Compare: Chess Books, Videos, Teacher, ICS
Below we compare our chess school with other methods of training:
1. An excellent printed theoretical chess book;
2. A set of chess video lectures recorded by an excellent teacher;
3. A good personal chess teacher for 4 online sessions per month;
4. A month of training at our chess school.
| Chess Book | Chess Videos | Chess Teacher | GM Package | |
| Quantity of information | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | HIGH |
| Quality of information | HIGH | GOOD | HIGH | HIGH |
| Long-term plan of improvement | NO | NO | HIGH | HIGH |
| Interaction | NO | NO | HIGH | *, FREE |
| Videos, online & price |
NO | YES, $20-$300 | YES, $200-400 | YES, FREE |
| Written lessons & price |
YES, $20-50 | NO | NO | YES, $39** |
| Money back guarantee | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| Teacher Support | NO | NO | YES | YES |
| Over-the-board Study & training |
YES | NO | NO | YES |
| Expertise, i.e. # of teachers |
1-3 | 1 | 1 | 7, 2650 ELO |
* When you meet obstacles in your study, when you have questions about our lessons, or when you need essential help, we will happily help you. Just send us an email and we respond back to you as soon as possible.
** With this course, we also offer the complete opening repertoire for high-performance, $180 value, TOTALLY FREE!
With high-quality lessons, tested methods, unique positional exercises, free video lectures, and a structured program of study for the long-term, our chess school is a great form of training for serious players.
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REVIEWS AND STUDENTS' RESULTS
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REVIEWS
"I wanted to say how impressed I am with the quality of the material provided. I have an ELO of around 2150 and have read hundreds of chess books. Rarely, if ever, have I encountered such a clear explanation of a model thought process." - John M.
"For 3 years I've been reading/studying everything I could find (Dvoretsky, Sokolov, Silman, Aagaard, Alburt, Watson, etc....) and nothing compares to your method/approach and the clarity." - Michael C.
"Congratulation for ICS course! It is more useful than reading books. After month 8 I am getting in my games results much better than before." - Ryan M.
"Thank you for such a great web service, I have taken lessons from a GM before and this is much more affordable and just as good. My rating is 2151 now and I can't thank you enough for the great information you have to offer." - Cody W.
"Speaking as someone who has over 500 chess books (I am somewhat of a collector) I have found this program to be HIGHLY instructive and easy to assimilate." - Roland
"...Also, the bonus material adds a lot to the lessons. Your program is far better than any other book or instruction I have seen." - Edy
"My son does like your lessons which are very clear and instructional. I have worked with chess coaches before so I know how systematic and thoughtful you are! I am very grateful for the solid foundation you have given my son. He thinks of you as the coach who taught him how to play GOOD CHESS." - K.L.A.
