Student Testimonials · Chess Mastery Academy
Not "I loved the class." The kind of testimonials that say: here's exactly where I was, here's what changed, here's where I am now. This is what structured, personalized coaching produces.
"I cannot say enough about Coach Ford. I had worked with a titled coach before and my Elo stayed the same for a year. After only one month of working with Coach Ford, my Elo went from 500 to 1100. The results are clear, and the time, effort, and attention to detail he puts into his lessons are second to none."
This kind of result starts with one form. The free assessment tells us where you are, and we build the plan from there.
Four themes come up again and again: personalized attention, structured method, game analysis, and results that didn't come from anywhere else.
"Coach Ford is an excellent trainer. Thanks to him, I have improved tremendously. He creates a training plan tailored to your needs, strengthens your best qualities, helps correct your weaknesses, studies your games, analyzes with you, and improves your opening, middlegame, and overall understanding. Without a doubt, he is a great coach."
"Moisés Ford is a great coach because of the way he systematizes chess learning concepts. His work includes practical classes, exercises, masterclass material from different masters, logical thinking, and correction of students' games. The preparation, training, and well-applied structure lead to positive results."
"Thanks to Coach Moisés Ford's guidance, I have been able to improve my game through the analysis of my own games, carefully selected exercises, reinforced concepts, model games connected to what we need to practice, and above all, a training method that truly helps us improve."
"Moisés has an enormous understanding of this beautiful science-game and an exceptional ability to transmit that knowledge to the student, helping us bring out the best in ourselves. He teaches clearly, personally, and adapts to each student. After taking classes with him, you realize that many other academies are only focused on the number of students."
Why these results happen
Every testimonial above points to the same root cause: a coaching style that treats each student as an individual. Your games. Your weaknesses. Your plan. Not the plan that worked for someone else.
The 500→1100 result wasn't luck. It came from a student who had been stuck for a year with a different coach, switched to a training method that looked at their actual games, found the recurring patterns, and gave them specific homework. Three weeks later, the rating reflected it.
That process starts with the free assessment — a 5-minute form that tells us where you are and helps us see what kind of training will actually work for you.
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Every student above started exactly where you are now: not sure what to fix, not sure which program fits, not sure if the investment was worth it. They filled in a form. The rest followed from there.