FM Sylvain Ravot

Sylvain RAVOT
FIDE Master
Professional chess coach since 2003
Chess player since 1996

Chess club player for 30 years
Best FIDE rating : 2300
Played in French 1st & 2nd League for 10 years
Strongest player beaten in classical time control : GM Parligras (2571)

Chess coach for 20 years
Founder of Chess Insight in 2026 (online chess school in French, with IM Sévan Buscara)
Chess coach for French Youth Team 2014-2018
FIDE Instructor
Several pupils got places 1-5 in French youth championship, including one U14 French champion
Several pupils became titled players

I teached chess in schools (on school time) for 3 years (2007-2010), teaching to more or less 1000 children
I work for the French magazine and website Europe Echecs
I worked for the French Chess Federation (masterclass and streaming)
I translated ChessTempo in French in 2010, worked for chesscom, helped Lichess.
I worked for years for PSEJE, making teaching supports and teaching how to teach chess
YouTube creator since 2016 (Echecs Sylvain Ravot & Ecole Chess Insight)