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Learn Chess
with Grandmaster

Swapnil Dhopade

Best Online Chess Courses and Classes for Kids!

GM Swapnil Dhopade with the Indian Flag as the head coach of the Indian Women's Chess Team in Kazakhstan
Courses for
all Levels 
10+ Years 
of Experience
Professional
Coaches
Students from
8+ Countries

Services Offered by 
Chess Pathshala

Online Personal Chess Classes by GM Swapnil Dhopade and Chess Pathshala

Personal Coaching

Learn Chess through personal chess classes with a team of professional Chess coaches of Chess Pathshala

Video Courses for all levels by Chess Pathshala and GM Swapnil Dhopade

Video Courses

Step by Step video courses and interactive exercises created by

GM Swapnil Dhopade

Online Group Chess Classes by GM Swapnil Dhopade and Chess Pathshala

Group Coaching

Learn Chess with a motivated group of students of 

Chess Pathshala

About Us

GM Swapnil Dhopade with the 5 times World Champion Vishy Anand

“Pathshala” is the Indian word for school and yes this is the place where you can learn, train and improve your chess!

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Chess Pathshala is an online academy founded by Grandmaster Swapnil Dhopade to provide quality chess coaching to young kids who want to learn and excel in chess.

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GM Swapnil is the coach of the Indian Women’s Chess team and also Raunak Sadhwani who became a Grandmaster at the age of just 13 years and 9 months! He is also the author of multiple chess books and courses. He has written books and courses for famous publications like Chessable and Quality Chess.

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GM Swapnil Dhopade designs all the chess courses offered by Chess Pathshala. The coaches working in our academy are personally trained by our head coach, GM Swapnil Dhopade.

GM Raunak Sadhwani's testimonial for GM Swapnil Dhopade

"Working with Swapnil Sir has
led to the improvement of my
Endgame technique. He helped
me to improve my visualization
in the middlegame so that I can
calculate deeper"

GM Koneru Humpy's testimonial for GM Swapnil Dhopade

"I would like to congratulate Swapnil for starting his academy Chess Pathshala. His work during the chess olympiad 2018 was amazing. He is very dedicated and creative in finding new ideas"

GM Dronavalli Harika's testimonial for GM Swapnil Dhopade

"Swapnil is a very positive, genuine, dedicated and hard-working trainer. He has started 'Chess Pathshala' and I am sure he will be a wonderful trainer for many upcoming kids.  They can take his guidance and training to achieve their goals"

GM Raunak Sadhwani

GM Koneru Humpy

GM Dronavalli Harika

GM Sankalp Gupta's testimonial for GM Swapnil Dhopade

"Working with Swapnil Sir has led to the improvement of my Endgame technique. He helped me to improve my visualization in the middlegame so that I can calculate deeper"

GM Harshit Raja's testimonial for GM Swapnil Dhopade

"Working with Swapnil Sir has led to the improvement of my Endgame technique. He helped me to improve my visualization in the middlegame so that I can calculate deeper"

IM Soumya Swaminathan's Testimonial for GM Swapnil Dhopade

"Swapnil has a strong understanding of the game and is always positive.  He helped me with my opening preparation and decision-making. Working with Swapnil helped me enhance my opening repertoire, gain confidence to handle various middlegame & time management issues!"

GM Sankalp Gupta

GM Harshit Raja

IM Soumya Swaminathan

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