Hi, my name is Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko.

I have been playing chess for as long as I remember. I started at four years old and to this day chess deeply fascinates me!

I want to share my love for chess as well as the things that I have learned over the years with anyone ready to listen. Also, I am trying to implement my mathematical/logical/scientific background into chess.

Here are my current accomplishments:

International grandmaster since 2005.

Ph.D. in mathematics since 2012.

Rapid chess champion of Ukraine (2014).

Chess champion of Ukraine (2016)

FIDE Trainer since 2015.

Official commentator of the World Team Chess Championship (Ankara, 2013) and FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship Match (Lviv, 2016)

Coach of national teams of the Netherlands (women), Egypt, Trinidad and Tobago, and Ukraine.

I have been teaching chess since 2012. I was privileged to work with the following national teams: Ukraine, Egypt, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Netherlands. I also helped quite a few GMs, IMs, and players without a title on an individual level.

I hope you enjoy my courses and I look forward to your feedback!

P. S. A few notes about the order for studying the courses. Tactics and Openings are at the foundation of the Middlegame course. It would be harder to understand it without the previous two. Also, you need to learn one pawn endgame before moving to studying two pawns. That is pretty much it :-)