Hi, my name is Mark M. and I am a full-time professional math and chess tutor. I am so excited about the possibility of working with you to help you achieve your goals! My mission statement is simple: I want to make a difference in the lives of students. I am a certified teacher with an additional gifted certification, and I am qualified to teach middle and high school. I have been teaching for 10 years and have helped thousands of students in 6th – 11th grade math. I have 2 years of teaching experience in middle school and 8 years of teaching experience in high school in conjunction with tutoring students individually on the side. I always prided myself on engaging students through games, playing musical instruments during the lessons, technology, humor, and making learning fun! Students wanted to come to my classroom, and I was blessed to have been given the opportunity to teach and help so many awesome kids. On the chess side, I was the chess club sponsor at my previous high school for 10 years, and have taught hundreds of students this wonderful and beautiful game. I organized the first ever inter-high school chess league in Augusta, Ga. I have played close to half a million games in my life through various websites and currently have an online rating of ~ 2250. I have an incredible amount of experience to share with my students. I am skilled in the opening, middle, and end game techniques, tactics, as well as having strong positional skills. I have knowledge of all various types of openings such as the Ruy Lopez, Queen's Gambit, the London System, the King's Indian defense, the Sicilian defensive, etc. I absolutely love working with kids as well as adults and am enthusiastic about passing my knowledge on to students who are interested in improving their chess game. I can't wait to work with you, so let's get started!