Rao’s Chess Corner is a place where chess enthusiasts like yourself are reinforced and progressed to achieve new limits every day. Our International FIDE Rated coaches who have coaching experiences of more than 5 years are passionate to create great young minds and motivate more new students to enjoy the game of chess.

RCC was officially initiated by International Master Sharan Rao in the month of February 2022 in the keen interest to spread and expand the amazing game of chess to everyone through online platforms like zoom or google meet using the latest softwares like ChessBase and Lichess. RCC has started classes in offline mode as well in Mangalore, Karnataka.

OUR COACHES:

IM Sharan Rao (Founder and Head Coach)

Hello! I’m Sharan Rao from Karnataka, India! I’m 24 years old, finished my B.tech Civil Engineering degree in NITK Surathkal. I am also the founder and head coach of the chess academy named Rao’s Chess Corner (RCC).
I started chess coaching in the year 2018, taught around 100+ students from various parts of the world from being beginners to students having a rating of around 1900, ranging from 6 to 40-year-olds. 15 years of playing chess helped me gain complete understanding and maturity about the game which helps me express my thoughts about it very fluently to others.
60 minutes of one class and you’ll fall in love with chess.
Use of the latest software and exploring lichess studies to maximum depth.
⭐Started playing chess when I was 7 in 2007.
⭐Scored my 1st IM Norm in Sunway Sitges Open 2021 in Spain.
⭐️Scored my 2nd IM Norm in Maharashtra Open 2022 in Pune.
⭐Scored my 3rd IM Norm in Prague Open 2023 in Czech Republic.
🌟Crossed 2400 live fide rating on 15th July 2023 and hence became an International Master.

 

Dhrikshu K Vasant
Sanjay Bhat
Vishwas Sheron
Vinitha Matti Rao
Sheik Mohammed Irfan
Chinmaya K Sharma
Arvind Dakshan
Siri Sharma
Panchami Shenoy