About Us

Iyer's Chess and subsequently, Chess for Charity was created by us (Akshat 21yo, Ayush 18yo, Aneesh 16yo), with a combined experience of playing chess for over 24 years. We wanted to share our love for the game with students across the globe by offering 1:1 lessons while also helping our local communities by donating the portion of the proceeds to charitable organizations.

The game of chess has no age restrictions, hence the chess lessons are open to all ages/levels.

Basement set-up for our first summer chess camp in 2017.

How we started?

We have loved playing chess since Elementary School and began teaching in the summer of 2017 as a way to introduce the game to more local kids. At the time our business was nothing more than teaching young kids the basics of chess in our basement. Originally known as "The Iyer's Summer Chess Camp," our main goal was to simply help kids understand the game of chess, spread the love of the oldest board game to others and maybe recruit some chess kids for our school's chess club. However as time went on, our small community expanded. The summer chess club became an annual event with many of the same kids enrolling year after year.

Once COVID-19 struck, our goal evolved from teaching strategies and tactics to also giving back to the community that had helped us grow. This resulted in creation of our non-profit "Chess for Charity" in November 2020. During COVID, as was everything else, we also went virtual and our students grew from being local to three different time zones and many states across USA! & we got the 501(c)(3) certification!