100-800 Beginner
Piece safety, board vision, basic tactics, simple checkmates, and thinking before moving.
View GroupChess Mastery Academy
Train online with FIDE Instructor Moses Ford through rating-specific ELO groups, free level assessments, VIP private coaching, and structured courses in English and Spanish.


Your coach
Coach Ford builds training around the mistakes that actually show up in a student's games. Students receive clear placement, live instruction, homework, game analysis, and direct feedback that connects study time to rating growth.
Find your level
Training is organized around the problems players actually face at each rating band, so students are neither overwhelmed nor under-challenged.
Piece safety, board vision, basic tactics, simple checkmates, and thinking before moving.
View GroupTactics, opening habits, thinking routines, and the simple endgames that decide games.
View GroupCalculation, middlegame planning, conversion technique, and reviewing your own games well.
View GroupStrategy, prophylaxis, opening preparation, tournament habits, and disciplined conversion.
View GroupStudent results
Students describe Chess Mastery Academy as personal, organized, and focused on real improvement. The clearest result: one student reported moving from 500 to 1100 ELO after one month with Coach Ford.
After only one month of working with Coach Ford, my Elo went from 500 to 1100.
He creates a training plan tailored to your needs, strengthens your best qualities, and helps correct your weaknesses.
Courses & Membership
Video courses and member-only resources reinforce the live coaching path: endgames, tactics, openings, middlegame planning, and tournament preparation.
Essential positions every improving player must know.
Forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, and calculation habits.
Openings, time management, competitive mindset, and review discipline.
Ready to start?
Share your current level, chess username, goals, and biggest obstacles. Coach Ford reviews your information and recommends the right next step.