Chess is probably the most popular game in the world.

It is the original war game, invented in India about 600AD, and remains especially popular with schoolchildren.

In the year 2001 almost 50,000 schoolchildren entered the British Land Chess Challenge and that number is rising steadily.

If you would like your youngsters to enjoy the benefits of chess, improved concentration, better academic results etc., you need a skilled coach.

David Has a New Book Out!

YOUR OWN SET OF OPENINGS 4 NOW, which covers much of what you need to know about the Two Knights Defence, the Giuoco Piano and the Max Lange attack, is a little book suitable for smaller hands!

It is aimed primarily at juniors who have gone beyond the “beginner” stage and are looking to gain some useful opening knowledge, without having to wade through reams of analysis! Even so adults are also buying it, as, unlike many books written by Grandmasters, this book is simply written, with plenty of diagrams and lots of important pieces of advice, specially highlighted.

David Levens is a successful chess coach and experienced player.

  • An England Junior selector
  • Author of Basic Chess (Hamlyn)
  • A competitor for the British Championship on 3 separate occasions: Leicester 1959, Bath 1963 and Whitby 1964
  • Middlesex Minor Champion 1961
  • Finalist in Battle of Britain tournament
  • Winner St. Georges Prize for Best Game played in Midlands in 1965
  • Best Game prize winner for Notts. Chess Association in 1998, 1999 and 2000
  • Joint first in Notts. County Championship in 2002
  • David coaches at Foremarke Hall School and Nottingham Boys Junior High School, the most successful chess playing school in the country over the last 5-6 years

16 private pupils have represented England at different levels, including:

Balvinder Grewal, Amarjit Mehton, Ankush Khandelwal, Michael Keetley, Amisha Parmar, Kishan Lakhani, Anjali Lakhani, Toby Thurgood, Oliver Exton, Eric Williamson, Lateefah Messam-Sparkes, Daniel Wells, Ella Macleod, Brandon Clarke, Craig Whitfield and Andrew Garsid 		VIEW NEWS
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Contact Details

David Levens
16 Queen Street
Langley Mill
Nottingham
NG16 4EJ

Tel: 07870 666 153 (eve)
Tel: 01773 761 170 (day)

david@chesscoach.co.uk


Recommended Clubs
for Juniors in the
Nottinghamshire Area

Long Eaton (3 teams)
Mondays and Wednesdays
M.Barry on 0115 9730935.

Nomads (3 teams)
Mondays

Rushcliffe Juniors (2 teams)
Fridays
Mike Tailby on 0115 9216518.

West Nottingham (8 teams)
Mondays
Ian Kingston on 0115 967 8367.


Links

The British Chess Federation
FIDE

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David Has a
New Book Out!
Private Pupils £24 per hour
Scholastic £2.50 per pupil (based on a group of 10-20 children, minimum fee £30.00)