Collaboration with ChessKid to support ECU School Chess Teachers and their students

By | December 6, 2025

Dear ECU School Chess Teacher title holders,

Congratulations on completing the ECU101 training course! Your dedication to continuous learning and your commitment to delivering high-quality chess education to children truly make a difference.

To further support your journey as a chess educator, we’re excited to share some wonderful news. Thanks to our collaboration, ChessKid is delighted to offer you and all your students FREE ChessKid Gold memberships for 6 months. 🎄✨

Enjoy this opportunity to enhance your teaching and help your students grow their love for chess!

With ChessKid Gold, your students will have access to:

  • 📚 Structured video lessons – step-by-step, child-friendly instruction from beginner to advanced levels
  • 🧩 Puzzles & training – thousands of interactive exercises to build tactical vision and calculation
  • ♟️ Safe online play – a child-safe platform, with no public chat and strong safety settings
  • 🏆 Online tournaments – you can organise events for your own groups and also join special ChessKid events
  • 👧👦 Official Girls Club & Boys Club – fun, moderated clubs with extra activities, events, and challenges

To activate this special offer, please fill out this form and also send an email to:
📧 madalina.lejean@chess.com that your request was submitted.

To claim your ChessKid Gold membership, we need:

  1. Your name and ECU101 Certificate number (Find it in the graduate database here)
  2. Your adult ChessKid username
  3. The number of kids you would like to receive Gold for (your students/club members)

Once we receive your details, we will set everything up and let you know when your students’ accounts are upgraded. Each teacher can benefit from this offer only once. After that, ChessKid can help you with discounted prices for groups.

Here you can find a link to the presentation video.

See or download the presentation for teachers:

Thank you again for your participation in the ECU101 training course and for everything you do to grow the love of chess. We’re excited to support you and your students on ChessKid over the next six months!

Warm regards,

ECU Education Commission and the ChessKid Team