“I looked around for a few coaches to see who would be best and as soon I worked with Devina, I knew she was the one for me. She is incredibly personable, kind, and fun to work with, plus on top of being a lovely person, she is a brilliant coach. She is extremely hard working and well prepared, going through old games and really working on elements that you want to work on, giving suggestions and catering her coaching to your specific playing style. Would 100% recommend her to anyone, from any level”.

— Jaime

“Devina is an absolutely amazing chess coach and is by far the best one I’ve ever worked with. As a recent beginner, I’m amazed at how much my confidence has grown and performance has improved after just a few months of lessons with Devina. She is always very well prepared and has a plan for every single lesson. She also does an incredible job of finding sooo many great learning opportunities in any game/puzzle that she analyzes with you. Her patience is unrivaled and she highly encourages questions both during and outside of lessons. I couldn’t be more thankful to have Devina as my coach! ”

— Timmy

“I spoke with a few potential coaches before finding Devina, and am so lucky I did. She is one of those people that is just naturally amazing at conveying new ideas, which especially as a someone relatively new to chess is so important. She comes to every lesson more prepared then any coach in any activity I've participated in, and is even incredibly supportive with questions outside of lessons. My chess knowledge and playing started to improve quickly since working with her. It's especially important that instead of just adding an overwhelming amount of new techniques she balances between addressing deficiencies in your current play, and teaching a digestible amount of new material. I cant recommend her enough as a coach.”

— Bryan