Many people like myself, never learned how to play Chess, but would love to know how. You can charge up to $2,000 for four beginners' classes. You can travel, and teach chess to people in person, or offer online classes. Make sure you offer a certificate of completion to your students who complete the class.
Chess is a beautiful game played by means of a person's intelligence. A stimulating game is not only interesting but also very challenging. As every one knows, it is a game played between two people, with 16 chess pieces. Individual chess pieces have individual functions, which is why many people fear playing chess. They are of the impression that it is a very difficult game to play. However, once learnt, it proves to be slightly difficult in the beginning; but as one gets the hang of it, it turns out to become easier and easier.
Many people out there want to learn chess. Therefore, if you have the expertise to teach chess, you may as well teach it. It is a very profitable profession, you can charge up to $2,000 for four beginners' classes. The advantage of teaching chess is that you do not have to personally meet with the student; you can teach it using the Internet. However, only if you can offer a certificate for the completion of the course, will you be able to draw in students for your course.
In a game of chess, there are eight pawns, two knights, two bishops, two rooks, a king, and a queen. The objective of the game is to defend one's king from the opponent while in the process, invading each other's side of the chessboard. Individual pieces have their individual modes of movement, such as the rook only moves along straight lines and the bishop diagonally. It is imperative to learn these first steps, or rules of movement, if one wants to learn chess. So of course, you should be adept enough to teach all of this to your students!
You will have to advertise your chess classes and teaching offer as though many people want to learn about chess, not all will be aware of chess classes. So, advertise on the internet and make some pamphlets to distribute in schools, vocational institutes, and recreational clubs. People interested in learning chess are sure to frequent these places. Of course, placing an ad in the yellow pages too proves to be rather beneficial.
Of course, this business proposal for you requires the minimal investment. All you will need is a chess set and classroom if you plan to give offline classes. However, if you intend to travel to clubs or houses to teach chess, or to teach online chess, then this too will not be required. All you will need is a space to place your computer and an internet connection. However, if you choose to allocate certificates upon completion of the course, you will have to register your school of arts with the government and based on the school name, you could make and distribute certificates.
You do not actually need to have an accomplice, or helper, as you can very well manage numerous students at a time through the internet. Even if you teach offline chess, you can easily teach a few students at a time. So, just imagine the prospective income you can generate with these chess classes of yours!
Resources:
http://library.thinkquest.org/10746/reasons.html
http://www.wholesalechess.com/store/demo
November 11, 2009
