CM Mohammad Shah Moradi

Hi! I am Mohammad Shahmoradi, an official FIDE Candidate Master (CM) with a peak rating of 2240. Alongside my chess career, I hold a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience. I bring a unique, evidence-based approach to chess training, combining deep chess understanding with cognitive and psychological mastery to help players overcome mental blocks, time trouble, and performance anxiety.

I am also an active chess educator and content creator, running Enjoy Chess (Persian), Enjoy Chess ENG, CM Shah Chess Academy (English), and Kurdish Chess across YouTube and Instagram.

Peak FIDE Rating: 2240 (Current: 2155)

Competed in the Asian Youth Chess Championship (U18)

Multiple-time champion across numerous national open and regional tournaments in Iran

Over two decades of competitive over-the-board (OTB) and online experience against international masters and grandmasters

Best win against 2600

10+ Years of Professional Coaching working with juniors, adult improvers, and competitive tournament players.

Mentored a student who earned the official FIDE Candidate Master (CM) title at just 12 years old.

Successfully guided multiple students from intermediate levels to near-2000 FIDE.

Years of experience translating complex grandmaster concepts into actionable lessons across multiple languages (English, Persian, Kurdish).

M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology & Neuroscience: Applying sports psychology and cognitive science directly to competitive chess performance.

Content Creator & Author: Producing high-level instructional content across four YouTube channels reaching thousands of chess enthusiasts worldwide.

Targeted Opening Preparation: Building comprehensive, practical repertoires tailored to your playing style, emphasizing deep structural understanding and typical plans over robotic memorization.

Deep Calculation & Tactical Vision: Training candidate move selection, calculation discipline, visualization, and spotting tactical triggers in complex, dynamic positions.

Strategic & Positional Mastery: Teaching pawn structures, piece coordination, prophylaxis, planning, and practical endgame transitions.

Psychological & Performance Coaching: Using my background in neuroscience and clinical psychology to help you manage tournament anxiety, avoid tilt, fix time-trouble habits, and maintain sharp focus under pressure.

Targeted Weakness Diagnosis: Every lesson is tailored. We conduct in-depth analyses of your recent games using ChessBase to pinpoint tactical vulnerabilities, strategic blind spots, and calculation habits.

Modern Opening Preparation: Building practical, reliable opening repertoires tailored to your style, focusing on strategic plans and pawn structures rather than raw memorization.

Deep Calculation & Strategy: Structured calculation training and master-level positional understanding to improve decision-making in critical positions.