Welcome to the home page of Aspire Chess Center, Pondicherry. You can find more information here about our history, online chess classes, our tournaments, and much more! Happy exploring! If you can’t find what you are looking for, feel free to contact us.
Who we are
We are a chess club based in the city of Pondicherry, India. We believe in innovative teaching methods, having a lot of fun, developing a competitive atmosphere and in a creative approach towards chess training aimed at holistic development in children.
Learn @ Aspire
The COVID pandemic has changed the way we function. From being a dedicated physical chess club in Pondicherry, we have now changed to a virtual chess club that also offers face-to-face personal classes at your doorstep if required. Feel free to contact us if you have questions.
Online Group Classes
Training Games & Tournaments
Online & Face-to-face personal classes
Know Your Coach
Arun is a passionate and fun-loving chess trainer with experience in different fields. His highest FIDE rating is 2129 and has played in the international arena for a short span of time before finding his passion for teaching. He dropped out of engineering in the last year and started his own learning journey which led him to wear different hats – from being a writer, a hobby programmer, a volunteer in non-profits to being a part of different startups internationally through freelancing. He has had the privilege of working with some of the exceptional minds in the chess field like Susan Polgar, Maurice Ashley, and many leading chess companies. Apart from Aspire, he currently works for Forward Chess.
Weekly Activities Schedule:
There’s a temporary hold on tournaments. We’ll be focusing only on classes for now.
Intermediate Level Group Classes:
– Tuesday, Thursday: 6 PM to 7 PM IST.
– Weekends: Practice Activities.
Contact
Use the contact form below to reach out to us. You can also call us on +91 – 77089 21273 or email: arunjchess@gmail.com
