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Pengcheng Fang
Oct 20, 2022
Google5 stars

I love vanchess! It taught my brother endgame techniques that he never knew about and tactics. I appreciate vanchess for its effective teachings. It is very good!...

Jo Ro
Mar 4, 2025
Google5 stars

Great staff! Great learning experience for kids!...

Yongqiang Xu
May 1, 2024
Google5 stars

The coaches are very nice and responsible, my son has been in this school for one year, he really like it....

H. Liang
Aug 5, 2022
Google5 stars

Overall, VCS is a great school with amazing coaches at various levels. Highly recommended to all kids and adults interested in chess improvements. We taught our daughter the game of chess during th...

Kelly Meng
Mar 19, 2021
Google5 stars

My son enjoys learning chess from this school and has been in this school more than 3 years. The teachers are very kind, respectful and professional. My son loves to attend the classes there. All the...

Peter Chan
May 14, 2021
Google5 stars

VCS is a great place. The teachers are very patients and caring. My son learned a lot and chess skills and made lots of friends....

Jiankun Li
Nov 18, 2023
Google5 stars

Strongly recommend National Preparation Program workshop at Vancouver Chess School by Coach Gyan and Coach Maxim, their lectures are concise and dig into deep concept in a easy to understand way for t...

Naama Rotem-Kohavi
Jan 15, 2025
Google5 stars

We are very pleased with the Vancouver Chess School! My child is very enthusiastic in participating in the variety of activities, pro D days, tournaments and classes they offer. The school is managed ...

Linda Shen
Jul 1, 2023
Google5 stars

My son joined Van Chess three years ago and now he is in grade 3. He has learned so much here and has grown from a beginner player to Bishop level already. He loved all his lessons and also playing ch...

Ken Janpon
Nov 9, 2021
Google5 stars

Vancouver Chess School is a very well run and well organized endeavour, and kudos to the dedicated people running it. We'd been looking for chess classes for our son for a while but what made the diff...

Patrick Huang
Jul 6, 2021
Google5 stars

I represented team BC at the 2021 Canadian Chess Challenge, tying for first place in my section. Gyan and Jeremy at VCS were incredibly professional, organizing countless training sessions for Team BC...

Gem Yu
Jul 12, 2021
Google5 stars

VCS is a great chess school for kids. They have a lot of excellent programs, all well organized. The coaches are nice and experienced. My 8-year-old son has been there learning to play chess for more ...

Beauty Wang
Oct 2, 2024
Google5 stars

This Chess school is amazing! Learn chess at any level, play with different people, and have fun!...

Cristian Grecu
Mar 25, 2021
Google5 stars

Great place, both before and post-Covid. My son has been attending for 3 years and has made great progress. They have lots of tournaments and camps. There's a clear system in place to track performan...

Youlandy Liu
Feb 18, 2022
Google5 stars

My kids really love this school。The teacher are very professional, very Patient, very methodical. So that kids can go from not doing anything at first to now very like chess. And now with pandemic, ...

Gosha Wen
Jan 17, 2021
Google5 stars

vancouver chess school is a fun and interesting education experience for young chess fan, the teachers and instructors are well knowledge and responsible, the program is well developed ......

Eugenia Jacobs
Feb 23, 2022
Google5 stars

The best school ever! My daughter loves her chess classes about 3 years! Thanks for teacher ...

Jenny Li
Apr 12, 2016
Google5 stars

My son has been learning chess in VCS for three years, and he enjoyed classes/plays very well. The school has not only taught kids chess in classes, but also given them many opportunities to apply wha...

Z. Eddie Ning
Nov 28, 2024
Google5 stars

This is a great place if your kid is interested in chess, or you want them to develop their interests. It’s not just a school, but feels more like a community. My son loves Sunday chess club. He get...

Mike Zhu
Apr 5, 2023
Google5 stars

We settled in Vancouver last year, and since our child has experienced in China for 6 years, we hope to continue his interest in Vancouver. We are grateful to VCS for their weekly chess classes and fr...

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