Chess is probably the most popular game in the world.

It is the original war game, invented in India about 600AD, and remains especially popular with schoolchildren.

In the year 2001 almost 50,000 schoolchildren entered the British Land Chess Challenge and that number is rising steadily.

If you would like your youngsters to enjoy the benefits of chess, improved concentration, better academic results etc., you need a skilled coach.

David Levens is a successful chess coach and experienced player.

• An England Junior selector
• Author of Basic Chess (Hamlyn)
• A competitor for the British Championship on 3 separate occasions: Leicester 1959, Bath 1963 and Whitby 1964
• Middlesex Minor Champion 1961
• Finalist in Battle of Britain tournament
• Winner St. Georges Prize for Best Game played in Midlands in 1965
• Best Game prize winner for Notts. Chess Association in 1998, 1999 and 2000
• Joint first in Notts. County Championship in 2002
• David coaches at Foremarke Hall School and Nottingham Boys Junior High School, the most successful chess playing school in the country over the last 5-6 years

11 private pupils have represented England at different levels, including: Balvinder Grewal, Amarjit Mehton, Ankush Khandelwal, Michael Keetley, Amisha Parmar, Kishan Lakhani, Anjali Lakhani, Toby Thurgood, Oliver Exton, Eric Williamson and Lateefah Messam-Sparkes

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