I'm Elijah Gerson. I'm 15 years old, nationally ranked in my age group, and have spent nearly a decade training under Grandmaster Maxim Dlugy — one of the world's most respected coaches.
I've never lost a school chess tournament. My bullet rating sits in the top 0.1% on Chess.com. But more important than any of those numbers is what I've learned about how serious chess is actually taught — and how most kids never get access to that level of instruction.
My lessons aren't about memorizing openings. They're about building the thinking patterns that let a player improve for the rest of their life.
