Maria Manelidou
@Chess_Butterfly
Founder & Teacher at Chess Rising Stars London Academy
Hou Yifan, fresh off her win for @AlpineSGPipers, was kind enough to take a photo with me! 📸♟️
ChessFest 2025! ☀️♟️ @ChessMike @ChessKidcom @Chess_Fest
She Plays To Win visited Parliament in London for a match against the Parliamentary Chess Club. A tough but enjoyable 17-3 win with a post-match tour was well received by the SPTW team. Our thanks to Madam Deputy Speaker @Nus_Ghani for her visit! @ecfchess @FIDE_chess @ecfwomen
Fantastic experience! Thanks for all of your support. ♟️👍
World Team Championships with my student! #FIDERapidBlitzTeams
J4NCLO Season 11 = CRS Clean Sweep! @4NCL Division 1 1st Chess Rising Stars 1 Division 2 1st Chess Rising Stars 3 Division 3 1st Chess Rising Stars 4 Thanks again to all the children and parents who have supported us this term. ♟️💪
Love that a London children's chess club kicks of with The 8 Queens Puzzle & problemsolving skills 👑 @LondonCRS amazing! 👌 🖤🤍 #maths #chesspunks
The Wimbledon Chess Rising Stars Club is officially underway! Kicked off our first session yesterday with the 8 Queens puzzle to sharpen their problem solving skills. 👑♟️
Our new Wimbledon Chess Rising Stars club launches in January 2025! Open to children of all chess levels. 🥳♟️
Sometimes I try to escape chess but it's still one move ahead! 🪄♟️
3 days of chess in Nottingham and... Noah has won the English National Youth Championships! U12s boys champion! A very happy boy with a shiny trophy and a cash prize in the envelope (and very proud parents). Huge thanks to @OxonJuniorChess and @LondonCRS for all their support.
Achievement unlocked 💪 Now it's time to enjoy real life again! 🤣
Big day for Chess Rising Stars. Our new website is live, thanks to @manbizisp 🥳🤩
Proud of my students who shared 1st at the Kidlington Minor this weekend. Game analysis this week for them! 🥇♟️
My first ever chess coach, Ioannis Aftsoglou, is now 80 y.o. and just won a blitz tournament in my home city. What a legend! 🤩🇬🇷
This might be my greatest ever bullet swindle! Can you find it? Black to play 🔥😅
