Your chess journey begins here!
“Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.”― Anatoly Karpov
Exton Chess Academy offers online chess lessons to children from age 6 - 16 years
Curriculum is carefully designed for progressive learning with a solid foundation in journey of chess from an absolute beginner to an advanced tournament player!
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Learn more about our faculties
Our founder is a former FIDE rated national player, participant of World Youth Championship (1998), ARENA FIDE MASTER (2019) with a peak ELO rating (2078), learned chess at the age of 4, played for almost 3 decades, 10 years of competitive tournaments (States & Nationals) and FIDE rated events, with more than a decade of teaching experience working with a broader range of age group (5 to 16 years).
Our chess faculties are great with kids of all age groups and have excellent teaching abilities and are USCF rated players (~ 1600+ to 1900+). Every staff has gone through PA Clearances. They enjoy teaching chess in free time and very passionate about contributing to chess community by mentoring kids who wish to learn chess for fun or looking to improve game to achieve a serious career in chess as a sport.
Wall of Fame
 Dev Menon MadhavanU-13 yrs World Open Champion for under 1000 rating category - 2019 |  U-13 yrs World Open Champion for under 600 rating category - 2019ECA students won all the top 5 positions!! From Left: Sriram, Keerthan, Shreyan, Hrtha, Nidhi |  Rajas Joshihat-trick winner of Exton Ches Club in 2020 |
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 Ilya GalushkinK-12 scholastic tournament U-1000 category Philadelphia |  Ishan VermShining Knights Scholastic rated uscf tournament - 5th place |  Nidhi NagumulaShining Knights Scholastic rated uscf tournament - 2nd place |
 Dhruv MenonDMV Scholastic USCF rated tournament - 2nd place, K3 section 2020. |  Dev Menon MadhavanShining Knights Scholastic rated uscf tournament winner. |  Hrtha RajivNew Jersey scholastic tournament winner |
 Sriram MarniPA State championship - 5th place, 2019 |  Ilya GalushkinU-1200 category Philly scholastic tournament winner |  Siddharth AlluriShining Knights Scholastic rated uscf tournament winner. |
 Dev Menon MadhavanShining Knights Scholastic rated uscf tournament U-1000 categorywinner. |  DMV-3rdDMV scholastic USC F rated tournament 2020, 3rd place |  Sejal GargShining Knights Scholastic rated uscf tournament winner. |
 Arnav PinnisettyQUADS Lancaster uscf rated tourney winner. |  Ilya GalushkinShining Knights Scholastic rated uscf tournament K-12 section winner. |  DMV-1st |
 Hasya PutumbukaShining Knights Scholastic rated uscf tournament winner. |  Hrtha RajivNew Jersey Scholastic USCF rated event winner. |  Sritan BhumireddyShining Knights Scholastic rated uscf tournament U-600 category winner. |
ECA Policies:
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No make -up classes provided if child was absent for a class, but online video recordings for concepts taught are available throughout the term.
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No refunds are processed under any circumstances, however it could be possibly used as future ECA credits only if discussed in advance and agreed upon.
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Course fee payment is for One full term (8 classes).
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For online subscriptions (self paced learning videos) If you cancel your monthly, half yearly or annual membership, you'll retain access to the content and membership benefits until your paid period is up. No refunds will be available for purchased digital products. Once the paid period is up, you will not be charged again and your access to all the courses you started during your membership will be revoked.