisztianSzabo.png","cdesc":"Multiple Hungarian Champion, European Youth Champion and World Youth Championship silver medalist","rating":"4.6"},{"id":"46","chnm":"GM Anish Giri","cimg":"coach_1630857710Photo_1630856947070_Processed.png","cdesc":"Four time Dutch champion. Winner of the 2012 Reggio Emilia tournament, 2017 Reykjavik Open.  Secured his supertournament victory by winning clear first at the Third Edition of the Shenzhen Masters.","rating":"5"},{"id":"49","chnm":"GM Marian Petrov","cimg":"coach_1639401111Photo_1639400877565_Processed.png","cdesc":"FIDE trainer and coach of the team of Wales at the last Olympiad in Baku in 2016. An accomplished professional chess coach, theorist, and Bulgarian champion for 2002 and 2017.","rating":"4.2"},{"id":"50","chnm":"IM Venkatachalam Saravanan","cimg":"coach_1641227781Photo_1641227726288.jpg","cdesc":"An active chess player in the Indian circuit, and has been consistently writing on chess since late 1980s. Second to a handful of Indian players.","rating":"4.7"},{"id":"56","chnm":"GM Michal Krasenkow","cimg":"coach_1646039337Photo_1646039288636.jpg","cdesc":"Polish chess grandmaster, chess trainer and writer. He is one of the strongest Polish chess players since World War II. His playing style is aggressive and he has won many best game awards","rating":"4.2"},{"id":"57","chnm":"GM Elisabeth Paehtz","cimg":"coach_1719755356IMG-20240630-WA0028-removebg-preview.png","cdesc":"In 2002, P\u00e4htz became the World Youth Champion of the girls under-18 age group, and in 2005, the World Junior Girls Champion. She won the 2018 European Womens Championship in rapid chess.","rating":"4.8"},{"id":"60","chnm":"GM J\u00e1n Marko\u0161","cimg":"coach_1650211267Photo_1650210725940.jpg","cdesc":"Three time national champion. A regular contributor to the ChessFriends.com News section. Author of Beat the KID!. Quality Chess  and Under the Surface. Quality Chess.","rating":"5"},{"id":"61","chnm":"GM Vidit Gujrathi","cimg":"coach_1651480929image-removebg-preview_(2).png","cdesc":"Captain of gold medal winning Indian team in FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020. First place in 2019 Biel Chess Festival Grandmaster tournament.","rating":"5"},{"id":"62","chnm":"WGM Josefine Safarli","cimg":"coach_1651402371images_(4)_(1).jpg","cdesc":"....","rating":"4.6"},{"id":"63","chnm":"WIM Priya Panneer","cimg":"coach_1651402685Pri25421.jpg","cdesc":"Represented India in various World and Asian chess championships since 1999. Won medals at commonwealth chess championships in the year 2004 & 2007 and also won many national level championships.","rating":"4.4"},{"id":"64","chnm":"GM Elizbar Ubilava","cimg":"coach_1659841961images_(2).jpg","cdesc":"FIDE Senior Trainer who worked with Viswanathan Anand for nine years between 1994 and 2005. Achieved his highest Elo rating of 2561 in January 1999.","rating":"4.1"},{"id":"71","chnm":"GM Ivan Sokolov","cimg":"coach_1670547915images_(1).jpg","cdesc":"Won the 1988 Yugoslav Championship and in 1995 and 1998 the Dutch Championship. Won the Vidmar Memorial in 1987 and 1993.","rating":"4.5"},{"id":"75","chnm":"GM Laurent Fressinet","cimg":"coach_1687652946images_(3).jpg","cdesc":"Two-time French Chess Champion. Second of Magnus Carlsen in all his World Cup matches.","rating":"4.6"},{"id":"76","chnm":"GM Romain Edouard","cimg":"coach_1687653032images_(4).jpg","cdesc":"Played for the French national team at the Chess Olympiads of 2010, 2012 and 2014, and the European Team Chess Championships of 2009, 2013 and 2015. Author of 'The Chess Manual of Avoidable Mistakes.'","rating":"4.2"},{"id":"77","chnm":"GM Lazaro Bruzon","cimg":"coach_1690821006download.jpg","cdesc":"Two-times American Continental champion, two-time Iberoamerican champion and five-time Cuban champion. Won the Lausanne Young Masters, a knockout event, in 2001.","rating":"3.3"},{"id":"78","chnm":"GM Efstratios Grivas","cimg":"coach_1714400672IMG-20240429-WA0023.jpg","cdesc":"International Arbiter, and FIDE International Organizer. Awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer in 2004.  Has the Grivas Variation of the Sicilian Defense named after him.","rating":"4.2"},{"id":"79","chnm":"GM Nikita Vitiugov","cimg":"coach_1730503264Nikita_Vitiugov_Satka_2018-removebg-preview.png","cdesc":"Won the Gibraltar Masters tournament in 2013 and the Grenke Open in 2017. Winner of the 2021 Russian Chess Championship. Author of The French Defence: a Complete Black Repertoire. Chess stars.","rating":"4"},{"id":"81","chnm":"GM Sergei Tiviakov","cimg":"coach_1746193779images_(2).jpg","cdesc":"Russian\u2013Dutch chess grandmaster. Three-time Dutch Champion. Was European Champion in 2008.","rating":"4.6"},{"id":"82","chnm":"GM Boris Gelfand","cimg":"coach_1760093861BorisGelfand12.jpg","cdesc":"Six time world championship candidate. Has won major tournaments at Wijk aan Zee, Tilburg, Moscow, Linares and Dos Hermanas.","rating":"0"}],"tk":"ead02d4e89a3e5ff033a5e03a22a4ff7"}