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Become A Chess Champion In Three Moves

Nemo Qiyu Zhou

Chess Master

About Nemo

A former youth world chess champion and current holder of the titles Woman Grandmaster and FIDE Master, Qiyu “Nemo” Zhou started her chess journey at age 3 when she saw a friendly-looking chess piece in a storefront window. In the years since, she’s won tournaments all over the world, been a five-time Finnish national youth champion, and won the Canadian national championship. She owns one of the fastest-growing live stream channels on Twitch and contributes strategy videos for Chess.com, all while pursuing a double-major at the University of Toronto and spreading her love—and mastery—of chess across the globe.

About the class

For a chess beginner, the journey from pawn to king or queen of your next tournament may seem daunting, but like a knight’s movement proves, good things come in threes. Join chess champion Nemo Qiyu Zhou to learn three toolkits to chess mastery: your three-step chess checklist; the three most essential chess strategies; and the three secret weapons that every chess player has, but most overlook. Be sure to check out this class: it’ll mean checkmate for your upcoming opponents.

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Introducing the Chess Masters Camp

After becoming a chess champion with Nemo Qiyu Zhou, come learn the game and master strategies all while making and playing new friends in the Chess Masters Camp.