Hi! I’m Matt — a dedicated chess player, math tutor, and lifelong learner. I’ve been playing chess for over 5 years, and I currently hold a USCF rating of 1700 and a Chess.com rapid rating of 2180. In just three months, I raised my rating by over 300 points through focused improvement — the same methods I now use to help my students reach their own breakthroughs.
Before tutoring chess, I spent 4 years as a math tutor at Louisiana State University (LSU), helping college students with...
Hi! I’m Matt — a dedicated chess player, math tutor, and lifelong learner. I’ve been playing chess for over 5 years, and I currently hold a USCF rating of 1700 and a Chess.com rapid rating of 2180. In just three months, I raised my rating by over 300 points through focused improvement — the same methods I now use to help my students reach their own breakthroughs.
Before tutoring chess, I spent 4 years as a math tutor at Louisiana State University (LSU), helping college students with Algebra and Trigonometry. That experience taught me how to explain complex ideas clearly, build student confidence, and create structured learning paths that lead to measurable progress — skills that translate perfectly into chess instruction.
Whether I’m teaching math or chess, my goal is always the same: to help students understand why concepts work, not just how to apply them.
