Press kit
For journalists, podcast hosts and directory editors: everything you need to write about LWSed, in one place. Questions or an interview with the founder: hello@lwsed.com.
About LWSed
In one sentence
LWSed (Learn Win Succeed) teaches children aged 5 to 18 chess, maths, English and AI in live online classes, with a logic-first method: guiding questions first, answers last.
In a paragraph
LWSed (Learn Win Succeed) is an online school for children aged 5 to 18, founded in 2024 by Bhaskar Gupta, a FIDE-rated chess player with a degree in computer science. It teaches chess, maths, English and AI in live classes on Zoom, in English, with a logic-first method: children are asked guiding questions instead of being handed answers. It has delivered 2,500+ sessions to 50+ students in 3 countries, runs free online chess tournaments on Lichess with no entry fees, and publishes free research and tools on children's chess, including data on what players at each rating play and where India plays rated chess.
Key facts
- Founded
- 2024
- Founder
- Bhaskar Gupta
- Subjects
- Chess, maths, English and AI
- Ages
- 5 to 18
- Format
- Live online classes on Zoom, in English
- Sessions delivered
- 2,500+
- Students
- 50+, in 3 countries
- Instructors
- 5+
- Tournaments
- Free online events on Lichess, with no entry fees and no cash prizes
- Website
- lwsed.com
The founder
Bhaskar Gupta founded LWSed in 2024 and is its head coach: he teaches the chess and AI classes himself. He holds a B.E. in Computer Science and is a FIDE-rated chess player. He plays on Lichess as Bhaskar_2001, the account that hosts LWSed's tournaments. He can speak about teaching children to think rather than memorise, children and AI, and what the data says about how children's chess develops.
Research, data and tools you can cite
Free to use and link to. Datasets marked CC BY 4.0 can be republished with the credit "Source: LWSed (lwsed.com)".
- Chess openings by rating level: What players at each rating actually play, online and over the board, from about 280,000 games; CSV downloads (CC BY 4.0)
- India's chess grandmasters: How many grandmasters India has, by state, from FIDE's monthly rating list, plus ten sourced player profiles
- Where India plays rated chess: Every FIDE-rated tournament in India over two years, by state and city; CSV downloads (CC BY 4.0)
- Chess grandmasters by country: Every federation's grandmasters and rated juniors, updated monthly; CSV (CC BY 4.0)
- Chess rating calculator: Converts between Chess.com, Lichess, FIDE and USCF, always as an honest range
- Chess960 position generator: All 960 Fischer Random starts by number, a position of the day and a printable club sheet
- LWSed Game Studio: 13 free browser games, each planned like a product and then built with AI
Logos
Please write the name as "LWSed" (or "Learn Win Succeed"), and don't stretch or recolour the logo.
About our students
We don't share students' names, photos or results. Public results show Lichess usernames only, and a child's name, city, photo or quote appears only with a parent's written consent.
Find us elsewhere
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