Angelo Kesaris

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Angelo Kesaris

Chess Coach, Author & Chess Educator

Angelo Kesaris is a FIDE National Instructor, chess coach, author, and the founder of Rules Chess Strategies.

Angelo's involvement in chess education began at an early age, initially through training and assisting in chess instruction before taking on more formal coaching responsibilities.

In 2005, he began his active work in chess education and later became a coach at chess clubs, while also teaching chess in schools and other educational settings.

Over the years, this experience developed into a broader educational career involving chess coaching, school education, course creation, writing, online training, and digital chess education.

Chess Coaching Experience

Angelo has worked with several chess clubs in Greece, with the following recorded coaching periods:

Chess Club Thesprotia
2011 – 2014

Konitsa, Ioannina
2013 – 2015

Ioannina Chess Players Association
2012 – 2015

Philoproodos Club Paramythia
2014 – 2017

Pyrros, Ioannina
2016 – 2018

Dias Petroupolis
2018 – 2021

Neoi Virona
2023 – 2024

Fighters of Chaidari
2024 – 2026

This long-term coaching experience includes work with players of different ages and levels and forms the foundation of Angelo's approach to structured chess training.

Chess in Schools & Educational Institutions

Alongside chess club coaching, Angelo has extensive experience teaching chess in schools and educational institutions.

This is an important part of his professional background, with teaching activity spanning more than a decade across Ioannina and Athens and involving primary schools, experimental schools, educational centers, private schools, summer programs and other educational organizations.

Ioannina

8th Primary School of Ioannina
2012 – 2016

1st Experimental Primary School of Ioannina
2013 – 2016

2nd Experimental Primary School of Ioannina
2013 – 2016

Pedini Primary School of Ioannina
2013 – 2014

Artistic Association "The Untreatables"
2013 – 2015

Genesis Educational Center
2013 – 2014

4th Primary School of Ioannina "Vasilios Melas"
2014 – 2015

Playschool Ioannina
2016 – 2018

Athens and Attica

9th Primary School of Iliou
2019 – 2020

127th Primary School of Athens
2019 – 2020

City Language School
2021 – 2023

3rd Primary School of Ymittos
2022 – 2023

10th Primary School of Vyronas
2022 – 2024

Kessaris Schools
2023 – 2026

Georgios Zois Schools
2023 – 2024

90th Primary School of Athens
2023 – 2024

Saint-Paul – De La Salle Schools
2023 – 2024

Sir Lawrence College
2024 – 2026

12th Primary School of Vyronas
2024 – 2026

10th Primary School of Chaidari
2024 – 2026

Knowledge Explorers
2025 – 2026

Municipality of Chaidari – Summer Camp

5th Primary School
2025

7th Primary School
2025

8th Primary School
2025

4th Junior High School
2025

Other Educational Activities

Robotics Syros
2025 – 2026

11th Primary School of Agioi Anargyroi
2025 – 2026

5th and 11th Primary Schools of Vyronas
2026 – 2027

Through this work, Angelo has taught chess in both club and educational environments, working with children and students of different ages and adapting chess instruction to different educational settings.

Management & Administrative Activities

Angelo's involvement in chess has also extended beyond coaching and teaching.

Founder – Pyrros Ioanninon Chess Club

Angelo was a founding member of the Pyrros Ioanninon Chess Club and served as its president from its establishment in 2016 until 2023.

The club was created with the goal of increasing tournament activity, bringing more students from schools into organized chess and developing a structured and transparent competitive environment.

Founding Member – Fighters of Chaidari

Angelo is also a founding member of the Fighters of Chaidari Chess Club.

This administrative experience has given him direct involvement not only in teaching chess, but also in the organization and development of chess clubs and their educational activities.

YouTube

Angelo created his YouTube channel on 30 May 2010, initially focusing on chess education in Greek. For a decade, the channel published hundreds of educational videos and became one of the most established Greek-language chess channels.

Since 2020, the channel has focused exclusively on English-language content, helping expand his work to an international audience. Several of his videos have reached hundreds of thousands of views.

Online Chess Education

Alongside his own YouTube work, Angelo became involved in the development of online chess education, creating lessons, instructional material and complete chess courses for players of different levels.

His work combines practical coaching experience with structured online learning, including theory, exercises, puzzles and other educational material.

Remote Chess Academy

In 2014, Angelo began collaborating with Remote Chess Academy and GM Igor Smirnov. His work included affiliate management, course translation and educational content development.

In 2016, he became Academy Manager, contributing to the planning and production of chess courses, lessons, exercises and supporting material, while working with numerous titled chess players and authors.

This experience became an important part of his transition from traditional chess coaching to large-scale online chess education.

International Chess Collaborations

Through his work in online chess education, Angelo has collaborated with numerous titled players and chess authors, including:

GM Maxim Dlugy
GM Alexander Ipatov
GM Marian Petrov
GM Robert Hungaski
GM Sergey Kasparov
GM Suat Atalik
IM Asaf Givon
IM Robert Ris
IM Mateusz Kolosowski
IM Valery Lilov
IM Alex Kundin
IM David Miedema
IM Vangjel Buli
IM Maxi Perez
and others.

His responsibilities included planning lessons, coordinating course development, preparing educational material, conclusions and practical exercises, and participating in the creation of video lessons.

He also co-authored educational material such as "Exchange Pieces Like A Pro."

Rules Chess Strategies

The first version of Angelo's online project began as a personal blog in 2010.

The original vision was to create an online educational platform where chess players could access organized training material. As web technology and online educational tools developed, this project evolved into Rules Chess Strategies.

The website combines chess courses, lessons, practical exercises, quizzes and structured training material in an online learning environment.

The long-term objective is to make chess improvement more organized and accessible, while bringing together the experience gained through years of face-to-face coaching and online chess education.

Kesaris Training Program

One of Angelo's major educational projects is the Kesaris Training Program, a structured chess training system designed around progressive levels.

Each stage contains approximately 40 lessons, combining:

Theory
Practical Exercises
Final Puzzles

The purpose of the program is to provide students with a structured path through chess improvement rather than isolated lessons.

Chess Courses

Course creation is one of the central parts of Angelo's educational work.

The following is the development history of the chess courses created and published through Rules Chess Strategies.

2014 Courses

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