There are two types of accounts: Class Accounts and Personal (Student) Accounts. Some Personal Accounts are also Coaching Accounts.

You need a Personal (Student) Account to enter the Training Room or join a Class. You also need a personal account to create a Class or become a Coach.

A Coaching Account is a personal account that has coaching privileges. A Coaching Account can be used to coach more than one Class, and a Class can have more than one coach.

Coaching accounts are available at no charge. Although coaching accounts can be used to access the Training Room, they should not be used to avoid paying for student accounts.

Coaching accounts are created on the "honor system". However, if an account with coaching privileges is used as an additional student account, an appropriate payment will be requested.

Coaches are able to monitor their Students, issue assignments, print reports, detect trouble areas and more.

Class Accounts represent classes into which students may be grouped. There is no charge for Class Accounts.

You need a personal account to create a Class. When you create a new Class, your personal account becomes a Coaching Account for that Class, automatically.

Please do not create any Classes unless you are a Chess Coach with students who are enrolled, or who plan to enroll, in Chess Magnet School.

When you create a Class, you receive an email with two keywords. The “Class Code” is used to enroll Students in the Class. The “Coach Key” is used to add coaching privileges to a personal account. This allows the Class to have more than one coach.

There is no charge to add Coaching privileges to a personal account.

Coaches may pay for their students directly, or their students may pay for themselves. If desired, Coaches are able to create invoices and make on-line payments from the Coaching Station.

Your Student Account includes a 30-day Free Trial of the Student Training Room.

A Student Subscription costs:

$6.95 per month (renews automatically)
$15 for three months (does not renew)
$29.95 per year (does not renew)

USCF member discount:

$26.95 per year for current members of the U.S. Chess Federation (USCF).

Additional discounts are available to Coaches and Class Administrators when they pay for their Students directly.

$6/month (Coach Rate - does not renew)
$12 for three months (Coach Rate)
$25 per year (Coach Rate)
$22 per year (Coach Rate for current USCF members)

Discounts are applied automatically at checkout.

For more information:

Call 1-650-284-5062 or contact us here.