WIM Camelia Ciobanu

This is WIM Camelia Ciobanu, a multiple chess champion and currently a chess coach and author. In the last 7 years I have trained hundreds of players all over the world, from beginners to advanced, both children and adults. I am very happy to assist to their progress in chess understanding and to help developing their talent and skills. Some of my students competed in OTB tournaments, winning local or International opens and also medals at the National Championships. My goal is to make you go beyond your limits and become a master of the wonderful game of chess. For that reason I also offer free video tutorials on my YouTube channel. Would you like to have a private lesson with me? I am sure you will enjoy it as you will get to see chess through a new pair of lens. Let's do it! :)

Starting to play in tournaments at the age of 8, I witnessed a rapid and constant growth, winning 3 National Champion titles before the age of 20 and plenty other gold medals at the National Team Champs, culminating with being the European Champion under 18 together with my team. During my chess career I had the privilege to play in several European and World Championships and I was also thrilled to be able to win numerous competitions both in my country and abroad. These are the countries I have been playing to: Romania, Hungary, France, Greece, Spain, Montenegro, Turkey, Italy and Israel. Coming next, I would like to play chess tournaments and championships in the United States of America. Since I moved to Italy, I played mostly in Sardinia, Sicily Milan and Rome. This year I represent a chess club in Sardinia.

As a trainer I taught chess in two schools in Romania and in a high school and community centre in Italy, besides the private lessons and the courses I held in different chess clubs. In recent years I held training sessions online, helping people around the world to improve their playing performance and deepening their understanding of the chess logic. It is a very pleasant experience to connect with people from different continents, with different cultures, speaking the same language of... chess. Chess is a great tool to keep one's mind in a constant exercise of thinking, which maintains the brain active and young.

"While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists." Marcel Duchamp
"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind." Blaise Pascal
"You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win." Zig Ziglar

2018 and on: I've coached hundreds of students;
2019 - I created hundreds of videos commenting top GM's games for an app in China;
2020 - I made a video course on strategy for an Italian chess school/online academy;
2021 - I created a new 5-hour video course on the Queen's Gambit in Italian (same school);
2022 - Author on Chessable: www.chessable.com/searching-for-a-stalemate/course/82376/
2023 - Author on iChess.net: www.ichess.net/shop/chess-tactics-blueprint-wimciobanu/
2024 - My course on Chessable was published in Spanish: www.chessable.com/buscando-el-ahogado/course/237747/
2025 - Best teaching experience at She Plays to Win based in London: www.sheplaystowin.co.uk/
2025 - Chess Trainer at the Sardinian School of Excellence

My students consider me to be very patient, listening to their ideas and dilemmas and careful to explain in much detail the logic behind each move. They appreciate the variety of topics we discuss, the constant interaction during our lessons and especially the fact that we play together. My playing style is mostly energetic, with a harmonious blend of strategy and tactics which inspires my students to try and do the same. They also like my being open to their suggestions and focus on their areas of interest and especially the fun we share while learning.

Generally we focus on understanding the positions, detecting the opponent's weaknesses and making the right plan. We will learn how to attack, how to defend, tactics, strategy, we'll analyse your games and also play together. We will study the basic principles in different openings and some endgames as well. It depends on what your areas of improvement are so we can work on rising your chess performance to meet your personal goals. Send me a message and let us schedule our first lesson together. I cannot wait to start working together! What about you?