Bookable class times for Dubai
Our coaches teach from India. These are the weekly windows we can actually staff for the UAE — shown in your local time and the coach's time (IST). You book a fixed weekly slot.
| Slot | Your local time | Coach time (IST) |
|---|---|---|
| After-school weekdays | Weekday after-school, 3:00–8:00 PM GST (Mon–Fri) | 4:30–9:30 PM IST |
| Weekend mornings | Saturday, 9:00 AM–1:00 PM GST | 10:30 AM–2:30 PM IST |
Why Dubai families choose online coaching
Dubai is home to a large, long-settled Indian community, and many families here already look to India for tutoring and enrichment classes outside school hours. Live online chess coaching fits into that same pattern — a fixed weekly slot from home instead of another after-school drive.
Because India is only 1.5 hours behind the UAE, a normal Dubai school-day evening lines up cleanly with a normal coaching evening in India. Weekday after-school slots (roughly 3:00-8:00 PM Dubai time) and Saturday morning slots both work, so you are not limited to one narrow window — you pick whichever fits your child's homework and activity schedule better.
Honest pricing
ChessWize keeps one price list in Indian rupees (from ₹2,500 for 8 classes). Your card is simply charged the equivalent in your local currency at checkout, so there is no separate or inflated overseas rate. At recent rates that is roughly 15–50 AED per class depending on the plan; the exact charge follows the live exchange rate.
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Dubai hosts the Dubai Open, one of the better-known annual chess tournaments in Asia, and many schools across the city run chess as a co-curricular activity. A child getting structured weekly coaching has a genuine local context to eventually test it in, whether through a school chess club or a rated event.
Online vs local classes in Dubai
ChessWize does not run a physical centre in Dubai or anywhere else — coaching is online only, everywhere. If your child already has a coach nearby through school and that is working, there is no need to switch. Online tends to make more sense when you want a FIDE-rated coach without limiting the search to whoever is available in your neighbourhood, or when evenings are already tight with homework and other activities.
Online chess classes in Dubai: common questions
How much do the classes cost, and how do we pay from Dubai?
For India, classes start from Rs 375 per class. For families in the UAE, fees are billed in INR and your card is charged the local-currency equivalent at the live exchange rate, so it is roughly the same value rather than a separate overseas price. There is a free 30-minute demo first, and any unused classes in a package are refunded on request.
Is online coaching actually good, or should we look for an offline centre in Dubai?
ChessWize is online only — there is no physical centre in Dubai or any other city. For most kids aged 5-15, a live video class with a FIDE-rated coach, a shared digital board, and a small batch of up to 6 works as well as an in-person session, and it removes the extra drive from an already busy Dubai evening.
Will the time difference from India make scheduling difficult for us?
No — India is only 1.5 hours behind Dubai, so a coach's normal evening in India overlaps with your child's after-school hours here. Weekday slots around 4:30-9:30 PM your time and Saturday morning slots both work, and you keep the same coach and slot every week.