ChessKid.com: A Proven Success!

(This is a reprinting of an e-mail we received from Rob Jones [DentonTD], a chess coach in Texas. We've edited it slightly for readability.)

FunMasterMike,

Forgive my enthusiasm. But of the 100+ now kids in my ChessKid club, 29 participated in the Texas State Grades Championship. Thought you would like to see some of the ChessKid results:

22/29 ChessKids played a key part in their school's winning a top-5 trophy, or placed in the top-10 individually. Some of them did both.

20/29 ChessKids showed USCF ratings improvements.

I am very proud of SmoggyElephant, very proud. Since using ChessKid, and with a lot of tutoring on my part and work on his part, his USCF rating since mid-August has climbed from 1358 to 1581. Wow!!

SmoggyElephant was my group's "ChessKid of the Month," and not by coincidence, has a puzzle rating of over 2000 (he also watches the great videos, especially FunMasterMike's).

RobustGold saw her USCF rating rocket from 247 to 824 in one month -- Wow!

Again, ChessKid.com and hundreds of puzzles worked were the key, as well as videos. All of this was in three weeks!!

• ColossalFirecracker has seen his USCF rating climb from 1361 to 1513 with ChessKid. 
• PerfectBlastoff from USCF 1264 to 1369.
• StalePanda from USCF 1260 to 1434.
• BriefMagician from USCF 1329 to 1451.
• ColossalTrex from USCF  1043 to 1219.
• BarbarousMixer from USCF 1004 to 1194 (one month).
• EminentRacecar from USCF 700 to 950 (one month).

And I could go on and on and on.

Like I said, I love ChessKid.com.

Have a great day,

Rob Jones

Chess Coach

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