Chess-led sessions for teams, strategy, decision-making and focused thinking at work.
Our corporate lectures use chess as a practical framework for the skills your team uses every day: making decisions under pressure, weighing risk against initiative, and staying disciplined when the position gets complicated.
Sessions are led by Shir Bar Tal, founder and CEO of London Chess Academy, who has taught chess to business leaders, executives and their teams alongside more than 1,000 students since 2009. No chess experience is required — the ideas land whether your team plays regularly or has never moved a pawn.
An engaging session for team events, offsites and away days — chess stories and ideas translated directly into business thinking.
Hands-on sessions where the team plays, solves and decides together — then unpacks how those choices mirror the ones they make at work.
A structured chess programme for your company — regular sessions that build a genuine skill while the strategic habits compound.
Shir's experience with business leaders includes working with Amit Pilowsky, co-founder of Key1 Capital; Liat Lachish Levy, former CEO of ChickP; Yoram Ashery, CEO of Nostromo Energy; and Nurit Reder, CEO of Mat-Pals — alongside additional high-profile clients who prefer to remain private.
Personal references can be provided upon request.
Tell us about your team, the occasion and the format you have in mind, and we will come back with a proposal.
For more information, private programs or group lessons. Tell us a bit about yourself, and we will get in touch as soon as we can.
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