

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experienced in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Matías will be happy to arrange your first Chess lesson.
Matías
One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experienced in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Matías will be happy to arrange your first Chess lesson.
- Rate S$51
- Response 6h
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Students50+
Number of students accompanied by Matías since their arrival at Superprof
Number of students accompanied by Matías since their arrival at Superprof

S$51/h
1st lesson free
- Chess
FIDE Trainer (FT) teaches Chess online. All levels and ages. Tailored training.
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One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Matías will be happy to arrange your first Chess lesson.
About Matías
Hi! I'm Matías Ianovsky, and chess is my passion.
I am a full-time coach and FIDE Trainer (FT), the highest trainer title awarded by the International Chess Federation. I also hold the titles of FIDE Candidate Master (CM), FIDE School Instructor (FSI), and Docente de Ajedrez from the Spanish Chess Federation. With 22 years of experience, I have taught in schools, clubs, and private lessons, helping students improve at all levels.
I have students in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the United States.
I am also a certified coach on the online platforms Chess and Lichess.
My FIDE ELO is 2218.
My peak ratings online:
Chess: Blitz 2718. Bullet: 2805 (Percentile 99.9%) User name: "donwhitenoise"
Lichess: Blitz 2676. Bullet: 2800 (Percentile 99.9%) User name: "BreatEastonEllis"
Top 40 Players Chess960 on Lichess
I dedicated my youth to playing professional chess, achieving success by winning championships at the South American, National, and Local levels. Additionally, I had the honor of representing my country in Pan-American and World Youth Chess Championships held abroad.
I hold degrees in Political Science (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and Journalism (ISEC).
About the lesson
- All levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
After 22 years of teaching chess to people of all ages and skill levels, I've distilled the key to chess improvement into three fundamental pillars: Train, Analyze, and Play (TAP). These pillars form the foundation of my lessons. However, beyond this structured approach lies the most important element: personalization. My classes are always tailored to your unique needs, with the content, pace, methods, and training materials adapted to your individual skills and chess goals.
The lessons are both challenging and entertaining, and you will need to find creative solutions to different scenarios. Depending on your level and goals, we will cover a wide range of topics: calculation, tactics, theoretical endgames, positional play, dynamics, openings, pawn structures, planning, blindfold training, visualization, swindles, pattern recognition, and more.
Besides, we will also cover more specific topics, such as: intuition versus calculation, time management, building an opening repertoire, the practical use of artistic problems, making the best use of chess engines and databases, and the psychological aspects of decision-making.
After each lesson, I send homework related to the content we've studied (puzzles, games, multiple-choice tests, videos, books, databases, and more).
I believe one of the highlights of my classes is the constant contact I maintain with my students. They can always reach out to ask questions or share thoughts about chess, even outside lesson time.
As a coach, my main goal isn’t just to help my students improve their skills, but also to ensure they enjoy the process. Each lesson must be rich in content, challenging, and fun—all at once. To me, that’s a must.
Free First Leveling Lesson: You can try a 30-minute lesson free of charge! In that lesson, through a series of carefully selected puzzles, I will assess your skills and thinking process in concrete positions. Then, if you like the content and dynamic, we can create a training plan and start working on it regularly.
I invite you to learn chess together!
Important!!: Please send me an email (it's in my Lichess/Chess coach profiles, type my name in Google and you will see it) before purchasing a lesson.
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Perfect! For a long time, I was skeptical of the value of private chess coaching---after all, I could get a whole book for the price of an hour lesson. But I decided to give it a try with Matias, and he has provided amazing value for the price.
First, there's the value of the chess content. You're not just paying for the hour lesson, but for a wealth of weekly training materials he sends to you, directly tailored to your skill level. The materials come in a wide variety--combination puzzles, checkmating pattern tests, positional tests, games to analyze, youtube videos about topics we discussed, and more. I have found every single one of these materials interesting and helpful, and challenging enough to be satisfying but never feeling way over my head.
Second, there's the value of the lessons themselves. Matias is a really nice guy--encouraging, supportive, and just fun to work with. Looking forward to my weekly lesson with him helps keep me motivated. He is very flexible about what the lessons themselves look like--if you want to talk about a certain topic, say an opening, or analyze some of your games you can do that. If you're not sure what you want to do, Matias is ready with fascinating and instructive grandmaster games, positional puzzles, endgame exercises, and more.
I highly recommend Matias to any amateur looking to improve their level, or just to have fun. Even if I were not seeing my level improve, which I am, I would still take these lessons, they're just that fun!Perfect! Matias provides good instruction that allows you to improve your play. I recommend him.
Perfect! I love the fact the he gives me homework to do that keeps me on my toes every week, I also love the lessons because the way he explains each tactic and move is easy to understand. I have been going to tournaments, and my rating has been rapidly improving from 400 to 636, along with my chess.com rating, which is now 838. I would definitely recommend him to anyone who loves chess.
Perfect! Matías is an outstanding chess instructor who has truly helped me unlock my potential. His lessons are engaging, challenging, and tailored to my individual needs. I find myself looking forward to each session every week. He offers affordable lessons at a very high quality! Whether you’re a beginner or looking to improve your skills, you won’t regret booking a lesson with him.
Perfect! Matías is thoughtful, friendly, and an excellent chess teacher. He is extremely well-prepared with dozens of really helpful and entertaining exercises that he tailors to your skill level. He is very good at helping you visualize positions on the board and helping you think both positionally and tactically. He is also versed in chess history and the culture of the game. I highly recommend lessons with him.
Perfect! Both engaging and flexible in tutoring my young chess enthusiast son! Both knowledgeable and patient- wonderful teacher.
Perfect! Terrific teacher! He doesn’t just tell what to do, he challenges you to think and helps along the way, really helping you improve. He’s awesome.
Perfect! Great teacher -- my son loves it
Perfect! I have worked with Matias for two months now, and can confidently say that his teaching style and curriculum composition is fantastic. He spends time carefully analyzing master games with clear intentions of highlighting specific motifs, which he then recaps with tailored puzzle sets to cement the learning. I have seen myself sharpen my visualization and calculation skills over the course of his sessions, and am excited to continue learning more advanced chess strategies/tactics! I would highly highly recommend receiving guidance from Matias for chess players at any skill level looking to improve their game.
Perfect! I would wholeheartedly recommend Matías to anyone looking to improve their chess game. He is an awesome teacher. What I like about Matías‘ style is that he will work with you first to understand where your game needs work and tailor the lessons.
Lessons are engaging, fun and instructive. Matías Is very patient and also provides good material and exercises for after lessons.
My chess game has been steadily improving since I started working with Matías, it has been a fun process.Perfect! Matías is an extraordinary chess tutor. I had watched videos and done puzzles for a year, but was not improving any more. I wanted someone to assess the best way for me to improve and Matías delivered. He created a curriculum for me based on his assessment, creates training exercises to do between sessions, and makes each session an excellent learning experience. Matías comes to each session with a lesson plan and is great at listening to my thinking and guiding it to think better. Best of all, he is so enthusiastic about Chess and teaching that you cannot help but enjoy each lesson.
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Matías is the best! He does an amazing job of simplifying the game and helping you recognize patterns. If you’re looking for a tutor, I couldn’t recommend him enough!
Matías embodies the critical principles of a top-tier chess instructor: patience, kindness and knowledge. Each of our lessons is a study in growth, improvement of weaknesses and overall strategic thinking. It's obvious to me that Matías loves his craft and enjoys teaching others.
He is very friendly and a very good teacher and he is very helpful at improving my chess skills. I learned a lot from him and got to a higher elo thanks to him.
Matias has been fantastic at understanding my skill level (1600 elo) and then building personalised lessons to help me improve. These are very engaging and although sometimes tough, I always end the lesson feeling like I've really benefited.
My chess calculation and understanding of positions in particular have improved massively and I can see a direct improvement in the results I'm having over the board. Matias is also great at going through my over-the-board games with me and can easily describe specific ideas, which is better than simply looking at a 10-move engine line and trying to understand why the computer thinks you're winning at the end.
Would thoroughly recommend Matias!Matías is an unbelievably thoughtful instructor. After the first couple of lessons, I could feel the level of preparation and attention to detail through his chess exercises. In the beginning, he expressed his big picture idea for teaching chess, and since then, he continues to back up his macro level strategy for teaching with incredibly intentional puzzles. Each puzzle hits precisely on an area of my brain that Matías intends to develop; sometimes I can’t help but smile when he shows me a new exercise and I can feel the specific muscle in my brain trying to solve the problem
It's obvious to me that Matías spends an enormous amount of time designing and refining his lesson plans. It’s also clear to me that his passion for the game makes the experience of each lesson singular. Whether it’s a chess story he tells as an anecdote before he reveals the next puzzle, or a moment where he bursts with appreciation for a brilliant chess move, the lessons are always exciting and engaging
I’m looking forward to future lessons with Matías, and am beyond impressed with the experience he’s created.
Thanks Matías!When I was first looking for a chess coach, I was uncertain if I really wanted to find one. Do I want to spend the money? Will I really improve? I had previous coaching experience, but it didn't feel very organized and it didn't help as much as I was hoping. Coach Matías is an excellent coach. He does not charge too much but is very organized and methodical. He has many materials planned out which really made me grasp the positional concepts I used to lack. I really have improved and I look forward to reaching new heights with such an amazing tutor.
Matias is very knowledgeable and insightful teacher. His lessons are constructive, fun and challenging. I have improved have improved tremendously after studying with him. If you're looking to be inspired and sharpen your game, I highly recommend you study with Matias!
I've been working with Matías for a while now and am proud to give him a very strong recommendation. He's methodical, well prepared, and has great training material - not just during our classes, but also follow up exercises each week. He's also a great guy and very friendly. 12 out of 10!
I've taken lessons from over a dozen chess coaches over the years: grandmasters, masters, and experts, and Matías is one of the best. He is meticulous, organized, and thoughtful, which means you get the most out of every lesson with him (and the time in between, if you want!). And he makes each lesson fun and engaging both through his welcoming personality and an effective mix of puzzles, games, and exercises to ensure variety. I already see my chess getting better from lessons with Matías after just a few sessions.
Trust me, you don't want to miss out on lessons with Matías!Matias is an incredible chess coach. Every lesson is meticulously well-thought out and designed to both build a strong foundation in fundamental chess principles and address my specific weaknesses and development areas. The lessons build on and complement one another as well. Not only are his chess lessons highly informative and productive, they’re also fun. Historical examples are usually the basis for his lessons; we’ve studied games ranging from the top players in modern chess to funny, but instructive casual games played between grandmasters and amateurs. Throughout the games, he asks great questions like “the intuitive move is x, but that’s a huge blunder, why?” He teaches you to think about chess the right way.
Matias not only understands the best / most effective lines, he also understands the context of the games— the moment in history in which the game occurred, where the players were in their careers, and insight into what they were thinking at the time. He’s also highly responsive to ad hoc requests to review personal games.
Many great players aren’t the best teachers; however, Matias is both. Finally, Matias is a kind and generous person. I can’t recommend him highly enough. I highly encourage you to invest your time and money in getting better at chess with Matias. You won’t regret it!My chess lesson with Matías every Wednesday night has been the highlight of my week! He is a kind, patient, empathetic instructor whose mastery of the game is obvious. As a teacher of high school English for 25 years now, I am impressed with his teaching style. His lessons are well-structured, his explanations clear and thorough, and his chess homework perfect for reinforcing the chess concepts highlighted in each class. It is a blessing that I found him. It is so fun to grow as a player with Matías as my coach. Do NOT hesitate to choose him today!
Matias is an excellent teacher. He is competent, kind, organized and extremely good at chess but most importantly he is great at teaching it. Always looking forward to my class and follow up emails.
Coach Matías has been teaching my son for over a month now. We love how patient he is with my 8 year old and also how he challenges him to get better. The lessons are appropriate for my son's rating and we noticed how he has improved his game and how Matías' assignments help him review and practice the concepts they learn during class. We are very pleased with the lessons and hope my son can keep working with coach Matías for a long time.
Matías is a dedicated and experienced chess teacher. As an intermediate player (1500) he has helped me focus on and improve my tactical play. I like the clarity of his explanation. Matías follows up each class with great material to work on. I really enjoy working with him and strongly recommend him to improve your chess!
matias has been teaching my son chess for a couple of months now. consistently, after each lesson, my son wants to play for another hour or two. we've seen noticeable improvements in his tactics and calculations. matias is prepared, engaging, patient, and has a plan. my son looks forward to his lesson every week.
Jaque mate con tomate! I just completed a series of classes with Matías and I can really sense that I am learning and improving so I will be signing up for more classes. The lessons are a perfect mix of calculation, tactics, analysis, and much more, including reviews of my own games
Best thing that has happened to date for my daughters chess was when we found Coach Matias.
He is an excellent teacher, has wonderful rapport with her, and has motivated my daughter unlike any other coach. His english is quite good and does an excellent job breaking down and explaining even the most complex topics.
My daughters knowledge and understanding of chess has improved by leaps and bounds. Her chess has moved to a whole new level under Coach Matias and I see a great future for her under his tutelage.
Thank you Matias, I am forever grateful!
Matías is fantastic! Really fantastic.
I first became interested in chess as an adult. Before working with Matías I was teaching myself. I hit a wall. I just stopped getting better. I knew what I needed to work on... or I thought I did. I did more chessable spaced repetition for openings, played more games and watched more YouTube videos (thinking processes, endgames, tactics, instructional GM games.
Matías is like a chess doctor... he basically diagnosed my game. Rather than teaching me what I don't understand, he works to understand how I am thinking about the game.
Analyzing my games, tutoring openings based on my style, personalized homework/study plans.
I have been working with Matías for about five years now and my rating has gained over 800 elo (2250 lichess peak). He delivers the results!
Excellent English, timely, reliable, cool, relaxed dude.Coach Matias took the time to look at my games, listen to my goals, and learn what I find the most (and least) enjoyable about chess. Each lesson has been customized to improve my strengths and address my weaknesses. He uses a good mix of tactical puzzles, strategic / positional understanding, and master games. He then sends homework and study material to reinforce the concepts, and even includes interesting chess facts and humor. Most importantly, this has resulted in me having more fun with chess and winning more games. I highly recommend Coach Matias.
Matias has changed the way I look at chess. He is very patient with my level of learning and always lets me figure out why certain chess positions is a good one or bad one through calculating on my own. He always keeps my mind going and sends me exercises after our sessions. He is a great chess teacher and a definitely see my chess improving with his guidance. Definitely recommend
I connected with Matias through the Superprof website. He is a dedicated, knowlegable, smart, funny and kind teacher. I feel extremly lucky to have found him and to have my weekly lessons with him. Studying openings, tactics and overall patterns with him my rating aswell as my understanding of chess as a game have improved in an already short time.
I fully recommended Matias as your future chess coach!I was always an enthusiastic and self-taught chess player. I had never thought about taking classes until my performance made me realize that I couldn't keep improving. Therefore, I decided to take classes as an alternative. I tried different teachers until I found Matías. His enthusiasm for chess is noticeable and he transmits it to you at all times. He is always ready for the next class with exercises and goals. Attentive to any concern. With good study material. Patient. I definitely recommend it.
My daughter has been taking classes with Matias for a while now and her improvement is amazing. Im super happy with the quality of the lessons and the personal detail Matias puts into the classes for her growth.
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You can enjoy a free 30-minute trial lesson! During this session, I will assess your skills and thought process in specific positions using a series of carefully selected puzzles. If you enjoy the content and dynamics, we can develop a tailored training plan and work on it regularly
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